Media Conference


FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2:30 PM- 5 PM WORKSHOP WITH PATRICK REINSBOROUGH-smartMeme Project “Activist That Wins! Story Telling and Strategies for Change” Fairhaven College Auditorium, WWU campus FREE

Patrick Reinsborough is a grassroots organizer, campaigner, and media strategist who spent four years as the organizing director of the Rainforest Action Network, where he mobilized thousands of people to confront corporations who destroy the environment and violate human rights. The smartMeme project is a collective of organizers, trainers and media activists who help grassroots groups magnify their impact by linking traditional movement building activities with cutting-edge media campaigning.

FRIDAY, MAY 20, 5 PM - 10 PM LOCAL & INDEPENDENT FILMS ON WAR & PEACE Communications Building, WWU campus FREE Jointly sponsored with WWU CASCAID Peace Conference

5:00 P.M. Dr. Strangelove w/Commentary from Dr. Anna Eblen of WWU 5:00 P.M. Off to War 7:00 P.M. Voices in Wartime followed by discussion & dialogue with producer Andy Himes 7:00 P.M. We Interrupt this Empire w/ commentary from Patrick Reinsborough of smartMeme 9:00 P.M. Voices in Wartime followed by discussion & dialogue with producer Andy Himes 9:00 P.M. Testimonies of Fallujah by Dahr Jamail

SATURDAY, MAY 21 (8:30 AM – 6 PM) BELLINGHAM GRASSROOTS & INDEPENDENT MEDIA CONFERENCE Garden Street Family Center, 1321 N. Garden St. FREE For a more detailed schedule including presenters and panelists, click here.

	Garden St. Family Ctr. ROOM A	Garden St. Family Ctr. ROOM B	Co-Op Connections Blg.	WECU Annex Blg.
8:30 - 9:00	Coffee
9:00 - 9:15	Welcome & Introduction
9:15 - 10:15	KEYNOTE: Patrick Reinsborough “Winning the Battle of the Story: Creating a Culture of Change"
15 MIN BREAK	BREAK	BREAK	BREAK
10:30 - 11:25	PANEL: Making Community Radio	WORKSHOP: The Indymedia Movement	SKILLS TRAINING: News writing 101
10 MIN BREAK	BREAK	BREAK	BREAK
11:35 - 12:30	PANEL: Public Access Television	WORKSHOP: Building Online Community & Media Networks	Grassroots organizing for media reform: Lessons from the National Conference for Media Reform
12:30 - 1:30 LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
1:30 - 2:30	WORKSHOP: Demonizing Arabs in the Media and Popular Culture	PANEL: Low Power FM	PANEL: Print journalism	SKILLS TRAINING: DIY Radio Journalism
10 MIN BREAK	BREAK	BREAK	BREAK	BREAK
2:40 - 3:35	PANEL: Making the News	PANEL: Community Film & Video Part I	WORKSHOP: Counter-recruiting	SKILLS TRAINING: Navigating the web-radio convergence: Internet distribution and FM broadcast
10 MIN BREAK	BREAK	BREAK	BREAK	BREAK
3:45 - 4:40	PANEL: Blogging	PANEL: Community Film & Video Part II	DISCUSSION: What could an Indymedia site be for Bellingham?	SKILLS TRAINING: Lobbying for Media Accountability & Independent Media
20 MIN BREAK	BREAK	BREAK	BREAK	BREAK
5:00 - 6:30	KEYNOTE: Bert Sacks: "Sanctions, War, Occupation and Other Failures of the Media" w/ James Longley, filmmaker of “Iraq in Fragments”
For a more detailed schedule including presenters and panelists, click here.



SUNDAY, MAY 22 NORTHWEST COMMUNITY RADIO ROUNDTABLE Communications Building WWU campus Help envision the future of Northwest Community Radio! Community radio: we’re not Clear Channel; we’re not NPR. Our broadcasts, though local and ephemeral, are the wild beating heart of North American radio today. But what if we formed a network of our own - a grassroots, cooperative network of community stations in our region? Let’s help each other make great(er) radio! More at: www.reclaimthemedia.org/pages.php?node=05/03/26/9718173

FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2:30 PM- 5 PM

FRIDAY, MAY 20, 5 PM - 10 PM

For a more detailed schedule including presenters and panelists, click here.

For a more detailed schedule including presenters and panelists, click here.

SUNDAY, MAY 22