Reclaim the Media is headed to Minneapolis this coming week for the fourth National Conference on Media Reform [1], and so are a bunch of other NW community media movers and shakers. Throughout the weekend, RTM will be working closely with our friends in the Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net) [2], our nationwide coalition of regional, grassroots groups working together for media justice. We'll be sharing table space with MAG-Net, so come and see us! We'll be giving away RTM and MAG-Net stuff (including our cool media justice fans), and selling RTM t-shirts, DVDs [2] and Media Heroes trading cards [2].
As usual, the conference schedule [3] is jam-packed with opportunities to learn about different media policy topics and media activist organizing strategies around the country. Below we've listed a few panels of particular interest.
Northwest-related Panels and events:
- Panel: Hip Hop Activism: Urban Strategies and Media Coalitions [4]
with Julie Chang Schulman [5] (Reclaim the Media) and others (Fri 1:30-3pm, room 205C/D) - Panel: Organizing Locally at the Grassroots [6]
with Karen Toering [7] (Reclaim the Media) and others (Fri 3:30-5pm, room 200 E) - Panel: Economic Justice, Media and Faith
with Adam Hyla (Real Change) and others (Fri 3:30-5pm, room tbd) - Northwest Regional Caucus [8]
facilitated by Jonathan Lawson and Karen Toering (Reclaim the Media) (Fri 5:30pm, room 200 F) - Panel: Winning Technology Policy and Media Reform in the States [9]
with Washington State Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles [10] and others (Sat 11:30am, room 200 F) - Panel: In Our Own Voices: Youth Making Media [11]
with Sami Muilenberg [12] (Reel Girls) and others (Sat 2:30pm, room 200 E) - Panel: Newspapers: Not Dead Yet? [13]
with Ryan Blethen [14] (Seattle Times) and others (Sat 4:30pm, Auditorium 2) - Panel: Where We'll Take It: Young Leaders on the Future of Media [15]
with Garlin Gilchrist II [16] (Northwest Progressive Institute) and others (Sun 9:30am, Auditorium 3)
Reclaim the Media and MAG-Net-related panels and events:
- Preconference convening: Diverse Voices on Power, Justice, and Media Change, hosted by the Center for Media Justice, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, and Free Press. (Thurs 1-5pm, Hilton Minneapolis Hotel)
- Panel: Hip Hop Activism: Urban Strategies and Media Coalitions [17]
with Julie Chang Schulman [18] (Reclaim the Media), Shamako Noble [19], Toki Wright [20] and J.R. Flemming [21] (Fri 1:30-3pm, Room 205C/D) - Panel: Organizing Locally at the Grassroots [22]
with Karen Toering [23] (Reclaim the Media), Nancy Doyle Brown [24], Steve Macek [25], Todd Wolfson [26] (Media Mobilizing Project) and Tracy Rosenberg [27] (Fri 3:30-5pm, Room 200 E) - State and Regional Caucuses [28]
presented by MAG-Net (Fri 5:30-7pm) - Panel: Media Reform and Social Change [29]
with Amalia Anderson [30] (Main Street Project), Deepa Fernandes [31], Mark Lloyd [32] and Medea Benjamin [33] (Sat 9:30-11am, Auditorium Spin 2) - Panel: From Broadcast to Broadband: The Next Frontier of Media Reform [34]
with Amy Goodman [35], Malkia Cyril [36] (Center for Media Justice), Robert W. McChesney [37] and Tim Wu [38] (Sat 9:30-11am, Room 200C) - Panel: There is No Media Justice Without Women: Models for Feminist Social Justice Media Activism [39]
with Anne Elizabeth Moore [40], Betty Yu [41] (Manhattan Neighborhood Network), DeAnne Cuellar [42] (Texas Media Empowerment Project), Jennifer Pozner [43] and Shireen Mitchell [44] (Sat 11:30-1pm, Room 205 C/D) - Panel: When Media Is the Second Issue: Connecting With Social Justice Organizations [45]
with Abdulai Bah [46], Alondra Espejel [47], Karlos Schmieder [48], Kat Aaron [49], Karlos Gauna Schmieder (Center for Media Justice) and Nick Szuberla [50] (Sat 4:30-6pm, Room 205C/D)