{"id":33040,"date":"2023-03-07T13:46:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T18:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegotham.org\/?page_id=33040"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:54:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T18:54:10","slug":"sidney-poitier-initiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thegotham.org\/program\/sidney-poitier-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidney Poitier Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sidney Poitier Initiative (SPI) aims to honor the legacy of Sidney Poitier, a groundbreaking actor, director, and activist, by supporting equity programs that further the film and media careers of students, professionals, and organizations from historically excluded backgrounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through this initiative, we will fuel the careers of and expand opportunities for trailblazing film and media creators from historically excluded backgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goals of SPI are to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-thegotham-bulleted-list\">\n<li>Provide resources to further the careers of film and media creators from historically excluded backgrounds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support 51ÂÜÀò\u2019s equity programs with mentorship from the artists and industry leaders in the SPI Founders Committee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support 51ÂÜÀò&#8217;s equity programs with philanthropic support from individuals, corporations,  and foundations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create awareness of the program elements built to serve the next generation of historically excluded voices and storytellers (students, academic professionals, executives, creators, and organizations)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Founders Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-thegotham-bulleted-list\">\n<li>Lorrie Bartlett<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Angela Bassett<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nicole Beharie<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Halle Berry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stephanie Allain Bray<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nicole Brown<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don Cheadle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kim Coleman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emerson Davis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Danielle Deadwyler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daveed Diggs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>J. D. Dillard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peter Dodd<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colman Domingo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Idris Elba<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cynthia Erivo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DeVon Franklin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kelvin Harrison, Jr.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corey Hawkins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aldis Hodge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-thegotham-bulleted-list\">\n<li>Mike Jackson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kasi Lemmons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Franklin Leonard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jonathan Majors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yahya Abdul-Mateen II<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gugu Mbatha-Raw<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thuso Mbedu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chelsea McKinnies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taylour Paige<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nate Parker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Billy Porter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taylor Russell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jodie Turner Smith<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jurnee Smollett<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacqueline Stewart<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wynn Thomas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Courtney B. Vance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jesse Williams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jeffrey Wright<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information or to support this initiative, please contact <a href=\"mailto:spi@thegotham.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spi@thegotham.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About<\/p>\n<p>The Sidney Poitier Initiative (SPI) aims to honor the legacy of Sidney Poitier, a groundbreaking actor, director, and activist, by supporting equity programs that further the film and media careers of students, professionals, and organizations from historically excluded backgrounds. <\/p>\n<p>Through this initiative, we will fuel the careers of and expand &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17853,"featured_media":33041,"parent":5,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegotham.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33040"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegotham.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegotham.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegotham.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17853"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegotham.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegotham.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33040\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegotham.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegotham.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegotham.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}