Detailed Schedule
Conference Schedule:
Registration - 8:15-9:00
Conference Kickoff - 9:00-9:30
Welcome remarks from the Harvard Global Health Institute from Christy Colburn, Associate Director, Global Health & Health Policy Undergraduate Program, Narratives for Change founders, and speakers.
Plenary Speakers and Performances - 9:30-11:30
Six of our speakers will give 10-15 minute introductions about how they view the relationship between their art form and social impact.
- Jeffrey Sparr will accompany Seema Kumar of Johnson & Johnson in describing visual art’s central role in many pursuits.
- Through Positive Eyes will present a photo essay of living with HIV/AIDS.
- Avanti Nagral will share her personal take on the importance of music in storytelling in social impact and perform a song.
- Tarik Mohamed will discuss how immersive media, including augmented and virtual reality, can be leveraged for social impact.
- Bobby Gordon of UCLA’s Sex Squad will conduct an interactive sexual health education session.
- Lisa Russell will discuss her experience using film as a means for social impact and screen a short clip from her Emmy-winning documentary.
Lunch - 11:30-12:30
Enjoy a complimentary lunch (with vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and other allergen-friendly options available).
First Breakout Session - 12:45-2:00
A total of seven breakout sessions, including both panels and interactive workshops, are available:
Workshops:
- Sustainability and Development — Lisa Russell, Emmy-winning filmmaker
- Climate Change — Tarik Mohamed, Immersive Media Specialist
- Inequity and Poverty — Chesney Snow, award-winning beatboxer
- Reproductive and Sexual Health — Bobby Gordon, Theater of the Oppressed practitioner, and David Gere, Director of the Art & Global Health Center at the University of California—Los Angeles
Panels:
- Mental Health — Adriana Bobinchok, Media Director, McLean Hospital; Scott O'Brien, Founder of Deconstructing Stigma; Jeff Sparr, Visual Artist, Founder of the PeaceLove Story, Mental Health Advocate
- Racial Disparities in Health and Society — Doris Sommer, Director, Harvard University Cultural Agents Initiative; Danielle Scott, Assistant Chair, Ensembles at the Berklee College of Music
- Health, Disease, and the Human Experience — Hanna Campbell, Senior Manager of The Moth's Education Program; Seema Kumar, Johnson & Johnson Vice President of Innovation, Global Health, and Science Policy Communication; Blake Evertsen, Founder of ConnectOnCommute
Break - 2:00-2:30
Second Breakout Session - 2:45-4:00
The same workshops and panels will be available.
Closing - 4:15-5:00
Beatboxer Chesney Snow will close Narratives for Change with a performance.