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New York, New York
—
Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan,
and Gloria Steinem —
the Co-Founders of The WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER — announce
the honorees for the 2024
Women’s Media Awards,
to be held on Thursday, September 19th, at
the
JW Marriott Essex House in New York City.
The WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER 2024 Women’s Media
Award Honorees are:
·
America Ferrera,
Emmy winning, Oscar nominated actor, director, producer, and
activist, will receive the
WMC Gloria Steinem Visible and Powerful Award.
·
Yamiche Alcindor,
NBC News Washington correspondent, will be honored with the
WMC Carol Jenkins Award.
·
Donna Deitch,
film director, writer, producer, Emmy winning director and
activist, will be honored with the
WMC Ahead of Her Time Award.
·
Liz Rebecca Alarcón, Founder
& CEO, Pulso, will be honored with the WMC
Progressive Women’s Voices IMPACT Award.
·
Rahna Epting,
Executive Director, MoveOn,
will be honored with the WMC
Progressive Women’s Voices IMPACT Award.
·
Jenice Fountain, Executive
Director, Yellowhammer Fund, will be honored with the WMC
Progressive Women’s Voices IMPACT Award.
·
Chicken & Egg Pictures,
which
awards grants and provides creative
mentorship to filmmakers from around the world,
will be honored with the WMC Pat Mitchell
Lifetime Achievement Award. Chicken & Egg Pictures
Co-Founders are
Julie Parker Benello, Wendy Ettinger
and Judith Helfand. Jenni Wolfson is CEO.
“The
Women’s Media Center’s call to action is simple: We want to
see more diverse women, hear more diverse women, and read
articles from more diverse women across all media platforms.
Our
Women’s Media Awards honor champions for
women who set the standard for what media should look like
when it gives voice to the female half of the country. They
are role models, history-makers, and inspiring leaders,”
said
Julie Burton, President & CEO of the WOMEN’S
MEDIA CENTER.
The Women’s Media Awards Co-Chairs
are:
Loreen Arbus, Donna Deitch, Anne Kiehl
Friedman, Mellody Hobson, Cindy Holland, Helen LaKelly Hunt,
Carlene C. Laughlin, Michelle Mercer & Bruce Golden, Susan
Pritzker, Lynda & Stewart Resnick, Sheryl Sandberg, Bonnie
Schaefer, Marla Schaefer, Regina K. Scully, Alexandra Shiva,
Mary &
Steven Swig, Darren Walker.
Proceeds from these awards support the work
of the
WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER.
Past WMC honorees include
Luvvie Ajayi, Gayle King, Christiane Amanpour, Amma
Asante, Laura Bates, Samantha Bee, Ursula Burns, Hillary
Rodham Clinton, Katie Couric, Abigail Disney, Jude Ellison
S. Doyle, Mona Eltahawy, Fatima Goss Graves, Maria Hinojosa,
Cindy Holland, Sarah Hoye, Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff,
Sheila C. Johnson, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Ashley
Judd, Maria Teresa Kumar, Laura Ling and Lisa Ling, Lara
Logan, Andrea Mitchell, Pat Mitchell, Martha Nelson, Soledad
O’Brien, Salma Hayek Pinault, Elianne Ramos, Joy Reid, Robin
Roberts, April Ryan, Anita Sarkeesian, Regina K. Scully,
Mary Thom, Marlo Thomas, Barbara Walters, Padmasree Warrior,
Lindy West, and Maggie
Wilderotter.
To buy tickets to the WMC 2024 Women’s Media
Awards, go to:
https://act.womensmediacenter.com/a/womens-media-awards-2024-tickets
For more information about the ongoing work
of the WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER, go to:
www.womensmediacenter.com
About the WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER (WMC):
Founded by Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem, the
WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER (WMC) is a feminist organization that
works for gender and racial inclusion, representation, and
equality in media. The WMC mission is to make diverse women
visible and powerful in the media. WMC programs address
unequal representation and misrepresentation of women in
media through interconnected strategies to: 1) Research,
document, and produce reports in the WMC Media Lab that
highlight the status of women in U.S. media, equip activists
with evidence, and create benchmarks to hold media
accountable for sexist and racist coverage; 2) Train women
leaders and experts to be effective in media and increase
their thought leadership through WMC Progressive Women’s
Voices and customized training and leadership programs;
3) Recruit and promote diverse women experts to the media
through WMC SheSource; and, 4) Investigate, report, and
publish original online and on-air journalism to expand
diverse women’s voices and representation. |