BREAK THE MEDIA BLACKOUT

BREAK THE MEDIA BLACKOUT:

A Conference on Media Democracy & the Struggle to End Poverty

October 4 - 6, 2002 in Philadelphia

http://www.kwru.org/conference

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This is a call to all media activists concerned about poverty, all anti-poverty organizations concerned with making their voices heard, and

anyone otherwise working to make media accessible to everyone. We invite you to join us in the fight to Break the Media Blackout!

The increasing concentration of corporate ownership of our media not only threatens democracy, it also threatens the very survival of poor people in the US and globally. The Break the Media Blackout Conference will strengthen the media skills of grassroots anti-poverty organizations, allowing them to create and distribute their own media, critically analyze the mainstream media, and learn more about media

democracy issues. The conference will encourage independent media documentation of economic human rights violations occurring in the U.S. by connecting media activist organizations with the emerging movement to end poverty led by the poor.

Go to http://www.kwru.org/conference for more information on the conference,or contact Rachel at conference@kwru.org or 215/203-1948. If

you are interested offering a workshop at the conference, please see the website for more information.

This conference is sponsored by the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign (a national and international campaign of over 50 grassroots

anti-poverty organizations).

Co-sponsors include: Kensington Welfare Rights Union, Human Rights Tech, Media College of the University of the Poor, Drexel University TV

(DUTV), Philadelphia Community Access Coalition, Media Tank, Prometheus Radio, Deaf and Deaf-Blind Committee for Human Rights, Philly IMC,

Social Welfare Action Alliance (SWAA), Temple University School of Social Administration

Hope to see you in October!

CONTACT INFO:

Kensington Welfare Rights Union

NUHHCE, ASFCME, AFL-CIO

PO Box 50678

Philadelphia, PA 19132-9720

Phone: 215/203-1945

Fax: 215/203-1950

email: kwru@libertynet.org

web: http://www.kwru.org

henk

Hans