We tell stories with care.

Care is what makes us human. Give Not Take Media is a multimedia entertainment company that speaks directly to the 130 million Americans who are impacted by care.

Give Not Take produces the stories we crave and drives the change we need.

Give Not Take produces the stories we crave and drives the change we need.

We develop film, TV, digital and creative projects that authentically reflect the realities and the possibilities of caregiving – from parenting, to disability and aging, to care work, life in the sandwich generation and beyond. We invest in creators who are working to uplift new perspectives and inspire us all to imagine new futures of care. And we partner with distributors to expand audience reach and increase the impact of our stories.

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Artist Community

We curate events for storytellers to explore the human experience of caregiving.

Three-person panel discussion at a film screening Q&A, with a moderator and two speakers seated in director's chairs.

Three women networking and shaking hands at the Familiar Touch special preview screening in Los Angeles.

Woman in a pink coat in conversation with other attendees at a candlelit outdoor dinner event.

Guests mingling at the Familiar Touch special preview screening in Los Angeles, presented by Caring Across Generations and Women in Film, May 4, 2025.

Two guests in animated conversation at the bar during the Familiar Touch preview screening in Los Angeles.

Small group of attendees in conversation outdoors at night during a film screening event.

Two attendees relaxing at an ornate outdoor table with drinks and dessert during an evening film event.

Attendees dining at a long table during a Caring Across Generations evening event, with a branded screen visible in the background.

Three guests smiling and holding drinks at the Familiar Touch special preview screening in Los Angeles.

Three women smiling and taking a selfie at an indoor event space with string lights and hanging plants.

Diverse group of attendees laughing and conversing at a long dinner table during an evening event, with a Caring Across Generations presentation visible on a screen in the background.

Audience members watching a film screening in a darkened theater, their faces lit by warm red light, with expressions of focused attention.

Three attendees in conversation over coffee at the Hollywood Cares Screenwriters Salon.

Guest speaking at the Hollywood Cares Screenwriters Salon dinner, with the event banner visible in the background.

Three-person panel discussion at a film screening Q&A, with a moderator and two speakers seated in director's chairs.

Three women networking and shaking hands at the Familiar Touch special preview screening in Los Angeles.

Woman in a pink coat in conversation with other attendees at a candlelit outdoor dinner event.

Guests mingling at the Familiar Touch special preview screening in Los Angeles, presented by Caring Across Generations and Women in Film, May 4, 2025.

Two guests in animated conversation at the bar during the Familiar Touch preview screening in Los Angeles.

Small group of attendees in conversation outdoors at night during a film screening event.

Attendees dining at a long table during a Caring Across Generations evening event, with a branded screen visible in the background.

Three guests smiling and holding drinks at the Familiar Touch special preview screening in Los Angeles.

Three women smiling and taking a selfie at an indoor event space with string lights and hanging plants.

Diverse group of attendees laughing and conversing at a long dinner table during an evening event, with a Caring Across Generations presentation visible on a screen in the background.

Audience members watching a film screening in a darkened theater, their faces lit by warm red light, with expressions of focused attention.

Guest speaking at the Hollywood Cares Screenwriters Salon dinner, with the event banner visible in the background.

Ai-jen Poo

President, Give Not Take Media
Ai-jen Poo is building a movement to change how our country values and supports care and care work. As Executive Director of Caring Across Generations and President of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, she has helped pass nearly 20 bills at the state and city level, minimum wage protections for 2 million home care workers, and the largest federal executive order on care in history. A MacArthur Fellow, TIME100 alum, and one of Fortune’s 50 World’s Greatest Leaders, she is also a leading champion of care representation on screen. For over 15 years, she has built relationships with hundreds of entertainment creatives and executives and shaped depictions of care in dozens of film and TV projects and publicity campaigns, including bringing the fight for care workers’ rights to the Oscars stage as the leading impact partner on Alfonso Cuaron’s ROMA. As President of Give Not Take Media, Ai-jen executive produced their debut feature, Take Me Home.
Lydia Storie

Head of Content, Give Not Take Media
A veteran film & TV development executive, Lydia Storie joined Caring Across Generations in 2022 to drive new care-inclusive entertainment and pop culture storytelling. Under Lydia’s leadership, Caring Across Generations’ Culture Change team has managed dozens of consultations and award-winning impact partnerships with major entertainment studios and networks. Lydia is the co-author of “Make Care Pop,” the first comprehensive study of long-term care representation on TV and creator of the Care Inclusion Playbook, a storytelling resource. As Head of Content for Give Not Take Media, Lydia served as an Executive Producer on their first feature film, Take Me Home, which premiered at Sundance 2026.
Nayantara Sen

Managing Director, Give Not Take Media
Nayantara is a narrative and culture change strategist, author and systems designer with 15 years of experience designing research-driven narrative strategy, innovation labs, and culture change initiatives. Formerly, she was the Executive Director of the Center for Story-Based Strategy; Director of Frameworks Institute’s Moving Mindsets Innovation Lab; Director of Field & Funder Learning at the Pop Culture Collaborative; Director of Narrative, Arts and Culture at Race Forward, and and Lead Designer for the Butterfly Lab for Immigrant Narrative Strategy. Her work spans organizational leadership and development, systems change, and narrative and cultural strategies across arts, organizing, media, philanthropy and social movements.

In the press

Give Not Take Media is a media company founded and owned by Caring Across Generations, a leading national organization that has worked to transform our systems and culture of care in the U.S. since 2011.