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Amy S. Williams

Amy S. Williams

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Who I am:

Always a west coast gal, Amy has happily called Portland home for three years. After graduating with a B.A. in English, focusing on feminism in literature, Amy traveled the coast making stops to work at a publisher of health promotional pamphlets (Santa Cruz, CA), have a baby and work at a coffee company (San Francisco, CA), start a card and t-shirt business (Seattle, WA), and work/volunteer for a number of nonprofit organizations, most recently in the queer arena (Seattle and Portland). Amy came to B-Word/Bitch in May 2007 after working at Equity Foundation, a foundation granting to queer, under-served and non-traditional organizations, to coordinate fund development and outreach efforts and has since evolved to do organizational development and financial management as well.

As a self-proclaimed nonprofit junkie, Amy currently serves on the Board of a domestic violence organization in Portland and volunteers her time supporting a variety of organizations in the area, such as Q Doc, the country's first Queer Documentary Film Festival.

Amy believes that nonprofit organizations don't have to lose their politics to grow and expand and also believes a goal of many nonprofits should be to work themselves out of a job, because that means you've achieved your mission. Amy lives in SE Portland with her family and loves to cook, read, hike, play cards, and go to the movies.

Favorite color: chartreuse or chocolate brown or tangerine

Turn-ons: well-read, outspoken, good hearts, good hair

Turnoffs: greed, apathy, intellectuals with attitude

Celebrity crush: Mary Stuart Masterson

Secretly wishes she were a: tap dancer

What I'm reading:

Favorite books: Fried Green Tomatoes At the Whistle Stop Café, All Men are Mortal, Kite Runner, Age of Innocence

What I'm listening to:

Favorite album: Michael Jackson, Thriller

What I'm watching:

Favorite movies: Auntie Mame, my cousin vinnie, pillow talk, raise the red lantern

What blogs I like:
Let me think about it.

Recent Blog Posts

sm{art} needs art!

B-sides blog post by Amy S. Williams, October 1, 2008 - 9:25am; tagged: art, artists, events, Judy Chicago, sm{art}, support.

In just 25 days, B-Word is not only bringing Judy Chicago out to Portland for our art auction - we are also planning a pretty kick-ass event that isn't your typical auction. We can have all the fantastic entertainment, stellar goodie bags, great local beer and food, and the best host{ess} around, but in order to raise the dollars we need to support Bitch, we need ART!!!

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Fall means.........time to host a house party for Bitch!

B-sides blog post by Amy S. Williams, September 5, 2008 - 3:36pm;

I don't know about you but I do believe nothing screams Fall like house parties! And what is even more Fall-like than hosting a house party to support Bitch? 

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I ♥ Sarah Waters

B-sides blog post by Amy S. Williams, August 22, 2008 - 4:26pm; tagged: books, celebrities, lesbian, movies, pop culture, queer.

I felt very much out of the lezzie-loop yesterday when I found out that Sarah Waters' second novel, Affinity, has been made into a movie and was the opening night film at Frameline this summer.

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"Feminist Perspectives in Pop Culture" lecture series update!

B-sides blog post by Amy S. Williams, August 21, 2008 - 3:44pm;

Good news for anyone who can make it to Portland, Oregon for the inaugural B-Word/Bitch lecture series, Feminist Perspectives in Pop Culture! We've got three of the four speakers lined up and tickets go on sale next
week. Come one, come all! Get the series pass!

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Small gifts matter

B-sides blog post by Amy S. Williams, August 20, 2008 - 2:58pm; tagged: community, donors, giving, philanthropy, support.

Revisioning and strategic planning are hard work for an organization. We at B-Word/Bitch have been thinking about this process for months, even years for some folks, but last Friday we formally began this journey and I have got to say, it is going to be a pretty great adventure these next few months.

Debbie is devoting an entire post to our process so I won't divulge more, but being in the planning process and looking at our strengths really solidified one of the reasons I feel B-Word/Bitch is so incredibly inspiring as a non-profit: Our supporters.

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