National Speaker Forum
The Woman’s City Club of Greater Cincinnati
presents
2017 National Speaker
Maria Hinojosa
“Latinos and Immigration: The US Mambo“
Thursday, April 20, 2017
7:00 pm in the Hall of Mirrors
Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza,
35 W 5th Street, in downtown Cincinnati
2017 Program
Maria Hinojosa is an award winning journalist, anchor and executive producer of Latino USA on National Public Radio, a public radio show devoted to Latino issues. She also is founder, president and CEO of Futuro Media Group, which produces the show. For 25 years, she has helped tell America’s untold stories and brought to light unsung heroes in America and abroad.
Futuro Media Group was launched in April 2010, with the mission to produce multi-platform, community-based journalism that gives critical voice to the voiceless by harnessing the power of independent media to tell stories that are overlooked or under-reported by traditional media.
As the anchor and executive producer of the long-running weekly NPR show Latino USA, and as anchor of the Emmy Award-winning talk show Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One from WGBH/La Plaza, Hinojosa has informed millions of Americans about the fastest-growing group in our country. Previously, a senior correspondent for NOW on PBS, and currently, a rotating anchor for Need to Know, Hinojosa has reported hundreds of important stories — from the immigrant work camps in NOLA after Katrina, to teen girl victims of sexual harassment on the job, to Emmy Award-winning stories of the poor in Alabama.
Futuro Media Group, which produces the show. For 25 years, she has helped tell America’s untold stories and brought to light unsung heroes in America and abroad. Futuro Media Group was launched in April 2010 with the mission to produce multi-platform, community-based journalism that gives critical voice to the voiceless by harnessing the power of independent media to tell stories that are overlooked or under reported by traditional media.
As the anchor and executive producer of the long-running weekly NPR show Latino USA, and as anchor of the Emmy Award-winning talk show Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One from WGBH/La Plaza, Hinojosa has informed millions of Americans about the fastest-growing group in our country. Previously, a senior correspondent for NOW on PBS, and currently a rotating anchor for Need to Know, Hinojosa has reported hundreds of important stories — from the immigrant work camps in NOLA after Katrina, to teen girl victims of sexual harassment on the job, to Emmy Award-winning stories of the poor in Alabama.
History of National Speaker Forum
The club’s annual fund-raising National Speaker Forum brings to the community nationally-known women who speak on topics of current interest.
Each spring, Woman’s City Club invites a nationally known woman leader to speak to our community at its Annual National Speaker Forum. The event has become a time-honored tradition in the Greater Cincinnati area over time drawing thousands of people to the events.
WCC’s annual National Speaker Forum has become our major fundraising event, enabling the Club to fulfill its ongoing mission: to educate, empower and engage the citizens of Cincinnati to participate as active stakeholders in promoting the common good. Each year, we invite citizens and organizations in the Greater Cincinnati area to support and cosponsor the event so that we can continue to provide the public leadership and civic education programs so important for our area.
The Status of Women Committee, under the leadership of Mary Wells in 1993, established the National Speaker Forum as an annual fundraiser. WCC and 28 co-sponsoring organizations brought Lani Guinier to Cincinnati for the event. Guinier had just testified at the confirmation of Justice Clarence Thomas for the U.S. Supreme Court. She spoke about “her version of civil rights, as opposed to conservative opponents’ views” to a sold-out venue. This forum surpassed the organization’s initial fundraising expectations and netted a large profit. The club’s annual National Speaker Forum became its primary fundraising event, bringing to the community nationally-known women, including NPR host Susan Stamburg, Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, NPR interviewer Terry Gross, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Naomi Tutu, Diane Rehm, Kerry Kennedy, Robin Wright and Candy Crowley. — from “Lighting the Fire, Leading the Way” by Rachel Powell
National Speakers — 1994 to 2016
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| 2016 Isabel Wilkerson Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian “Black Migration to Racial Justice: Are We There Yet?” 2015 Mariel Hemingway, author, writer, mental health advocate: “Running from Crazy: A Life Journey with Mariel Hemingway” 2014 Candy Crowley, CNN political news anchor, correspondent: “The White House vs. Capitol Hill” 2013 Robin Wright, American foreign affairs analyst, journalist, author: “U.S. Intervention: When is Enough Really Enough” 2012 Kerry Kennedy, human rights activist and writer, daughter of Robert Kennedy: “The Power of One: Stories of Inspiration for Women on the Cutting Edge of Social Change” 2011 Naomi Tutu, author, granddaughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu: “Striving for Social Justice: Searching for Common Ground” 2010 Katty Kay, BBC America news host: “Washington from a Different Angle” 2009 Gail Collins, New York Times journalist, op-ed columnist, author: “Scorpion Tongues: Gossip, Celebrity and American Politics” 2008 Ellen Goodman, author, columnist: “The Political is (Too) Personal, the Media are (Too) Polarized and Television News is an Oxymoron” 2007 Diane Rehm, NPR host: “A Conversation with Diane Rehm” 2006 Anna Deveare Smith, actress, playwright, artist-in-residence at the Center for American Progress: “Snapshots: Glimpses of America in Change” 2005 Charlayne Hunter-Gault, National Public Radio reporter, South African correspondent: “Africa on the Edge” 2004 Michel Martin, ABC and NPR journalist: “Healing the Racial Divide: The Role of Hard Truths” 2003 Collaborative Agreement Forum with Ruth Cronenberg and panel: “Justice in Cincinnati: Progress and Challenges” [Barbara Ehrenreich canceled because of boycott against Cincinnati] 2002 Halima Addou, human rights activist: “A Woman Caught Between Military Repression and Islamic Extremism” 2001 Wilma Mankiller, first woman chief of the Cherokee Nation: “Dancing on the Edge of the Roof: The Requirements of Leadership” 2000 Terri Gross, National Public Radio Host of Fresh Air: “Terry Gross,—She’s Got People Talking” 1999 Molly Ivins, author columnist: “Molly Ivins Can’t Say That — Can She?” 1998 Faye Wattleton, president, Planned Parenthood of America: “Sexual Politics: The Control of Women’s Lives” 1997 Pat Schroeder, Congresswoman: “Challenges in Americal’s Future: Women in Leadership” 1996 Dr. Joycelyn Elders, U.S. Surgeon General: “The Cycles of Poverty, Drugs and Violence” 1995 Susan Stamberg, National Public Radio commentator: “Talk, Talk, and More Talk” 1994 Lani Guinier, law professor, author: “The New Civil Rights”
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Co-sponsorship Organization Letter and Form
Past Speaker Programs