Jackson Wild™ is announcing its newest initiative: Jackson Wild Action Coalitions.
These four coalitions will each be tasked with brainstorming tangible, solutions-based outcomes to be presented and discussed by delegates attending this year's Virtual Jackson Wild Summit™. Together, alongside a long list of influential global partners, Jackson Wild's goal is to reimagine how the industry and community can amplify conservation through strategic collaborations while making systemic changes to elevate inclusion, impact and green production principles demanded during a time of dramatic industry revision.
Coalitions will meet in small groups over the coming weeks, generating new ideas and approaches to address core issues related to inclusion, diversity, impact and green production standards that will culminate in live Forum sessions to present proposed action(s) for radical positive change to delegates at the 2020 Jackson Wild Virtual Summit.
"We have a unique opportunity to elevate understanding that humans are not an essential and inescapable part of nature," said Lisa Samford, Executive Director of Jackson Wild. "Embracing diversity and including all people — as part of the story, the crew, the agents and beneficiaries of local stewardship, will we amplify what we all truly care about: thriving people caring together for a thriving planet."
The 2020 Jackson Wild Action Coalitions focus on:
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Global Industry Empowerment
Empowering local storytellers to global platforms and cultivating a culture of training while employing local talent currently living in remote locations where international film crews are likely to travel
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Impact Campaign Development
Creating open-source resources that empower storytellers to effectively build impact strategy into the DNA of their projects from concept through distribution
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Greening Production Standards
?Integrating existing industry trends for greening production to create standards specific to documentary filmmaking and wildlife projects in the field with opportunities for collaboration
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Reshaping a More Inclusive Nature/Conservation/Science Film Industry
Identifying tangible pathways to enhance diversity and inclusion within our industry sector through thoughtful practices and creation of early, pre- and mid-career development programs. Ensuring people of color, all genders, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ are adequately represented. Focus areas will include countries having an established nature/conservation filmmaking industry.
Learn more at www.jacksonwild.org/action-coalitions
About Jackson Wild:
For almost 30 years, the Jackson Wild Summit has grown a reputation for hosting an extraordinary convening of scientists, conservationists, innovators and media. The Summit fosters an environment where collaboration and innovation thrive, ideas are launched, and strategic partnerships are forged as participants work together to address critical conservation and environmental challenges facing our planet.
The 2020 Jackson Wild Summit will be hosted virtually, September 28 - October 1, 2020. Registration will be open by the beginning of September. The Jackson Wild Media Awards are slated to stream live on October 1.
Jackson Wild’s international board members include: ARTE France, BBC Studios, Bonne Pioche, Borealés, Conservation International, Discovery, Doclights, FujiFilm Optical Devices - Fujinon Lenses, Gorongosa Restoration Project, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, Humane Society International, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Love Nature / Blue Ant Media, Media Alliance, National Geographic Partners, National Geographic Society, Nature/THIRTEEN/WNET, Netflix, Off the Fence Productions, ORF/Universum, PBS, Saint Thomas Productions, San Diego Zoo, Seeker, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Electronics, SVT - Swedish Television, The Nature Conservancy, Terra Mater Factual Studios, Vulcan Productions, Wanda Films, WGBH, and World Wildlife Fund US.
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