The Freedom Forum Institute, in collaboration with the Women's Media Center and Swanee Hunt Alternatives, will host a media briefing that takes an essential look at the intersection and impact of gender, race and politics.

Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers-New Brunswick, will present an analysis of women running for office in 2018.

The briefing will also feature non-partisan, Democratic and Republican experts on women candidates and political leadership, including:

• Glynda Carr, Higher Heights
• Julie Conway, VIEW PAC
• Muthoni Wambu Kraal, EMILY's List
• Maria Teresa Kumar, Voto Latino
• Andrea Dew Steele, Emerge America
• Rebecca Schuller, Winning for Women

Freedom Forum Institute host and briefing co-moderators include:

• Jan Neuharth, Chair and CEO, Freedom Forum
• Maya Harris, Co-Chair, Women's Media Center
• Swanee Hunt, Founder and Chair, Political Parity