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Carol Jenkins is co-president and CEO of The Era Coalition and the Fund for Women's Equality, sister organizations dedicated to the passage and enactment of the Equal Rights Amendment. She is also a writer, media analyst, commentator and speaker on media issues, as well as an Emmy Award–winning journalist and documentary producer. Founding president of the Women’s Media Center, she served on the board of The African Medical Research Foundation, the largest health organization on the African continent. Her commentary has appeared in print and digital platforms including TheNation.com. Jenkins is also the co-author, with her daughter, Elizabeth Hines, of Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire, which was named Best Nonfiction Book by the American Library Association’s Black Caucus. This colloquium is presented in conjunction with Smith College’s observance of Constitution Day.
The Presidential Colloquium series regularly features influential thought leaders in a variety of fields—from poets and writers to economists and policy experts—to share their expertise, offer insights and inspire discourse on key social, political and global topics that call for our attention. In 2021–22, colloquium events will be offered in concert with Smith’s Year on Democracies.
Carol Jenkins is co-president and CEO of The Era Coalition and the Fund for Women's Equality, sister organizations dedicated to the passage and enactment of the Equal Rights Amendment. She is also a writer, media analyst, commentator and speaker on media issues, as well as an Emmy Award–winning journalist and documentary producer. Founding president of the Women’s Media Center, she served on the board of The African Medical Research Foundation, the largest health organization on the African continent. Her commentary has appeared in print and digital platforms including TheNation.com. Jenkins is also the co-author, with her daughter, Elizabeth Hines, of Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire, which was named Best Nonfiction Book by the American Library Association’s Black Caucus. This colloquium is presented in conjunction with Smith College’s observance of Constitution Day.
The Presidential Colloquium series regularly features influential thought leaders in a variety of fields—from poets and writers to economists and policy experts—to share their expertise, offer insights and inspire discourse on key social, political and global topics that call for our attention. In 2021–22, colloquium events will be offered in concert with Smith’s Year on Democracies.
