If AT&T takes over T-Mobile, it will be a disaster for all mobile phone users -- especially people of color and low-income communities. Sign our petition telling the FCC and DOJ to block this takeover.
The takeover will stifle information, choice and innovation, and lead to higher prices and fewer jobs nationwide. Our communities cannot afford higher prices and fewer choices. We need the FCC and DOJ to block this takeover! The loss of a low cost wireless carrier like T-Mobile will limit affordable mobile broadband access, threaten the openness of the mobile Internet and stifle competition in the broadband market. Our communities cannot afford these outcomes!
Submitted by teresa mozur on Tue, 2011-04-12 11:01
City:
Boston
State:
MA
From April 8th-10th, The National Conference for Media Reform was held in Boston, MA. It is the biggest and best conference devoted to media, technology and democracy.
Thousands of activists, media makers, educators, journalists, policymakers and people from across the country came together to explore the future of journalism and public media, consider how technology is changing the world, look at the policies and politics shaping our media, and discuss strategies to build the movement for better media.
Check out our videos and photo slideshows, documenting the many sessions, activities and events featuring members of the Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net), the Center for Media Justice and dozens of our partners and allies.
Day 1 - Friday, April 8th
Photo Slideshow from the Social Justice Delegation of over 20 community leaders from that MAG-Net and CMJ are hosting from all around the country:
Video of CMJ's amalia deloney talking about a free and open Internet at the "Building a People-Powered Movement for Internet Freedom" Session
Photo Slideshow from "Building a People-Powered Movement for Internet Freedom" Panel featuring CMJ's amalia deloney, ColorofChange.org's James Rucker, and others
Video of amalia deloney introducting FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn at the "FCC National Townhall":
Video of CMJ's Malkia Cyril's Speech at the Opening Plenary:
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Part 2 of 2
Photo Slideshow of CMJ's Malkia Cyril Speaking on the Opening Plenary:
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn speaks at "The FCC at NCMR: A National Town Hall", introduced by CMJ's amalia deloney.
Panels and sessions featuring MAG-Net members and allies --"Creating and Sustaining Citizen Journalism", "Emerging Technologies for "Community-Controlled Infrastructure", and "Connecting Communities: Did the Recovery Act Stimulate More than Debate?"
Check out CMJ's Malkia Cyril on Democracy Now:
Day 2- Sat. April 9th:
Photo Slideshow of the "Mobile Voices, Mobile Justice: A Strategy Session on Telephones, Wireless Policy and Social Change"
Photo Slideshow of MAG-Net National Member, Prometheus Radio Project hosts a LPFM Outerach Strategy Session:
Photo Slideshow of other Sessions that feature MAG-Net members and allies. From the "News for All: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media" and "Emerging Technologies for Community-Controlled Infrastructure" sessions
Day 3-April 10th:
Photo Slideshow of Media Literacy for Mobilization: Popular Education Tools for Digital Justice Session:
CMJ and MAG-Net Social Justice Delegation Closing:
