4. Improving the SCA Women’s Experience–

a. Filmlink – Networking event that connects like-minded women. Producers seeking scripts may meet with writers, or a writer may potentially find a writing partner here.
b. Brunch Month – Meet 8-10 WCA members you’ve never met before in a casual setting. Exchange ideas about career, projects, etc.
c. Writers’ Seminars – Meet with established writers who’ll offer advice and life experiences.

5. Expanding WCA Members’ Network – Not everyone in Hollywood went to USC. WCA has already begun forming relationships with the alumni boards of UCLA and Stanford, and with organizations such as Women in Film, the Alliance of Women Directors, and Women and Wine. How can I participate?

1 – Organize an event.
2 – Join the Steering Committee.
3 – Attend an event.
4 – Join our Yahoo!Group.
5 – Visit our website.

How do I join the WCA?
To be added to the listserv or to become a WCA member, visit the “Membership” section of our website.

Is WCA membership too time consuming?
Our first priority is to our careers, and each of us will go through phases when our work leaves no time to spare for the WCA. That’s when our fellow members will step in to pick up the slack. We’re here to help each other.

How did the WCA come about?
We realized there was a vacuum and we created an organization to fill it. Before the WCA existed, there was virtually no forum in which USC women filmmakers could make contact with peers outside their immediate circle. We were all strangers when we didn’t have to be.

Now it’s possible for USC women filmmakers to have more collaborative and supportive relationships. We all know the statistics. Our best bet for any kind of success in this industry is through forming the kind of relationships that this organization facilitates.

No one here wants to be excluded from the Boys’ Club. But they’re not the only Club in town anymore.