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Melanie Butler
- Location:
- Canada
- Languages:
- English
- Issues:
- Climate Change, LGBTQIA+, Racial Injustice, Mass Incarceration & Criminal Justice Reform, Conflict, Security & Peace, Labor issues, Women and Girls, Gender violence , Human Rights
- Expertise:
- Consulting, Impact Strategist/Advisor, Mentorship, Impact evaluation
- Cultural/racial identity:
- white
- Self identification:
- female/woman
Bio
Mel Butler (she/her) has been creating winning campaigns for documentary media and social movements for over a decade. She currently oversees film campaigns at Peace is Loud, an intersectional feminist organization that uses documentary as a tool for social change. Previously, she was a consultant with the documentary collective New Day Films, and was the Impact Producer for Water Warriors, which is highlighted as a model of successful engagement in Doc Society's Impact Field Guide. Mel holds an MA in Political Science from the University of British Columbia and a BA in Cinema Studies and Political Science from the University of Toronto. Her writing on media and activism has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals, textbooks and popular magazines. Mel lives on Vancouver Island, as a guest on the unceded lək̓ʷəŋən Traditional Territory of the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.
