Can’t Stop the Serenity In the News

2009 has been bigger and better than ever before, and folk all over the world have been talking about it!

Over 80 media outlets have been broadcasting the signal about Can’t Stop the Serenity and Equality Now, and we’d like to take a moment to say thank you.

We’ve received wonderful support from entertainment news outlets, regional newspapers, technology blogs, podcasts and a wide range of bloggers.  We’re also thankful to the radio stations who have given our volunteers airtime to share their excitement about our events.

To find out who was talking about your local event, head on over to our Can’t Stop the Serenity Press page.  And if you know of any media mentions we’ve missed, please let us know.

Thank you to each and every one of you who has helped us broadcast the signal and spread the word about Can’t Stop the Serenity.… Read more…

The Cause – Help Equality Now make a difference

GLOBAL FUNDRAISING GOAL UPDATE

We’re delighted to announce that we have donation confirmations from six more cities, which brings our total raised so far to $74,848.57 (as of September 16, 2009, from 22 cities). This fantastic total includes $66,750.59 donated to Equality Now and $8,097.98 to other charities. But we’re not done yet, so please continue to support CSTS events. We’re hoping to top last year’s Global Donation of $107,219.15!! We’ve got more cities on board than ever before, so let’s raise the roof for Equality Now!!

WHY WE ARE HERE

As we draw towards the end of the 2009 season of Can’t Stop the Serenity, it’s more important than ever to remember the importance of why we are here.

Imagine that you are a young girl of twelve years old.… Read more…

Why We Are Here (Part VII)

Why We Are Here

Twelve is a magical age, where life is poised to leave childhood behind while reaching out toward the mysteries of women. Dolls sit on shelves but remain dear friends and babysitting becomes something to strive for, to feed the blossoming feminine need to nurture as well as to earn money for little dreams. Yet on September 11th, for Fawziya Abdullah Youssef (a 12-year-old who should have been a flower girl instead of a child-bride) life ended – awash in pain and blood.

Fawziya bled to death after three days of hard labor, a child forced to become a mother before her time. For most WOMEN it is a traumatic experience (pain of any kind for anyone is debilitating) but to force a CHILD to suffer through it for THREE days is a devastating commentary of sadness and disbelief.… Read more…

Calling all Browncoats and Doers of Good Deeds!

CSTS and Equality Now need your help to do good in the ‘Verse!

What if we tell you that there is a way you can help make a difference to raise money for Equality Now and all it would take is maybe a minute of your time?  Sound good?  Well here’s the scoop.

There’s a contest for your favorite charity at:

http://www.ilovechristiecookies.com/contest/form.asp

The link isn’t listed in the drop down menu yet, but with a few more votes it should be up there soon.  So where’s what you need to do.

1.  Click on the drop down menu (“Check to see if your favorite charity is already listed.”) to see if Equality Now is listed.  If it is, click on it and proceed to fill out your information and vote! … Read more…

1st Round Global Prize Winners

GUESS WHAT? I have here in my cyber hand something you fine folk have been waiting to read.  No, it’s not a puppy or a shiny sparkling bit of heist (although those things are fine enough in their own regards…)

I have here, right here before me… that precious bit o’email from Amanda at Equality Now!

What email you ask?  Well for those of you who mighta missed our little missive earlier, it contains two very special names – the names belonging to the shiny winners in part one of the global prize draw…

Even I can’t stop the serenity – so now, without any further ado and/or and procrastination of the special shiny announcement – here we go.

::drum roll please::

The winner of the Creation Entertainment Gold Passes is:

✺❥✺ MEGAN MCAFEE-ERSKINE ✺❥✺
of Albuquerque❣

AND

The winner of the Browncoat Ball Passes is:


✺❥✺ JOHNNY YARBROUGH ✺❥✺
of Chicago!❣
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1st Round Global Drawing Entries Submitted to EN

SHINY!  We’ve sent the following list of lucky first round winners off to our fantabulous friends at Equality Now and at any moment they will be picking the two lucky winners for the Browncoat Ball and Creation Entertainment passes!


CREATION ENTERTAINMENT GOLD PASSES

Jen Grańa – Boston
Cory Seaton – Denver
Carl Hewelt – Chicago
Craig Dungan – Raleigh
Abi Kritzer – Minneapolis
Patrick O’Connor – Seattle
David West – Pittsburgh
Aurora Miracle – Portland
Brett Trout – Des Moines
Mark Thompson – Vancouver, BC
Wendy Scott – Warwick, UK
Diana Hall – Nottingham, UK
David Hudgins – Arlington
Steven Norris – Nashville
Tiffany Bell – Melbourne, AUS
Jacob Acosta – Dallas
Megan McAfee-Erskine – Albuquerque
Linda Bourbeau – OC/Irvine
Michelle Carlbert – Los Angeles
David Bean – San Diego
MA Ghaffar – Riverside
Lydia Hernandez – Austin
Risa Kitaura – San Antonio

BROWNCOAT BALL PASSES

Dan Morley – New England
Erin Card – Denver
Johnny Yarbrough – Chicago
Amy Preble – Raleigh
Grant Johnson – Minneapolis
Gary Rawson – Seattle
Michele Trader – Pittsburgh
Anitra Pavka – Portland
Kelly Goergen – Des Moines
Laurel Ragen – Vancouver, BC
Susan Crean – Warwick, UK
Laura Walker – Nottingham, UK
Matt Krainik – Arlington
Lisa Rish – Nashville
Carly Williams – Melbourne, AUS
Tracy Yothers – Dallas
Chris Laplante – Albuquerque
Michelle Evans – OC/Irvine
Kate Hopp – Los Angeles
Corey Ruhl – San Diego
Beth Zorko – Riverside
Barbara Slough – Austin
Jaime Crowe – San Antonio

And these are the Browncoat groups who sent ‘e m on up!… Read more…

What’s On: September 2009

Only two months left for Can’t Stop the Serenity 2009! The last cities have signed up and we’ve grown to 55 cities this year in seven countries. If you’ve already been to an event this year, we’d love to hear your stories. You can use our Forum or email our Global Communications Team at [email protected] and we’ll add them for you. You can also add your photos to our Global Photo Pool at Flickr. And if you haven’t yet experienced the fun and excitement of a Can’t Stop the Serenity event, there’s lots in store in September! For a full listing of events, please click here.

UPCOMING EVENTS…

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Global Prize Drawing Entries

Ni hao!!!

Can you feel the excitement in the air?  I’m EXCITED!  Why?  Because we are ready to draw the Global Prizes for the Creation Entertainment Gold Weekend Package AND for the awesome Browncoat Ball Passes!!!   PLUS the lovely gals at Equality Now are standing by (well probably sitting lol) to do the random drawing for us.

However, these are the only Browncoat groups I’ve received any entries for to date:

Chicago Browncoats
Denver Browncoats
Des Moines Browncoats
Minneapolis Browncoats
New England Browncoats*
Nottingham Browncoats
Pittsburgh Browncoats
Portland Browncoats
Raleigh Browncoats
Seattle Browncoats
Vancouver Browncoats
Warwick Browncoats

*via snail mail (All others were emailed to [email protected])

(Las Vegas submitted only one entry and we are waiting for clarification on which prize their winner is suppose to be entered into)

It seems we are short a few cities! … Read more…