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Media Rise Festival 2015: Forum

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Oct 03

Media Rise Festival 2015: Forum

By Media Rise

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Sat, October 3, 2015, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

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Impact Hub DC 419 7th St NW 3rd Floor Washington, DC 20004

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A daylong series of talks, presentations and workshops, convening people who are passionate about creating positive change through media. The forum is designed for information-sharing on case studies, best practices, and requests for collaboration in the media and social impact sectors.

// SPEAKERS

VOICES: Race & Gender

  • Tasneem Raja, Senior Editor, NPR Code Switch
  • Laura Donnelly Gonzalez, Founder & COO, Latinitas
  • Chenjerai Kumanyika, Assistant Professor & Journalist, Clemson University
  • Srivi Ramasubramanian, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Media Rise (moderator)
SYSTEMS: Governance & Accountability
  • Nicole Anand, Associate Director of Strategy, Reboot
  • Adam Kaplan, Senior Media Advisor, USAID Office of Transition Initiatives
  • Blair Glencorse, Executive Director, Accountability Lab (moderator)
SYSTEMS: Environmental Sustainability
  • Sarah duPont, Founder & President, Amazon Aid Foundation
  • Joan Michelson, ‎CEO, Executive Editor & Host, Green Connections Media
  • PJ Yesawich, Freelance Intergrated Creative Director, Lost + Found
  • Mandar Apte, Co-Founder & Global Partnerships Director, Media Rise (moderator)

// AGENDA

8:30am - 9:00am Breakfast & Registration 9:00am - 10:00am Welcome & Orientation 10:00am - 11:15am

VOICES: Race & Gender

11:15am - 12:30pm SYSTEMS: Governance & Accountability 12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch 1:30pm - 2:45pm SYSTEMS: Environmental Sustainability 2:45pm - 4:00pm Ask & Give 4:00pm - 5:00pm Wrap-up & Call-to-Action








// VENUE

// ABOUT

Media Rise is a global nonprofit volunteer-driven alliance that connects people and ideas to promote meaningful media. We believe in the power of positive storytelling, media, art and design to make the world a better place.

The weeklong Media Rise Festival in Washington, D.C. includes a pitch night for media innovators, a video challenge connecting filmmakers with local nonprofits, a forum of panel talks, a youth festival for teens and educators, and other community-driven events.

The 2015 festival will explore how media can build trust and empathy through individual voices and community systems.

Our topics this year:

VOICES

  • Race, ethnicity & indigenous issues
  • Gender & sexuality

SYSTEMS

  • Governance & accountability
  • Environmental sustainability

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  • United States Events
  • District of Columbia Events
  • Things to do in Washington, DC
  • Washington Conferences
  • Washington Film & Media Conferences
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