Joy-Ann Reid - Equality Matters in the Hamptons, Thinking Forward Lecture Series
Presented by The Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center in collaboration with Stony Brook Southampton
Thursday, July 17, 2025 | 6:30 pm at the Avram Theater, Stony Brook Southampton
Moderated by Ken Miller
Sponsored by Susan Cook & Drew Fine, and Lybess Sweezy & Ken Miller
VIP Admission - $110 Includes a 5:30 pm reception in The Avram Art Gallery and a signed copy of Medgar and Myrlie by Joy-Ann Reid.
General Admission - $20 Includes a copy of Medgar and Myrlie by Joy-Ann Reid
Joy-Ann Reid is a New York Times best-selling author, political commentator and analyst
with 30-plus years in the media business. Most recently, for five years, she was the
host of the two-time NAACP Award-winning and Emmy nominated nightly news analysis
program, "The ReidOut" on MSNBC. Prior to that she hosted the weekend program: "A.M.
Joy" (2016-2020) which became MSNBC's highest ever rated weekend program, and a daily
news show: "The Reid Report" from 2014-2015.
Reid has written four books, including two New York Times best sellers: Medgar and Myrlie, a New York Times number-one bestseller, and The Man Who Sold America, which spent four weeks on the list; as well as Fracture: Barack Obama, The Clintons and the Racial Divide and We Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama (with Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne).
The Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center is dedicated to lifelong learning and embracing education as a vital part of its mission. The THINKING FORWARD LECTURE SERIES brings the community together to expand its knowledge, perspectives, compassion and personal growth.