“I AM BECOMING MORE RADICAL WITH AGE.”
— Gloria Steinem
To celebrate Gloria’s 75th Birthday and to honor her unique and transformational work as an organizer and activist in the women’s and broader social justice movements, the Ms. Foundation for Women, Inc. has established The Gloria Steinem Fund for Organizing.
Gloria has traveled the United States and the world, for more than 30 years, igniting powerful new connections between women across race and class that have inspired so many to discover and let loose their own rebellious, activist selves.
“Once I began to listen to my own authentic voice – or at least to
realize I had one – I discovered a new answer to my earlier
rhetorical question: How much more rebellious could I get?
The answer was: A lot.” — Gloria Steinem
Seizing on the moment of opportunity now present for change in our country, The Gloria Steinem Fund for Organizing at the Ms. Foundation for Women will propel women’s leadership and solutions forward quickly and boldly. As Gloria says, “The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day, and at this moment in the life of our nation and the world, there truly is no day like today to take action.”
The Fund will focus on opportunities to achieve policy wins at national, state and local levels and to shape our culture in ways that make a real difference in the lives of women and girls, and their families and communities. The new Fund will support communications activities that respond quickly and speak strongly on the urgent issues – from health care to immigration to economic recovery – that the nation is now turning to address.
To encourage each of us to contribute to the cause of simple justice, the foundation has established Outrageous Acts, a social networking, social change campaign that invites everyone to engage in, celebrate, and support acts in the cause of simple justice on behalf of women, families and communities.
Get started at:
www.outrageousacts.org.
For information on the Ms. Foundation for Women, Inc. visit:
www.ms.foundation.org