[NEohioPAL] Event: "Lights, Camera, Action" Film and Media as Tools of Social Change - AFP Annual Meeting, Dec. 1, 2011 - Capital Theatre - Gordon Square

[Judy Hart]

Media permeates modern life as never before.  From moving image advertising
on city buses to messages on our mobile phones, we are constantly bombarded:
video, audio, images, tweets, posts, feeds, and apps cascade across our
screens.  Film and electronic media in all its incarnations, influences our
decision-making processes, whether personal choices or professional ones, in
policy-making, and at the local, national, and international levels.
Regardless of how much or how little media one may personally consume, the
world is saturated with and driven by media.

 

Philanthropy with its mission to improve the human condition has yet to meet
the challenge of keeping pace with the growth and influence of media.  Here
is Cleveland, members of the nonprofit, philanthropic, film and electronic
media communities would like to change that.  Our goal is to great a
dialogue between these communities.  Ultimately we need to understand how
media can lead to real policy or social change that improves the lives of
individuals, families and communities.  Can it begin to lay the groundwork
for increased understanding of entrenched social problems and their possible
solutions?  Can it move people to individual or collective action on these
issues?  Can it help strengthen nonprofit organizations and make the
advocates' job easier?  Can it inspire new programs, civic engagement, and
policy solutions?    This is the focus of our presentation and discussion. 

 

Philanthropists are in a unique position to support the production and
distribution of film and related media as a means of educating the public
about social issues and prompting change.

 

To that end, we have invited Marcie Goodman with the Cleveland International
Film Festival and Evan Lieberman, Professor of Media Arts and Technology at
Cleveland State University to explore how philanthropists can engage and
invest in the power of film and electronic media to provide educational
outreach, promote civic engagement and promote substantive change.

 

We have also invited Sara Sullivan with Second Story Productions to be part
of our panel.    Second Story Productions has been involved with the
nonprofit community in Greater Cleveland, writing and producing numerous
media projects about causes of importance to the local community.  We are
also inviting members of the funding community to be part of the discussion,
particularly representatives from the Gund and Cleveland Foundations.

 

The event will be held at the Capital Theatre in Gordon Square (Detroit
Shoreway Neighborhood), Thursday- December 1, 2011 from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00
p.m.   Registration and Networking starts at 4:00 p.m., Business meeting at
4:30 p.m., followed by our speakers at 5:15 p.m., followed by a cocktail
reception at 6:15 p.m.  Beer, wine and soft drinks will be served along with
substantial hors d'oeuvres.  Parking is available free of charge at two
parking lots near the theatre (150 parking spots).  Also, there is parking
on the street.  Cost for AFP members is $25. Guests,$40.   

 

To register, click on the link below:

http://www.afpcleveland.org/shop/home.php?cat=250

 

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