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Philanthropy Promotes Gender Justice: A Talk at Flomenhaft Gallery

Published on May 23, 2012

Join us at the Flomenhaft Gallery in New York City for a talk on Philanthropy and Gender Justice presented as part of Have Art Will Travel (HAWT) and Flomenhaft Gallery’s The Fluidity of Gender: Sculpture by Linda Stein.

WHERE
USA- New York
sculptureSculpture by Linda Stein entitled Justice for All 698, 2010

Wednesday, May 23rd
6-8pm
547 West 27th Street (near 11th avenue)
New York, NY 10001

On the evening of Wednesday, May 23rd, Astraea Executive Director, J. Bob Alotta will join in conversation with other leaders in philanthropy to discuss current trends in the gender justice movement. J. Bob Alotta will join Alison Bernstein, Executive Director of the Institute for Women’s Leadership at Rutgers University, Jessica Stern, Director of Programs of International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHR) and Rashid Shabazz, Program Officer at the Soros Foundations. Please RSVP here to attend the event.

 

About the speakers:

Carol Jenkins, moderator of the talk, is a writer and producer. Jenkins is an Emmy award winning former television anchor and correspondent, well known for her tenure with WNBC-TV in New York. She is Founding President of the Women’s Media Center, a nonprofit advocacy organizations founded in 2004 to make women visible and powerful in the media.
J. Bob Alotta is the Executive Director of the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. Read her bio here.
Alison Bernstein is the Director of the Institute for Women’s Leadership at Rutgers University. She is the former Vice President for the Knowledge, Creativity and Freedom Program at the Ford Foundation and former Camille and William Cosby Visiting Professor at Spelman College.
Rashid Shabazz is a Program Officer at the Soros Foundations.
Jessica Stern is the Director of Programs at International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.