Comrade Kehinde Adegboyega, the Executive Director of the Human Rights Journalists Network Nigeria (HRJNN), is one of the distinguished facilitators attending the Second Global Artivism Convening holding from November 3–5, 2025, in Salvador, Brazil.
Adegboyega, who also co-founded the Africa International Human Rights Film Festival (AIHRFF), will lead a workshop titled “Film for Change: Designing Your Own Impact Strategy.”
The session, in partnership with Ooto Ooto Impact Production, Bombozila, and Casa Doc, will explore how filmmakers, journalists, and advocates can create impactful storytelling strategies that drive civic engagement and policy reform.
“Across Africa, we’ve seen documentaries ignite difficult but necessary conversations on corruption, police brutality, gender justice, and governance.
“When stories are consciously crafted, film becomes an act of resistance, a catalyst for justice and collective healing,” Adegboyega said.
According to Adegboyega, the global event is also consistent with the thematic programming focus of the 4th edition of his annual Africa International Human Rights Film Festival, holding in December in Lagos.
“This year, we are consolidating storytelling as a tool with the need for collaboration, resilience, and acceleration of our interventions and advocacies to document and hold power to account,” he said.
The Global Artivism Convening brings together artists, filmmakers, and activists from around the world who use creativity as a tool for justice and transformation.
The 2025 edition will focus on practical ways storytelling can strengthen human rights advocacy and influence public consciousness.
Adegboyega expressed gratitude to the organisers for recognising African contributions to global artivism, reaffirming HRJNN’s commitment to advancing justice through creative media, advocacy, and strategic dialogues.
“As storytellers, we have a duty to ensure that human suffering is never normalised and that every story told helps bend the moral arc closer to justice,” he said.
