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14-15 October, 2021

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Story Movements 2021 in pictures!

The CMSI Story Movements team ready to get the show started (Gabe González, Bethany Hall, Caty Borum, Varsha Ramani, Aras Coskuntuncel and David Conrad-Perez)

Attendees registering for the two-day Story Movements convening

CMSI executive director Caty Borum welcoming Story Movements attendees

Jennifer Humke, senior program officer at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, welcoming attendees to Story Movements

Convening emcee Gabe González kick-starts the agenda

Film director Jacqueline Olive sharing her extensive field work in the making of her film, "Always in Season"

Willa Johnson, director of the Appalachian Media Institute, discussing the Institute's work in creating authentic stories of Appalachia's diverse communities

Resilience Force executive director Saket Soni discussing how migrant workers are rebuilding Gulf Coast communities hit hard by intensifying storms

Gloria Gonzales-Dholakia, executive director of JOLT Initiative and JOLT Action, discussing the power of bridging civic engagement with storytelling around Latino cultural traditions such as Quinceañera

Story Movements attendees listen to JOLT Initiative and JOLT Action executive director Gloria Gonzales-Dholakia discuss how cultural traditions can be leveraged to build community and social change

Comedian and author Corey Ryan Forrester sharing his perspective on addressing racism and misinformation in the U.S

Day 1 speakers Corey Ryan Forrester, Jacqueline Olive, Willa Johnson, Gloria Gonzales-Dholakia and Saket Soni leading a panel discussion

Story Movements emcee and comedian Gabe González warms up the audience with humor and stories

Chelsea Fuller with Movement for Black Lives and former vice president for TIME'S UP global communications strategy sharing the importance of using multiple strategies, tactics, channels and platforms to galvanize social change

Fair Count CEO Rebecca DeHart discussing how voting rights advocates got loud in 2020 to counter false voting fraud narratives

Erika Soto Lamb, MTV vice president for social impact, speaking about leveraging cultural narrative and cultural assets to reach diverse and marginalized audiences

Rev. Ryan Eller, co-founder of the New Moral Majority, sharing the moral imperative to get off the sidelines to tell America's racial justice story

Panelists Chelsea Fuller, Rebecca DeHart, Erika Soto Lamb and Ryan Eller lead the audience in an open discussion

Story Movements attendees enjoying tea on the patio at Planet Word Museum

Emcee Gabe González kick-starting Day 2 of Story Movements with 'The Lavender Scare', a trivia game about LGBTQ+ history

Alex Schmider, GLAAD's associate director of transgender representation, discussing how years of successfully advocating for authentic representation of LGBTQ people in films has helped change public perception of the LGBTQ community

Arij Makati, Pillars Fund managing director of culture change, highlighting recent study findings on the representation of Muslim people in popular films

Jess Ju, director or programs and operations at CAPE, addressing the need to improve the quality and quality of Asian American representation in films to counter the rise in bigotry and hate crimes against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities

Lauren Appelbaum, vice president of communications and entertainment _ news media at RespectAbility, speaking about the need to increase the representation of disabled Americans in films

Comedian Joey Clift recounting his early days in comedy and the upward representational shift in Native comedians on the U.S. comedy circuit

Panelists Joey Clift, Lauren Appelbaum, Alex Schmider, Jess Ju and Arij Makati exchange ideas on using narrative for social change

Comedian and Story Movements emcee Gabe González kept the audience enthralled and engaged

OTV co-founder AJ Christian kicking off the Day 2 afternoon session by speaking to independent distribution as an essential tactic in countering the rise in global corporate power

Kinetic Energy Entertainment CEO Diana Williams addressing the need for new faces and talent to transform entertainment media away from the old, entrenched way of doing business

Eric Deggans, National Public Radio TV critic, discussing how traditionally marginalized groups are taking control of their own narrative in TV and film

Film director Emil Pinnock of Unleashing Giants Studios sharing his personal story and the need for filmmakers to go to different places to find unique, authentic voices to tell the stories that aren't being told on TV and in films

Comedian and actress Joyelle Nicole Johnson sharing her experience as a Black woman comedian up against the comedy _boy_s club_ and how she uses her voice to advocate for women_s issues

Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Eric Deggans, Emil Pinnock, Diana Williams and AJ Christian participating in the afternoon panel discussion on Day 2

Attendees applauding Day 2 speakers and two days of inspiring Story Movements panel discussions

CMSI executive director Caty Borum thanking panelists and audience members for taking part in Story Movements 2021

The Story Movements team, CMSI's Aras Coskuntuncel, David Conrad-Pérez, Varsha Ramani, Bethany Hall, Nick Ray, American University School of Communication's assistant dean Kristi Plahn-Gjersvold, Caty Borum and MacArthur Foundation's Jennifer Humke celebrating two inspiring days of Story Movements 2021

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