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Rebekah Spicuglia
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  • Brooklyn, NY
  • United States
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Summer and a New Beginning

Exciting moments on on the horizon! I'm leaving my full-time job at the Women's Media Center to focus for the summer on writing my blog, finishing my book, and raising awareness around issues related to custody, divorce, and our archaic gendered expectations for parents.

One of my first projects since I made this decision was one I've wanted to do for a long time -- start a NYC NonCustodial Parent meetup group! It's been just a week since I created it, and there are already 20+ non-custodial pa… Continue

Posted on June 12, 2010 at 8:27am —

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If you have a website, blog, or twitter handle, please enter these below.
NonCustodial Parent Community:
http://ncpcommunity.com/

Women's Media Center:
http://womensmediacenter.com/
http://womensmediacenter.com/wordpress/

Other:
http://twitter.com/rcspicuglia
http://www.facebook.com/rebekah.spicuglia
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/100999
What media outlets, if any, do you currently write for?
Have written for the Women's Media Center. Have also been featured in or written for the NYTimes "Motherlode", Slate, Huffington Post, About.com, Brain,Child magazine, WBAI, Feministing, Feminist.com, MomsRising, Mamapalooza.
Which of the following genres best describe your work?
Nonfiction, Memoir, Journalism
Do you review books, television or film?
Yes
Do you offer services to other writers? Please describe.
Developing a media plan for an event/launch, long-term media strategy
Confidence-building, owning expertise, brand-assessment
Message development
Media relations, pitching
Rapid response communications
Developing multimedia/online presence
Moving from journalism/commentary to action
Online organizing - advocacy campaigns (especially with Democracy in Action)
Coalition-building, partnership-building
Video/production/editing
Writing, editing - traditional pr, op-eds, blogging, funding proposals
Do you have any professional associations?
Women's Media Center, NonCustodial Parent Community

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At 2:25pm on September 1, 2010, Madge Woods said…
I thought your passion project was a great story. Made me want to know more.
At 1:01pm on November 2, 2009, Anu Karwa said…
Thanks, Rebekah. Have any advice on groups to join on SheWrites to find the right literary agent for a non-fiction lifestyle book? It's the world of wine meets InStyle magazine.
At 2:30pm on November 1, 2009, Andrea Simon said…
Thanks so much Rebekah for your welcome. You are the first to respond and it makes me feel very happy.
At 12:17pm on October 31, 2009, Ginny Wiehardt said…
Thanks! It's good to be here.
At 12:05pm on October 31, 2009, Hans R. Gallas said…
Thank you for the welcome. Look forward to getting to know other children's book writers.
At 6:34pm on October 30, 2009, Dr. Kathleen T. Ruddy said…
Thank you, Rebekah. I am so happy to have found this space.
At 10:02am on August 7, 2009, Ren Powell said…
Thank you, Rebekah. I am looking forward to learning from everyone's views.
At 1:21pm on July 26, 2009, Jessica Wakeman said…
Good to see you here, too. :)
At 10:53am on July 23, 2009, katieorenstein said…
And you!
At 7:54am on July 8, 2009, Eileen Flanagan said…
Thanks for friending (Is that really a verb?).

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18 hours ago
Omg this is so exciting!! Thank you and congrats to all
August 24
Rebekah Spicuglia is attending an event
August 5, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm
Join other She Writers in New York for Blogher 2010 -- and other She Writers who are in New York because they live there -- for drinks and writerly chit chat! Kamy and Debbie and the rest of the She Writes team will be there and would love to get so…
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Shoutout to Deb Siegel who led the writing workshop that FINALLY got me writing ... and now working on my first book. And to Joy Rose, leader of motherhood movement. And to Maria Housden, whose writing Hannah's Gift and Unraveled inspires me every d…
July 23
Hope the training was helpful for folks:) One of the most significant points that we didn't really dig into was how to prep journalists and producers on your book, because often they will not have read it!! Anyone have any tips?
June 28
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A place to continue the conversation started in the She Writes webinar, Media Messaging for Writers, with the Women's Media Center. Got questions about how to give your words a life in media, beyond the written page? Inquire here!
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Join other New York-area She Writers at Lolita to celebrate She Writes' first birthday in style! Just bring yourself and a book -- yours or another She Writer's you love, new or gently used -- and leave the party with another. Come prepared to meet…
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Exciting moments on on the horizon! I'm leaving my full-time job at the Women's Media Center to focus for the summer on writing my blog, finishing my book, and raising awareness around issues related to custody, divorce, and our archaic gendered exp…
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