Skoll Foundation And Sundance Institute Present
Celebrating .Stories Of Change. Panel
At 2012 Sundance Film Festival
Fifth Stories of Change Convening for Filmmakers and Social Entrepreneurs
The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and the Skoll Foundation today announced a special Celebrating .Stories of Change. panel to be held at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The panel celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Stories of Change: Social Entrepreneurship in Focus Through Documentary initiative, dedicated to exploring film’s role in advancing knowledge about social entrepreneurship.
At this special event on Tuesday, January 24, 3:00 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre, Skoll Foundation President and CEO Sally Osberg will moderate a thought-provoking dialogue between award-winning filmmakers (including clips from their work) and innovators who are impacting millions. Panelists include Joia Mukherjee (Partners in Health), Jehane Noujaim (Director, Control Room), Bunker Roy (Founder, Barefoot College) and Kief Davidson (Director, The Devil.s Miner). Ticket information is available atwww.
Celebrating .Stories Of Change. Panel
At 2012 Sundance Film Festival
Fifth Stories of Change Convening for Filmmakers and Social Entrepreneurs
The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and the Skoll Foundation today announced a special Celebrating .Stories of Change. panel to be held at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The panel celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Stories of Change: Social Entrepreneurship in Focus Through Documentary initiative, dedicated to exploring film’s role in advancing knowledge about social entrepreneurship.
At this special event on Tuesday, January 24, 3:00 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre, Skoll Foundation President and CEO Sally Osberg will moderate a thought-provoking dialogue between award-winning filmmakers (including clips from their work) and innovators who are impacting millions. Panelists include Joia Mukherjee (Partners in Health), Jehane Noujaim (Director, Control Room), Bunker Roy (Founder, Barefoot College) and Kief Davidson (Director, The Devil.s Miner). Ticket information is available atwww.
- 1/23/2012
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
On October 5th, Emilio Estevez and Martin Sheen will premiere their new movie “The Way” with a screening to benefit the Walkabout Foundation in NYC.
President Clinton will be the screening’s keynote speaker, supported by honorary chair committee members Mario Bell, Paul Farmer, Donna Karan, Mike Myers, Chris Pine, Ivanka Trump and Christy Turlington Burns.
Founded by Carolina and Luis Gonzales-Bunster, the Walkabout Foundation focuses on finding a cure for paralysis and donating wheelchairs to people in need all over the world. By pure coincidence, Carolina and Luis’ father Rolando met Emilio on a flight during which they started talking about the Camino de Santiago, the ancient pilgrimage path after which the movie is named. Rolando explained that his family walked the Camino to launch the Walkabout Foundation the same year Emilio filmed “The Way.” Inspired by Luis being the first person ever to conquer the Camino using...
President Clinton will be the screening’s keynote speaker, supported by honorary chair committee members Mario Bell, Paul Farmer, Donna Karan, Mike Myers, Chris Pine, Ivanka Trump and Christy Turlington Burns.
Founded by Carolina and Luis Gonzales-Bunster, the Walkabout Foundation focuses on finding a cure for paralysis and donating wheelchairs to people in need all over the world. By pure coincidence, Carolina and Luis’ father Rolando met Emilio on a flight during which they started talking about the Camino de Santiago, the ancient pilgrimage path after which the movie is named. Rolando explained that his family walked the Camino to launch the Walkabout Foundation the same year Emilio filmed “The Way.” Inspired by Luis being the first person ever to conquer the Camino using...
- 10/5/2011
- Look to the Stars
HollywoodNews.com: Sean Penn’s J/P Hro group has been chosen by the Haitian government–via the World Bank — to receive a $2.25 million grant. The project, called “Helping People Home,” is part of a $95 million larger project to get displaced Haitians back into their own homes. The project is “designed to help provide homes through rental subsidies and new permanent housing construction, as well as provide home repair for existing houses.” Sean Penn should be very proud of what he’s accomplished–now he has the recognition of the World Bank. No mention, though, of his former partner, Diana Jenkins, who got J/P started but seems to have fallen out with the group subsequently.
”We believe this grant marks an important step in the rebuilding of Haiti,” Penn said in a press release. “To have the Haitian Government, with the finance from the Ida grant, select J/P...
”We believe this grant marks an important step in the rebuilding of Haiti,” Penn said in a press release. “To have the Haitian Government, with the finance from the Ida grant, select J/P...
- 9/15/2011
- by Roger Friedman
- Hollywoodnews.com
Every summer, parents of anxious teens spend thousands on elaborate abroad programs to boost their kids' college chances. But are the trips worth it? Top schools reveal summer admissions secrets. Plus, the 10 most outrageous programs.
On a sunny June afternoon, a suburban 16-year-old arrives in rural Ghana. She's greeted by a family with whom she'll live for a month, while working at a local orphanage, teaching English, and helping out with construction projects. Along with a dozen fellow American high school students, she'll visit historic slave trade fortresses, learn traditional crafts, and take language lessons in Ashanti Twi.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Best Summer Hikes: Appalachian Trail to Yosemite
For this, her parents will pay close to $10,000, in hopes that the experience will boost her chances of admission to the country's top colleges.
Over the past two decades, as applying to college has become-at least for the well-off-a...
On a sunny June afternoon, a suburban 16-year-old arrives in rural Ghana. She's greeted by a family with whom she'll live for a month, while working at a local orphanage, teaching English, and helping out with construction projects. Along with a dozen fellow American high school students, she'll visit historic slave trade fortresses, learn traditional crafts, and take language lessons in Ashanti Twi.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Best Summer Hikes: Appalachian Trail to Yosemite
For this, her parents will pay close to $10,000, in hopes that the experience will boost her chances of admission to the country's top colleges.
Over the past two decades, as applying to college has become-at least for the well-off-a...
- 6/4/2011
- by Rebecca Davis O'Brien
- The Daily Beast
Sam Vaghar started Millennium Campus Network (McN) in 2007 when he was a student at Brandeis University. He had read Jeffrey Sachs' book The End of Poverty and knew he wanted to do something to help address the Un Millennium Development Goals and tackle global poverty. So Sam convened students from around the country at a series of annual conferences to inspire, engage, and call young people to action and built a collaborative network of campus groups. Working closely with leaders like Jeffrey Sachs and Partners in Health Founder Paul Farmer, as well as celebrities like John Legend, all of whom serve as advisers to McN, Sam is giving his generation the tools and asking them to stand up and be active citizens. Sam, now 24, talked to us about how to affect change and the urgent need to tackle global poverty.
What's your big idea?
At the Millennium Campus Network...
What's your big idea?
At the Millennium Campus Network...
- 1/28/2011
- by David D. Burstein
- Fast Company
December 1st is World AIDS Day and here are a few ways to participate.
According to the latest statistics from the World Health Organization, the global number of HIV/AIDS cases is 33.3 million, of which 15.9 million are women and 2.5 are children. Almost 2 million people die from the disease every year. Dec. 1 is the internationally recognized day to raise awareness and remember those killed by the deadly virus and so for the occasion, here are a few innovative organizations to check out and ways to get involved.
One Love Project
Rena Greifinger from the Harvard School of Public Health launched the innovative One Love Project to help teens born with or affected by HIV to keep their lives on track. In its second year of running now, Greifinger has been able to gather a small group of Boston-based HIV-positive teens each year to spend a few days together in a stigma-free environment,...
According to the latest statistics from the World Health Organization, the global number of HIV/AIDS cases is 33.3 million, of which 15.9 million are women and 2.5 are children. Almost 2 million people die from the disease every year. Dec. 1 is the internationally recognized day to raise awareness and remember those killed by the deadly virus and so for the occasion, here are a few innovative organizations to check out and ways to get involved.
One Love Project
Rena Greifinger from the Harvard School of Public Health launched the innovative One Love Project to help teens born with or affected by HIV to keep their lives on track. In its second year of running now, Greifinger has been able to gather a small group of Boston-based HIV-positive teens each year to spend a few days together in a stigma-free environment,...
- 11/30/2010
- by Jenara Nerenberg
- Fast Company
Matt Damon will host the third annual Onexone fundraiser in New York next week.
The evening will feature keynote speaker Paul Farmer, Co-Founder of Partners in Health, and a special musical performance from multi-platinum band Collective Soul, as well as other popular artist and an award-winning local children’s choir. Onexone will welcome back Jay Bilas in his third year as Master of Ceremonies, and Jesse Itzler in his second year as Auctioneer of the event’s live auction. 9-year old pianist and composer Ethan Bortnick will also return to this year’s show. Patricia Arquette will receive the Onexone Difference Award for her work with Give Love, the organization that she co-founded.
Mia Hamm and Lennox Lewis are both expected to attend.
Read more...
The evening will feature keynote speaker Paul Farmer, Co-Founder of Partners in Health, and a special musical performance from multi-platinum band Collective Soul, as well as other popular artist and an award-winning local children’s choir. Onexone will welcome back Jay Bilas in his third year as Master of Ceremonies, and Jesse Itzler in his second year as Auctioneer of the event’s live auction. 9-year old pianist and composer Ethan Bortnick will also return to this year’s show. Patricia Arquette will receive the Onexone Difference Award for her work with Give Love, the organization that she co-founded.
Mia Hamm and Lennox Lewis are both expected to attend.
Read more...
- 10/22/2010
- Look to the Stars
Onexone, the charitable organization committed to fighting health issues and preserving the lives of children locally and globally, along with Academy Award-winner Matt Damon, will host their 3rd Annual Onexone Fundraiser on Wednesday, October 27th at Capitale at 130 Bowery in New York City.
The evening will feature keynote speaker Paul Farmer, Co-Founder of Partners in Health, and a special musical performance from multi-platinum band Collective Soul, as well as other popular artist and an award-winning local children’s choir. Onexone will welcome back Jay Bilas in his third year as Master of Ceremonies, and Jesse Itzler in his second year as Auctioneer of the event’s live auction. 9-year old pianist and composer Ethan Bortnick will also return to this year’s show. Patricia Arquette will receive the Onexone Difference Award for her work with Give Love, the organization that she co-founded.
Read more...
The evening will feature keynote speaker Paul Farmer, Co-Founder of Partners in Health, and a special musical performance from multi-platinum band Collective Soul, as well as other popular artist and an award-winning local children’s choir. Onexone will welcome back Jay Bilas in his third year as Master of Ceremonies, and Jesse Itzler in his second year as Auctioneer of the event’s live auction. 9-year old pianist and composer Ethan Bortnick will also return to this year’s show. Patricia Arquette will receive the Onexone Difference Award for her work with Give Love, the organization that she co-founded.
Read more...
- 9/27/2010
- Look to the Stars
Over the years, the Clinton Global Initiative has focused on many of the major challenges in the developing world. Education. Clean water. Economic development. On Wednesday, a special session addressed cancer, which often gets overshadowed by HIV/AIDS and malaria. In fact, cancer is the deadliest disease on the planet, and the majority of new cases occur in developing countries, and yet they receive only a fraction of available resources.
“We need a global fund for cancer,” said Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health and chair of Harvard Medical School’s global health and social medicine department. “For all layers--prevention, diagnosis and care.”
The session and the panel grew out of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, now known as Livestrong. A few years ago, former president Bill Clinton encouraged Armstrong and Livestrong CEO Doug Ulman to think internationally. That discussion eventually led to the CGI-inspired Livestrong Global Summit last year in Dublin,...
“We need a global fund for cancer,” said Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health and chair of Harvard Medical School’s global health and social medicine department. “For all layers--prevention, diagnosis and care.”
The session and the panel grew out of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, now known as Livestrong. A few years ago, former president Bill Clinton encouraged Armstrong and Livestrong CEO Doug Ulman to think internationally. That discussion eventually led to the CGI-inspired Livestrong Global Summit last year in Dublin,...
- 9/23/2010
- by Chuck Salter
- Fast Company
DoSomething, headed by Fast Company columnist Nancy Lublin, has recognized five young social entrepreneurs with $10,000 grants--and one with a prize of $100,000. Fast Company will profile one of these enterprising youth each day this week. Click here to read the other winners' stories.
It’s the morning before Will Perez leaves for Haiti. The Providence, Rhode Island, medical student has been busy. For one thing, there’s school. But that’s just the beginning: Perez has also helped set up a Haiti-u.S. study abroad program; organized earthquake-relief efforts for Brown University; and is setting up a range of public-health campaigns in rural Haiti. For all this good work, Perez just won a $10,000 DoSomething award--money that will go toward the love of his life: improving medical care in the Caribbean nation that has become his great cause.
Perez was in Haiti long before the earthquake drew thousands of do-gooders to the...
It’s the morning before Will Perez leaves for Haiti. The Providence, Rhode Island, medical student has been busy. For one thing, there’s school. But that’s just the beginning: Perez has also helped set up a Haiti-u.S. study abroad program; organized earthquake-relief efforts for Brown University; and is setting up a range of public-health campaigns in rural Haiti. For all this good work, Perez just won a $10,000 DoSomething award--money that will go toward the love of his life: improving medical care in the Caribbean nation that has become his great cause.
Perez was in Haiti long before the earthquake drew thousands of do-gooders to the...
- 7/28/2010
- by Rachel Arndt
- Fast Company
For a generation born in the 1960s and 70s, Jennifer Beals is the iconic symbol of the 1980s -- big hair, leg warmers and a feline body, star of Flashdance. For generations born in the 80s and 90s, she's glam-lesbian Bette Porter from Showtime's The L Word. But the Jennifer Beals of 2010 has morphed into an activist, a photographer, a mother and wife, as she continues her career as an actress. Unchanged is her love of ideas and books -- a discussion with her is peppered with the names of authors who have had an impact on her worldview, particularly global health superstar Paul Farmer. While Beals had no particularly strong political views during her Flashdance days, she had been aware of feeling like an outsider while growing up as a biracial child in Chicago. But it wasn't until...
- 6/18/2010
- by Tamar Abrams
- Huffington Post
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