The Klein Memorial Auditorium - PAGE BRIDGEPORT GENERATION NOW KEYNOTE SPEAKER JOY ANN REID

Bridgeport Generation Now's Civics 101 Workshop Keynote Speaker: Joy-Ann Reid

Saturday, September 21, 2024

7:00PM-8:30PM | Doors open at 6PM

Tickets: $35

Seats are general admission and are first come, first serve.

Wheelchair accessible seating is available on a limited basis; please contact the box office at (800) 424-0160 x2 option 3 with your order number to reserve wheelchair space.

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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.

KLEIN BOX OFFICE: (800) 424-0160 x2

BOX OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY - FRIDAY 10:00AM - 4:00PM

TICKET POLICY: NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES

TICKET FEES ARE WAIVED FOR CASH SALES

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