Local Ladies
- Katherine Ross
- Nov 19, 2018
- 3 min read
What do we do when we want to see certain content, but we can’t find it?
We make it!
Founder and Content Creator of Local Ladies, Katie Green, takes on the project she wanted to see most; highlighting powerful women in the community.
“Local Ladies tells stories about women and by women. Through video and print interviews, short films and online content. We focus on authentic conversations with women of all ages on topics such as film, entrepreneurship, vulnerability, self-care, etc.”
How did it start? After seeing the documentary “Dream, Girl” in Guelph with some other women, Katie was inspired.
“I think the combination of the film and the company made me want to just talk to more women in the community. So, I put out a tweet one day at work saying ‘Hey, I want to interview women in the community. Who should I interview?’ I put my phone away and when I returned to it I had retweets and replies and messages filled with women I should talk to. Thus began Local Ladies, an interview series featuring women in the community. I think that first year, we interviewed 22 women in two days and released the interviews all throughout the month of September.”
Then came an interview series on Press for Progress, that was compiled into a film. It consisted of interviews of “women all over Guelph and KW on what the theme #PressForProgress meant to them!”
It was was screened on March 8th 2018 for International Women’s Day, at the Princess Theatre in Waterloo (which Katie rented for the evening).
“The Princess was a wonderful place to host an event and I would absolutely do it again.”
When asking what she her current work for Local Ladies included, she responded:
“Interviews! Interviews with everyone! We’re on a new three day a week posting schedule so we just have non-stop interviews with women from all around being posted. Local Ladies also just collaborated with four other women to create GirlBoss Fails, a weekly talk show where we talk about the not so glamorous parts of being a girlboss.”
Meeting other hard working women is one of the best parts of Local Ladies. Katie constantly gets to work with women who inspire her daily.
The interviews just keep coming, and apparently, so do the films!
“There’s a short film on resilience that will be posted in the next month, and we’re going to start production on the International Women’s Day film for the 2019 theme in January.”
Booking, filming and editing interviews, Katie works incredibly hard to make everything happen. She puts her heart and soul of Local Ladies, and has her friend Meghan to help her with some of the digital marketing and event planning.
Clearly, Katie is incredibly hard working, and dedicated to her craft. She has many goals, both short term and long term.
“My short term goals are to get as many interviews out as possible with the women in our community because storytelling is such a powerful tool. Long term goals would be to expand and start doing more events and workshops for women. In addition to telling stories, I’d also like to educate and create learning spaces for digital media and production that are welcoming to women.”
When asked if there was anything else she wanted to add, she finished off with this:
“Storytelling is such a powerful tool! Use it. Tell your story! Elevate the stories of the women around you and take the time to LISTEN.”
Want to see Local Ladies content?
Website: www.localladiesca.com
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL4xK-8_BOdwQ546pU9BcYw
Follow Local Ladies social media to stay up to date on screenings, interviews and more!
You can stay up to date by following the social media accounts!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/localladies
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/localladiesca/
Want to get involved with Local Ladies?
“If you have a story you want to tell or know of somebody we should interview, you can email us at localladiesca@gmail.com. They can also get involved by coming out to our events and spreading the word so we can spread some serious girl power in the community.”