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Opening Launch Party

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IN PERSON + VIRTUAL
Wednesday, April 17, 6 to 9 p.m.
Radio Flyer Headquarters, 6515 W. Grand, Chicago
ADA-compliant accessible venue. Click here for more ADA details.

Join us! One Earth launches its 13th festival season by sharing reel stories that speak to the real change we can make for our planet when we're united together.

  • Enjoy the beautiful, state-of-the art LEED Platinum Radio Flyer worldwide headquarters (a Certified B Corporation)

  • Chance to watch the Emmy-winning short film "Taking Flight"

  • Enjoy a toast from the amazing filmmakers behind the 2024 One Earth Film Fest film lineup

  • See the Young Filmmakers Contest post-graduate winning film “My Brand New Car” as part of a short program beginning promptly at 7 p.m.

  • Enter the raffle to win a Radio Flyer Electric Bicycle and other terrific, sustainable prizes

EVENING PROGRAM

  • Steve Bynum, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Manager, Chicago Public Media

  • Ana Garcia-Doyle, Executive Director, One Earth Collective

  • Angela Tovar, Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Chicago and Commissioner, City of Chicago Department of the Environment

  • Sue Crothers, Founding Executive Director, One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest (pre-recorded)

  • Paulina Verdalet, My Brand New Car (2023, 4 min)

  • Gina Roxas, Executive Director, Trickster Cultural Center Citizen of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

Scholarship and financial assistance awarded to enrolled students and community members with hardship. Applicants can email [email protected] to be added to the wait list.

*Please consider taking CTA or carpooling to this event. The closest Metra stop is Mars on the Milwaukee District West Line. Busses run along Grand Ave. and Fullerton Ave. #65 stops closeby, for instance. For carpoolers and drivers, Radio Flyer has ample parking space available upon entering the front gate located on Natchez.

Keynote Speaker Gina Roxas of Trickster Cultural Center

 

Gina Roxas, serving as the Executive Director at the Trickster Cultural Center, is a citizen of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Her educational journey in environmental studies is deeply enriched by a blend of her Grandmother’s traditional Native American teachings and family Elders’ wisdom, alongside Western education in the humanities and sciences. Gina’s diverse background fuels her dedication to advancing the Trickster Cultural Center’s mission of increasing the visibility of Native American traditions and contemporary cultural arts through authentic first-voice narratives, community engagement, social advocacy, and collaborative educational efforts. Moreover, Gina oversees and centers initiatives that emphasize the significance of traditional plant knowledge in the realms of healing, environmental justice, and self-determination.

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