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Recognized Women’s Rights Pioneer and Journalist,
Gloria Steinem, Visits SAC
Thursday, September 21, 2006
For
Immediate Release
July 13, 2006
Contact: Deborah Martin, San Antonio College, Public
Relations
(210) 733-2149
dmartin@accd.edu
Poster by Darla Tolliver
WHAT:
SAC Women’s Center 25th Anniversary Celebration
with “Women of Vision” scholarship awards
and keynote speaker Gloria Steinem.
The
event helps celebrate the SAC Women’s Center
25th anniversary of supporting women, serving community
and expanding visions.
Gloria
Steinem’s “Empowering San Antonio’s
Future Women of Vision” speech is part of the
San Antonio College Fine Arts & Cultural Events
Series, with additional sponsorship from AT&T.
Admission
is free and open to the public. Seating is limited.
WHEN:
Thursday, September 21, 2006
6:30
p.m.
Ten “Women of Vision’ Scholarships will
be awarded, totaling $25,000, funded by the ACCD Foundation.
7
p.m.
Gloria Steinem presents “Empowering San Antonio’s
Future Women of Vision” followed by a brief
Question and Answer session.
WHERE:
McAllister Auditorium
San Antonio College
1300 San Pedro, 78212
(auditorium is located at the corner of San Pedro
and W. Courtland Pl.)
WHO:
Gloria Steinem was the original publisher of Ms. Magazine,
considered “the first national magazine to make
feminist voices audible, feminist journalism tenable,
and a feminist worldview available to the public,”
and continues to be an award-winning magazine today
(www.msmagazine.com). Steinem currently sits on the
magazine’s advisory board and is still listed
in the publication’s Masthead as one of its
six founding editors.
A
breast cancer survivor, she was inducted into the
National Women's Hall of Fame in 1993 for her leadership
in the women's liberation movement that started with
her work in the 1970s to establish the National Women's
Political Caucus, Coalition of Labor Union Women,
and the Women's Action Alliance.
Books
she has authored include: Outrageous Acts and Everyday
Rebellions (1983), Marilyn: Norma Jean (1986), Revolution
from Within (1992) and Moving beyond Words (1993).
CONTACT:
San Antonio Women’s Center, (210) 733-2299 or
womenctr@accd.edu.
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