BC VOICES & TAKE THE LEAD
PRESENT
A new historical documentary
Marriage, Partnering & Singlehood —
Know Your Rights
Women’s 200+ year fight for the freedom to choose whether, when, and with whom to marry, partner, or leave.
Panel Discussion Follows: Diverse Women Share their Personal Choices
Join Us on Tuesday September 15, 2026
6:30 - 9:00pm
Starting with reception & Feminist book fair.
Moderator & Panelists
Cindi Leive - Moderator
Cindi Leive is the CEO and co-founder of The Meteor, a media company for women who want change. She is also the cohost of the award-winning podcast Because of Anita, about the 30th anniversary of Anita Hill’s testimony. Leive is the former editor-in-chief of both Glamour and Self magazines, roles in which she won multiple National Magazine Awards and an Emmy; the author or producer of numerous bestselling books including Together We Rise, about the making of the Women’s March; and a senior fellow at the USC Center on Communication, Leadership and Policy. She serves on the boards of the International Women’s Media Foundation and Swarthmore College.
Yesi Morillo
A ground-breaking former Operational Risk Manager at Citigroup, is the founder of Proud to Be Latina, a leadership development firm that helps Latinas navigate the corporate space and break self-imposed barriers. She is the author of Rise: Affirmations for Personal Growth; known for her TEDx talk, "Breaking the Cycle"; and, as an empowerment expert and motivational coach has been featured in publications like Working Mothers Magazine and The Huffington Post. Visit her site.
JP Howard
A New York City judge, poet, educator, and literary activist whose debut collection, SAY/MIRROR, was a Lambda Literary finalist. She is also the author of "bury your love poems here" and Praise This Complicated Herstory: Legacy, Healing & Revolutionary Poems, and co-editor of Sinister Wisdom Journal Black Lesbians--We Are the Revolution! Her poetry and essays have appeared in such publications as POETRY Magazine and The New York Times. Visit her site.
Jamia Wilson
An award-winning feminist activist, writer, and speaker, and a leading voice on women’s rights for over a decade, is Vice President and Executive Editor at Random House Publishing Group and the former Director of the Feminist Press at CUNY. She is the author of Make Good Trouble, This Book Is Feminist, and Young, Gifted, and Black, among others, and co-host of the Anthem Award–winning podcast Ordinary Equality. Visit her site.
Aparna Parthasarathy
A BC Voices Outreach Assistant and Barnard College junior with a focus on human rights, political science and the law. Her book, including Tales of the Invisible: Untold Stories of Women Who Overcome, sits at the intersection of women’s rights advocacy, and global justice. Visit her LinkedIn page.
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