Pre-recorded discussion featuring Julie Winokur (Director) and Maria Lopez-Nuñez (Deputy Director, Organizing and Advocacy, Ironbound Community Corporation), moderated by Rachel Ramirez (Journalist).

Julie Winokur, Executive Director of Talking Eyes Media, has been a storyteller for over two decades, first as a magazine writer and then as a documentary filmmaker. She launched Talking Eyes in 2002 as a way to focus on creating visual media that catalyzes positive social change. Her work has appeared on PBS, the Documentary Channel, MediaStorm, National Geographic Magazine and Discovery online, as well as in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, and MSNBC.com. Beyond broadcast and publication, Winokur works extensively with nonprofit organizations to develop their messages and put Talking Eyes' films to work at the grassroots level. She is on the faculty of Rutgers University-Newark and has taught at the International Center of Photography in New York.

Maria Lopez-Nuñez is the featured subject of The Sacrifice Zone, a film that highlights the war waged by Maria, community leader and member of ICC. Maria has dedicated her life to this constant fight against polluting facilities and a political system that does not take into consideration the lives of our people. The film follows Maria as she leads the current fight with our community for the right to breathe clean air.

Rachel Ramirez is an independent journalist covering race, environmental justice, and energy. She was born and raised in the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory just north of Guam, but is now based in New York City. You can find her work published in Vox, HuffPost, Grist, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, and more.