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“When I first came to Britain in 1978, I was one of the first people to leave China and come to the West. I wrote about the experience in Wild Swans. And for many years I had nightmares of the horrible things I saw and experienced. Writing Wild Swans made all these nightmares disappear. It was a wonderful process. The writing process turned trauma in memory. I am now able to talk to you about my book, my life, to read it without too much pain. I think this is a luxury people in China still don’t have.”Jung Chang is the author of the best-selling books Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (1991), which the Asian Wall Street Journal called the most read book about China; Mao: The Unknown Story (2005, with Jon Halliday), which was described by Time magazine as “an atom bomb of a book”; and Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China (2013), a New York Times “notable book”. Her latest book, Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China (2019), is regarded as “another triumph” (Evening Standard London).Her books have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. She has won many awards, including The NCR Book Award (UK, 1992, the forerunner of the Samuel Johnson Prize), UK Writers’ Guild Best Non-Fiction (1992), Fawcett Society Book Award (UK, 1992), Book of the Year (UK, 1993).She has received a number of honorary doctorates from universities in the UK and USA (Buckingham, York, Warwick, Dundee, the Open University, and Bowdoin College, USA). She is an Honorary Fellow of SOAS University of London.Jung Chang was born in Sichuan Province, China, in 1952. During the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) she worked as a peasant, a “barefoot” doctor, a steelworker, and an electrician before becoming an English-language student at Sichuan University. She left China for Britain in 1978 and obtained a PhD in Linguistics in 1982 at the University of York – the first person from Communist China to receive a doctorate from a British university.· www.jungchang.net· www.creativeprocess.info

Jung Chang is the author of the best-selling books Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (1991), which the Asian Wall Street Journal called the most read book about China; Mao: The Unknown Story (2005, with Jon Halliday), which was described by Time magazine as “an atom bomb of a book”; and Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China (2013), a New York Times “notable book”. Her latest book, Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China (2019), is regarded as “another triumph” (Evening Standard London).Her books have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. She has won many awards, including The NCR Book Award (UK, 1992, the forerunner of the Samuel Johnson Prize), UK Writers’ Guild Best Non-Fiction (1992), Fawcett Society Book Award (UK, 1992), Book of the Year (UK, 1993).She has received a number of honorary doctorates from universities in the UK and USA (Buckingham, York, Warwick, Dundee, the Open University, and Bowdoin College, USA). She is an Honorary Fellow of SOAS University of London.Jung Chang was born in Sichuan Province, China, in 1952. During the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) she worked as a peasant, a “barefoot” doctor, a steelworker, and an electrician before becoming an English-language student at Sichuan University. She left China for Britain in 1978 and obtained a PhD in Linguistics in 1982 at the University of York – the first person from Communist China to receive a doctorate from a British university.· www.jungchang.net· www.creativeprocess.info

"If you are thinking about too much, you're probably not doing it right. Some nights you do it and you're just like, that just felt like it was ten minutes long and I just was on cloud nine. What was I doing? A great, great American actor George C. Scott had a great quote once, he said, "Every actor worth their salt has one good show a week and spends those other seven shows wondering what they did that made them so good that night." And nobody knows. If you could figure that out and if you could bottle that then, of course, everybody could do it."John Benjamin Hickey is a veteran of the stage and screen, with a Tony Award-winning performance as Felix Turner in The Normal Heart and his Emmy-nominated role as Sean Tolkey on The Big C.On stage, he’s had leading roles in Cabaret, The Crucible, The Inheritance - Parts 1 and 2, Six Degrees of Separation, and Love! Valour! Compassion! also starring in the latter’s movie adaptation. His film appearances include The Ice Storm, The Bone Collector, Flags of Our Fathers, Pitch Perfect. On television, he’s had roles in Manhattan, Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows, The Good Wife, and Marvel's Jessica Jones, among others. Set to make his Broadway directorial debut this spring in a revival of Neil Simon's Plaza Suite starring Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, the production was postponed due to COVID-19.· www.imdb.com/name/nm0382632/· www.creativeprocess.info

John Benjamin Hickey is a veteran of the stage and screen, with a Tony Award-winning performance as Felix Turner in The Normal Heart and his Emmy-nominated role as Sean Tolkey on The Big C.On stage, he’s had leading roles in Cabaret, The Crucible, The Inheritance - Parts 1 and 2, Six Degrees of Separation, and Love! Valour! Compassion! also starring in the latter’s movie adaptation. His film appearances include The Ice Storm, The Bone Collector, Flags of Our Fathers, Pitch Perfect. On television, he’s had roles in Manhattan, Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows, The Good Wife, and Marvel's Jessica Jones, among others. Set to make his Broadway directorial debut this spring in a revival of Neil Simon's Plaza Suite starring Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, the production was postponed due to COVID-19.· www.imdb.com/name/nm0382632/· www.creativeprocess.info

“Climate scientists forecast that we will see more pandemics, more sickness in people. We have about 8 million people from air pollution every year around the world. So if we want to save their lives so that they do not become ill, we have to stop air pollution. Climate protection is the best contribution to healthcare for humankind.”Hans-Josef Fell was a member of German Parliament from 1998 to 2013 where he drafted the 2000 Renewable Energy Sources Act. This law has since been replicated over 100 times and can be seen as the legal prototype for the rollout of renewables. 
In 2006, with a group of other parliamentarians and scientists, Fell created the Energy Watch Group, wherein as president, he utilizes his vast expertise in energy and climate politics to foster political dialogue and public discourse.
Fell has received many accolades for his work including the Lui Che Woo Prize for his lifetime achievement in environmental and climate policy, the order of merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Nuclear-Free Future Award.
· www.energywatchgroup.org
· hans-josef-fell.de/en/
· www.creativeprocess.info· www.oneplanetpodcast.org

Hans-Josef Fell was a member of German Parliament from 1998 to 2013 where he drafted the 2000 Renewable Energy Sources Act. This law has since been replicated over 100 times and can be seen as the legal prototype for the rollout of renewables. 
In 2006, with a group of other parliamentarians and scientists, Fell created the Energy Watch Group, wherein as president, he utilizes his vast expertise in energy and climate politics to foster political dialogue and public discourse.
Fell has received many accolades for his work including the Lui Che Woo Prize for his lifetime achievement in environmental and climate policy, the order of merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Nuclear-Free Future Award.
· www.energywatchgroup.org
· hans-josef-fell.de/en/
· www.creativeprocess.info
· www.oneplanetpodcast.org

“Choreography is always, also, a Visual Art."Jonah Bokaer is an international choreographer and media artist known for his groundbreaking cross-disciplinary collaborations. Bokaer's dances and films have been presented at the Guggenheim, MoMA PS1, the New Museum, the Whitney, and many other venues across 34 countries. He has received dozens of awards and grants, including a 2015 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, two New York Dance and Performance "Bessie" Awards, and a Rockefeller New York City Cultural Innovation Award.· http://jonahbokaer.net· www.creativeprocess.info

Jonah Bokaer is an international choreographer and media artist known for his groundbreaking cross-disciplinary collaborations. Bokaer's dances and films have been presented at the Guggenheim, MoMA PS1, the New Museum, the Whitney, and many other venues across 34 countries. He has received dozens of awards and grants, including a 2015 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, two New York Dance and Performance "Bessie" Awards, and a Rockefeller New York City Cultural Innovation Award.· http://jonahbokaer.net· www.creativeprocess.info

Jess Wilber is a graduate of Oberlin, where she double-majored in Environmental Studies & East Asian Studies. She’s been working with Citizens’ Climate Lobby since freshman year, helping to pioneer programs for students in Higher Education. Among the first members of the Campus Leaders Program, empowering students to become climate advocates and organizers, she founded Oberlin’s CCL Chapter, helping create a climate movement on campus. As the first Great Lakes Regional Fellow, she managed students and educators engaged in climate advocacy, coordinating research and projects with education, diversity, and international teams. A Coordinator for Senior Stewards Acting for the Environment, she’s also a musician, poet, certified mediator, and world-ranked equestrian.· www.citizensclimatelobby.org· www.citizensclimatehighered.org· www.oneplanetpodcast.org· www.creativeprocess.info

Jess Wilber is a graduate of Oberlin, where she double-majored in Environmental Studies & East Asian Studies. She’s been working with Citizens’ Climate Lobby since freshman year, helping to pioneer programs for students in Higher Education. Among the first members of the Campus Leaders Program, empowering students to become climate advocates and organizers, she founded Oberlin’s CCL Chapter, helping create a climate movement on campus. As the first Great Lakes Regional Fellow, she managed students and educators engaged in climate advocacy, coordinating research and projects with education, diversity, and international teams. A Coordinator for Senior Stewards Acting for the Environment, she’s also a musician, poet, certified mediator, and world-ranked equestrian.· www.citizensclimatelobby.org· www.citizensclimatehighered.org· www.oneplanetpodcast.org· www.creativeprocess.info