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CIMA: Center for International Media Action is excited to announce a
new community website
for activists and educators concerned with media justice, media reform
and communication rights.
http://www.MediaActionCenter.org
The site has been created to support and facilitate information
exchange, networking, collaboration and research.
We invite you to participate and to share your feedback and suggestions.
Highlights from the site are featured in a monthly email newsletter --
the APRIL NEWSLETTER is below.
You can use MediaActionCenter.org to:
** Find and share tools, guides, books and other "Organizers' Toolkit"
materials on topics such as
advocacy and organizing strategies, organizational development,
fundraising and building strategic alliances
** Read and share research, reports, reflections and action plans in
"Research and Reflections," a collaborative library to
gather practical wisdom, build on history and learn from other movements
** View, post and search conferences, events, calls for proposals and
funding deadlines on the media activism calendar
** Post information about your group, and search other organizations
by features such as constituency type, issues,
activities, and geographic focus in the Media Policy Action Directory
(coming soon)
** Sign up for our monthly newsletter featuring calendar highlights,
"must read" articles, recent posts, and news from CIMA
(The APRIL NEWSLETTER is below)
Please let us know what you think! Any comments or bugs can be reported
to [log in to unmask]
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a monthly email update
featuring upcoming events and opportunities
new tools and articles
and other highlights from
MediaActionCenter.org
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MediaActionCenter.org is a community website for
activists, researchers, educators, organizers,
funders, independent producers, public interest groups
and other advocates for media policies and systems
that serve social justice and human rights.
Find tools, share information, and network with others
working for media reform, media justice,
the public interest and communications rights
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RESEARCH AND REFECTIONS: APRIL HIGHLIGHTS
Reports, articles, book recommendations and other
required reading about the field of media and communications
activism
and movement-building in general….
* Remaking the Media: A map of public interest agendas and strategies
A visual perspective on the broad field of nonprofit organizations
seeking
to change media policies, practices and systems in the public interest.
(from CIMA)
http://www.mediaactioncenter.org/?q=map
* Making Change Happen: Advocacy and Citizen Participation
Essential reading for anyone involved with building public
participation for political change.
This report looks at the relationships between organizations and social
movements,
between professional advocates and community activists
and between identity, representation and legitimacy. (from Just
Associates)
http://www.mediaactioncenter.org/?q=node/322
* Trust Takes Time
This article about building multicultural alliances spells out the
difference between
coalitions, collaborations and coordination of work. (from the National
Organizers' Alliance)
http://www.mediaactioncenter.org/?q=node/290
* Media Democracy Day
Based on the author's experience as a media activist and academic, this
article critically
examines media democracy, while attempting to grasp what media justice
looks like. (from Paul Baines)
http://www.mediaactioncenter.org/?q=node/311
AND MUCH MORE! BROWSE AND HELP BUILD THE COLLABORATIVE LIBRARY
http://www.mediaactioncenter.org/?q=res_reflections
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ORGANIZERS' TOOLKIT: APRIL HIGHLIGHTS
Tools, guides, case studies and other resources
to help make your work more effective….
* Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool
A self-assessment instrument that helps nonprofits identify capacity
strengths and challenges
and establish capacity building goals. (from Marguerite Casey
Foundation)
http://www.mediaactioncenter.org/?q=node/137
* Mobilizing Our Resources: How nationally focused media policy groups
can help organizers build the base
Activists from across the US offer specific recommendations for
productive
national-local alliances to transform media policy. (from CIMA)
http://www.mediaactioncenter.org/?q=node/296
* The Media Empowerment Manual: Understanding media power and
organizing for media justice in your community
Case studies, organizing methods and model campaigns for grassroots
activism
to change the media. (from Media Empowerment Project)
http://www.mediaactioncenter.org/?q=node/142
* HearUsNow: Guides to Getting Involved with Media and Telecom Policy
Who's working on media and telecom in your town? How can you link up
with national groups?
From community assessment tools to lobbying tips, these guides bring
together
a wide range of resources for productive individual action and
effective group campaigns.
(produced by CIMA for Consumers Union)
http://www.mediaactioncenter.org/?q=node/325
AND MUCH MORE: FIND, DISCUSS AND SHARE TOOLS AND GUIDES
http://www.mediaactioncenter.org/?q=org_toolkit
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UPCOMING EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES
Details at: http://www.mediaactioncenter.org/?q=event/today
* May 1-6: INPUT International Public Television Screening Conference
(San Francisco)
* May 13-15: The National Conference on Media Reform (St. Louis, MO)
* May 23-25: Advancing Regional Equity: The Second National Summit
on Equitable Development, Social Justice, and Smart Growth
(Philadelphia)
* June 1-2: Broadband Policy Summit 2005 (Washington, DC)
* Travel grants available from the CRIS Campaign to attend WSIS and
UNESCO meetings
and other international communications rights events (International)
* Call for Proposals: seeking ideas for the June 2005 Allied Media
Conference
"Old Problems, New Solutions" (Bowling Green, Ohio)
* Call for Proposals: workshops, presenters and panels for the November
2005
Union for Democratic Communications Conference "Against the Neoliberal
Tide:
Media and Democracy in the 21st Century" (Boca Raton, Florida)
* Share your stories and strategies for Media Justice: Third World
Majority is seeking
contributions for their Media Justice curriculum and anthology.
AND MUCH MORE: FIND EVENTS AND POST YOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS
http://www.mediaactioncenter.org/?q=event/today
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COMING SOON! THE MEDIA POLICY ACTION DIRECTORY ONLINE
CIMA's directory of organizations working on media policy in
the US
and around the world will soon be available in searchable,
browse-able
printable electronic format….
* Add your organization to the directory!
http://www.mediaactioncenter.org/?q=node/add/flexinode-1
* Download the Directory First Edition: listing more than 240 groups
that opposed FCC
efforts to remove media ownership limits.
http://www.mediaactioncenter.org/?q=printdirectory
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