Naila and the Uprising

Deirdre Hegarty is a funder focusing on peace and security issues. She serves on the board of Just Vision and is a member of the Women Donors Network, the Peace and Security Funders Group and an alumna of the Philanthropy Workshop. She received an M.A. from Stanford University in International Policy Studies, with a concentration on international security and cooperation issues. Deirdre was a Fellow at the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation from 2012-2014, where she conducted research on the role of nonviolence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
 

The Women Donors Network is a community of women philanthropists who are committed to connecting, learning and taking action to further a shared vision of a more just, equitable, and sustainable world. Through collective grantmaking, investing, and advocacy, WDN programs are designed to ignite change, providing donors with opportunities to support progressive movement-building, deepen their knowledge, take action in partnership with allies, and engage in nimble and strategic grantmaking.

Barbara Dobkin is a funder, activist and leader in the social justice arena with a focus on the advancement of women. Barbara has a passion for investing in films that change the world and is a member of Impact Partners and Gamechanger, contributor to a number of film and social change organizations, including Chicken and Egg Pictures, and executive producer to numerous award-winning documentaries, including, Anita: Speaking Truth to Power, Budrus, Hot Girls Wanted, The Hunting Ground, and others.

Abigail E. Disney is an Emmy Award-winning director and producer, philanthropist and the CEO and president of Fork Films. An active supporter of peacebuilding, she is passionate about advancing women's roles in the public sphere. Abigail’s films and series focus on social issues and spotlight extraordinary people who speak truth to power.

Joan Platt is a funder in the area of human rights with a focus on women's rights, and funds films that bring these issues to the fore. As a supporter of the Sundance Institute and Good Pitch, she believes that storytelling through film contributes to large scale change, and has contributed to a number of documentaries, including Newtown, True Believers, The Hunting Ground and Hot Girls Wanted, among others. She is also a member of the International Board of Human Rights Watch and the Fund for Global Human Rights.