The Arts Club of Washington Cinematography Committee
&
Emmy Awarded Producer, Todd Clark
Present
FILM & DISCUSSION SERIES:
"Finding Community in Post-Pandemic America"
Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at 6:00 pm
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
ACW Members & Guests Free - Non-Members $10
This week our speaker will be:
Tom Martin, Think Local First DC
Featured movie:
Food, Inc.
SERIES: Curated and hosted by local EMMY Awarded Producer, Todd Clark, this timely series will provide its audiences with a weekly brief panel presentation and full film screening that will explore this idea of Community- and the importance people attach to being a part of a Community that is meaningful, comfortable and stable. With everyone coming out of Covid fears and political chaos, where are people turning to find a community, or communities, where they feel they are trusted and fully part of? Are there currently many new communities or just new versions of past communities? How and why have different communities thrived and others dissolved or become dysfunctional, or even dangerous?
SPEAKER (7/13/21) Tom Martin, Think Local First
Since 2006, Think Local First DC’s (TLF DC) mission has been to support responsible local business(es) and create the conditions in which they thrive to make Washington, DC. a more vibrant, inclusive, and equitable place to live, work, and play. Over the years, the TLF board has launched various initiatives and partnerships with city officials and local businesses including the Workforce for All program that matches DC residents with employment at local businesses and the DCRA In Your Neighborhood program that helps businesses get corporate registration, basic business licenses, and special events and vending permits.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Think Local First DC provided crucial resources to local businesses, including:
-Employer Advocate Quarterly Seminars to provide guidance on paid leave, PPP and EIDL updates, unemployment insurance, and bankruptcy, in partnership with GMP LLP.
-Technical Assistance for more than 92 small businesses and sole
proprietors on their PPP application with Congressional Bank, which
resulted in $5 million for local businesses.
-A COVID-19 Impact Study was used to provide services to local businesses and takeaways to the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development to determine what local businesses needed for recovery.
-Led the first Local First National TownHall with 26 local first
organizations across the United States.
Tom Martin is Board President at Think Local First DC and a partner at the law firm of Goldblatt Martin Pozen LLP, which focuses on providing legal representation and government relations services to businesses operating in Washington, DC. His practice provides general counsel, employment law and litigation services to small businesses in Washington, DC and Maryland.
FILM (7/13/21) “FOOD, Inc. Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from the farms where our food is grown to the chain restaurants and supermarkets where it's sold. Narrated by author and activist Eric Schlosser, the film features interviews with average Americans about their dietary habits, commentary from food experts like Michael Pollan and unsettling footage shot inside large-scale animal processing plants.
This event includes a cocktail reception, a panel discussion and a movie screening.
The entire event will be outdoors in the patio area weather permitting.
This is the second season of this unique downtown outdoor Film & Discussion Series. The theme of the 2020 Series was, “Voting, Democracy and the Rule of Law”. This series made possible by the Arts Club of Washington
and the 2021 Film & Discussion Series Host Committee:
Co-Chair, Kim Dodd, and Supporters, Jerome Barry, and the Embassy Series
Complimentary parking after 6 pm at 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
RSVP required, reserve online.
6:00 pm Cocktail Reception
7:00 pm Movie & Discussion
