Join the Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media Funder Delegation to the National Conference for Media Reform (NCMR). This dynamic gathering is being hosted by Free Press, June 5-8 at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

Confirmed speakers include Bill Moyers, Naomi Klein, Dan Rather, Sen. Byron Dorgan, Van Jones, Juan Gonzales, Amy Goodman, Arianna Huffington, Lawrence Lessig, Robert McChesney, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, and FCC Commissioners Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps.

For more information on the conference, see below and visit the conference website.

Register for the GFEM delegation and learn more by contacting Kelly Pino. We have reserved a block of rooms for the delegation.

BACKGROUND: The National Conference on Media Reform (NCMR) will focus on broadening the media reform movement, envisioning the future of our media system, harnessing new technology for change, and achieving concrete policy victories through sustainable organizing. Over three days, the conference will feature 60 fascinating panel discussions and workshops plus inspiring speeches, multimedia presentations, film screenings, roundtable meetings with policymakers, regional caucuses for you to meet media reformers from your home state, and dozens of receptions and parties.

Media Policy; Media Reform Activism and Movement Building; Journalism and Independent Media; Civil Rights, Social Justice, and Media; The Next Frontier

For more information and to Register for the GFEM Delegation, please contact Kelly Pino.

Conference Registration: Fees are $250 for regular registration and $350 for supporting registration. The supporting registration fee helps Free Press offer a lower $95 fee for students, seniors and lower-income activists.

Register for the conference here.

Accomodations: We have reserved a block of rooms for the delegation, please contact Kelly Pino to coordinate.