Gloria Steinem is a writer, political activist, and feminist organizer. She was a founder of New York and Ms. magazines, and is the author of An Unexpected Life; The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!; My Life on the Road; Moving Beyond Words; Revolution from Within; and Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, in addition to many collections and essays. She co-founded the National Women’s Political Caucus, the Ms. Foundation for Women, the Free to Be Foundation, and the Women’s Media Center in the United States. As links to other countries, she helped found Equality Now, Donor Direct Action, and Direct Impact Africa. For her writing, Steinem has received the Penney-Missouri Journalism Award, the Front Page and Clarion awards, the National Magazine Award, the Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Society of Writers Award from the United Nations, and the University of Missouri School of Journalism Award for Distinguished Service in Journalism. In 1993, her concern with child abuse led her to co-produce an Emmy Award–winning TV documentary for HBO, Multiple Personalities: The Search for Deadly Memories. She and Amy Richards co-produced an Emmy-nominated series of eight documentaries on violence against women around the world for VICELAND in 2016. She is the subject of Julie Taymor’s biopic, The Glorias, released in Fall 2020 and was featured in Dear Ms., released on HBO in 2025. Among many tributes and honors for her activism, in 2013 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama and in 2019, she received the Freedom Award from the National Civil Rights Museum. For her boundless commitment to feminism, and for including all voices in the name of equality, Gloria was the 2021 recipient of the Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities. Gloria’s home is the heart of Gloria’s Foundation and has been renowned as a magnetic and life-changing center for feminists and activist thinkers from around the world.

Amy Richards (she/her) is a producer, writer and activist. Production credits include the Emmy nominated VICELAND series WOMAN, MAKERS: Women Making America, and for HBO Dear Ms. and Gloria Steinem: In Her Own Words. Amy's first book Manifesta: Young Women Feminism & the Future (co-authored with Jennifer Baumgardner) was published over 25 years ago and is still widely taught today. Other books include Opting In: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself, Grassroots: A Field Guide to Activism and I Still Believe Anita Hill. The President of Soapbox, Inc. and co-founder of Feminist Camp, Amy's work at the epicenter of feminist activism began after she co-founded the Third Wave Fund in 1992. A graduate of Barnard College, Amy is also a seven-time marathoner.