RGB Award Ceremony Canceled , Amid Recipient Controversy.
Since 2019, the Dwight D. Opperman Foundation
has presented accomplished women with the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leadership Award, NPR reports. .
Previous recipients include
Barbra Streisand and Queen Elizabeth II.
This year, however, the foundation
selected four men to receive the
award, in addition to Martha Stewart. .
This year, however, the foundation
selected four men to receive the
award, in addition to Martha Stewart. .
Those men are Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Milken and Sylvester Stallone.
Those men are Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Milken and Sylvester Stallone.
Those men are Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Milken and Sylvester Stallone.
Those men are Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Milken and Sylvester Stallone.
Justice Ginsburg fought not only for women but for everyone, Dwight D. Opperman Foundation Chair
Julie Opperman, via statement.
Going forward, to embrace the
fullness of Justice Ginsburg's
legacy, we honor both women
and men who have changed the
world by doing what they do best, Dwight D. Opperman Foundation Chair
Julie Opperman, via statement.
Ginsburg's family condemned the foundation's recipient selection, NPR reports. .
This year, the Opperman Foundation
has strayed far from the original
mission of the award and from
what Justice Ginsburg stood for. , Jane Ginsburg, daughter of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, via statement.
On March 18, foundation Chair Julie Opperman
said that the April ceremony is now canceled. .
This year we selected
leaders in different fields. We honored men for the first time, Dwight D. Opperman Foundation Chair
Julie Opperman, via statement.
We thought RBG's teachings
regarding EQUALITY should be
practiced. We did not consider politics, Dwight D. Opperman Foundation Chair
Julie Opperman, via statement.
Opperman went on to say that the foundation will decide whether to continue after reevaluating its mission, NPR reports.
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8 Great Quotes , to Share on International Women’s Day.
Women belong in all places where decisions are being made... It shouldn't be that women are the exception, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
I raise up my voice, not so
I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard
... we cannot succeed when half
of us are held back, Malala Yousafzai.
In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders, Sheryl Sandberg.
I am a Woman Phenomenally.
Phenomenal Woman, that's me, Maya Angelou.
The test of whether or not you can hold a job should not be in the
arrangement of your chromosomes, Bella Abzug.
Men should think twice before making widowhood women's
only path to power, Gloria Steinem.
Reproductive freedom is critical
to a whole range of issues. It should not be seen as a privilege or as a benefit, but a fundamental
human right. , Faye Wattleton.
Achieving gender equality
requires the engagement of
women and men, girls and boys.
It is everyone's responsibility, Ban Ki-moon
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