An activist in the woman’s equality movement who is an adviser to the presidential campaign of Gov. Bill Richardson will speak on Tuesday at New Mexico State University about being in the media spotlight.
As the woman who led a protest at the 2003 Masters Tournament in
Her talk is part of a speaker series accompanying a course on women and the media being co-taught by Lt. Gov. Diane Denish. The talk will begin at 7 p.m. in the Creative Media Institute’s Digital Media Theatre in Milton Hall. It is open to the public.
“I have known and worked with Martha Burk on issues that affect women at all levels,” Denish said in a news release. “Martha is an international leader and change agent who has worked for many years to improve the lives of women all over the world and end discrimination. I am proud that she will be a speaker at our symposium.”
Burk led a protest of the male-only membership rules of the Augusta National Golf Club, the tournament’s host. Even though Burk was not successful in getting the club to change its policy, her actions catapulted her into the national spotlight. The protest spawned 100 articles in the New York Times and a few thousand articles in other major
She is a co-chair of the