Strengthening Movements Through Capacity Building
Color Congress joined Roadmap Consulting for a conversation about developing organizational strategy and capacity building.
Engines for a New American Narrative Panel at BlackStar Film Festival
Engines for a New American Narrative panel at the 2025 BlackStar Film Festival co-presented by Color Congress with Anurima Bhargava, Francis Cullado, Marángeli Mejia-Rabell, Nadine Patterson, moderated by Sahar Driver and Sonya Childress.
Reclaiming the Reel Panel at BlackStar Film Festival 2025
Reclaiming the Reel panel at BlackStar Film Festival. Co-presented by Color Congress With Ambreen Qureshi, Charlie Raboteau, Ginou Choueiri and JT Takagi; moderated by Sahar Driver and Sonya Childress
Documentary Empowerment for Building a Just World
Sahar Driver’s presentation Documentary Empowerment for Building a Just World at Story Movements.
Documentary Marketing Experiments
Sonya Childress and Sahar Driver go on the Kinema Video Podcast “Have You Seen My Film?” to share a sneak peek at Elev8Docs.
Roadmap Consulting spotlight - Color Congress: Clarity and Strength Through Capacity Building
RoadMap reflects on their collaboration and work with Color Congress.
Pure Nonfiction Episode 197: Sonya Childress & Sahar Driver on Color Congress
Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviews Sonya and Sahar about how Color Congress is filling a void and what they've learned about building allies in fractious times.
Ecosystem for a New American Narrative
Written by Sonya Childress for Narrative Initiatives
How Movement-Accountable Intermediaries Can Change Philanthropy
Leaders of several intermediary organizations share how they envision their role within—and how they ultimately hope to upend—the philanthropic landscape.
Published in Stanford Social Innovation Review on April 18, 2024.
By Sonya Childress, Sahar Driver, Aldita Amaru Gallardo, Jennie Goldfarb, Allistair Mallillin, Lindley Mease, alicia sanchez gill & angela vo
A-Doc x BDGM at IDA Getting Real 2024: From Concept to Catalyst
Breakout session at the 2024 Getting Real Conference moderated by Sonya Childress and Sahar Driver.
Why an Ecosystem for Filmmakers of Color Is Necessary—and How Funders Can Support It
By Rebekah Barber for Nonprofit Quarterly
How Documentary Orgs Serving People of Color Are Coming Together to Survive and Thrive
By Rebecca Sun for The Hollywood Reporter
The Evolution of Impact: The Future of Social Change and Nonfiction Storytelling
By Sahar Driver and Sonya Childress in Filmmaker Magazine
Reimagining the Documentary Landscape with Color Congress
Sahar Driver shares the rationale and approach to building up the POC documentary ecosystem at the Media Impact Forum 2023.
Earning & Extending Trust: Lessons from First-Time Grantmakers
Published on Trust-Based Philanthropy Project
By Sonya Childress
The Evolution of Impact: The Future of Social Change and Nonfiction Storytelling
Read Sonya and Sahar’s op-ed for FIlmmaker Magazine about the evolution of the impact field and where it may be moving through in its next evolution.
Color Congress awards two-year grants to 17 POC-led doc organizations
The Color Congress, a new intermediary group created to help support POC-led documentary organizations that operate outside of major media hubs, has announced the recipients of its inaugural granting program.