MEDIA SUTRA & THE KENWOOD OAKLAND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION (KOCO) INVITE YOU TO:
Creative Justice for BIPOC Self-Determination
A Virtual Funders Briefing
April 7, 2022 | 3:00 – 5:00 PM EDT | bit.ly/FFDBriefing
Hear from funders, filmmakers, movement leaders, and resource mobilizers connecting the dots between Education, Racial Justice, Art and Creativity, Narrative Shift, and Reparations.
HOST COMMITTEE (In Formation): Carlos Rojas Alvarez (Decolonizing Wealth Project and Schott Foundation for Public Education), Jitu Brown (Journey for Justice Alliance), Cyrus Driver (Partnership for the Future of Learning), Stefan Forbes (Writer & Filmmaker, “Hold Your Fire”), Roberta Furger, Richard Gray (NYU Metro Center), Milano Harden (The Genius Group), Jaribu P. Lee (Kenwood Oakland Community Organization), Nakisha Lewis (Breakthrough US), Kwesi Rollins (Institute for Educational Learning), James Rutenbeck (Lost Nation Pictures, “A Reckoning In Boston”)
Join us for an interactive briefing on April 7th from 3:00-5:00 PM EDT, featuring funders, filmmakers, community organizers, and resource mobilizers connecting the dots between education, racial justice, art and culture, narrative shift, and reparations. Media Sutra and KOCO will share about our upcoming feature documentary, 34 Days: The Fight for Dyett, the story of a Black Chicago community risking their lives to save their neighborhood school, build power, and foster self determination.
We are revolutionizing the way documentaries are made and funded – doing away with extractive and exploitative practices by valuing and investing in the communities telling the story. Come enjoy a transformative afternoon of storytelling, panel presentations, and performances. Attendees will gain insight into the power of creativity for BIPOC self determination. We will also explore new possibilities for building a solidarity economy that centers reparations.
Creative Justice → The arts, media, and culture allow us to catalyze radical imagination and uplift new narratives. Creative Justice is about supporting marginalized communities to share stories that shift hearts, minds and policies towards equity and solidarity. Now is our time to disrupt a culture of over-consumption and extraction, center transformation and healing, and restore wholeness.
Education & Racial Justice → Schools continue to be a battleground for racial justice as efforts to destabilize BIPOC communities are on the rise. We are in an ideological battle with public education caught in the middle, leading to harmful narratives that shape policies. BIPOC communities are starved of resources, and self-determination is stifled, not allowing our nation to reach its greatest potential.
Reparations → Building a solidarity economy requires reparations, which includes repairing harms and returning extracted resources to Black communities. Turning the tides towards reparations, our filmmaking utilizes a trauma-informed approach to storytelling and mobilizing resources for the Bronzeville community whose powerful story is being lifted up.