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The National Conference for Media Reform, to take place May 13-15 in St. Louis, will provide a forum to discuss and mobilize for solutions to the problems of our media.
In order to maximize the range of voices represented at the conference, Free Press is offering travel scholarships and registration fee waivers to offset attendance costs for individuals who would otherwise be unable to attend. We will use an application process to award scholarships. Please go to www.freepress.net/conference/=scholarship <http://www.freepress.net/conference/=scholarship> to learn more and apply. The deadline has been extended to *March 15.* Free Press is committed to supporting increased participation by people from constituencies traditionally under-represented in media policy work (including people of color, women, youth, GLBT, labor and grassroots activist constituencies). We also seek broad geographic representation. We will prioritize scholarship applications from individuals who contribute to the diversity of conference participants.
The National Conference for Media Reform will bring together over a thousand activists, educators, policymakers, journalists, artists, scholars and concerned citizens for three days of learning, sharing, networking and momentum-building.
Participants will:
· Learn about media policy and discuss visions for a more democratic media system in the United States;
· Build skills for media reform activism;
· Discover "who's doing what" in various sectors of media reform activism and hear about models for successful campaigns;
· Discuss goals and strategies for advancing positive media policy and bringing the public into media policymaking;
· Network and meet others interested in media reform.
The conference will include dozens of panels and workshops on media consolidation, grassroots activism, globalization, independent media, commercialism, community Internet and much more. For more information, see www.freepress.net/conference <http://www.freepress.net/conference>.
We hope to see you in St. Louis!
---- Frannie Wellings Free Press http://freepress.net _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
