Rinku Sen

Rinku Sen is an Indian-American author, activist and the executive director of Narrative Initiative. She is also the co-president of the Women’s March Board of Directors. Sen is the former president and executive director of the racial justice organization Race Forward and publisher of Colorlines.com.

Rinku Sen
Sen at PopTech in Camden ME in 2009
EducationBrown University
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Early life and education

Sen was raised in New York State and received a B.A. in Women's Studies from Brown University in 1988 and an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University in 2005.[1][2]

Career

She has written two books. Her first book, Stir It Up: Lessons in Community Organizing (Jossey-Bass) was commissioned by the Ms. Foundation for Women and released in the fall of 2003.[3] Her second book, The Accidental American: Immigration and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization (Berrett-Koehler) was released in September 2008, winning the Nautilus Book Awards Silver Medal, as well as a Finalist for the ForeWord Magazine 2008 Book of the Year Award (May 2009),[4] and the 2009 IPPY Book Awards in "Current Events" Bronze Medal (May 2009).[5]

Honors and awards

In 1996, Ms. Magazine named her one of 21 feminists to watch in the 21st century and she was named in 2008 by Utne Reader as one of 50 Visionaries who are changing the world.[6]

References
  1. "Rinku Sen Receives 2008 Progressive Leadership Award From Citizen Action of New York - The Schott Foundation for Public Education". schottfoundation.org. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  2. "Rinku - "In Her Own Words"". rinkusen.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  3. "Stir It Up: Lessons in Community Organizing and Advocacy (The Chardon Press Series): Rinku Sen: 9780787965334: Amazon.com: Books". amazon.com. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  4. "2008 Foreword INDIES Finalists in Political Science (Adult Nonfiction)". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  5. "Announcing 2009 IPPY Awards National and Regional Results". Independent Publisher. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  6. Keith Goetzman; Julie Hanus; Judith Lewis; Hannah Lobel; Danielle Maestretti & Elizabeth Ryan (November 13, 2008). "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World". Utne Reader. Retrieved 2010-08-29.


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