> > SAVE THE DATE! > > The Fourth Annual NYC Grassroots Media Conference: > Media and Movements Beyond Borders > Saturday February 24th, 2007 > 10am-6pm > New School University - 65 Fifth Avenue (at 13th Street) > www.nycgrassrootsmedia.org > > Media and Movements Beyond Borders: > Grassroots struggles for justice are usually rooted in their > geographic > location. Yet - from police brutality on the streets of Queens and > government > repression in the plazas of Oaxaca, to homelessness and > displacement in the > Bronx to the Gulf Coast to the rise of slums in Lagos; from hunger > and poverty > in East New York to famine in Kenya; from wiretapping and police > surveillance > in our communities and military occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan > - there are > apparent connections in the ways people all over the world > negotiate and > counter similar forms of oppression and injustice. > > This year, the NYC Grassroots Media conference seeks to ask: What > are the > common threads inherent in our global struggles for social change > and how does > the media contribute to our understanding of the root causes of > injustices > faced by world communities? From educating ourselves and our > government > leaders to spreading our messages and recruiting broader and more > diverse > constituencies into our campaigns, media is central to the struggle > for social > justice. Therefore, the fight for better access to and > representation in the > media is essential for advancing peace and justice both at home and > abroad. > > Join us for the 4th annual NYC Grassroots Media Conference as we > explore these > connections and strategies and work together to demand a media > system that will > link ourdiverse communities, connect local and international > struggles, and > fight for social justice across boundaries and beyond borders. > > ******************* > This Friday, we will release our call for workshop proposals, > advertisements, > table exhibition reservations and more. Check our website Friday to > get > started. > > Here are the deadlines: > Workshop Submissions... Call for proposals released 12/15 - > Deadline 1/15 > Art and Film Submissions... Deadline 2/2 > Advertising and Exhibit Reservations.... Deadline 2/2 > *************** > > > _______________________________________________ > Grassrootsmedia mailing list > > Post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/grassrootsmedia > > To Unsubscribe > Send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Or visit: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/options/ > grassrootsmedia/redwing%40safemail.nycwireless.net > > You are subscribed as: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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