Story as Antidote (EN)

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A GLOBAL ONLINE CONVENING
July 16th, 2025

Join us on Wednesday, July 16th, 2025 at 9 AM Mexico City / 11 AM New York / 4 PM London / 6 PM Nairobi / 8:30 PM Delhi! If you cannot join the live event, or if you miss a portion of it, we will be emailing a password protected recording to all registrants after the convening.

Live interpretation into Spanish, Portuguese, and French will be provided.

Sign up for the conversation here. Registration is required and will remain open until July 14th at 11:59pm PST.

Queer Now: Story as Antidote

Come join the creative resistance and explore how queer storytelling as a cultural strategy visions better futures. During this 2.5-hour online convening, we will equip ourselves with a shared understanding about the rise of the global anti-gender movement, and learn about its roots, its funding, influence on culture and politics, and importantly, understand its weaknesses. Join us to build shared strategies, spark creative ideas, and amplify the bold, beautiful stories being told by and about queer communities around the world. Bringing solidarity, strength and a celebration of our multitudes.

Registration is required and will remain open until July 14th, 2025 at 11:59pm PST.

Opening

Hosted by Twiggy Pucci Garçon alongside Doc Society’s Beadie Finzi

ACT 1: How We Got Here

Understanding the Anti-Gender Movement
Hosted by J. Bob Alotta

ACT 2: The Stories We Need Now

Illuminating Our Constellation of Narratives
Hosted by Nim Ralph

Celebration of Stories

ACT 3: Cultural Strategy Works

Story as Antidote in Action - Impact Case Studies

Panel - How We Make Cultural Strategy Work
Moderated by Felipe Estefan

Closing
Featured Speakers

Twiggy

Twiggy Pucci Garçon
Director/Producer; DocSociety Inc Board Member

J-Bob-Alotta

J. Bob Alotta
Principal at Lucid Assembly

Felipe-Estefan

Felipe Estefan
Fellow at the Shorenstein Center at the Harvard Kennedy School

Nim-Ralph

Nim Ralph
Educator, Activist, Movement Theorist

Kim

Kimberly Reed
Filmmaker

Haley-McEwen

Haley McEwen
PhD, Researcher, Sweden/South Africa

Jay-Mulucha

Jay Mulucha
Human Rights Activist; Executive Director, Fem Alliance Uganda

DaShawn-Usher

DaShawn Usher
Senior Director, Communities of Color and Media, GLAAD; Founder + Executive Director, Mobilizing Our Brothers Initiative (MOBI) 

Subha-Wijesiriwardena

Subha Wijesiriwardena
Feminist activist, Researcher, and Communicator

Registration is required and will remain open until July 14th, 2025 at 11:59pm PST.