Atlanta Climate & Media

At our private convening on October 25th in Atlanta, we worked alongside filmmakers and climate changemakers, as well as a coalition of incredible partners, to gather Atlanta’s film and climate community.

Program Highlights

- Dr. Marshall Shepherd, Yonasda Lonewolf, Kaiya Murphy, and Maya Penn explored subjects like AI data centers, climate, vulnerability and risk, energy justice, & youth activism

- Jamila Norman, Robyn Watson, Dr. Jazz Nicholson, and John Penn showed how food, film, music, and virtual production can drive climate solutions 

- Surprise performance by award-winning spoken word artist ALLORA 

- Daniel Blackman, Ashna Khanna, and Suzan Satterfield unpacked who controls the narrative around energy in Georgia—and how the creative community can help reclaim it

- Interactive ‘Climate Context’ workshop helped our coalition members apply climate to their own work

Thank you to our partners: Climate Power, Women In Film and Television Atlanta, UTA Foundation, Earthgang Foundation, ASIFA-South, and Uppendo! Productions.

Speakers Included:

• Maya Penn (Climate activist, Director, Creator)

• Jamila Norman (Founder, Patchwork City Farms) 

• Daniel Blackman (Leading American environmentalist, Civil Rights Advocate, and Venture Philanthropist)

• YoNasDa Lonewolf (Writer, Artist, Activist)

• Dr. Jazz Nicholson (Executive Director, Earthgang Foundation)

• Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd (Notable Meteorologist, Distinguished UGA Professor)

• Kaiya Murphy (Director of Just Energy, Partnership for Southern Equity)

• Robyn Watson (President, Women in Film & Television Atlanta)