Oklahoma native Olivia Munn appears in the HBO series "The Newsroom." Munn will be honored by her alma mater, the University of Oklahoma, April 13 at OU’s Women’s and Gender Studies Board of Advocates Voices for Change gala. [Photo provided by HBO]

NORMAN – Three pioneers in change, including movie and television star Olivia Munn, will be honored for their contributions to society at the University of Oklahoma’s Women’s and Gender Studies Board of Advocates Voices for Change gala at 6:30 p.m. April 13, in the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Grand Hall, 2401 Chautauqua Ave.

An OU alumna and actress known for her roles in HBO’s “The Newsroom” and the “X-Men” film franchise, Munn will give the keynote address and receive the inaugural Voice for Justice Award for her leadership and activism against sexual harassment in the workplace.

Also the author of also the author of The New York Times best-selling book “Suck It Wonder Woman: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek,” Munn and five other women in November accused film producer and director Brett Ratner of sexual misconduct, and she has become an active supporter of the Times Up Initiative, led by women in the entertainment industry, to provide legal defense funds to help less privileged women protect themselves from sexual misconduct.

Also at the gala, the 2018 Courage Awards will be presented to Suzette Grillot, dean of OU’s College of International Studies, who has been a passionate advocate for student immigrants, and to the late Clara Luper, an Oklahoma Civil Rights pioneer, who led the nation’s first youth sit-ins in the late 1950s.