2016 was a great year for Partnerships for Change, and thanks to donors like you, we were able to have some amazing moments and help create great things through our organization. Some of our signature moments include:
- Launched several new documentary projects, including Peddled Bodies (an investigation of forced prostitution among the Dalit in India), Changing the Game (a documentary on mass incarceration, justice violation, and police brutality in Baltimore), Meet the Ungers (a story of 150 convicted criminals that were given a second chance), and Shame by Richard Yeadley (an intimate and shocking look at conversion therapy).
- Joined other producers to help create the sequel to Desert Hearts by Donna Deitch, and Strange Piece of Paradise by Terri Jentz.
- Coordinated with NASA to plan the Raw Science Film Festival Venue to promote important movies about historical and modern science, including Hidden Figures and Journey.
- Partnerships for Change board member Will Nix presented the Peter Samuelson Starcatcher Award to Hidden Figures for its celebration of scientists and mathematics.
- Hosted The Venerable Thupten Ngodup, the chief state oracle of Tibet, along with eight Nechung monks through their nine city tour, including visits at Google and Salesforce.
- Esteemed Partnerships for Change Board Member Lama Tenzin was honored with the Ranjit Gandhi Award in 2016 for outstanding humanitarian service. We are very proud.
- Co-hosted a private screening of Oscar nominated film producer Mark Kitchell’s Evolution of Organic at Angela Alioto’s home. Celebrity Chef Michael Chiarello and his wife Eileen Gorden hosted the gathering. Partnerships for Change is the executive producer of the documentary, which is about the history of the organic movement.
- Connected with Italian Filmmaker Costanza Guerrini, who offered Partnerships for Change an opportunity to sponsor a film on Padre Pio, a Saint of the Catholic Church that showed signs ofS Stigmata.
- Attended the 800th anniversary of the Pardon of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, joined by the Knights of St. Francis and several members of the United States congress, including Nancy Pelosi and Anna Eshoo.
- Several Partnerships for Change board members met and shook hands with Pope Francis, including Andrew Michael and Tom Eddington, the latter of whom made the front page of the Vatican Newspaper.
- Met with the Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, Friar Michael Perry, to continue to plan a renewables project for the Vatican.
- Produced a “sizzle reel” with Harry Moses of 60 Minutes fame for a PBS Series on Race in America.
- Awarded a Google Grant for helping reach a wider audience thanks to new board member and Google Star Yogesh Kalley.
Special thanks to Anette Marweld, Angela Alioto, Marc Benioff, and Arjun Gupta for their generosity, and to all of the donors, board members, and supporters that have helped make 2016 one of the best years yet here at Partnerships for Change.