Canceled: Loving, Living and the Pursuit of Purpose: a real talk with Rheya–Rheya Spigner
Saturday, 04 Apr 2020 at 12:00 pm – Campanile Room, Memorial Union
This is event has been canceled due to the COVID-19 situation. Rheya Spigner is an anchor on KCCI Channel 8 News. As the keynote speaker for the Transforming Gender and Society Conference, Ms. Spigner will discuss her own experiences as a broadcast journalist, in particular how she has used her role as a news anchor to focus on diverse and pressing topics that are reflective of society. She will also discuss efforts in other media to diversify and improve how women and people of color are presented.
Stay for the entire event, including the brief question-and-answer session that follows the formal presentation. Most events run 75 minutes.
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