{"id":4437,"date":"2016-06-05T21:54:32","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T21:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=4437"},"modified":"2016-06-06T08:20:58","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T08:20:58","slug":"emilymatters-needs-you","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=4437","title":{"rendered":"#Emilymatters Needs You!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emilymatters_80096b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emilymatters_80096b-1024x170.jpg\" alt=\"Emilymatters_80096b\" width=\"819\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>E M I L Y M A T T E R S \u00a0 N E E D S \u00a0 Y O U !<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/EM_Gridline_banner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/EM_Gridline_banner-1024x256.jpg\" alt=\"EM_Gridline_banner\" width=\"614\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilymatters\"><b>Twitter<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>|\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tofreedomscause?_rdr=p\"><b>Facebook<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>|\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/tofreedomscause\/\"><b>Instagram<\/b><\/a><wbr \/>\u00a0<\/span>|\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" title=\"Contact\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=28\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Email<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><b><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2403\" target=\"_blank\">#Emilymatters<\/a><\/b><\/span>\u00a0is a\u00a0social media campaign, inspired by suffragette <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk\/Davison.html\" target=\"_blank\">Emily Davison<\/a><\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0that champions <strong>gender equality<\/strong> and has a specific focus on <strong>voting matters<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Since our launch in the <strong>House of Commons<\/strong>, as part of a special event that included a performance of <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=1704\" target=\"_blank\">To Freedom&#8217;s Cause<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, my play about <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Emily Davison<\/strong><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2403\" target=\"_blank\">#Emilymatters<\/a><\/strong><\/span> has been promoting <strong>grass roots engagement<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>See our\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" title=\"#Emilymatters\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2403\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>#Emilymatters<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0page to find out more about what we do.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4446 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/FullSizeRender-1-1020x1024.jpg\" alt=\"FullSizeRender\" width=\"503\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/FullSizeRender-1-1020x1024.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/FullSizeRender-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/FullSizeRender-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/FullSizeRender-1-768x771.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/FullSizeRender-1.jpg 1265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Ambitious Plans for 2018 &amp; Beyond:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m working with the team on a series of <strong>innovative new projects<\/strong> with a community focus, which will include <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=1704\" target=\"_blank\">To Freedom&#8217;s Cause<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and draw on the campaign&#8217;s <strong>outreach work<\/strong> to date.<\/p>\n<p>We passionately believe that <strong>equality<\/strong> and <strong>democracy<\/strong> matter.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re looking for people who share our <strong>vision<\/strong>\u00a0to help us take the campaign to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>Whether that be through <strong>advice<\/strong>, <strong>mentoring<\/strong> or <strong>skills<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enthusiasm<\/strong> and <strong>commitment<\/strong> are key.<\/p>\n<p>Areas that would be most useful\u00a0at this time are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Project management<\/li>\n<li>PR\/marketing<\/li>\n<li>Fundraising<\/li>\n<li>Social media<\/li>\n<li>Website design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let&#8217;s do <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Emily<\/strong> <\/span>and her sister <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>suffragettes<\/strong> <\/span>proud and ensure that more women and young people get better informed and understand\u00a0that their voices matter!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4453\" style=\"width: 516px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4453\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4453\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tradition_Ashes_Fire-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Tradition is not to preserve the ashes, but to pass on the fire. \" width=\"506\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tradition_Ashes_Fire-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tradition_Ashes_Fire-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tradition_Ashes_Fire-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tradition_Ashes_Fire.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This quotation crystallises our passion for drawing on Emily Davison&#8217;s legacy to continue the Cause.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The new <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2403\" target=\"_blank\">#Emilymatters<\/a><\/strong><\/span> projects will\u00a0combine\u00a0creative resources relating to and including\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=1704\" target=\"_blank\">To Freedom\u2019s Cause<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0with our contemporary outreach campaign work. We aim to further develop our uniquely personal and universal message that\u00a0encourages participants to <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>step up<\/strong><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>vote<\/strong> <\/span>and <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>lead<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>If you believe that equality and democracy matter, please do <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>get in touch<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Kate Willoughby\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Step Up<\/strong><\/span> | <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Vote<\/strong> <\/span>| <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Lead<\/span><br \/>\nBecause #youmatter <\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2403\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>bit.ly\/Emilymatters<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>A Brief Overview of Our Work to Date:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our voting matters campaign work first began during the <strong>2014 European &amp; local elections<\/strong>, then further developed\u00a0during the\u00a0<strong>Scottish Independence Referendum<\/strong>\u00a0with our <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2550\" target=\"_blank\">#DearLauren<\/a><\/strong><\/span> project that began with a conversation with a Lauren, a first time voter and has collected messages and vox pops from across the globe, including most recently the\u00a0<strong>First Minister of Scotland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BE_-rtLg8yl\/?taken-by=tofreedomscause\" target=\"_blank\">Nicola Sturgeon<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:28.125% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BE_-rtLg8yl\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A video posted by tofreedomscause (@tofreedomscause)<\/a> on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2016-05-04T21:01:42+00:00\">May 4, 2016 at 2:01pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>In the autumn of 2014 <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=3729\" target=\"_blank\">Team #Emilymatters<\/a><\/strong><\/span> was formed and together we created several new initiatives, including <strong>Twitter chats<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We began\u00a0to build our community based outreach work adding an <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=3778\">interactive performance<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=3956\">talks and workshops<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. In addition, we continued to extend\u00a0our social media\u00a0reach\u00a0throughout\u00a0the <strong>2015 UK General Election<\/strong> and <strong>2016 Scottish<\/strong>, <strong>Welsh<\/strong>, <strong>Northern Irish\u00a0&amp; local elections<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"storify\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/storify.com\/2FCPlay\/emilymatters-reflecting-on-2015-twitter-chat\/embed?header=false&#038;border=false&#038;template=slideshow\" width=\"100%\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><script src=\"\/\/storify.com\/2FCPlay\/emilymatters-reflecting-on-2015-twitter-chat.js?header=false&#038;border=false&#038;template=slideshow\"><\/script><noscript>[<a href=\"\/\/storify.com\/2FCPlay\/emilymatters-reflecting-on-2015-twitter-chat\" target=\"_blank\">View the story &#8220;#Emilymatters &#8211; Reflecting on 2015 Twitter Chat&#8221; on Storify<\/a>]<\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Our current focus is the <strong>EU Referendum<\/strong>\u00a0and we&#8217;re also watching with interest the build up to the <strong>US Presidential elections<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilymatters\"><b>Twitter<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>|\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tofreedomscause?_rdr=p\"><b>Facebook<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>|\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/tofreedomscause\/\"><b>Instagram<\/b><\/a><wbr \/>\u00a0<\/span>|\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" title=\"Contact\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=28\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Email<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4432 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/VM_EpsomDerby_04June16_GRID-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"VM_EpsomDerby_04June16_GRID\" width=\"504\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/VM_EpsomDerby_04June16_GRID-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/VM_EpsomDerby_04June16_GRID-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/VM_EpsomDerby_04June16_GRID-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/VM_EpsomDerby_04June16_GRID-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/VM_EpsomDerby_04June16_GRID.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit addtoany_list\" data-a2a-url=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=4437\" data-a2a-title=\"#Emilymatters Needs You!\"><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.katewilloughby.co.uk%2F%3Fpage_id%3D4437&amp;linkname=%23Emilymatters%20Needs%20You%21\" title=\"Twitter\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/twitter.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Twitter\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/linkedin?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.katewilloughby.co.uk%2F%3Fpage_id%3D4437&amp;linkname=%23Emilymatters%20Needs%20You%21\" title=\"LinkedIn\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/linkedin.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"LinkedIn\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\"><img src=\"\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>E M I L Y M A T T E R S \u00a0 N E E D S \u00a0 Y O U ! Twitter\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram\u00a0|\u00a0Email #Emilymatters\u00a0is a\u00a0social media campaign, inspired by suffragette Emily Davison,\u00a0that champions gender equality and has a specific focus on voting matters. Since our launch in the House of Commons, as part of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4437"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4460,"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4437\/revisions\/4460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}