War Game screening and panel discussion at the Movement Infrastructure Project
Sunday, October 13 at 3-6pm
Movement Infrastructure Project
33 Grant Circle NW, Washington, DC 20011
On edge about potential election outcomes? Join MIP for this screening and hear from a panel of experts about how we can prepare for whatever comes after Nov. 5th.
Event Schedule:
3pm- doors open and community groups tabling
3:30- Movie screening
5pm- Panel discussion
Panelists:
Gwen Camp- White House Chief of Staff in the film- has decades of experience in government and the public sector, including time as a senior executive at FEMA, responding to hundreds of disasters and crises, and built resilience and preparedness programs throughout the United States and around the world. She is a Truman National Security Fellow and was a Kennedy Fellow at Harvard University. She values access to the right to vote and breaking down multi-generational barriers to growth and currently leads her own public affairs firm, which specializes in coalition building, crisis management, national security, and communications. She is also a senior advisor to the non-profit organization Team Democracy.
Ivan Marovic- Executive Director, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, and core member of OTPOR!, a youth movement which played a critical role in bringing down Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic. Advisor for pro-democracy groups around the world, and has been designing and developing learning programs on civil resistance and movement building, and supporting the development of training organizations, such as Rhize and the African Coaching Network.
Keya Chatterjee- Climate activist, Democracy Fund fellow and Fight Back Table team. Her work focuses on building an inclusive movement in support of climate action. Keya brings extensive experience in key positions not limited to: Executive Director for U.S. Climate Action Network, Senior Director for Renewable Energy and Footprint Outreach at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Climate Change Specialist at USAID, NASA HQ communicating research results on climate change. Keya's commentary on climate change policy and sustainability issues has been quoted in dozens of media outlets.
LaDon Love- Is the Executive Director of SPACEs In Action/SIA. LaDon has over two decades of experience in community, leadership and organizational development. She uses grassroots organizing working with local leaders to identify issues and develop solutions to improve the lives of low and moderate income families and their community. Additionally, she is the Vice-Chair of the Algebra Project Board of Directors and a founding member of Community Voices Heard. In her 20 years of experience, she has worked with a variety of grassroots organizations and received the Shirley Chisholm Leadership and Ms. Magazine Woman of the Year awards.
Moderator:
Nadine Bloch- Is an outside-the-box activist artist, political community organizer, strategic nonviolent actionista and the Training Director for Beautiful Trouble. Her work explores the potent intersection of art and politics, where creative cultural resistance is not only effective political action, but also a powerful way to reclaim agency over our own lives, fight oppressive systems, and invest in our communities — all while having more fun than the other side!
Film Synopsis:
In “War Game,” experts from the last 6 administrations game out a nationwide insurrection in which members of the US military defect to support the losing presidential candidate, while the winning candidate and advisors manage the crisis from the White House Situation Room. They have 6 hours to save U.S. democracy (which, as an editor’s note, we must acknowledge is extremely flawed to the point of not being worthy of the name) as the country teeters on the brink of civil war.
It’s an opportunity to think about what you would do - what you WILL do - on Nov. 6 and after, and get insights from pro-democracy experts.
War Game sweeps audiences into an elaborate future-set simulation that dramatically escalates the threat posed by the January 6, 2021 insurrection. The film follows a bipartisan group of US defense, intelligence, and elected policymakers spanning five presidential administrations as they participate in an unscripted role-play exercise. Portraying a fictional President of the United States and his advisors, they confront a political coup backed by rogue members of the US military in the wake of a contested 2024 presidential election.
Like actors in a thriller, but with profound real-world stakes, the players have only six hours to save American democracy. The simulation’s outcome hinges on several inflection points, from the government’s capacity to counter the disinformation that’s effectively spread by the insurgent side to the potential invocation of the Insurrection Act (i.e., the “nuclear option”). While the exercise served to stress test our institutions, the film is a critical wake-up call, underscoring the urgent need for bipartisanship in safeguarding American democracy.
