"HairAware"
- Increasing awareness of women's Hair Loss
July 2001, New York, NY
Dear HairlossSucks: Many thanks for posting our
June 6 symposium info. The event went quite well
and was a good first in bridging the NY medical community directly with women
with hair loss.
I just returned from Miami this morning, where Hair Aware was recognized by
the hair industry and featured as a new organization at Haircolor USA.
Many good firsts for Hair Aware this week, with more to come. As such, here is some basic info on Hair Aware that you may want to post on
your website: Again many thanks and warm regards.
HAIR AWARE MISSION
Hair Aware: Organization for Women's Hair Loss, Inc. is dedicated to raising
the level of awareness and acceptance of women's hair loss through forming
strategic alliances with the medical, beauty and fashion industries and
women's health organizations.
Through Hair Aware, a much-needed dialogue will be opened that will address
the psychological, sociological and medical impact of hair loss in women.
The dialogue will be opened by and for women with all forms of hair loss on a
subject that was until recently rarely addressed.
Multiple dialogue platforms, both online and in public, coupled with high
profile and broad-based appeal awareness events, are currently set and being
developed. Launch activities for Hair Aware will include a series of
seminars and events in New York City and Los Angeles, as well as, an online
forum.
HAIR AWARE: RECENT / UPCOMING
EVENTS
June 6, 2001
Hair Aware addressed participants at a symposium it helped to initiate on
Resources for Female Hair Loss at the Medical and Scientific Symposium on
Female Hair Loss at Columbia University's Partnership for Women's Health held
on June 6, 2001 in New York City. Transcript will be available through Hair
Aware within the next month.
June 10-12, 2001
Hair Aware was recognized by the hair color industry and featured as a new
organization at Haircolor USA -- the internationally renowned conference for
leading hair colorists. In accordance with the educational objectives of
Hair Aware, the issue of women's hair loss was officially addressed for the
first time.
October 4, 2001
Hair Aware will produce a psychological and cultural discussion of hair and
hair loss to be held at New York Magazine on October 4, 2001, in New York
City.
Spring 2002
Spring 2002 will officially launch Hair Aware as a nonprofit organization and
will include a national awareness campaign and music events including:
March 11, 2002
Hair Ball New York™ to take place March 11, 2001, (venue TBD) to coincide
with International Beauty Show at the Jacob Javitz Center. Hair Ball New
York™ will unite the hair industry and NYC arts communities.
Hair Aware will produce its first annual national women's hair loss symposium.
2002-2003 music events will expand to Los Angeles with Hair Ball Los Angeles™.
LISSA ROSENTHAL, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF HAIR AWARE
As a thirty-three year old woman whose hair loss is a result of having
trichotillomania since seven, Lissa Rosenthal is taking her professional
advocacy and event fundraising expertise to help women with all forms of hair
loss.
Prior to creating Hair Aware, Lissa Rosenthal was the Development Director of
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, an affiliate of The Museum of Modern Art, New
York. She has worked extensively in AIDS fundraising and event production
helping to raise millions of dollars and awareness for AIDS service organizations nationwide. Her arts advocacy work includes serving as
Programs Director for the American Council for the Arts where she was the
coordinator of national Arts Advocacy Day and the Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts
and Public Policy in Washington, DC.
HAIR AWARE CONTACT
INFORMATION
Lissa Rosenthal
Director
Hair Aware: Organization for Women's Hair Loss, Inc.
124 East 40th Street, Room 601
New York, NY 10019
212-986-5691 phone
212-986-5614 fax |
