Title: Panel discussion at New York Comic Con

Date: October 2015

Venue: Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York

Speaker: Michael Uslan, film producer

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Date: June 2016

Venue: ArcLight Cinemas, Culver City

Speakers:

Harold Monfils, Director

Maher Nasser, Director of UN DGC Outreach Division

Josh Welsh, President of Film Independent

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Date: 21 November 2017
 
Event: World TV Day: Spotlighting Global Issues through Entertainment
 
Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York
 
Speakers:

Serinda Swan, actor (Inhumans, Ballers, Graceland) and human trafficking activist

Raeshem Nijhon, producer of MTV's Rebel Music

Rashida Jones

Neal Weinberg, Producer, CNN ASPIREist

Date: October 2009

Venue: United Nations Headquarters New York

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A world premiere screening of the Disney film Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure was held at UN Headquarters in October 2009 for children of delegates and staff. At the event, Tinker Bell was named Honorary Ambassador of Green, which was celebrated in June 2012 with the issuance of a UN Postal Administration PA personalized stamp sheet.

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Title: Envision Screening Series – Addressing Global Issues Through Documentaries

Date: May 2009 – June 2016

Venues: The Made in New York Media Center by IFP, UN Headquarters, Ziegfeld Theatre, Directors’ Guild of America, the Ford Foundation, the 92nd Street Y

Speakers:

Roger Ross Williams, Academy Award winning director

Ron Suskind, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author

Davis Guggenheim, Academy Award winning director

Title: Screening of Academy Award-nominated film Brooklyn

Date: February 2016

Venue: Economic and Social Council Chamber, UN Headquarters

Speakers:

Karen AbuZayd, Special Advisor on the Summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants

Leila Buck, writer

Joe Neumaier, film critic (moderator)

Saoirse Ronan, Academy Award-nominated actress

Colm Tóibín, author of Brooklyn

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Date: August 2016

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Title: Story of Women's Empowerment Through Media: The Role of Producers

Date: 20 March 2018
 
Venue: United Nations Headquarters, New York 
 
Speakers: 

Nanette Braun, gender and media expert and Chief of Communications Campaigns Service at the UN Department of Global Communications

Date: October 2010

Venue: Los Angeles

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At an intimate forum hosted by the Writers Guild of America (West) in October 2010, scriptwriters from Hollywood had a unique opportunity to meet with UN staff working on the frontlines of tackling some of the world’s most pressing issues. Three staff members working in Haiti, Thailand and Sudan shared their experiences and offered insights into the work of the UN in areas such as humanitarian relief, peacekeeping and combating human trafficking.

Title: Launch of the #AngryBirdsHappyPlanet campaign

Date: March 2016

Venue: Visitors’ Lobby, General Assembly Hall

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