[CTCVISTA] Fw: [nycgmc] SAVE THE DATE! 4th Annual NYC Grassroots Media Conference Sat Feb. 24th, 2007!

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.


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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
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