Variety: As the news feed continues to expose instances of harassment, workplace inequality and serial abuse in Hollywood and beyond, the time is ripe for Variety’s 2017 Inclusion Summit. The event, which takes place Nov. 1 at the Montage Beverly Hills, will provide activists and industry members alike a forum to discuss issues including diversity, gender, identity and ethnicity in the media. Keynote speakers will include Chelsea Handler, who will open the event with a conversation with civil-rights activist Anita Hill, who became a national figure in 1991 when she accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, her boss at the U.S. Dept. of Education and the Employment Opportunity Commission of sexual harassment. Claudia Eller, Variety co-editor-in-chief, will moderate a discussion entitled Ending Sexual Harassment in Hollywood with panelists AMPAS CEO Dawn Hudson, director Paul Feig, artist Sheila E., actress Connie Nielsen and producer Effie Brown.
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I find myself really excited by the spark in political activism over the past year that has come out as a response to the Trump administration. While you can dislike Chelsea Handler or argue over her controversial opinions, I think she is a prime example of an American citizen who is waking up to the realities of our new world. For this reason, I appreciate Chelsea's new stance on the way she approaches comedy and the media in general. Her show is very focused on political action while still interlaced with pop culture, interviewing both pop stars and U.S. Senators in the same episode. She is bridging a very difficult gap between entertainment and politics, and making political knowledge cool. It really is critical that every citizen gets involved in any way they can, whether it be at the local level or beyond, if they want to fight for whats right.
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