Oct 20, 2009 0

Media Democracy Day: Saturday, Nov. 7

Check out the 2009 Media Democracy Day
1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 at Grace Place, 637 S. Dearborn

media democracy day 2009 flyer

media democracy day 2009 flyer

A panel discussion, working groups and skill sharing, and report backs will be the key features of this event, which is also taking place in Canada and around the world. Among the featured speakers:

    Mitchell Szczepanczyk, Chicago Media Action
    Joel Bleifuss, Editor, In These Times
    Rev. Dr. Leon Finney, Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church
    Tim Wais, Jungle of Cities
    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

Cost is $10/$5 students at the door (or whatever you can afford).

Download the flyer here: MDD2009C



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