The Meteor and Chime for Change Team Up for ‘21 for ‘21’ Virtual Event

The future is now for gender equality. That seems to be the message for next month’s “21 for ‘21: Visions of a Feminist Future,” a free, five-day virtual event featuring major activists, athletes and artists. Amplifying 21 voices, the event will focus on gender equality and will encourage participants to collaborate with national leaders to imagine a better, fairer world. Gloria Steinem, transgender activist and author Raquel Willis, Nobel Prize winner and Rise chief executive officer Amanda Nguyen, Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obadiah-Chinoy, Campaign Zero cofounder Brittany Packnett Cunningham, immigrants rights champion Lorella Praeli and former Out editor in chief Phil Picardi will be among the speakers. The event will cap off on May 18. The virtual event will be produced and hosted by The Meteor, a new media platform, and in partnership with Gucci’s Chime for Change. Comprised of journalists, artists and filmmakers, The Meteor debuts next month. Former Glamour editor in chief Cindi Leive, cofounder of the 2017 Women’s March Paola Mendoza, WNYC podcaster Rebecca Carroll, New York magazine columnist Rebecca Traister and award-winning director and producer Kamilah Forbes are some of The Meteor’s Collective. In an interview with Mendoza, Leive noted that The Meteor has been producing work for more than a

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