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activism articles

Hacking the Policy Space

[Source: CultureWork, by Helen De Michiel]
I am sitting with a group of public media and community arts leaders at a recent lunch meeting hosted by Charles Benton, CEO of The Benton Foundation. We are here for the annual media reform ...

Net Neutrality Gains Support from 150 Nonprofit and Allied Organizations

[Source: Save the Internet, by Megan Tady, June 30, 2010]
Nonprofit organizations clearly understand the power of the Internet to help create social change, and yesterday 150 public interest and allied organizations signed a letter to the Federal ...

Highlights from 2010 Media Grantmaking — The State and Future of the Field

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The 2010 Funder Conversation: Media Grantmaking — The State (and Future) of the FieldPresented by: Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media and the Media Democracy FundHosted by: The Open Society ...

Snapshot of Foundation Support for Feminist Gender Justice Media

[Source: Media Equity Collaborative, by Ariel Dougherty, June 8, 2010]
A report from Catalyst Fund of Tides Foundation that focuses on funding women of color-led reproductive justice organizations inspired an examination into the actual support by foundations of ...

ACT UP Oral History Project

The ACT UP Oral History Project is a collection of interviews with surviving members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, New York.  The project is coordinated by Jim Hubbard and Sarah ...

Digital Accessibility: The Coalition for Accessible Technology’s Work

[Source: Media and Democracy Coalition Newsletter, by Hannah Miller (MadCo), June 3, 2010]
American Foundation for the Blind talks about the efforts of over 300 organizations to ensure accessibility as digital media advances.

Resources from Broadband Regulation and Rural America Webinar

[Source: May 24, 2010]
 Resources from the National Rural Assembly Webinar, Broadband Reclassification to Title II are available now.  See attached presentations about about what Title II Reclassification means to rural ...

The Power of Video Advocacy: An Interview with the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union

[Source: Open Society, by Brett Davidson, May 6, 2010]
István Gábor Takács coordinates a very successful video advocacy program for the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU)—check out the HCLU website and its outstanding drug policy website, ...

activism events

Community Foundations Conference – GFEM | COF Film & Video Festival

Monday, September 13, 2010 - Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Charlotte, NC
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The Tenth World Assembly of Community Radio Broadcasters

Monday, November 8, 2010 - 9:00am
Buenos Aires, Argentina