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Revolutions: 5 Years of Media Change for Social, Racial, Gender and Economic Justice
July 12, 2008
karlos schmieder
INVINCIBLE, SIAIRA, JAHI, ROOPA SINGH, Notorious East and West Coast DJ's SAKE1 and LAMUMBA to PERFORM AT REVOLUTIONS CMJ awards media leaders, media makers and journalists for dedicated commitment to making media that matters to low income, working and communitie...
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@NCMR 2008: How can social networking technology support the work of grassroots organizers?
June 11, 2008
Samhita Mukhopadhyay
I hit up a lot in the last few days, but right now I am sitting in a panel of organizing the social web for change. The panel has Feministing's lovely tech lady, Deanna Zandt, along with Chris Rabb from Afro-netizen, Andrew Slack, Craig Newmark (craigslist) and Ruby Si...
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@NCMR 2008: No Justice without Media Justice
June 11, 2008
Samhita Mukhopadhyay
When we speak of a justice agenda we are talking about greater political, social and cultural changes that are plugged into an analysis of power that reform focused movements often times overlook. Many times it is a matter of semantics, since all of us working in justi...
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@NCMR: Great day of Media Justice
June 11, 2008
Samhita Mukhopadhyay
So, we are running out the door to the Media and Democracy Coalition party, but I had a great and fulfilling day including meeting some great bloggers (Jenn Pozner, Baratunde Thurston, Matt Stoller, and if I forgot any others than shout out in comments!) and shared our ...
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CMJ Director Malkia Cyril on Main Street at NCMR
June 9, 2008
karlos schmieder

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@NCMR 2008: Opening Plenary-Media at a Critical Juncture
June 7, 2008
Samhita Mukhopadhyay
I am watching the amazing Adrienne Maree Brown ED of the Ruckus Society, activist, singer and gal pal is keeping it real about the necessity for the media reform movement to be accountable to community organizers in this morning's key note. This is going to be a theme t...
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@National Conference for Media Reform 2008
June 6, 2008
Samhita Mukhopadhyay
I am in Minneapolis for the National Conference on Media Reform. If you are here, please come say hi! I am here with my organization the Center for Media Justice and will be repping at the MAGnet table tomorrow from 5:30-7. I am also live-blogging most of the conference...
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CMJ "pitches" in to statewide effort to protest proposed Ca education budget cuts
May 19, 2008
karlos schmieder
Capitol rally promises 3,000 students Education may not have taken the biggest hit in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget, but advocates plan to continue their PR assault on the Capitol. Today, education officials have organized a noon rally on the South steps of th...
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This week's video of the week: Un poquito de tanto verdad
May 14, 2008
karlos schmieder

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YouTube Of the Week: Incarcerex
April 28, 2008
karlos schmieder
Effin Brilliant. From the Drug Policy Alliance.
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