Dream Hampton, Sana Amanat To Be Honored At 31st Annual Ms. Foundation Gloria Awards

Today, the Ms. Foundation for Women announced that they will honor award-winning filmmaker and writer dream hampton and Marvel's Vice President of Content & Character Development Sana Amanat at the 31st annual Gloria Awards: A Salute to Women of Vision, to be held on Wednesday, May 8th, in New York City.

The Gloria Awards, named for Gloria Steinem, one of the organization's founding mothers, is a yearly celebration to benefit Ms. Foundation grantee partners around the country and to recognize leaders who have made an indelible impact on the gender justice movement at the local, state, and national level. Ms. hampton will receive the Woman of Vision Award, honoring feminist leaders who create positive change, and Ms. Amanat will receive the Marie C. Wilson Award, named after the former CEO and President of the Foundation to recognize young, trailblazing feminists.

"We are thrilled to announce the honorees for the 31st Annual Gloria Awards," said Teresa C. Younger, President and CEO of the Ms. Foundation."As the Ms. Foundation celebrates our 45th anniversary, we are proud to honor the leadership, innovation, and courage of this year's honorees. They represent the many generations, cultures, ethnicities, races, sexual orientations and identities of women that are leading and impacting the fight of social, political and economic equality for all genders. dream hampton is an incredible activist who has elevated people of color and the LGBTQIA+ community throughout her career to create real change in people's lives. Sana Amanat is an outspoken advocate, and through her role at Marvel, has contributed to increasing diversity in pop culture and celebrating women and girls of color to change who the world sees as a super hero."

In addition to Ms. hampton and Ms. Amanat, the Ms. Foundation will honor leaders from two grantee-partner organizations who have impacted the women's movement in unparalleled ways. Angeline Echeverria of El Pueblo, Inc. in North Carolina and Deon Haywood of Women With A Vision in Louisiana will be recognized for their work igniting changes in their communities to ensure equity and opportunity for all women. Additionally, youth activists Charlotte Iradukunda, Jessica Hernandez, and Layla Bagwell of the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence will receive the Peggy C. Charren Free to Be You and Me Award.

Since 1973, the Ms. Foundation has invested over $65 million to build grassroots movements fighting for gender equity for women, particularly women of color around the country. This past year, the Ms. Foundation launched a new strategic plan that is committed to investing in and strengthening the capacity of women-of-color-led movements and grassroots organizations that intentionally and inclusively centers women and girls of color. The Ms. Foundation is determined to center the voices of women of color on the frontlines and bolster them through grantmaking, capacity building, policy and advocacy, leadership development, strategic communications, and political organizing.

Previous Gloria Awards honorees include former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Academy Award-nominated director Ava DuVernay, former Editor-In-Chief of Teen Vogue Elaine Welteroth, the co-chairs of the Women's March on Washington, fashion icon Diane Von Furstenberg, Sheila Nevins of HBO Documentary Films, Suzanne Lerner of Michael Stars, and Jennifer and Peter Buffett on behalf of the NoVo Foundation.

For more information about this year's honorees and to purchase tickets, please visit forwomen.org/gloria-awards/.

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