Using culture to change culture
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Session Description
Join an exploration of how we can transform cultural norms through the creative and innovative use of media, arts and technology. Let’s share stories and strategies that advance social justice through unlikely partnerships of cultural creatives, technology innovators and political organizer. In a fast-changing world, our ability to be in connection and create new narratives and memes is opening up more and more opportunities to promote dignity and voice for all peoples. I’ll be sharing my own experiences in producing music videos, video games, short documentaries and multi-media campaigns anchored in community-based mobilization to anchor our time together.
Time & Location
Time:
11:45 - 13:00, Wednesday, April 15, 2015
BST
Location:
SBS, Seminar 8
Speakers
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Delegate
Program Director, Gender Equity and Governance,
BreakthroughMallika Dutt is the Program Director of Gender Equity and Governance at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. She is a longtime advocate for equity and well-being for people and planet, with deep experience in advancing justice through an intersectional lens. Prior to joining the foundation, she founded and led INTER-CONNECTED, where she supported transformational change through her unique methodology combining ancient wisdom, contemplative practices, storytelling, and social justice activism.
As the founder and leader of Breakthrough, she has used culture to change culture through award-winning multi-media campaigns that have touched millions. She also headed a social justice and human rights program in South Asia with the Ford Foundation. A recipient of multiple awards, she received the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship in 2016. Mallika has served on several boards and committees and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mallika is a graduate of NYU Law Schoo
