Ms. Foundation for Women to Honor Ava Duvernay Elaine Welteroth at 30th Annual Gloria Awards
Ms. Foundation for Women announced that they will honor Academy Award-nominated director Ava DuVernay and former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue Elaine Welteroth at the 30th annual Gloria Awards: A Salute to Women of Vision, to be held on Thursday, May 3rd, in New York City.
The Gloria Awards, named for Gloria Steinem, one of the organization’s founding mothers, is a yearly celebration to benefit Ms. Foundation grantee partners around the country and to recognize leaders who have made an indelible impact on the gender justice movement at the local, state, and national level. Ms. DuVernay will receive the Woman of Vision Award, honoring feminist leaders who create positive change, and Ms. Welteroth will receive the Marie C. Wilson Award, named after the former CEO and President of the Foundation to recognize young, trailblazing feminists.
“We are thrilled to announce the honorees for the 30th Annual Gloria Awards,” said Teresa C. Younger, President and CEO of the Ms. Foundation. “Women of color are essential to our mission to advance equity and justice for all. It is fitting that this year’s honorees are a group of brilliant Black women whose innovation, leadership, and courage have moved this country closer to a just and inclusive democracy for all genders. Ms. DuVernay is an outspoken advocate whose work showcases strong, positive, and complex characters of color, and has pushed some of our most difficult political conversations into the forefront. As Conde Nast’s youngest-ever editor-in-chief, Ms. Welteroth brought informative, compelling, and inclusive content to women and girls around the country, and amplified the intersection of race and gender in order to advance the conversation of equity.”
In addition to Ms. DuVernay and Ms. Welteroth, the Ms. Foundation will honor three leaders from grantee-partner organizations who have impacted the women’s movement in unparalleled ways. Monica Simpson of SisterSong, Shannan Reaze of Atlanta Jobs With Justice, and Joanne Smith of Girls for Gender Equity will be recognized for their work in the fields of reproductive justice, economic justice, and women’s safety, respectively...