WE BELIEVE … that by convening individuals around issues, innovations and ideas that will shape the quality of life for families in Atlanta and beyond, we can spur civic action and citizen involvement for positive change in people’s lives.
WE BELIEVE … that by convening individuals around issues, innovations and ideas that will shape the quality of life for families in Atlanta and beyond, we can spur civic action and citizen involvement for positive change in people’s lives.
Event Title | Event Type | Date | Speakers | Topic |
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Innovations for Military Veterans: Heroes & Horses and Outward Bound for Veterans |
Speaker Series |
03/21/2017 |
Chad Spangler - National Director of Outward Bound for Veterans and Micah Fink - Hero and Horses Founder, John Bare - Welcome, Steve Cannon - Moderator, Brendan O'Byrne - Panelist, Jeremy Svejcar - Panelist |
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Is Perception Reality? Understanding Breakthrough Mind Science Research on Racial and Other Bias |
Speaker Series |
04/19/2016 |
John Powell, Executive Director of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society; Beverly Daniel Tatum, President Emerita of Spelman College |
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Speaker Series |
09/20/2016 |
Jeff Greenfield and Leonard Pitts |
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Speaker Series |
08/02/2007 |
Joel Kotkin - Presidential Fellow The Hobbs Institute at Chapman University, John Bare - Welcome, Kenny Blank- Intro of the Series, Q&A and closing |
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Speaker Series |
04/28/2016 |
Jane Golden, ED of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program; Penny McPhee - Welcome, Kerry Armstrong, ARC President - Introduction of Speaker, Penny McPhee - Transition to Q&A |
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Speaker Series |
11/26/2007 |
Nicholas Kristof - New York Times Columnist, Q&A; Dena Blank - Intro, Q&A |
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The Pipeline Project: You Choose. We Match. 100 Classrooms Win. |
Speaker Series |
08/26/2015 |
Charles Best, Founder of DonorsChoose.org |
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Speaker Series |
04/10/2008 |
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels - Featured Speaker, Penny McPhee - Welcome, Mayor Shirley Franklin - Introduction, Tom Weyandt -Transition to Q&A , Q&A, Tom Weyandt - Transition, Introduction of Barry Berlin, Chuck Leavell - Musician video, Barry Berlin - Atlantic Trust and Kendeda Fund, Bill Floyd - remarks, Barry Berlin - Closing |
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Speaker Series |
09/16/2008 |
Jeff Greenfield, CBS News Senior Political Correspondent, Q&A, Kenny Blank - Welcome, Jeff Greenfield - Main Presentation, Q&A |
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Speaker Series |
02/26/2014 |
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent - Moderator; Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. Surgeon General and Chair - Panelist; Kate Carr, President and CEO of Safe Kids Worldwide - Panelist; Alexis Glick, CEO GENYOUth Foundation - Panelist; Arthur Blank - Welcome, Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner - Comments |
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Lessons of Personal Bravery and Self-Sacrifice: The Medal of Honor Character Development Program |
Speaker Series |
04/25/2014 |
Ronald Rand, President and CEO of Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation; Colonel Leo Thorsness, US Air Force Medal of Honor Recipient |
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Speaker Series |
12/02/2008 |
William McDonough - Founding Principal of William McDonough + Partners, Architecture and Community Designer, Stephanie Blank - Intro, Q&A, Penny McPhee - Closing Remarks |
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Speaker Series |
05/21/2009 |
Joe Nocera - New York Times Columnist, Q&A, Penny McPhee - Welcome, Suzanne Boas - Consumer Credit Counseling Service, Introduction of Speaker |
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Speaker Series |
09/09/2009 |
Lawrence Schall, Tim Daly, Michael Horn, Michael Lomax, Howard Fuller, Ted Mitchell with NewSchools Venture Fund, Beverly Hall |
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Runways to Leadership: Preparing Young Leaders for the Challenges Ahead |
Speaker Series |
12/04/2014 |
Wes Moore, Author |
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Speaker Series |
01/18/2013 |
Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate |
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Speaker Series |
02/16/2010 |
Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods, Taryn Murphy - Captain Planet Foundation, Susan Walker - Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education, Steve Nygren - Serenbe Community, Pat Jordan - Consultant, Marcia Bansley - Trees Atlanta, Kweku Forstall - Year Up Atlanta, John Maupin - Morehouse School of Medicine, Howard Frunkin - CDC, Cynthia Gentry - Atlanta Taskforce on Play, Charlotte King - Snowden King Marketing Communications, Angelou Ezeilo - Greening Youth Foundation |
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Speaker Series |
05/14/2013 |
Jim Owens |
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Accelerated Activation (documentary film and accelerating social change) |
Film Series, Speaker Series |
09/23/2013 |
Kristen Grimm, Founder of Spitfire Strategies and Sheila Leddy, Executive Director of The Fledgling Fund |
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Georgia Premiere of If You Build It/Accelerating the Maker Movement |
Film Series, Speaker Series |
10/25/2013 |
Emily Pilloton, Founder of Project H Design; Christine O'Malley, Producer of If you Build It and Dale Dougherty, Founder of Maker Faire |
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Speaker Series |
11/07/2013 |
Ian Galloway, Senior Research Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
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Farm to Table to Kid: Increasing Access to Healthy Affordable Food |
Speaker Series |
05/22/2010 |
Alton Brown, Food Netowrk - Moderator question, Anthony Geraci - Baltimore City Schools, Yael Lehmann - The Food Trust, Penny McPhee |
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Speaker Series |
09/23/2010 |
Dr. Ken Cooper - Founder of The Cooper Institute and renowned leader of FITNESSGRAM, Dr. John Ratey - clinical associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and author of SPARK, Arthur Blank - Welcome, Governor Perdue - Remarks, Penny McPhee - Introduction of speakers, Q&A, John Bare - closing remarks, Stephanie Blank - info on GEEARS |
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Speaker Series |
02/21/2011 |
Chester Finn, President of Thomas B. Fordham Foundation - Moderator; Sarah Carr, Spencer Journalism Education Fellow - Panelist Q2; Gerard Robinson, Virginia Secretary of Education - Panelist; Mark D. Musick, President Emeritus of Southern Regional Education Board - Panelist; Andres Alonso - CEO of Baltimore City Schools - Panelist |
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Street Food: Attacking Obesity and Wiping Out Food Deserts One City Black at a Time |
Speaker Series |
11/02/2011 |
Dr.Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent - Moderator; Cathy Nonas, Director of Physical Activity and Nutrition Program at the New York City Department of Health - Panelist; Dwayne Proctor, Director Childhood Obesity Programs and Senior Program Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Panelist; Mary Mazzio, Filmmaker, Writer and Director Apple Pushers Documentary - Panelist |
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Speaker Series |
Deborah Bial - Founder of The Posse Foundation; Bob Herbert - author and Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos; David Garrow, Professor at University of Pittsburgh - Moderator; Penny McPhee - Welcome; Video of College Students - What is the Future of The American Dream?; Arthur Blank - Introduction of Panel and Moderator; Stephanie Blank - Comments and Speaker Bios ; David Garrow - Closing Remarks |
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Speaker Series |
02/28/2012 |
Jack Shonkoff, Director of Harvard's Center on the Developing Child and Chairman of the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child; Penny McPhee - welcome; Stephanie Blank - Q&A; Penny McPhee - Closing Remarks |
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Better Biking for a Safer, Healthier and More Competitive City |
Speaker Series |
03/29/2012 |
Penny McPhee - Welcome; James Shelby, Commissioner of Planning and Community Development City of Atlanta - Introduction of Speaker; Nicole Freedman; Josh Mello, Assistant Director for Transportation Planning City of Atlanta - Introduction of Panelist; Panel Discussion and Q&A with Rebecca Serna, ED at Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, Moderator; Mike Goodno, DC Bicycle Program Specialist, Panelist; Nicole Freedman - Panelist; Nathan Wilkes, Office of Planning City of Austin - Panelist; Rebecca Serna - Closing |
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Speaker Series |
09/13/2012 |
Soledad O'Brien, CNN Anchor - Moderator; Amber Cruz, Director of Programs Mobilize.org - Panelist; Aaron Smith Co-Founder and Executive Director of Young Invincibles - Panelist; J. Walker Smith, Executive Chairman The Future Company - Panelist; Penny McPhee - Welcome |
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Innovations for Military Veterans: Heroes & Horses and Outward Bound for Veterans |
Speaker Series |
03/21/2017 |
Chad Spangler - National Director of Outward Bound for Veterans, Micah Fink - Hero and Horses Founder, John Bare - Welcome, Steve Cannon - Moderator, Brendan O'Byrne - Panelist, Jeremy Svejcar - Panelist |
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Speaker Series |
02/15/2017 |
Eric H. Holder Jr (former US Attorney General), Douglas Blackmon - Moderator, Michael Eric Dyson, DeRay McKesson |
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Speaker Series |
10/04/2017 |
Celeste Headlee - Moderator, Andra Gillespie, Jonathan Peters and Erik Wemple |
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Speaker Series |
04/16/2018 |
George Selim, Senior Vice President of Programs at ADL; Christian Piccolini, Co-Founder of Life After Hate; Jayla Moody, ADL Student Leader; Jonathan Broder, Contributing Writer at Newsweek |
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Speaker Series |
09/05/2018 |
Jacqueline Glover, Senior Vice President of HBO Documentary Films; Penelope McPhee, President of The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation; Rev. Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Jr.; Dr. C. T. Vivian; Taylor Branch, Author and Historian |
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Speaker Series |
10/03/2018 |
Pat Mitchell, Owner of Pat Mitchell Media; David Linde, Chief Executive Officer at Participant Media; Holly Gordon, Chief Impact Officer at Participant Media; Molly Murphy, Co-Director at Working Films; Anna Lee, Co-Director at Working Films |
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Speaker Series |
12/04/2018 |
Bruce Katz, Co-Founder of New Localism Advisors; Ross Baird, President of Village Capital; John Lettieri, President and Chief Executive Officer at Economic Innovation Group; Keitt King, president of SunTrust Community Capital |
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A City Changing: A Conversation on the Promise of Black Liberatory and Diverse by Design Schools |
Speaker Series |
12/12/2018 |
Tommy Chang, Educational Consultant; Kim E. Anderson, Board Member for redefinED atlanta; Kriste Dragon, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Citizens of the World Charter Schools; Hiewet Senghor, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Black Teacher Collaborative |
WE BELIEVE … in using the power of documentary film to address a wide range of societal issues, and concurrently spark imagination, illuminate a subject, challenge conventional thinking, entertain and engage audiences, create awareness and inspire action.
Event Title | Event Type | Date | Speakers | Topic |
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Film Series |
12/07/2016 |
Q&A - Moderator: John Bare, Speakers: Linda Degutis, Imam Plemon, Kim Snyder, Peter Berg |
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Film Series |
09/30/2014 |
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Film Series |
02/28/2013 |
Bill Bolling, Founder Atlanta Community Food Bank; Lindsay Guetschow, Participant Media |
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Accelerated Activation (documentary film and accelerating social change) |
Film Series, Speaker Series |
09/23/2013 |
Kristen Grimm, Founder of Spitfire Strategies and Sheila Leddy, Executive Director of The Fledgling Fund |
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Georgia Premiere of If You Build It/Accelerating the Maker Movement |
Film Series, Speaker Series |
10/25/2013 |
Emily Pilloton, Founder of Project H Design; Christine O'Malley, Producer of If you Build It and Dale Dougherty, Founder of Maker Faire |
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Film Series |
11/07/2013 |
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Film Series |
02/24/2010 |
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Film Series |
10/02/2012 |
Bob Olive, CEO GPB- Welcome/Thank You; Rashid Nur, Founder of Truly Living Welli - Intro to Georgia Organics, Georgia Organics Video; Alice Rolls, CEO of GA Organics - GA Organics Plug and Introduction of Dr. Dwayne Proctor; Dr. Dwayne Proctor Director of Childhood Obesity Program Management Team at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Introduction of film; Q&A with Anthony Geraci, Baltmore City Schools and Richard Chisolm Co-produce and Director of Cafeteria man |
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Film Series |
12/07/2012 |
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Film Series |
08/24/2017 |
Introduction by Governor Deal |
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Film Series |
11/07/2017 |
Chris Milman (moderator), Micah Fink, Heroes & Horses founder, and veterans featured in the film. |
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Film Series |
01/14/2015 |
Post-film discussion with filmmaker, individuals from the film and rep from Urban Strategies |
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Film Series |
03/04/2015 |
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Film Series |
05/12/2015 |
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Film Series |
09/15/2015 |
Filmmaker, CNN talent |
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Film Series |
10/13/2015 |
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Film Series |
08/24/2018 |
Panel discussion with Kathleen Lee, Grant Lee, Dr. Natasha Thornton, Rose Scott, Carlester Crumpler |
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Film Series |
09/16/2019 |
Jill Savitt, Mr. Anthony Ray Hinton, Ricardo Allen, Allison Bantimba |