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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To register, click on the link below:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.afpcleveland.org/shop/home.php?cat=250">http://www.afpcleveland.org/shop/home.php?cat=250</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>