{"id":4267,"date":"2016-02-13T18:23:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T18:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?p=4267"},"modified":"2016-02-13T20:16:59","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T20:16:59","slug":"emilymatters-2nd-anniversary-reflections-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?p=4267","title":{"rendered":"#Emilymatters &#8211; 2nd Anniversary &#8211; reflections &#038; thanks"},"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><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><\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tofreedomscause?_rdr=p\"><b>Facebook<\/b><\/a><\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/tofreedomscause\/\"><b>Instagram<\/b><\/a><\/span><wbr \/>\u00a0|\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><b>#Emilymatters<\/b>\u00a0is a\u00a0social media campaign, inspired by suffragette <strong>Emily Davison<\/strong>,\u00a0that champions gender equality and has a specific focus on voting matters.\u00a0See our\u00a0<a title=\"#Emilymatters\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2403\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>#Emilymatters<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0page to find out more about what we do.<br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You&#8217;re invited! Join our special 2nd birthday chat tomorrow as we look to the future of how <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/votingmatters?src=hash\">#votingmatters<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EMat2?src=hash\">#EMat2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y0slULGMCX\">pic.twitter.com\/y0slULGMCX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #Emilymatters (@Emilymatters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Emilymatters\/status\/698466741136056320\">February 13, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Two years ago today,<strong> 13th February<\/strong>, an historic performance of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=244\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">To Freedom&#8217;s Cause<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (my play about suffragette <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk\/Davison.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Emily Davison<\/strong><\/a>) took place in the House of Commons, just across from where Emily occupied Parliament during the night of the <strong>1911 Census<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst many other suffragettes boycotted the Census, Emily took up residence in Parliament so that she could claim, on behalf of all women, the equal right to be there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a result, her name is listed in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/about\/living-heritage\/transformingsociety\/electionsvoting\/womenvote\/case-study-emily-wilding-davison\/ewd\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Census<\/strong><\/a> (incorrectly as Davidson), which you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/about\/living-heritage\/transformingsociety\/electionsvoting\/womenvote\/case-study-emily-wilding-davison\/ewd\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>view online<\/strong><\/a>. It turns out she was mentioned as being at her home address that night as well &#8211; quite some feat, even for Emily!<br \/>\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_qgxQ4Elq4g?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\nThe performance of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=244\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>To Freedom&#8217;s Cause<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (directed by <a href=\"http:\/\/anairb.wix.com\/trusting-the-actor#!the-author\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Brian Astbury<\/strong><\/a>) was part of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?p=1413\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>special event<\/strong><\/span><\/a> that was held in support of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emilythornberry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Emily Thornberry MP&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a> campaign for a statue of Emily Davison in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Devising a social media campaign to promote the event, I created <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2403\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>#Emilymatters<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, which drew on <strong>Emily Davison&#8217;s<\/strong> passion for <strong>equality<\/strong>, <strong>social justice<\/strong> and the <strong>right to vote<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social media<\/strong> was very much a part of the evening. Audience members were encouraged to tweet &amp; post during the performance and during the post show discussion.\u00a0<i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Following a powerful speech about the importance of <strong>Emily Davison<\/strong> and the dearth of women in Parliament by <strong>Emily Thornberry MP<\/strong>, the discussion got underway.<br \/>\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-ZBKecrvMjc?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\nThe <em><strong> &#8216;To Freedom\u2019s Cause\u2019 the campaign for Equality \u2013\u00a0<i>Still worth fighting for? <\/i><\/strong><i><\/i><\/em>discussion was Chaired by <strong>Jane Garvey<\/strong> (BBC Radio 4 Woman\u2019s Hour presenter) and the panellists were:<\/p>\n<p><b>Emma Barnett<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Women\u2019s Editor of The Daily Telegraph and broadcaster<\/p>\n<p><b>Yas Necati<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Feminist campaigner and winner of The Guardian Women awards 2013: Best hope for the future (UK)<\/p>\n<p><b>Chi Onwurah MP<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Shadow Cabinet Office Minister &amp; Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central<\/p>\n<p><b>Dr Helen<\/b>\u00a0<b>Pankhurst<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst<\/p>\n<p>Social media continues to play a major role in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2403\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>#Emilymatters<\/strong><\/span><\/a> campaigns, including our hugely successful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2550\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>#DearLauren<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Message to a First Time Voter (inspired by a conversation with a first time voter on the eve of the <strong>Scottish Independence Referendum<\/strong>).<br \/>\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/vine.co\/v\/OWXJ593laUJ\/embed\/simple\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.vine.co\/static\/scripts\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/center>Since <strong>2014<\/strong> the focus of <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>#Emilymatters<\/strong><\/span> has mostly been on social media, building <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=3729\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Team #Emilymatters<\/span><\/strong><\/a> as well as starting our supporters group, <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">#EmCrew<\/span><\/strong>. With these strong foundations in place, a new creative chapter began last August where the first <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=3778\" target=\"_blank\">#Emilymatters Interactive performance<\/a><\/strong><\/span> took place at London&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WomanUpEvents\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Woman Up! Festival<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This interactive production drew on the mother\/daughter and Epsom Derby scenes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=244\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>To Freedom&#8217;s Cause<\/strong><\/span><\/a> as well as tweets from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2550\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>#DearLauren<\/strong><\/span><\/a> campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year I have also developed a series of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=3956\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>#Emilymatters talks<\/strong><\/span><\/a> for community groups, schools and colleges.\u00a0 And in January 2016 the first <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">#Emilymatters\/To Freedom&#8217;s Cause<\/span><\/strong> talk &amp; solo performance took place at Masham Town Hall, North Yorkshire<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2403\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>#Emilymatters<\/strong><\/a> has excelled at social media and built up a considerable following on Twitter. Our <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Twitter Chats<\/strong><\/span> have become a popular feature of what we do.<\/p>\n<p>Over the coming months, <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Team #Emilymatters<\/strong><\/span> will be taking time to plan and bring to fruition some long term creative projects that will include a tour of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2403\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>To Freedom&#8217;s Cause<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and new material.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to thank everyone who has supported <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=244\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>To Freedom&#8217;s Cause<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2403\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>#Emilymatters<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. Your continued interest in both the play and the campaign mean a great deal to me.<\/p>\n<p>I thought the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2342\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>House of Commons event<\/strong><\/span><\/a> was the end of the journey, instead it was the beginning of a whole new chapter!<\/p>\n<p><em>Kate Willoughby<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Emily matters<\/span>\u00a0 |\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #993366;\">Voting matters<\/span>\u00a0 |\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #993366;\">You matter <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" 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: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"6\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/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 style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BBuxYtoA8yk\/\" target=\"_blank\">A photo posted by tofreedomscause (@tofreedomscause)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-02-13T15:04:15+00:00\">Feb 13, 2016 at 7:04am PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can find us on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilymatters\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/tofreedomscause\/\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ToFreedomsCause\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vine.co\/u\/1123583365388627968\"><strong>Vine<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Listening and valuing what others have to say is very much a a part of what we do. It matters to us that you are heard and not just at election time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 data-reactid=\".1.1.0.0.2.1.0.0\"><span data-reactid=\".1.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1\"><span data-reactid=\".1.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\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\/?p=4267\" data-a2a-title=\"#Emilymatters \u2013 2nd Anniversary \u2013 reflections & thanks\"><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.katewilloughby.co.uk%2F%3Fp%3D4267&amp;linkname=%23Emilymatters%20%E2%80%93%202nd%20Anniversary%20%E2%80%93%20reflections%20%26%20thanks\" 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%3Fp%3D4267&amp;linkname=%23Emilymatters%20%E2%80%93%202nd%20Anniversary%20%E2%80%93%20reflections%20%26%20thanks\" 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>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.\u00a0See our\u00a0#Emilymatters\u00a0page to find out more about what we do. You&#8217;re invited! Join our special 2nd birthday chat tomorrow as we look to the future of how #votingmatters. #EMat2 pic.twitter.com\/y0slULGMCX \u2014 #Emilymatters (@Emilymatters) February 13, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53,1],"tags":[51,58,78,54,24,55,62,52,7,10,30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=4267"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4292,"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4267\/revisions\/4292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}