1 00:00:04,579 --> 00:00:07,143 We need media that changes lives, 2 00:00:07,143 --> 00:00:08,579 tells stories 3 00:00:08,579 --> 00:00:09,714 liberates 4 00:00:09,714 --> 00:00:11,416 holds people accountable 5 00:00:11,416 --> 00:00:13,175 asks questions 6 00:00:13,175 --> 00:00:14,656 seeks answers 7 00:00:14,656 --> 00:00:16,121 champions imagination 8 00:00:16,121 --> 00:00:17,855 protects hearts 9 00:00:17,855 --> 00:00:19,691 encourages minds 10 00:00:19,691 --> 00:00:22,602 and allows all good things to grow. 11 00:00:22,793 --> 00:00:25,262 We need media where we need to be together 12 00:00:25,262 --> 00:00:26,559 in order to create it. 13 00:00:26,559 --> 00:00:28,692 We need media that reflects the struggle 14 00:00:28,692 --> 00:00:30,978 and resilience of our communities, 15 00:00:30,978 --> 00:00:32,496 that tells honest stories 16 00:00:32,496 --> 00:00:35,666 that teaches patience, presence, and process 17 00:00:35,666 --> 00:00:37,234 while reminding us what's possible. 18 00:00:37,234 --> 00:00:41,466 We need media that wakes up the Harriet Tubman in us. 19 00:00:41,466 --> 00:00:44,107 The Audre Lorde in us. 20 00:00:44,107 --> 00:00:47,015 The Nanny of the Maroons in us. 21 00:00:47,015 --> 00:00:50,350 We need media that grows what we will risk 22 00:00:50,350 --> 00:00:52,216 for our collective freedom. 23 00:00:52,216 --> 00:00:55,051 We need media that amplifies our voice. 24 00:00:55,051 --> 00:00:58,259 We need media that is honest and kind, 25 00:00:58,259 --> 00:01:00,862 that invites us to be our full selves. 26 00:01:02,368 --> 00:01:04,933 We need media that supports our healing. 27 00:01:04,933 --> 00:01:06,864 We need media that titillates us. 28 00:01:06,864 --> 00:01:08,566 That inspires us. 29 00:01:08,566 --> 00:01:12,118 That lets us see the very best of ourselves in the present, 30 00:01:12,171 --> 00:01:15,209 and makes us long for the future that we're co-creating. 31 00:01:15,209 --> 00:01:19,040 We need media that speaks to our communities and where we come from. 32 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:21,622 We need media about being human. 33 00:01:21,622 --> 00:01:25,616 We need media that is owned and operated for, by and about the people. 34 00:01:25,616 --> 00:01:28,551 We need media that amplifies the experience and ideas 35 00:01:28,551 --> 00:01:31,861 of people of colour, queer and trans folks, the working class, 36 00:01:31,861 --> 00:01:35,601 immigrants, the chronically ill and disabled, prisoners, youth, 37 00:01:35,601 --> 00:01:39,602 and all of us who dare to dream of a world where these voices are front and centre. 38 00:01:39,602 --> 00:01:43,679 [ SINGING ] * Have you seen the stars? * 39 00:01:43,679 --> 00:01:48,175 *Have you seen the stars...?* 40 00:01:48,175 --> 00:01:56,015 *Ever sat inside of one, the fabric bends, sending ripples...* 41 00:01:56,015 --> 00:01:59,077 *Of meaning ... to the future ... to the future...* 42 00:01:59,655 --> 00:02:02,041 We need media that sows seeds, 43 00:02:02,041 --> 00:02:03,971 that lifts voices, 44 00:02:03,971 --> 00:02:06,361 that grows communities. 45 00:02:06,361 --> 00:02:11,165 This is media that creates sustainable freedom. 46 00:02:11,165 --> 00:02:14,699 We need media that loves. 47 00:02:22,779 --> 00:02:25,988 We need media that shows the world as a complex and beautiful place, 48 00:02:25,988 --> 00:02:31,658 and gives people the opportunity to choose how they participate in those complexities. 49 00:02:31,658 --> 00:02:39,197 We need media that supports our work in our regions and in our communities. 50 00:02:39,197 --> 00:02:41,493 We need media that supports young people 51 00:02:41,493 --> 00:02:45,404 learning about different ways of being in the world, 52 00:02:45,404 --> 00:02:48,554 and not being desensitized by it. 53 00:02:49,267 --> 00:02:53,344 We need media that tells stories whose endings we don't already know. 54 00:02:53,344 --> 00:02:57,578 We need media that compels us to stretch, explore, and create, 55 00:02:57,578 --> 00:03:02,633 rather than tracing the borders of the narratives we've heard repeated time and time again. 56 00:03:02,772 --> 00:03:06,553 We need media that can be shared not just in the moment of making, 57 00:03:06,553 --> 00:03:09,691 but in the re-telling and sharing of the story. 58 00:03:09,691 --> 00:03:13,763 That can fit in our hands and be passed from one to another, 59 00:03:13,763 --> 00:03:19,854 that is tactile, share-able, imaginative in how it tells and re-tells the stories. 60 00:03:20,269 --> 00:03:23,371 We need media that moves and sings, 61 00:03:23,371 --> 00:03:26,510 takes wings, flies, opens eyes, 62 00:03:26,510 --> 00:03:29,841 creates surprise and belief and relief, 63 00:03:29,841 --> 00:03:32,949 and lets us move, swim, sing, bling... 64 00:03:32,949 --> 00:03:39,342 turn from fear, makes things clear, designs, inspired minds, 65 00:03:39,342 --> 00:03:44,540 gets free, gets open, gets level, correct, connects. 66 00:03:44,787 --> 00:03:49,293 [ SINGING ] *Have you seen the stars?* 67 00:03:49,293 --> 00:03:53,731 *Have you seen the stars?* 68 00:03:53,731 --> 00:04:02,035 *Ever sat inside of one...the fabric bends sending ripples...* 69 00:04:02,740 --> 00:04:04,674 We need media that will act as a guiding hand 70 00:04:04,674 --> 00:04:06,794 to educate, explore, inspire, 71 00:04:06,794 --> 00:04:09,612 and create systems of support for building a world 72 00:04:09,612 --> 00:04:12,712 that is centred on equity and justice for all of us. 73 00:04:12,712 --> 00:04:16,215 We need media that encourages everyone 74 00:04:16,215 --> 00:04:21,289 to be active participants in creating the world they want to see. 75 00:04:21,289 --> 00:04:23,424 We need media that looks like us, 76 00:04:23,424 --> 00:04:25,659 all the ways that we look. 77 00:04:25,659 --> 00:04:28,209 We need media that can be read on a screen reader 78 00:04:28,209 --> 00:04:29,402 or a prison zine 79 00:04:29,402 --> 00:04:31,398 or a life saving facebook group 80 00:04:31,398 --> 00:04:33,106 or a text-to-voice APP 81 00:04:33,106 --> 00:04:35,446 or a printing press in my backyard. 82 00:04:35,446 --> 00:04:39,884 Media that's a secret message passed on and on and on. 83 00:04:39,884 --> 00:04:43,109 We need media made by and for disabled folks 84 00:04:43,109 --> 00:04:46,012 because the world needs our life saving crip genius 85 00:04:46,012 --> 00:04:48,401 and we need it most of anybody. 86 00:04:48,549 --> 00:04:50,611 We need media that's cheap. 87 00:04:50,611 --> 00:04:53,290 We need media that anyone can do. 88 00:04:53,290 --> 00:04:57,196 Media that heals with salt water, and spells and sage. 89 00:04:57,196 --> 00:04:59,655 Media that is a secret map to the next world 90 00:04:59,655 --> 00:05:01,912 that I pass on to you.