(New York, NY)
Ellen Kaye with Ethan Fein and the M57 Band will perform at a special reception to benefit the US National Committee for UN Women and its Metro New York Chapter, hosted by the Consulate General of Hungary, honoring advertisers and their agencies whose campaigns have powerful and positive messages for women and girls. This reception follows a panel, Gender Representation in Advertising: Socializing Sexism and Breaking Stereotypes, where experts in media, gender issues and advertising will discuss and field questions on what advertisers can do to advance gender equality by shaping perceptions of women and girls through advertising.
Ellen Kaye and Moscow 57's relationship with UN Women came about when
Cheryl Benton, President of the NY Chapter of UN Women and founder and publisher of
The Three Tomatoes, a lifestyle web site and newsletter for "women who aren't kids," heard Ellen sing Dar Williams's song "When I Was a Boy," and asked Ellen to sing the song at a luncheon for UN Women at the United Nations in March of 2012. They've remained in touch since and are both excited to be collaborating on this event. Where Kaye will once again perform "When I Was a Boy," which has become the touchstone for the collaboration of the Metro NY Chapter of UN Women and Moscow 57, the entertainment and hospitality company founded by Kaye and partners Seth Goldman and Ethan Fein.
The proceeds of all sales from Ellen's single of "When I was a Boy" in 2015 will be donated to UN Women's HeForShe campaign. HeForShe is a solidarity movement for gender equality developed by UN Women to engage men and boys as advocates and agents of change for the achievement of gender equality and women's rights. The campaign encourages men and boys to speak out and take action against
inequalities faced by women and girls.
The panel Gender Representation in Advertising: Socializing Sexism and Breaking Stereotypes will be on March 9, 2015 from 2:30pm-4:00pm at the UN Church Center, 777 1st Avenue, New York.
Panelists will include Lezlie Yazel, Executive Editor, Cosmopolitan, Shenan Reed, President North America, MEC Global, Judy John, CEO & CCO, Leo Burnett Toronto, Seema Patel, SVP
and Account Director for COVERGIRL, Gr
ey Advertising and Shakthi Jothianandan, Research, Vogue. The moderator will be Warren Hoge, Senior Advisor External Relations, International Peace Institute.
The evening reception benefiting UN Women and Honoring Advertisers featuring Ellen Kaye with Ethan Fein and the M57 Band will be at the Consulate General of Hungary, 223 E 52nd Street, New York on March 9, 2015 from 6:00pm- 9:00pm. Honorees at the reception are Grey Advertising / Pantene - "Not Sorry," Grey Advertising / COVERGIRL - "Girls Can," Leo Burnett / *Always - "Like a Girl," BBDO / Pantene Philippines - "Labels," BBDO / GE - "What My Mom Does at GE," Droga5 / Under Armour - "I Will What I Want."
ABOUT ELLEN KAYE
Ellen Kaye's singing career took off when she was booked at the original Monkey Bar and played there every Friday and Saturday night for two years. Performances at Carnegie Hall (with the New York Pops) and Town Hall followed, along with other NYC venues - the Angry Squire, Maxim's, Tatou, Surf Reality and the original LaMamaETC, as well as at the The Bearsville Theater Lounge in Woodstock, The Silo in Connecticut, and New Orleans.
Kaye has appeared regularly at noted jazz club The Iridium, and the Metropolitan Room. Ellen was invited to sing When I Was a Boy, by Dar Williams, in the United Nations Delegates dining room for the March 2012 luncheon of the Metro New York Chapter of UN Women.
Kaye's recordings are Ice Wine - songs for Christmas and dark winter nights, 3AM...the dogs, the milkman & me, 2AM and the single of Dar Williams' When I Was a Boy.
Ellen's songs have played and she has been interviewed on radio programs across the country, including those on PRI, WNEW, WNYC and on WVOX/WRTN, where she also hosted The Ellen Kaye Show. Ellen co-hosted and co-produced M57 Straight from Delancey a 14 episode radio show, also broacast on WVOX in 2014.
