Fri March 9, 2018
Getting Played--4th Annual Symposium on Equity in the Entertainment Industry and Awards
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GETTING PLAYED -- 4th Annual Symposium on Equity in the Entertainment Industry and Awards
Join us for the 4th annual Getting Played Symposium with keynote by Patricia Velásquez, best known for her role as Anck Su Namun in "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns" but also an author (Straight Walk: A Supermodel's Journey to Finding Her Truth) and award-winning activist who founded Wayúu Taya Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public and funding ways to improve conditions of Latin American indigenous groups. Panelists will also include: Caroline Heldman, Associate Professor of Politics at Occidental College, research director for the Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media, and commentator for CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, and CNBC; Tracy Camp, actor, activist, and mathematics instructor at Laney College; Michael Gene Sullivan, activist and Resident Playwright of the OBIE and Tony award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe; Christine Kunewa Walker, CEO of the Provincetown Film Society and co-creator of the Women's Media Summit and Women's Media Action Coalition; and Berkeley Law graduate and actor Austin Ku.
When:
Friday, March 9, 2018
12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Where:
Stanford University, Building 01-300, #300 (first floor, Anthropology Building)
Admission:
FREE and open to the public. Seating is first come. Doors open at noon.
Website:
https://kantonia.wixsite.com/symposium2018
Sponsored by: Stanford University's Program in Writing and Rhetoric and Institute for Diversity in the Arts.
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Join us for the 4th annual Getting Played Symposium with keynote by Patricia Velásquez, best known for her role as Anck Su Namun in "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns" but also an author (Straight Walk: A Supermodel's Journey to Finding Her Truth) and award-winning activist who founded Wayúu Taya Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public and funding ways to improve conditions of Latin American indigenous groups. Panelists will also include: Caroline Heldman, Associate Professor of Politics at Occidental College, research director for the Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media, and commentator for CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, and CNBC; Tracy Camp, actor, activist, and mathematics instructor at Laney College; Michael Gene Sullivan, activist and Resident Playwright of the OBIE and Tony award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe; Christine Kunewa Walker, CEO of the Provincetown Film Society and co-creator of the Women's Media Summit and Women's Media Action Coalition; and Berkeley Law graduate and actor Austin Ku.
When:
Friday, March 9, 2018
12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Where:
Stanford University, Building 01-300, #300 (first floor, Anthropology Building)
Admission:
FREE and open to the public. Seating is first come. Doors open at noon.
Website:
https://kantonia.wixsite.com/symposium2018
Sponsored by: Stanford University's Program in Writing and Rhetoric and Institute for Diversity in the Arts.
GETTING PLAYED -- 4th Annual Symposium on Equity in the Entertainment Industry and Awards
Join us for the 4th annual Getting Played Symposium with keynote by Patricia Velásquez, best known for her role as Anck Su Namun in "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns" but also an author (Straight Walk: A Supermodel's Journey to Finding Her Truth) and award-winning activist who founded Wayúu Taya Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public and funding ways to improve conditions of Latin American indigenous groups. Panelists will also include: Caroline Heldman, Associate Professor of Politics at Occidental College, research director for the Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media, and commentator for CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, and CNBC; Tracy Camp, actor, activist, and mathematics instructor at Laney College; Michael Gene Sullivan, activist and Resident Playwright of the OBIE and Tony award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe; Christine Kunewa Walker, CEO of the Provincetown Film Society and co-creator of the Women's Media Summit and Women's Media Action Coalition; and Berkeley Law graduate and actor Austin Ku.
When:
Friday, March 9, 2018
12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Where:
Stanford University, Building 01-300, #300 (first floor, Anthropology Building)
Admission:
FREE and open to the public. Seating is first come. Doors open at noon.
Website:
https://kantonia.wixsite.com/symposium2018
Sponsored by: Stanford University's Program in Writing and Rhetoric and Institute for Diversity in the Arts.
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Join us for the 4th annual Getting Played Symposium with keynote by Patricia Velásquez, best known for her role as Anck Su Namun in "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns" but also an author (Straight Walk: A Supermodel's Journey to Finding Her Truth) and award-winning activist who founded Wayúu Taya Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public and funding ways to improve conditions of Latin American indigenous groups. Panelists will also include: Caroline Heldman, Associate Professor of Politics at Occidental College, research director for the Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media, and commentator for CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, and CNBC; Tracy Camp, actor, activist, and mathematics instructor at Laney College; Michael Gene Sullivan, activist and Resident Playwright of the OBIE and Tony award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe; Christine Kunewa Walker, CEO of the Provincetown Film Society and co-creator of the Women's Media Summit and Women's Media Action Coalition; and Berkeley Law graduate and actor Austin Ku.
When:
Friday, March 9, 2018
12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Where:
Stanford University, Building 01-300, #300 (first floor, Anthropology Building)
Admission:
FREE and open to the public. Seating is first come. Doors open at noon.
Website:
https://kantonia.wixsite.com/symposium2018
Sponsored by: Stanford University's Program in Writing and Rhetoric and Institute for Diversity in the Arts.
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