Lena Chen

Very honored to be a part of the inaugural DC class of the Progressive Women Voices program, run by the Women’s Media Center (the same folks who brought me to San Francisco this past spring). I’ll be in Washington DC from August 25th to 30th for PWV and a much-needed reunion with my best friend Kennedy :) Shoot me a line if you want to meet up!

The Women’s Media Center will host an elite women’s media training and leadership program, Progressive Women’s Voices (PWV), in Washington, DC. Moving the program from New York City to Washington, DC reflects the need to make women visible and powerful in our nation’s capital. Now in its fourth year, PWV continues to be one of the most elite programs in the country, training and mentoring issue experts and emerging commentators. The debut class of the Women’s Media Center’s Washington, DC training program, includes experts in women’s economic empowerment, human rights, gender and race, public health, national politics, sexuality and street harassment. These women are journalists, organizers, filmmakers, academics, and public speakers, and reflect diversity generally absent from mainstream media coverage. The new class joins more than 115 Progressive Women’s Voices alumnae, forming a roster of media-trained women who are visibly and powerfully commenting on the important issues of the day.

Full press release (and list of all 15 participants) here.