Friday, August 01, 2003
CALLING ALL MEDIA REFORM ACTIVISTS
Here's an e-mail I got the other day that I want to pass on in case you missed it. It's important to sign up now as space is limited, and as the e-mail points out, the conference fee is reduced prior to September 7th.
Subj: National Conference on Media Reform
Date: 7/30/2003 1:21:34 PM Central Standard Time
From: moveon-help@list.moveon.org
Dear MoveOn member,
Congress is taking its August break before addressing the proposed FCC
rollback in September. In the meantime, there is an important media
reform event coming up, and you are invited.
Working with Free Press, Common Cause and others, we have helped
illustrate that democracy demands an independent, diverse and
accessible media system.
This November 7th through 9th in Madison, Wisconsin, Free Press will
host the National Conference on Media Reform, a watershed forum on how
to build a better media system in local communities, in Washington,
and across the nation. It is an event for people who want to take
action and actively join the media reform movement. I hope you'll be
able to make it.
Interested? You can sign up now at:
http://www.mediareform.net/conference
The 3-day event will feature panelists from a wide range of political
and activist communities working together to create specific policies
and strategies towards meaningful media reform. The conference will
cover a broad range of media issues -- not just media ownership.
Conference participants will join legislators, activists,
policymakers, academics, journalists and many others working to build
a more democratic and public-interest-minded media.
Over the event's two days, conference participants will enjoy access
to all panels, plenaries, keynote speeches and workshops, performances
by internationally famous artists, and an opportunity to meet with
other activists to build a stronger and more effective grassroots
network.
Confirmed speakers already include: US Senator Russ Feingold; US
Representatives John Conyers, Jr., Jan Schakowsky, Bernie Sanders,
Sherrod Brown, and Tammy Baldwin; FCC Commissioners Michael Copps and
Jonathan Adelstein; Entertainers Don Henley, Billy Bragg and DJ
Spooky; Writers Barbara Ehrenreich, Naomi Klein, Free Press founders
Robert McChesney and John Nichols; AFL-CIO President John Sweeney; and
Amy Goodman of Democracy NOW!
For further information, including schedules, panelists, online
registration and travel information, please visit:
http://www.mediareform.net/conference
I recommend you sign up now, as space is limited. If you register
before September 7, the conference fee is reduced. Reduced
registration fees and scholarship applications are also available for
students and lower-income people.
Over 2.3 million Americans contacted Congress and the FCC during the
past few months. Congress is listening. The media is becoming an issue
in America; now it's time to take the next step. I hope you'll be
able to make it to the National Conference on Media Reform.
Sincerely,
--Eli Pariser
MoveOn.org
So What Do YOU Think? COMMENTS
Here's an e-mail I got the other day that I want to pass on in case you missed it. It's important to sign up now as space is limited, and as the e-mail points out, the conference fee is reduced prior to September 7th.
Subj: National Conference on Media Reform
Date: 7/30/2003 1:21:34 PM Central Standard Time
From: moveon-help@list.moveon.org
Dear MoveOn member,
Congress is taking its August break before addressing the proposed FCC
rollback in September. In the meantime, there is an important media
reform event coming up, and you are invited.
Working with Free Press, Common Cause and others, we have helped
illustrate that democracy demands an independent, diverse and
accessible media system.
This November 7th through 9th in Madison, Wisconsin, Free Press will
host the National Conference on Media Reform, a watershed forum on how
to build a better media system in local communities, in Washington,
and across the nation. It is an event for people who want to take
action and actively join the media reform movement. I hope you'll be
able to make it.
Interested? You can sign up now at:
http://www.mediareform.net/conference
The 3-day event will feature panelists from a wide range of political
and activist communities working together to create specific policies
and strategies towards meaningful media reform. The conference will
cover a broad range of media issues -- not just media ownership.
Conference participants will join legislators, activists,
policymakers, academics, journalists and many others working to build
a more democratic and public-interest-minded media.
Over the event's two days, conference participants will enjoy access
to all panels, plenaries, keynote speeches and workshops, performances
by internationally famous artists, and an opportunity to meet with
other activists to build a stronger and more effective grassroots
network.
Confirmed speakers already include: US Senator Russ Feingold; US
Representatives John Conyers, Jr., Jan Schakowsky, Bernie Sanders,
Sherrod Brown, and Tammy Baldwin; FCC Commissioners Michael Copps and
Jonathan Adelstein; Entertainers Don Henley, Billy Bragg and DJ
Spooky; Writers Barbara Ehrenreich, Naomi Klein, Free Press founders
Robert McChesney and John Nichols; AFL-CIO President John Sweeney; and
Amy Goodman of Democracy NOW!
For further information, including schedules, panelists, online
registration and travel information, please visit:
http://www.mediareform.net/conference
I recommend you sign up now, as space is limited. If you register
before September 7, the conference fee is reduced. Reduced
registration fees and scholarship applications are also available for
students and lower-income people.
Over 2.3 million Americans contacted Congress and the FCC during the
past few months. Congress is listening. The media is becoming an issue
in America; now it's time to take the next step. I hope you'll be
able to make it to the National Conference on Media Reform.
Sincerely,
--Eli Pariser
MoveOn.org
So What Do YOU Think? COMMENTS
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