2016 Schedule

Interactive: March 11–15  •  Film: March 11–19  •  Music: March 15–20

Strategic Storytelling: Video As Policy Changer

Monday, March 14
5:00PM - 6:00PM

JW Marriott
Salon 5
110 E 2nd St

Pp52916

Today's criminal justice reform movement tends to advocate in broad terms, using hashtags such as #blacklivesmatter and #endmassincarceration to raise public awareness of critical issues. However, advocates can't ask legislators to simply "end mass incarceration"--a more targeted approach is needed to reform entrenched policies. Our session will explore how advocates, visual storytellers, lawyers, and artists can combine expertise to unravel the web of policies and practices that create an inherently unfair criminal justice system for poor people and minorities. Using recent innovative case studies, we'll consider social impact storytelling strategies with the potential for broad scale.

Hashtags: #sxsw #vidtactics

Presenters

Adam Stofsky at SXSW

Adam Stofsky

Exec Dir

New Media Advocacy Project

Adam is the founder and Executive Director of the N-Map. Adam is a graduate of Amherst College (1998) and Harvard Law School (2004). After finishing law school, he served as a law clerk for the Uni...

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Ed Kashi at SXSW

Ed Kashi

Photojournalist/Filmmaker

ED KASHI STUDIO

Ed Kashi is a photojournalist, filmmaker and educator dedicated to documenting the social and political issues that define our times. A sensitive eye and an intimate relationship to his subjects ar...

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Molly Crabapple at SXSW

Molly Crabapple

Artist & Writer

The Lavin Agency

Molly Crabapple is an artist and writer in New York. Her memoir, Drawing Blood, is available in bookstores everywhere. Called "An emblem of the way art can break out of the gilded gallery" by the N...

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Wesley Caines at SXSW

Wesley Caines

Reentry Specialist

Brooklyn Defender Services

Wesley Caines has a passion for helping people help themselves. He is proud to be a Reentry Specialist/Coordinator/Advocate for Brooklyn Defender Services and each day he finds new and creative way...

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Event Type
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Level
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