SOCIAL IMPACT & OUTREACH

We are excited to launch the national engagement campaign for Judging Juries, a new documentary by the Peabody Award winning Director/Producer Abby Ginzberg. Abby and her film company Social Action Media has been producing documentaries about race and social justice for more than 30 years including Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power, Waging Change,  And Then They Came for UsAgents of Change, and Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa, to name a few.

If you are an organization, teacher, activist, or community organizer, we need you to partner with us to help get the word out about Judging Juries.  We are at a pivotal moment in California where we may be able to create sufficient momentum for the new bill AB 881, which would increase juror pay throughout California to $100 per day.  Assemblymember Phil Ting has just introduced the bill and it will be scheduled for hearings in March, 2023. There is no better time than now to work toward ending the $15 per day for jury service in California, which keeps many working people and people of color from being able to serve.

If you are interested in learning more about the film, participating in a screening once the film is completed or helping us get the word out about it, please send an email to abby@socialactionmedia.com and provide us with your name, organization, email and phone number.  We look forward to developing collaborations as we move toward completion of the film.