You’ve been waiting all year and now Statera’s National Conference is only one week away! StateraCon is a place for collective healing and creative coalition building. This national gathering is focused on intersectional gender balance and our goal is to take positive action to bring women*, gender-fluid, and non-binary artists and arts leaders into full and equal participation in the American Theatre. We still have open spots and late registration will remain open until we sell out.
We’re excited to introduce you to the people behind the scenes at StateraConIV.
Statera National Conference Chairs
First and foremost, we’d like to thank conference co-chairs Tracy Liz Miller (above left) and Jennifer Tuttle (above right) for their incredible work to make StateraCon a success.
We’d also like to thank our team of ambassador volunteers from City College of New York: Ashleigh Daley-Small, Emily Burstyn, Molly Wolff, Cassandre Nordgren, Alyssa Valdez, Grace Nevitt, Sam Walsh, Josie Harding, and Chamallie Singh. We’d also like to thank CCNY Departmental Administrator Tara Nachtigall.
CULTURE SHIFT AGENCY
Thank you to Marla Teyolia (above left) and Kavitha Rao (above right) of Culture Shift Agency, who are working side-by-side with Statera leadership to bring you a meaningful conference experience framed by moments of community ritual and collective healing. They are also facilitating a curated pre-convening hosted by StateraArts on Friday for arts leaders and change makers. Please visit the Culture Shift website to learn more about their practice and work.
Statera Team
We’re thrilled this year to have so many Statera Team members joining us at conference - each contributing in their own way as program directors, speakers, contributors, facilitators, and boots on the ground! Thank you (from top left to bottom right) National Mentorship Co-Directors Erika Haaland and Minita Gandhi, Statera Membership Director Vanessa Ballam, Operations Assistant Evangeline Stott, and Statera Ambassadors Chris Sanders, Vanessa DeSilvio, Kate St. Pierre, and Tiffany Denise Hobbs. And a huge thank you to Social Media Director Erika Vetter Fontana for her beautiful work coordinating PR for StateraConIV.
Statera Leadership
Thank you to our Executive Director Melinda Pfundstein, Development Coordinator Sabrina Cofield, and Operations Director Sarah Greenman for their leadership and vision.
Statera Advisory Board
Thank you to our incredible Advisory Board, (from left to right) Nancy Slitz, Marti Gobel, Sam White, Martha Richards, and Shelly Gaza for their support and guidance as we expand our impact and bring Statera’s National Conference to New York City.
Conference Partners
StateraCon cannot happen without the generous support and collaboration of our partners. Thank you to the Tecovas Foundation whose mission is to support systemic social change by ensuring change agents have access to the tools they need to scale, collaborate, and build capacity. Thank you to City College of New York Department of Theatre & Speech (CCNY) for hosting us on your beautiful campus. And thank you to the Parent Artist Advocacy League (PAAL) for your partnership in developing family access initiatives that support the Statera community.
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*A NOTE ON INCLUSION AT STATERA
Women: Statera recognizes the limiting nature of the binary use of woman. We serve and welcome anyone on the gender spectrum who identifies either always or some of the time as a woman. We also serve and welcome those who are non-binary.
Intersectionality: StateraArts works through an intersectional lens for gender parity. We understand and acknowledge that systems of oppression and discrimination are interdependent and span all social categorizations such as race, class, gender, ability, religion, parental status, size, age, and sexual orientation as they apply to a given individual or group. Addressing one spoke of systematic discrimination or disadvantage means holistically addressing them all.