Clear your calendar - It's going down! Video Blocks kicks off on May 20th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!
California's First and Current Surgeon General, TEDTalk Speaker, Founder of the Center for Youth Wellness
Dr. Monique W. Morris, Ed.D.
TEDWomen Speaker, Award-Winning Author and Social Justice Scholar, Founder and President of the National Black Women’s Justice Institute
Dolores Huerta
Founder & President of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, Co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America
Eryn Wise
Communications and Digital Director
Seeding Sovereignty
Surina Khan
CEO
Women’s Foundation of California
Virgie Tovar
TEDx Speaker, Contributing Writer to Forbes, Founder #LoseHateNotWeight
Dr. Caroline Heldman
Executive Director
The Representation Project
Jessica Nowlan
Executive Director
Young Women's Freedom Center
Jocelyn Yow
Councilmember
City of Eastvale
Marc Philpart
Principal Coordinator
Alliance for Boys and Men of Color
Chloe McKenzie
Founder and CEO
BlackFem, Inc.
Justine Courtenay-Huang
Youth Rising Leader Brown Girl Surf
Kanwarpal Dhaliwal
Co-founder
RYSE Youth Center
Kiku Johnson
Associate Director
One Circle Foundation
Dr. Elisha Smith Arrillaga, PhD
Executive Director
The EducationTrust-West
Laura Eberly
Director of Social Change
YWCA San Francisco & Marin
Haleema Bharoocha
Advocacy Manager
Alliance for Girls
Linda Calhoun
Founder & Executive Producer
Career Girls
Mayra Lara, Ed.D.
Senior Practice Associate
The Education Trust–West.
Susana Padilla
Student
Youth Media Academy
Emma Mayerson
Founding Executive Director
Alliance for Girls
Ja'Nai Aubry
Housing and Gender Justice Staff Attorney
Family Violence Law Center (FVLC)
Samuel Nuñez
Founder
Fathers & Families of San Joaquin
Alissa Bernstein, PhD, MPH
Vice President
Eva Gunther Foundation
Griselda Martinez
Student
Youth Media Academy
Bee Deborah Uytiepo
Owner
Beelight
Protima Pandey
Director
Office of Women’s Policy, Division of Equity and Social Justice at Santa Clara County
Kanyon Coyote Woman Sayers-Roods
Co-Founder and CEO
Kanyon Konsulting, LLC
Hénia Belalia
Director of Programs
About-Face
Nakia Dillard
Program Coordinator
Alliance for Girls
Ahtziri Gonzalez
Student
Youth Media Academy
Eleanor Wikstrom
Finalist
2019 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate
Krisya Ceja Molina
co-founder
Las Fundadores Latina Leadership and Violence Prevention
Schedule
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2ND
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools Film Premiere + Q&A ----SOLD OUT!----
Based on the acclaimed book by keynote speaker, Dr. Monique W. Morris. Co-hosted by AFG, The National Black Women's Justice Institute and Dr. Morris at the historic Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland, California.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3RD
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration & Coffee
9:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Morning Plenary
MC: Linda Calhoun
Founder & Executive Producer
Career Girls
Acknowledging the Land
Kanyon Coyote Woman Sayers-Roods
Costanoan Ohlone-Mutsun and Chumash
Artist, Poet, Activist, Student, and Teacher
Spoken Word Performance
Eleanor Wikstrom
2019 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Finalist
Speaker
Eryn Wise
Seeding Sovereignty
Morning Keynote Address
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, MD, MPH, FAAP
First and Current Surgeon General
State of California
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Morning Breakouts
Magnifying Young Voices: Providing Youth Tools to Reshape the Media Landscape
Gender Liberation Track
Dr. Caroline Heldman, Along with Panelists from Youth Media Academy
The Representation Project
Mitigating Gender and Racial Bias: Transcending Inclusive to Expansive
Gender Liberation Track
Kiku Johnson
One Circle Foundation
Solidarity Not Saviors: Power Dynamics in Movement Building
