Thursday, April 13, 6:00-7:00 p.m. ET
Free for WMG members, $15 for non-members
As the 2024 race for President heats up and Donald Trump continues to make headlines, it’s time to take a clear-eyed look at his legacy and how it has impacted women’s lives. A panel of experts, including acclaimed journalist Nina Burleigh, The Nation magazine’s national affairs correspondent Joan Walsh, and political strategist Celinda Lake, will explore such topics as:
- Did the Great Women’s March in Washington, DC, the day after Trump’s inauguration, have any lasting impact?
- How have the Trump Years affected the “women’s movement?”
- Is the Me Too movement dead?
- Has an increasingly hostile and partisan environment for elected women, reduced women’s power?
- Why are teenage girls in crisis and how does that relate to the Trump presidency?
- What role does social media and internet porn play in the above situation?
- Will we ever see an American woman President?
Moderator
Nina Burleigh, author of seven books, has been based in Washington, D.C., New York, Paris and Italy, and has reported extensively from the Middle East and throughout the United States. Her journalism has been published in such media outlets as The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Time, and New York Magazine, among others. Two of her magazine articles were made into dramatic productions and she was an executive producer on a documentary series about Ghislaine Maxwell and a Peacock documentary on Prince Andrew. She is currently an adjunct professor at NYU’s Arthur J. Carter Journalism Institute.
Panelists
Celinda Lake, president of Lake Research Partners, was one of the top two pollsters for President Biden in 2020. She is also one the nation’s foremost experts on electing women candidates and on framing issues to women voters. She and her firm are known for cutting-edge research on issues including the economy, health care, the environment, and education, and have worked for a number of institutions including the Democratic National Committee, Planned Parenthood, EMILY's List, VoteVets Action Fund, and the Kaiser Family Foundation. Her international work has included work in Liberia, Belarus, Ukraine, South Africa, and Central America.
Joan Walsh is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation, a coproducer of The Sit In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show, and the author of What’s the Matter With White People? Finding Our Way in the Next America. Salon’s first news editor, Walsh served as editor in chief for six years. She is a frequent guest on MSNBC and CNN, and has contributed to publications ranging from Vogue to The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
All proceeds from this event support the Women's Media Group Educational Foundation.
