Gloria Steinem
3-12-2023
The Bull Run Speaker Series presents
Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem is a writer, political activist, and feminist organizer. She was a founder of New York and Ms. magazines, and is the author of The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off , My Life on the Road, Moving Beyond Words, Revolution from Within, and Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, all published in the United States, and in India, in As If Women Matter. Her forthcoming book will focus on the Black roots of feminism.
She co-founded the National Women’s Political Caucus, the Ms. Foundation for Women, the Free to Be Foundation, and the Women’s Media Center in the United States. As links to other countries, she helped found Equality Now, Donor Direct Action, and Direct Impact Africa. For her writing, Steinem has received the Penney-Missouri Journalism Award, the Front Page and Clarion awards, the National Magazine Award, the Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Society of Writers Award from the United Nations, and the University of Missouri School of Journalism Award for Distinguished Service in Journalism. In 1993, her concern with child abuse led her to co-produce an Emmy Award–winning TV documentary for HBO, Multiple Personalities: The Search for Deadly Memories. She and Amy Richards co-produced a series of eight documentaries on violence against women around the world for VICELAND in 2016. She is the subject of Julie Taymor’s biopic, The Glorias, which premiered in Fall 2020.
In 2013, President Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor. In 2019, she received the Freedom Award from the National Civil Rights Museum.
Photo credit: Katie Lyman
Conducting the interview on stage with Ms. Steinem will be Cyndi Stivers, senior curator at TED, the New York–based media and conference nonprofit devoted to “ideas worth spreading.”
Her 45-year career as a reporter, writer, editor, and business executive stretches from hot-type newspapers to the mobile internet—a joyful whirl of shepherding media startups, spotting talent, and reinvigorating venerable brands on nearly every platform. From 1995 to 2005, she led the launch of Time Out in North America. While on the board of the Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) and the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME), she spearheaded adoption of the industry’s first online-publishing guidelines; she also taught for six years at the Columbia School of Journalism. Stivers graduated with honors in English from Barnard College (while working full-time as a reporter at the New York Post). She served 14 years on the Barnard Board of Trustees, and in 2013 received the college’s Woman of Achievement Award. Currently, she is on the boards of HYPOTHEkids (STEM training for underserved kids in NYC) and KAVI (Kings Against Violence Initiative), and also advises Report for America, Litterati, and Miracle Messages.
Photo credit Ryan Lash/TED
Proceeds from this event will benefit the The North Central MA Women’s Fund, part of the Community Foundation of North Central MA.
The Bull Run Speaker Series presents
Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem is a writer, political activist, and feminist organizer. She was a founder of New York and Ms. magazines, and is the author of The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off , My Life on the Road, Moving Beyond Words, Revolution from Within, and Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, all published in the United States, and in India, in As If Women Matter. Her forthcoming book will focus on the Black roots of feminism.
She co-founded the National Women’s Political Caucus, the Ms. Foundation for Women, the Free to Be Foundation, and the Women’s Media Center in the United States. As links to other countries, she helped found Equality Now, Donor Direct Action, and Direct Impact Africa. For her writing, Steinem has received the Penney-Missouri Journalism Award, the Front Page and Clarion awards, the National Magazine Award, the Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Society of Writers Award from the United Nations, and the University of Missouri School of Journalism Award for Distinguished Service in Journalism. In 1993, her concern with child abuse led her to co-produce an Emmy Award–winning TV documentary for HBO, Multiple Personalities: The Search for Deadly Memories. She and Amy Richards co-produced a series of eight documentaries on violence against women around the world for VICELAND in 2016. She is the subject of Julie Taymor’s biopic, The Glorias, which premiered in Fall 2020.
In 2013, President Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor. In 2019, she received the Freedom Award from the National Civil Rights Museum.
Photo credit: Katie Lyman
Conducting the interview on stage with Ms. Steinem will be Cyndi Stivers, senior curator at TED, the New York–based media and conference nonprofit devoted to “ideas worth spreading.”Her 45-year career as a reporter, writer, editor, and business executive stretches from hot-type newspapers to the mobile internet—a joyful whirl of shepherding media startups, spotting talent, and reinvigorating venerable brands on nearly every platform. From 1995 to 2005, she led the launch of Time Out in North America. While on the board of the Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) and the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME), she spearheaded adoption of the industry’s first online-publishing guidelines; she also taught for six years at the Columbia School of Journalism. Stivers graduated with honors in English from Barnard College (while working full-time as a reporter at the New York Post). She served 14 years on the Barnard Board of Trustees, and in 2013 received the college’s Woman of Achievement Award. Currently, she is on the boards of HYPOTHEkids (STEM training for underserved kids in NYC) and KAVI (Kings Against Violence Initiative), and also advises Report for America, Litterati, and Miracle Messages.
Photo credit Ryan Lash/TED
Proceeds from this event will benefit the The North Central MA Women’s Fund, part of the Community Foundation of North Central MA.
- Doors open & Brunch is available from 10AM.
- There will be no Brunch Service once the program begins @ 12noon.
- Ticket price does not include Brunch.