September 27, 2006 

Rinku Sen , executive director of the Applied Research Center (ARC) and publisher of ColorLines magazine was honored last evening by the Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership.  At the third annual Victoria Awards dinner, Ms. Sen was recognized for her commitment to ethical journalism documenting the complexities and controversies in communities of color across the nation.

“At ARC and ColorLines magazine we work hard to report on people of color with compassion and depth.  It is my great privilege to accept this important award honoring that commitment and other contributions of women in media,” offered Ms. Sen in her remarks last night.  “In the current media environment, the work of the Woodhull Institute is critically needed to reshape our commitment to ethical leadership led by women in the media.”

The Woodhull Institute is a not-for-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian educational organization that provides ethical leadership training and professional development for women. Woodhull has developed a community that encourages women to lead with honesty, respect, courage and compassion; to strive for the common ground in decision- making; and to share in community service.

Ms. Sen started her organizing career as a student activist at Brown University, fighting race, gender and class discrimination on campuses. She was recognized by Ms. Magazine as one of 21 feminists to watch in the 21st century in 1996, the same year that she received the Ms. Foundation for Women's Gloria Steinem Women of Vision award. She was a Gerbode Fellow in 1999, and was a 2004 Charles H. Revson Fellow on the Future of the City of New York.

The Woodhull Institute honored Ms. Sen along with fellow awardees, Kate White (Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan magazine), Roni Selig (Senior VP of Current Programming for Buena Vista Productions) and Tiffany Shlain (Award-winning Filmmaker and Founder of the Webby Awards) during a gala dinner at the Central Park Boathouse in New York City.