Erica Ginsberg is a documentary filmmaker and community builder. She is the co-host of The D-Word, the world's longest running online community for documentary filmmakers and is on the steering committee of the Mid-Atlantic Independent Media Coalition. She co-founded and served for more than a decade as the Executive Director of Docs In Progress, a Washington DC-area nonprofit organization for documentary filmmakers. She is also the author of a blog and forthcoming book about resilience for artists.