Below The Fold: Conversations

Brittany is a true multi-hyphenate in the entertainment industry, clocking nearly 15 years of diverse experience in feature film, TV, and digital content. She’s held positions ranging from Line Producer to Location Scout to Script Coordinator on films such as Men in Black III and The Smurfs Movie, TV series such as The Knick and Nurse Jackie, and commercials for clients such as Under Armour and MTV. She also works as a freelance writer, script consultant, and as an adjunct instructor at NYU. Recently, Brittany decided to dedicate her life to helping women break into and develop their careers in this crazy industry she loves so much. She founded Female Artistic & Commercial Entrepreneur Support, Inc. (FACES), a nonprofit that offers women opportunities for real-world onset experience, job placement assistance, and access to their own creative platform. FemaleACEs.org Subscribe to the weekly newsletter at www.belowthefold.co Find the web series at youtube.com/belowthefold  and Follow Kristin on Instagram and Twitter @kristinbrey Below the Fold Theme & Score- Composed, Arranged, Performed, and Produced by: Ananth Sundara – Sonic Theater  www.sonictheater.com Support us by supporting our host network, DimlyWit Productions, at DimlyWit.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stacey L. Gordon, LMSW, - founder of the Wrinkle Project, a non profit that takes a multi pronged approach to change the way people see growing older.  It combines media and social justice initiatives design to combat ageism. Prior to the Wrinkle Project, Stacey had been working with older adults in NYC for the past 25 years at social service agencies. She went on to found, ElderOptions, a geriatric care management practice. As an Adjunct Lecturer at the UChicago SSA, Stacey taught several courses, including Introduction  to Aging in the 21st Century, Topics on Aging and Long-Term Care, and Aging and Mental Health.  She also writes a recurring blog about aging and caregiving for The Huffington Post. wrinkleproject.org facebook.com/thewrinkleproject Twitter: @elderopt Subscribe to the weekly newsletter at www.belowthefold.co Find the web series at youtube.com/belowthefold  and Follow Kristin on Instagram and Twitter @kristinbrey Below the Fold Theme & Score- Composed, Arranged, Performed, and Produced by: Ananth Sundara – Sonic Theater  www.sonictheater.com Support us by supporting our host network, DimlyWit Productions, at DimlyWit.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Darius Khalil Gordon is a National Field Organizer for the Center for Popular Democracy. Part of the Fight Back initiative, Darius brings his energy and years of experience as a lead organizer for Citizen Action of New York and National Organizer for the Gathering for Justice to the table. Darius first came to New York to serve as African American and Youth director for a State Assembly campaign. When the campaign ended, he began work with the Working Families Canvassing and Fundraising team where he expanded his knowledge and practical skills for electoral and social justice work. In early 2014, Darius started as a community organizer for Citizen Action of New York, working on and winning campaigns such as Fight for $15, paid sick leave, and paid family leave .He has also has victories in the criminal justice field being a member of the Justice League NYC, where they helped get Raise the Age legislation passed in New York state, making now illegal to house 16 and 17 year olds in adult jail and prison facilities. "CPD Social Media https://populardemocracy.org/ IG and twitter: @popdemoc FB: https://www.facebook.com/populardemocracy "Darius personal social media IG: @dkg_202 Twitter: @Khalil_202 Subscribe to the weekly newsletter at www.belowthefold.co Find the web series at youtube.com/belowthefold  and Follow Kristin on Instagram and Twitter @kristinbrey Below the Fold Theme & Score- Composed, Arranged, Performed, and Produced by: Ananth Sundara – Sonic Theater  www.sonictheater.com Support us by supporting our host network, DimlyWit Productions, at DimlyWit.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s episode is with Jan Hanvik, the founder of Crossing Bridges LLC, an organization created to facilitate exchanges among artists and art students of all art forms from the countries & cultures of Iberia, the Caribbean, and Latin America.  Jan has been a consultant in minority/diversity outreach for the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts, a producer of Latin American art events in the U.S. and Japan, and of U.S. art events in Latin America. He has also been a journalist, producer, curator, teaching artists, juror, panelist, public speaker, board member, and other roles among innumerable Pan American organizations and institutions, governmental, corporate, and private. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter at www.belowthefold.co Find the web series at youtube.com/belowthefold  and Follow Kristin on Instagram and Twitter @kristinbrey Below the Fold Theme & Score- Composed, Arranged, Performed, and Produced by: Ananth Sundara – Sonic Theater  www.sonictheater.com Support us by supporting our host network, DimlyWit Productions, at DimlyWit.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Ney is the founder of Fitbound. He has successfully launched two other businesses over the past 15 years and is looking to create the first inclusive international exercise platform. Fitbound is an inclusive exercise platform that allows all individuals to stream videos to any device, a tv, phone, tablet, or projector screen and exercise in short bursts throughout the day. It's the first dedicated platform focused on inclusive exercise in the world. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter at www.belowthefold.co Find the web series at youtube.com/belowthefold  and Follow Kristin on Instagram and Twitter @kristinbrey Below the Fold Theme & Score- Composed, Arranged, Performed, and Produced by: Ananth Sundara – Sonic Theater  www.sonictheater.com Support us by supporting our host network, DimlyWit Productions, at DimlyWit.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin is a Communications Contractor at Grades of Green, where he develops and manages media strategy, communications collateral, public relations and social media efforts for the organization. Heavily involved in public service since high school and determined to pursue his passion for community advocacy, Justin earned a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Business Administration from Wagner College. As an intern with Marc’s JCH of Bensonhurst, Justin assisted immigrants as they filed for social services. His research at JCH led him to write ‘America Needs to Make a SNAPy Comeback,’ which was ultimately published by Wagner College. www.gradesofgreen.org @GradesofGreen Subscribe to the weekly newsletter at www.belowthefold.co Find the web series at youtube.com/belowthefold  and Follow Kristin on Instagram and Twitter @kristinbrey Below the Fold Theme & Score- Composed, Arranged, Performed, and Produced by: Ananth Sundara – Sonic Theater  www.sonictheater.com Support us by supporting our host network, DimlyWit Productions, at DimlyWit.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the self given title, Environmental Futurist and Social Designer, Amer Jandali is the CEO and founder of Future Meets Present, a start-up innovation company that designs sustainable products, systems, and events.  Amer sees a time in which people and the planet are living cohesively. Where renewable energy, circular economies and zero waste systems will be the norm. In short, where human systems will behave like natural systems. His work is entirely in service of this vision and mission to deliver a message of optimism and action. www.futuremeetspresent.comFirst product: www.braceletote.coTwitter and IG: @AmerJandali Subscribe to the weekly newsletter at www.belowthefold.co Find the web series at youtube.com/belowthefold  and Follow Kristin on Instagram and Twitter @kristinbrey Below the Fold Theme & Score- Composed, Arranged, Performed, and Produced by: Ananth Sundara – Sonic Theater  www.sonictheater.com Support us by supporting our host network, DimlyWit Productions, at DimlyWit.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bekah Grant is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn, New York who writes about reproductive rights, health, and justice. She has covered everything from protests against abortion clinics to forced interventions during childbirth. Her work has appeared in Mother Jones, Huffington Post Highline, The Washington Post, NPR, Vice, The Guardian, Mosaic, Rewire, Wired, The Atlantic, Newsweek, Cosmopolitan, The Nation, The New Republic, Glamour, Buzzfeed, Fast Company, Mic. and KQED. She is a fellow with the International Women's Media Foundation, the International Reporting Project, and The Investigative Fund. Website: www.rebeccaggrant.com Twitter: @bekahgrantLatest Work: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/05/abortion-physician-only-nurse-access-maine/ Subscribe to the weekly newsletter at www.belowthefold.co Find the web series at youtube.com/belowthefold  and Follow Kristin on Instagram and Twitter @kristinbrey Below the Fold Theme & Score- Composed, Arranged, Performed, and Produced by: Ananth Sundara – Sonic Theater  www.sonictheater.com Support us by supporting our host network, DimlyWit Productions, at DimlyWit.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tayo Rockson is a writer, speaker, consultant, and media personality who runs UYD Management - a strategic leadership and consulting firm that helps organizations incorporate sustainable diversity and inclusion practices. He's been named a "Top 40 Millennial Influencer" by New Theory magazine. He hosts the popular As Told By Nomads podcast and his book Use Your Difference To Make A Difference which is based on how to connect and communicate in a cross-cultural world is scheduled to come out on September 4, 2019. Website: https://tayorockson.com/ IG: @TayoRockson Twitter: @TayoRockson Podcast As Told by Nomads: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/as-told-by-nomads-podcast/id910739730 Subscribe to the weekly newsletter at www.belowthefold.co Find the web series at youtube.com/belowthefold  and Follow Kristin on Instagram and Twitter @kristinbrey Below the Fold Theme & Score- Composed, Arranged, Performed, and Produced by: Ananth Sundara – Sonic Theater  www.sonictheater.com Support us by supporting our host network, DimlyWit Productions, at DimlyWit.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A spinoff from the popular political comedy web series, Below the Fold, Below the Fold Conversations talks to folks who are doing what they can to make their community, country and even the world a little bit better. In this episode we talk to Alan Waters, Managing Artistic Director of DimlyWit Productions. Below the Fold Conversations airs every Monday. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter at www.belowthefold.co Find the web series at youtube.com/belowthefold  and Follow Kristin on Instagram and Twitter @kristinbrey Below the Fold Theme & Score- Composed, Arranged, Performed, and Produced by: Ananth Sundara – Sonic Theater  www.sonictheater.com Support us by supporting our host network, DimlyWit Productions, at DimlyWit.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A spinoff from the popular political comedy web series, Below the Fold, Below the Fold Conversations talks to folks who are doing what they can to make their community, country and even the world a little bit better. Whether its activists, organizers, journalists, creatives, nonprofit leaders or patrons, each week, Kristin picks their brain about their work and how they stay motivated against adversity all in the attempt to inspire listeners to trust that everyone can make a difference. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter at www.belowthefold.co Find the web series at youtube.com/belowthefold   and Follow Kristin on Instagram and Twitter @kristinbrey  Below the Fold – Main Theme and Score: Composed, Arranged, Performed, and Produced by Ananth Sundara – Sonic Theater Below the Fold Conversations airs every Monday.  Support us by supporting our host network, DimlyWit Productions, at DimlyWit.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices