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Media Rise Festival 2015: Forum
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Date and time
Location
Impact Hub DC 419 7th St NW 3rd Floor Washington, DC 20004
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Description
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)
- Nicole Anand, Associate Director of Strategy, Reboot
- Adam Kaplan, Senior Media Advisor, USAID Office of Transition Initiatives
- Blair Glencorse, Executive Director, Accountability Lab (moderator)
- 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 - 11:15amVOICES: 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