Blog Archive - July 2012

A MAG-Net Guide to the 2012 Grassroots Radio Conference

The Media Action Grassroots Network is a proud co-sponsor of the 2012 Grassroots Radio Conference

Check out these sessions, caucuses, and events that feature MAG-Net members, partners and allies. Stay in touch during the conference!  Join the Twitter Conversation by following us @mediaaction and Tag #mediajustice #GRC2012

Hilary Goldstein: Advancing a Tech Agenda for our Social Justice Movements in Detroit

May First/People Link’s (MFPL) work is the Internet.  We support and work to build an Internet infrastructure for our membership.  We communicate with our more than 700 members online.  Even our staff, spread out across multiple states and over international borders, communicates regularly over the web.  And so we relish the spaces where we can meet face to face.  Last week, MFPL used the Allied Media Conference as a critical gathering space to engage with staff, members and allies.  Although, truth be told, our key work in Detroit took place before the AMC even began.

Vanessa Maria Graber: We Begin by Listening

One of my favorite moments at this year’s AMC was my radio interview with three bright kids from Detroit who participated in the DiscoTech workshop.  It was their first time on the radio and with great enthusiasm they shared their experiences teaching others about science and technology and how the opportunity for leadership at the AMC instilled confidence in them.

Sage Crump of Art is Change, MAG-Net SE Co-Anchor, Reflects on MAG-Net

Sage Crump of Art is Change reflects on the importance to MAG-Net for organizers, artists and cultural workers in the Southeast region.