Last year, we teamed up with award-winning filmmaker, writer, and producer Ava DuVernay to churn up Lights! Caramel! Action!, a riveting flavor starring vanilla ice cream, salted caramel swirls, graham cracker swirls, and gobs of chocolate chip cookie dough. We are thrilled to have a partnership with such a highly acclaimed and influential artist who uses her work to advance social and racial justice. Her most recent film, Origin, explores how different cultures throughout history have created social hierarchies, or castes, and the toll that takes on people’s humanity. Look for Origin in theaters starting January 19!
Ava’s proceeds from sales of Lights! Caramel! Action! go to ARRAY Alliance, a woman-led non-profit organization that’s advancing social justice through art. ARRAY’s Seat 16 initiative is working to ensure that 10,000 young people across the nation get to experience Origin. Want to help? Gift $16 for a ticket and digital learning companion to help reach their goal and inspire the next generation of activists.
ARRAY Alliance works to remove the roadblocks that keep women and people of color from leveraging film as a tool of social change, mobilize the film industry to hire and retain diverse talent, and transform audiences into agents of social change.
If you’ve traveled through Los Angeles recently, you may have seen this billboard featuring the work of artist-activist (“artivist”) Nikkolas Smith. Ava and Nikkolas are working together to ensure that young people have the opportunity to engage with banned books and experience Ava’s film Origin.
Nikkolas Smith is an artivist, concept artist, children's book author, film illustrator, and movie poster designer whose commitment to social justice comes through in all his works. His works focus on race and equity, often sparking important conversations and driving meaningful change.
Origin is already getting rave reviews and being touted as a monumental piece of cinema. Look for it in Los Angeles and New York December 8-14 and in theaters across the nation starting on January 19.
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Your waffle cone just got even sweeter! From Oct. 3 to 17, we’re donating $1 for every waffle cone purchased in Scoop Shops to Advancement Project, a national civil rights organization working to progress human rights and build power in local communities.
