[CitizensTruth] 2009 Media Democracy Day - Chicago - SAVE THE DATE

[Walterb306 at cs.com]

All,

It's happened before and it's happening again - Media Democracy Day is 
being held in Chicago. 

Join fellow progressive media professionals and activists to discuss how we 
can work together to create more media democracy and media justice, 
important steps to building a just society. 


The Metro Chicago Progressive Media Network … 
invites you join us for ...





2009 Media Democracy Day - Chicago 
Date/Time: November 7, 2009, 1-4-pm
Location: Grace Place, 637 S. Dearborn Ave, Chicago, IL 
For information and flyer: www.chicagoprogmedia.org




. PROMOTE MEDIA ACCESS TO ALL SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY!
. PROMOTE MEDIA THAT INFORMS THE PUBLIC ON IMPORTANT ISSUES
. NETWORK WITH OTHER PROGRESSIVE MEDIA PROFESSIONALS AND 
MEDIA ACTIVISTS
. CREATE MEDIA INITIATIVES TO STRENGTHEN DIALOGUE AROUND THE 
CHALLENGES FACING OUR WORLD



Initially Media Democracy Day (MD day) was organized by local Toronto and 
Vancouver groups of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom. In 2002, 
events were held in cities around the world. A Media Democracy Day has been 
held in Chicago in the past. 

Today the tradition of MD Day is carried on by local citizens and student 
groups in Canada and around the world. This year a group of media activists 
and professionals is planning for 2009 Media Democracy Day - Chicago with the 
objective of including representation and participation from all around the 
Chicago area. The timing of the event is planned to coincide with the date 
of Media Democracy Day in Vancouver, Canada. 

Goals of 2009 Media Democracy Day - Chicago: 
1) to bring together area progressive media professionals and media 
activists to share their perspectives on how we can promote a media system that 
informs the public on important issues and provides media access to all 
segments of society. 

2) to create coherent messages and media initiatives to draw public 
attention and broaden and strengthen dialogue around serious issues and challenges 
facing the area, the nation, and the planet. 

Part I - Panel The event will feature concise (5-7 minutes) presentations 
by key area media activists, media professionals, media-related organizations 
and academics covering the full spectrum of the reform media map: 

1) mainstream media itself, its content, structure, sources, balance, etc.. 


2) alternative media of all types, including TV, radio, print, internet, 
performance, and graphics, 

3) public awareness and education about the media, and 

4) the media environment, including legislation and regulations.* 

The panel is also planned to include media representatives from the 
Latin-American community, the African-American community, women, youth, and the 
GLBT community. 

Part II - Working Groups and Skills sharing 
Tract 1 - Working Groups The second part of the event will consist of 
facilitated breakout working groups, tasked with 
1) discussion and then 
2) formulating actionable items. 

Tract 2 - Skills Sharing, such as blogging, video, and editing 

Part III - Report-back The last component will be a facilitated report-back 
session. A summary of the report-back will be made available to interested 
attendees. LIST OF 

PANELISTS 
Mitchell Szczepanczyk, Chicago Media Action
Joel Bleifuss, Editor, In These Times
Tim Wais, HumanThread
Veronica Arreola; Educator, Blogger (vivalafeminista.com)
Larry Duncan, Labor Beat
Robert Koehler, Syndicated Columnist
Mike Barr, Documentary filmmaker
Karen Bond, National Black Coalition for Media Justice The Metro Chicago
Kevin Gozstola, documentary filmmaker completing a Film/Video degree at 
Columbia College 

Progressive Media Network (MCPMN), which was formed in November 2007, is an 
area networking group of media professionals and media activists, 

*Source: Hackett, Robert A. and William K. Carroll, Remaking Media: The 
struggle to democratize public communication. 2006 






See: www.chicagoprogmedia.org 



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Interested in planning or in participating in MDD-Chicago? 
We are looking for your ideas.

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Please email to: Beverley Walter at walterb306 at cs.com or call at 708 
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