LIVESTREAM 2022

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WHEN: 
OCTOBER 27, 2022
WHERE: 
HAMMER MUSEUM, LA

LIVE STREAM



PART 1
  • 10:00 - 10:15 am – Welcome and Opening Remarks

    Professor and Interim Dean, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, Brian Kite

    Physician, Producer, and Entrepreneur, Dr. Eric Esrailian

    Creative Visions Founder, Kathy Eldon

  • 10:15 - 10:40 am – Fireside Chat: The State of the State

    Sarba Das in conversation with Rory Kennedy and Amy Redford


    What does the state of documentary and narrative fiction filmmaking look like today? How do you get your stories told? What can this generation of storytellers hope for? 

  • 10:40 - 10:45 am – Pop-Up: Shift the Planet - Good Energy: A Playbook for Screenwriting in the Age of Climate Change

    Anna Jane Joyner


    What is the importance of storytelling in the fight for the climate? The Good Energy Playbook is making climate storytelling a priority and streamlining connections between experts and storytellers.

  • 10:45 - 11:45 am – Panel: Shift the Planet - Storytelling for Today’s Climate

    Scott Z. Burns, Alex Kerry, Kate Mackintosh, Mrittika 'Mou' Sarin

    Moderated by Sky Keoni Shigeoka


    How can storytelling help us fall in love with our planet, be outraged about its treatment, and shock us into action?

  • 11:55 am - 12:05 pm – Pop-Up: The Migration Shift - Who Has the Right to Asylum?

    Dr. Isabella Alexander-Nathani


    Leading human rights activist Dr. Isabella Alexander-Nathani will address the critical question "Who has the right to asylum?" and highlight how factors like race and gender are playing a central role in determining the safety of those who have been forced to flee, presenting storytelling as a powerful tool to raise awareness. 

  • 12:05 - 1:05 pm – Panel: Shift Democracy - Freedom Under Fire

    Diane Becker, Bayan Joonam, Maya May, Daniel Roher

    Moderated by Falguni Lakhani-Adams


    This panel will illuminate the ways democracy and freedom around the world must be protected and how we can do that from grassroots activism, media, to engaging and shifting established politics.

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PART 2 
  • 2:10 - 2:15 pm – Pop-Up: Shift on Stage - Who I’m From is Where I Be - Diasporic Voyaging

    Estella Owoimaha-Church


    Learn about how EPIC (Empowering Pacific Islander Communities) implements conflict resolution strategies, restorative justice learning, and empathy to teach the next generation how to build strong communities.


  • 2:15 - 3:05 pm – Panel: Shift on Stage - Demanding Radical Acceptance

    Dominique Morisseau, Sylvan Oswald, Dominic Taylor

    Moderated by John Clinton Eisner


    Panelists will speak about their journeys from the earliest and most tentative stages of self-expression to powerful and world-moving storytelling. How do these intimate stories, shared in intimate spaces, challenge and change popular culture?


PART 3 
  • 3:15 - 3:20 pm – Pop-Up: Gender Justice - A Period Should End a Sentence, Not a Girl’s Education

    Melissa Berton and High School Students from Oakwood School


    Learn about how The Pad Project used their Oscar-winning short film to raise awareness and generate funding for their mission to improve education for girls around the world. 

  • 3:20 - 4:20 pm – Panel: Protecting Civil Rights - Gender and Racial Justice

    Yahlin Chang, Jasleen Kohli, Monique N. Matthews, Nicole Shipley

    Moderated by Denise Pines


    This panel will shed light on the world of reproductive justice and the ways gender and racial bias intersect in the medical field and legislative world to undermine fundamental human rights, focusing on the power of the stories we tell in shaping policy and perception.

  • 4:20 - 4:45 pm – Fireside Chat: Laughing Through the Shift

    Joy Donnell in Conversation with London Hughes


    This fireside chat will lighten the day by discussing the rejuvenating and subversive power of comedy in social change movements and media.

  • 4:45 pm – Closing Remarks

    Creative Visions, VP Impact Media, Megha Kadakia

Thank you for tuning into the live stream of Spark Change Summit 2022!

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