This event will focus upon opportunities for collaboration and cooperation between the media, nonprofit organizations and the philanthropic community in a post-Katrina environment, and will highlight innovative programs involving print, radio, television, film and internet media that have benefited communities in the hurricane-affected areas by affecting policy change, building the capacity of nonprofit organizations, and creating awareness of the challenges faced by those struggling to rebuild their communities.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Laura Belsey — producer of Katrina’s Children, a documentary film telling the story of Hurricane Katrina through the eyes of New Orleans’ children
• Lolis Elie — author, Times-Picayune journalist and documentary filmmaker who has written extensively about the effects of Hurricane Katrina and has been a vocal advocate for the people of New Orleans
• James Hillman — Jungian psychologist, author of the best selling The Soul’s Code, and documentary film-maker
• Jack Rosenthal — President, The New York Times Company Foundation, and past assistant managing editor of The New York Times
• James Rucker — co-founder of ColorOfChange.org, an organization developed in the wake of Katrina to strengthen Black America's political voice
• Harry Shearer — actor, author, director, satirist, musician, radio host, playwright, multi-media artist and record label owner, who has blogged extensively about Hurricane Katrina on huffingtonpost.com
• Makani Themba-Nixon — author, Executive Director of The Praxis Project, and founder of Katrina Information Network, a collaboration of groups in the Gulf and across the country working to build power for change

Program
8:30 am–9:00 am Registration, coffee & danish

9:00 am–9:05 am Welcome

9:05 am–10:25 am Panel Discussion

10:25 am–11:00 am Questions to Panel

11:00 am–12:20 pm Panel Discussion

12:20 pm–12:55 pm Questions for Panel

12:55 pm–1:00 pm Closing

Audience
The audience will primarily consist of prominent members of the national and New York philanthropic communities, with representatives from academic institutions, media outlets, and governmental agencies also present.

To register, send an e-mail to: register@nyrag.org. For more information contact Diana Crawford: dianajcrawford@yahoo.com.

The New York Regional Association of Grantmakers (NYRAG), a nonprofit membership organization of more than 285 grantmaking foundations and corporations in the New York metropolitan area, promotes and supports the practice of effective philanthropy for the public good. Its members include independent, family, corporate, community, public, and operating foundations; corporate contributions programs; and faith-based grantmakers.