Name: Civics 101 Workshop Keynote Speaker: Joy-Ann Reid
Start: 2024-09-21T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-09-21T21:00:00-04:00
Location: The Klein

Civics 101 Workshop Keynote Speaker: Joy-Ann Reid

Save the Date for this exciting evening with Joy-Ann Reid, the award-winning political analyst, New York Times bestselling author, and MSNBC national correspondent!
Now in it's 7th year, Bridgeport Generation Now's Civics 101 Workshop is a free, 2-day workshop that focuses on building community power through civic knowledge! On Saturday, September 21st, join us after the workshop for our evening keynote speaker.
Drawing on her broad interview experience and no-nonsense commentary, Reid will share an intellectual, insightful approach to the discussions around democracy that our country, our state and our city need most right now.
Tickets will go on sale Friday, August 23rd on The Klein's website, but entry to see Joy-Ann Reid will be FREE if you register and attend Civics 101 during the day! Registration for Civics 101 will open on our website on Friday, August 23rd, as well.
To stay up to date about registration and schedule of events for The 2024 Civics 101 Workshop, please join the Facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1494331044504121
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Award-winning political analyst, New York Times bestselling author, and MSNBC national correspondent Joy-Ann Reid is the renowned Host of MSNBC’s The ReidOut. Reid made history with her namesake show as the first Black woman to host a primetime cable news program. A sought-after keynote speaker, Reid is celebrated for her no-nonsense commentary and insights, taking audiences beyond the headlines in impactful engagements.
Reid has been featured in Washington Post, Forbes, The New York Times, Vogue, Black Enterprise, Fast Company, Ms., among many others, and her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Miami Herald, New York Magazine, and The Daily Beast. She was a 2022 NAACP Image Award winner for The ReidOut, 2003 Knight Center for Advanced Journalism fellow, and has received awards from the Women’s Media Center, the National Action Network, the National Association of Black Journalists, and been nominated for an Emmy, a GLAAD Media Award, and two prior NAACP Image Awards.
Reid has taught at Syracuse University and is a Hearst Visiting Professor at Howard University, teaching a course on the impact of race and gender on political coverage. Drawing on her decades-long experience in politics and passion for addressing the intersections of race, justice, and culture, Reid offers in-demand analysis on today’s most important issues.