SPARK CHANGE 2019

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WHEN:

FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2019

WHERE:

JAMES BRIDGE THEATER, UCLA

To view all photos from Spark Change Summit 2019, please click here. All photos © Robert Gallagher

What is Spark Change?

Spark Change Summit 2019 will feature award-winning producers, writers, directors and creatives – all focusing on entertainment that raises awareness, changes behavior, influences policy and catalyzes movements. Presented

by the Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, Creative Visions, and Participant Media, this year’s Summit will offer a deep dive into the creation of social impact entertainment projects, campaigns, and the movements they spark.

Presented by

Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment

Creative Visions Foundation

Highlights from Spark Change Summit 2018

2019 Speakers

Bonnie Abaunza

Founder, The Abaunza Group

Neal Baer

Showrunner, Producer and Writer

Tracey Bing

Producer, Nappily Ever After

Peter Bisanz

Executive Director, Skoll Center

Johanna Blakley

Managing Director, Norman Lear Center

Pat Chandler

CEO, Creative Visions

Kathy Eldon

Founder, Creative Visions

Amy Eldon Turteltaub

Co-founder, Creative Visions

Meredith Goldberg-Morse

Social Impact Campaign Manager

Isha Sesay

Founder, W.E. Can Lead

William Goldenberg

Editor, Argo & Zero Dark Thirty

Megha Kadakia

Director of Production, Creative Visions

Shabnam Mogharabi

CEO, SoulPancake

Melody Mohebi

Participant Media

Elise Pearlstein

SVP, Participant Media

James Redford

Chair of The Redford Center

Ted Schilowitz

Futurist in Residence, Paramount

Erin Siminoff

EVP Production, Fox

Teri Schwartz

Dean, UCLA TFT

Lesedi Shubane

Participant Media

Chris Weitz

Director, A Better Life

Rainn Wilson

Actor & Co-founder of SoulPancake

Amy Ziering

Emmy Award-Winning Producer

2019 Topics & Events
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The State of Social
Impact Entertainment

The Making of an Impact Campaign featuring RBG, On the Basis of Sex, America To Me and The Price of Free

Spreading Joy + Mobilizing Audiences Online

The Other Side of Silence: Reflections on the Craft and Impact of Documentary Narratives

Making and Impact in Mainstream Entertainment

Networking for Impact

DATE: FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2019

LOCATION: 235 Charles E Young Dr N.

Los Angeles, CA 90095

Thank you for joining us for

Spark Change Summit 2022!

Presented by:

Creative Visions Foundation

Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment

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