Stan Douglas: Doppelgänger

A Community Panel Discussion

In partnership with the Toledo Lucas County Public Library, Toledo Museum of Art and Welcome TLC, you are invited to a panel discussion on Stan Douglas' science-fiction inspired film Doppelgänger, moderated by Jessica Hong, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. Doppelgänger employs science fiction as a prompt to understand the temporal intersections and simultaneous realities that exist in our present. The film center on Alice, an astronaut, who embarks on a solitary mission to space. Upon Alice’s return, two narratives begin to unfold: one as benevolent earthly citizen and another as a potentially dangerous alien; alludes to the heightened debates around citizenship and homelands, such as the reception of immigrants and refugees, as well as the systemic exclusion and oppression of marginal communities. Joining the panel discussion are community leaders who will be able to provide valuable insight and perspective around the films themes and how it fits across the broader community. We look forward to highlighting local voices and narratives on this salient topic, which speaks to the expansive, national, and global themes this film explores. The panelists include:

Sara Dastagir joined the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo in February 2021 as the Executive Director of the Center, working in collaboration with Council and reporting to the Council president. Sara is a dedicated leader in her community with experience working in government management and community building. Over the past three years, she served as the Assistant to the mayor of Toledo and most recently Deputy Director of the Human Relations Commission (HRC) for the City of Toledo. During her time at the City, Sara was instrumental in creating language access policies and procedures, working in collaboration with the legislative director to establish the HRC, and overseeing community-building initiatives. In 2018, Sara joined the ICGT Council as the youngest member elected to the Council. She oversaw the redevelopment of the masjid’s website, redesigned the Center’s social media platforms, and led the online creative content team during the COVID-19 pandemic

Eugenio Mollo Jr. is the managing attorney of the Agricultural Worker and Immigrant Rights Practice Group at Advocates for Basic Legal Equality (ABLE) in Toledo. ABLE is a nonprofit organization that provides legal assistance to help low-income individuals achieve self-reliance, and equal justice and economic opportunity. Mollo began his career at ABLE as an Equal Justice Works Fellow, focusing his advocacy on behalf of immigrant workers and detained immigrants. He now leads a team of attorneys and advocates who represent farmworker and immigrant clients primarily on immigration, civil rights, and employment matters.

Meyling Ruiz is the program assistant at Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC), a national community development non-profit, where she supports and cultivates relationships and collaborations among core partners, community based organizations, and other institutions. She also manages the AmeriCorps program for the Toledo region in which she fosters a team member-oriented, high performance culture that emphasizes empowerment, quality, productivity, goal attainment, and integrity for all AmeriCorps members. Emigrating from Managua, Nicaragua as an infant, Meyling lived in Miami until the age of four before her family settled in Toledo. Fluent in both Spanish and English, Meyling serves as a bilingual interpreter in her free time.

Nazarene Tubman is a first generation Liberian American. Due to the civil wars in Liberia, her family sought refuge in the United States where she grew up in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. She holds her degree in Public Policy Analysis with a concentration in Health Policy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Nazarene is currently pursuing her Master of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with an expected completion of May 2022. For the past 15 years, Nazarene has worked in clinical research and currently serves as a Director, Vaccine Clinical Development overseeing global zika, chikungunya, flu, and COVID/flu combination vaccine studies.