VOICES ENVISIONED SPEAKER SERIES
SUNDAY, May 18 | 12pm
The Netflix ICON - Home Theater
5808 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028
(Parking entrance: 1455 North Van Ness Ave.)
WILL & HARPER SCREENING AND Q&A
Join us for a special Oakwood community viewing of the 2024 documentary Will & Harper. In this intimate portrayal of friendship, transition, and America, Will Ferrell and his close friend of thirty years, Harper Steele, decide to go on a cross-country road trip to explore a new chapter in their relationship. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Harper Steele, the film’s director,Josh Greenbaum, and Oakwood’s Assistant Head of School for Community Engagement and Belonging,John Gentile. This event is open to all Oakwood School community members, including students in grades 7 and above.
Please be sure to RSVP again, even if you’ve previously confirmed your attendance. Seating is limited.
Join us for a special Oakwood community viewing of the 2024 documentary Will & Harper. In this intimate portrayal of friendship, transition, and America, Will Ferrell and his close friend of thirty years, Harper Steele, decide to go on a cross-country road trip to explore a new chapter in their relationship. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Harper Steele, the film’s director,Josh Greenbaum, and Oakwood’s Assistant Head of School for Community Engagement and Belonging,John Gentile. This event is open to all Oakwood School community members, including students in grades 7 and above.
Please be sure to RSVP again, even if you’ve previously confirmed your attendance. Seating is limited.
Thank you to Netflix for making this opportunity available for the Oakwood community.
PAST VOICES ENVISIONED EVENTS
A fireside chat with, author of The Art of Community, and, co-author of Belonging Through a Culture of Dignity.
Charles Vogl is an adviser, speaker, and the author of three books, including the international bestseller The Art of Community. He works with Google in several capacities, including as a trusted thought leader for the Google School for Leaders, which develops over 20,000 Google managers. He is also a founding member of the Google Vitality Lab which works toward innovating healing strategies in our era.
Dr. Floyd Cobb has almost 20 years of experience spanning the P-20 educational continuum, holding roles as a teacher, school leader, district curriculum leader, and statewide policy implementer. He holds a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver. He is an adjunct faculty member and teaches courses on social inequality through the lenses of race, class, and gender.
Oakwood School was honored to welcome Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger and Noor A’wad, leaders of Roots/Shorashim/Judur, an Israeli-Palestinian grassroots initiative for understanding, nonviolence, and transformation. Our guests shared their vision for a new social and political reality that honors the belonging of Palestinians and Israeli Jews to the land and grants dignity, freedom, equality, and security for all people.
For more information, visit friendsofroots.net.
For more information, visit friendsofroots.net.
