The film, TV and media landscape continues to evolve with a necessary focus on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. But what is the real driver behind this shift, and what exactly does it entail? Join Stockade Works and industry leaders in thoughtful and action-oriented conversations to learn more about the changes that are in motion, and our roles in facilitating progress. This three-part dialogue, presented in partnership with White Feather Farm, has been curated so that each session builds on the previous, ensuring participants walk away informed, empowered and inspired to step into their roles as change agents.
Individuals working in film, television, media and the arts are encouraged to attend.
Stockade Works believes that the film, media and tech should be accessible for all people. In actionably working toward that goal, American Sign Language Interpretation will be provided for our Salon Series.
Session 2 - Empowered: Tuesday, July 20 | 5pm-6pm EST
The industry is changing. What will be your role in facilitating this change? This Salon will help identify individual and collective roles in facilitating an inclusive industry, where diversity and representation are normalized in media, film, and the arts.
Join the conversation facilitated by the Stockade Works leadership team and Jeanell English, Director, Office of Representation, Inclusion and Equity at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with guest speakers Adunola Adeshola, Career Specialist and Alex Schmider, Producer, Associate Director, Transgender Representation.
SPEAKERS
Adunola Adeshola
Adunola is a career strategist who helps high-achievers secure new jobs they love at companies they love. She’s also a Forbes contributor where her career column has been read more than one million times. Her mission is to help high-achievers recognize, own and show their value so that they can stop playing small, boost their confidence, and land amazing opportunities they love. Her expertise has also been featured in The New York Times, Fast Company, Bloomberg and other publications.
Alex Schmider
One of Forbes 30 Under 30 for Media, Alex Schmider is an award-winning film producer and the Associate Director of Transgender Representation at GLAAD, the nation’s leading LGBTQ media advocacy organization. At GLAAD, he advises media and entertainment industry leaders, and consults with production companies, editorial teams, brands, and corporations on how best to approach LGB and, specifically, transgender characters, storylines, marketing, social impact campaigns, and gender inclusion on digital platforms. He is a producer of the award-winning Hulu Original Documentary Changing the Game (2021) and Peabody Award honored Netflix Original Documentary Disclosure (2020).
Jeanell English
Jeanell's unique career path began in the more traditional Human Resources space where she worked as a business partner and DEI specialist implementing programs and interventions such as unconscious bias and cross-cultural trainings, global diversity awareness campaigns, wellbeing programs and M&A cultural integration sessions.
Jeanell is the founder of Elizabeth, an independent publisher, and consultancy, amplifying the voices of women and marginalized communities with an emphasis on production and creative industries. She currently leads the Office of Representation, Inclusion & Equity at Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Read more here.
STOCKADE WORKS & WHITE FEATHER FARM
Stockade Works, founded in 2016 by actress, entrepreneur, producer and director Mary Stuart Masterson, is dedicated to furthering the potential of film, television, media and tech in the Hudson Valley through workforce development training programs for local residents. SW focus is on those typically barred from economic opportunities: women, minorities, veterans, under-employed, and displaced workers.
Founded in 2020, White Feather Farm Foundation is a sustainable farming and educational nonprofit center located in Saugerties, NY, on lands formerly belonging to the Mohican and Munsee Lenape people. As a farm and as a Foundation, White Feather is dedicated to the cultivation, regeneration, and nourishment of mind, body and spirit for all people. They aim to provide and create spaces that foster healing, growth, creativity, innovation, and diversity in our Ulster County community.