[WSIS CS-Plenary] Karen Banks wins Anita Borg Award for Social Impact

[Veni Markovski]

Good work, Karen. Keep on walking that way!!!!!

I am very happy for you!

v.

At 09:09 07-10-04  -0400, you wrote:
>Congratulations Karen.  I was not aware that the APC WNSP also focused on
>bringing technology to underserved women and communities.  Good to see the
>recognition for your efforts.
>
>Dr. Elizabeth Carll
>Focal Point
>International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
>Chair Media/ICT Working Group,
>NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York
>Tel: 1-631-754-2424
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>ecarll at optonline.net
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org]On
>Behalf Of Robert Guerra
>Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 6:05 AM
>To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
>Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Karen Banks wins Anita Borg Award for Social
>Impact
>
>
>Congratulations Karen!
>
>regards
>
>Robert
>
> >To: xxxx
> >Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 09:28:44 +0200
> >From: Karen Higgs <khiggs at apc.org>
> >Subject: Karen Banks wins Anita Borg Award for Social Impact
> >
> >Karen should really be telling you herself, but as she is on her way to
> >Chicago to collect the award on behalf of the WNSP, here's the great
> >news!!
> >
> >[If you would like to help us by circulating the press release, please
> >contact myself or Erika at apcwomen.org. Thanks!]
> >
> >
> >APC WNSP's Karen Banks Wins Anita Borg Award for Social Impact
> >
> >MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay С "Our strategy is to get women central, active and
> >visible in all walks of technology. We don't want it to be a surprise to
> >see a woman running a wireless shop, fixing a pc, or leading a campaign to
> >break with the telecom monopoly in her country." -- For nearly 15 years
> >Karen Banks and the APC Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP)
> >have worked to bring technology to underserved women and communities.
> >Their work will be recognised at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in
> >Computing conference on October 7 in Chicago, USA. - APCNews
> >http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=26581
> >
>
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>Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
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