Events
I’ve led editorial programming for a variety of large-scale live and virtual events for media and nonmedia brands alike.
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A Day of Unreasonable Conversation
In 2019 and 2022, I worked as a producer on A Day of Unreasonable Conversation, an ideas summit tailored specifically for Hollywood content creators.
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2022 program:
Hosted by Baratunde Thurston, the 2022 program featured sessions on intellectual humility, social and economic division, responsible tech, democracy, reproductive rights, climate change, mental health and more.
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-Apocalypse Never: Our Climate Future, a panel with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Sarah Eagle Heart and Favianna Rodriguez, moderated by Zazie Beetz
-Providing Care in Post-Roe Texas, a presentation by Dr. Bhavik Kumar
-Road Trips to Deeper Understanding, a conversation with Heather McGhee, George Goehl and B.J. Novak
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2019 program:
The inaugural 2019 program featured sessions on artificial intelligence, immigration, criminal justice, social isolation and more.
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-So Reasonable, an opening monologue by Bassem Youssef
-The Longevity Revolution, a conversation with Ai-jen Poo and Betty Reid Soskin
-Rooms of One's Own, a conversation with Kerry Washington, Tanya Saracho, Krista Vernoff and Geena Davis, moderated by Valerie Jarrett
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22 for '22: Visions for a Feminist Future
In 2022, I produced 22 for '22, the flagship conference from The Meteor, a mission-driven media startup, alongside partners Barnard College and Gucci CHIME for Change.
Hosted by Symone D. Sanders Townsend, the two-part conference included a two-hour live show at Barnard and an 85-minute virtual summit.
Women's Wear Daily wrote that 22 for '22 “rattled the cages of what feminist summits look like.”
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Living Whole Lives, Amandla Stenberg and Raquel Willis discuss the new wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation
The New (and Forever) Labor Movement, a conversation with Dolores Huerta and Chris Smalls, moderated by Paola Mendoza
Climate Justice, an interview with Ayisha Siddiqa by Symone D. Sanders Townsend
Reproductive Freedom: What Now?, a conversation with Busy Philipps and Paula Avila-Guillen
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Because of Anita: Truth, Justice, Race, Gender, and Power—30 Years Later
In 2021, I produced Because of Anita, a special event from The Meteor, a mission-driven media startup, alongside partners at the University of Southern California. The program explored what has (and hasn’t) changed related to sexual harassment in the 30 years following Hill's testimony.
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Re-Examining Anita Hill's Testimony, a conversation with Jill Abramson and Freida Lee Mock, moderated by Cindi Leive and Dr. Salamishah Tillet
Hotels, Restaurants, and Farms: Report from the Harassment Frontlines, a conversation with Mily Treviño-Sauceda and Thomasina Gross, moderated by Gabrielle Horton
What the Law Owes Survivors, a conversation with Senator Connie M. Leyva and Fatima Goss Graves, moderated by Jessica Yellin
Anita Hill on Believing, a keynote interview with Professor Anita Hill
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#InCharge
In 2019, I worked as a producer on Diane von Furstenberg's #InCharge Summit, a full day of programming on women and leadership for International Women's Day.
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Female Founders, a panel with Anu Duggal, Molly Howard and Reshma Saujani, moderated by Dee Poku-Spalding
Beauty on Our Own Terms, a reading by Mira Jacob
The Hollywood Breakthroughs, a conversation with Naturi Naughton and Anna Diop, moderated by Lola Ogunnaike
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Women of the Year Live Summit
In 2017, I led editorial programming for Glamour's Women of the Year Live Summit, hosted by Ashley Graham. Watch the whole show.
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Finding Purpose, a keynote conversation with Dr. Jill Biden and Vice President Joe Biden, moderated by Cindi Leive
My Life is Mine, a talk by Tracee Ellis Ross
What Sexual Liberation Means Now, a conversation with Cecile Richards and DeWanda Wise, moderated by Amanda de Cadenet
Getting What You Want, a talk by Naomi Campbell
Making Big Decisions, a conversation with Payal Kadakia and Bozoma Saint John, moderated by Tamron Hall
Maintaining Friendships That Inspire You, a conversation between Jenna Lyons and Sheila Nevins
Select musical performances:
Bellyache (acoustic) by Billie Eilish
Fight Song by Rachel Platten