[CitizensTruth] 2009 Media Democracy Day - Chicago Nov 7 1-4 pm

[Walterb306 at cs.com]

All,

Save the date!

Beverley

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

Don't miss this opportunity to collaborate with 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. 


Please share widely. We are the media. 


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 
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: 
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. 

The suggested attendance donation is being kept  to a minimum so that no 
one who wishes to participate will be excluded.  
Suggested Donations:
$10.00  General admission
$5.00    Student/Senior/Low Income
Or whatever you can afford 

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, internet, print, 
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. 

Panelists:
Veronica Arreola; Educator, Blogger (vivalafeminista.com) 
Mike Barr, Documentary filmmaker 
Joel Bleifuss, Editor, In These Times
Karen Bond, National Black Coalition for Media Justice 
Larry Duncan, Labor Beat
Jeanette Foreman, Youth Media Justice Project 
Kevin Gozstola, documentary filmmaker working on a film/video degree at 
Columbia College
Robert Koehler, Syndicated Columnist
Kevin O’Connell, SEIU Local 1

Mitchell Szczepanczyk, Chicago Media Action;
Tim Wais, HumanThread 
Harvey Wells, Vice President, WCPT820 AM
Antonio Zavala, freelance journalist

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

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 


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 

______________________________________________________________________

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

Name ________________________________ 
Phone number _________________________ 
Email ________________________________ 
I can help: 
Organize _____________________________ 
Publicize______________________________ 
Offer day-of-event help __________________ 
Offer special skills for skills sharing segment 
(please describe) _______________________ 
_____________________________________ 
_____________________________________ 
My organization (Name of organization)_____ 
_____________________________________ 
_____________________________________ 
is interested in co-sponsorship of the event.


Please email to: Beverley Walter at walterb306 at cs.com or call at 708 
447-1547 

Co-sponsor list to date: 
Community Media Workshop
In These Times
Chicago Against War and Injustice
HumanThread
Progressive Democrats of America (Chicago)
Near West Citizens for Peace and Justice
North Shore Coalition for Peace, Justice and the Environment
World Can't Wait - Chicago
Illinois Ballot Integrity Project
Nicaragua Solidarity
Illinois Green Party
WCPT820 AM
Chicago Media Action
Resources Unlimited Hey Neighbor Project
College of Complexes
Peace Majority Report 
Herman George School of Social Sciences 
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