Global Symposium 2018 Los Angeles Fall

Writer’s Guild of America West
October 9, 2018

In partnership with IF/THEN, an initiative of the Lyda Hill Foundation

Geena Davis, Lyda Hill and creators, change makers and thought leaders in the entertainment, media and technology verticals, corporations and NGOs focused on empowering women for the release of new research.

Women constitute half (48%) of the college-educated workforce in the U.S., but hold only a quarter (24%) of jobs in STEM. Women, especially Latinx and Asian-American women, have seen a marked increase in STEM participation starting in the late 1990s, but their numbers remain low. Through this research we better understand why women are persistently underrepresented in STEM, and to examine the role of entertainment media in contributing to this underrepresentation.

Event Info • Video for Our Members • Photo Gallery

Caroline Heldman, Associate Professor of Politics, Occidental College, Los Angeles; Madeline DiNonno, CEO, GDIGM; Mika Abdalla, Actor, Project Mc2; Khandi Alexander, Actor, ER and Scandal; Nicole Small, President, Lyda Hill Foundation; Jess Cramp, PhD Candidate, James Cook University, Executive Director, Sharks Pacific; Nkechi Carroll, Executive Producer/Showrunner, All American; Geena Davis, Founder, GDIGM; Lyda Hill, Entrepreneur & Philanthropist; Chris Nee, Creator/Executive Producer, Doc McStuffins; Executive Producer, Vampirina; Aimée Lago, Director/Producer/Screenwriter, No Good Deed; Glen Mazzara, Writer, Creator, Showrunner