Big News IRL: An Evening with Ashley C. Ford

presented by INDY MAVEN x Pivot Marketing

Big News In Real Life: An Evening with Ashley C. Ford

hosted by INDY MAVEN x Pivot Marketing, sponsored by CICF

Time Out New York once called her “an inspiring flash of light on an internet that can often seem like an endless night.” She once helped to raise more than $100,000 to pay off student lunch debt across the country with a single tweet. She has written or guest-edited for more top-tier publications in the world than we could count.

Ashley C. Ford is a maven you must know.

Pivot Marketing and Indy Maven invite you to grab a cocktail, pull up a chair, and see Ford dish on stage at The Cabaret about her path to internet fame, her journey as a storyteller, and everything else that makes this native Hoosier tick.

5:30 p.m. Doors Open

6:30 p.m. Event Begins

9:00 p.m. Event Ends

Big News In Real Life is an Indy Maven signature event that takes a person, topic, issue, or idea and takes it from something buzz-worthy on the internet to an audience “in real life.”

This event is sponsored by Central Indiana Community Foundation and hosted with support from The Cabaret. A portion of event profits benefits Girls Inc. of Greater Indianapolis, a non-profit organization offering programs for girls to empower them to be confident, prepared, and proud.

About Ashley C. Ford

Ashley C. Ford is a writer, host, and educator who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband, poet and fiction writer Kelly Stacy, and their chocolate lab Astro Renegade Ford-Stacy. Somebody’s Daughter is her debut memoir. Ford is the former host of The Chronicles of Now podcast, co-host of The HBO companion podcast Lovecraft Country Radio, seasons one & three of MasterCard’s Fortune Favors The Bold, as well as the video interview series PROFILE by BuzzFeed News, and Brooklyn-based news & culture TV show, 112BK.

She was also the host of the first season of Audible’s literary interview series, Authorized. She has been named among Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 in Media (2017), Brooklyn Magazine’s Brooklyn 100 (2016), Time Out New York’s New Yorkers of The Year (2017), and Variety’s New Power of New York (2019).