CHICAGO MEDIA ACTION UPDATE, September 24, 2003
http://www.chicagomediaaction.org

There are a number of upcoming events that we would like to bring to your
attention.

On Friday, September 26, 2003, Columbia College will play host to a 
conference entitled "Do The Media Serve Us?--A day of panels, speakers & 
films concerning: The role of the mainstream media in motivating the 
public's acquiescence towards questionable government policies & 
regulations."  The event will be held from 10am to 6pm at the Hokin 
Annex, 623 S. Wabash, 1st Floor, in downtown Chicago; admission is 
free.  CMA President Mitchell Szczepanczyk will give a 30-minute 
presentation on the FCC and corporate consolidation of the media, 
scheduled to begin at 11:45 AM.  

And if you enjoyed the CMA-organized September 11 event at the Chicago 
Temple with Cliff Kelley, you may also enjoy another event, also at 
Chicago Temple and also on Friday, September 26, and also with Cliff 
Kelley (among many others including Cynthia McKinney, Kathy Kelly, 
and Andy Thayer).  This will be an indoor rally to be held on Friday, 
September 26, 7:00 pm, at the First United Methodist Church at the 
Chicago Temple, 77 West Washington.  (Note: CMA is not organizing 
this event.)

For more information on these events, please visit:

http://www.chicagomediaaction.org/index.php?link=archivedblog&week=39&year=2003&month=9

And don't forget: CAN-TV Channel 21 airs a CAN-TV Production of the 
CMA-organized screening of Aftermath with Cliff Kelley on Sunday, 
September 28, at Noon.

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The Field Museum will play host to the International Hip Hop and Social 
Change Conference, October 3-4, 2004.  The conference is "designed to 
raise consciousness about the roles, responsibilities and possibilities 
of hip-hop in contemporary society" (UR Magazine).  Mos Def and Talib 
Kweli are the scheduled keynote speakers.  (Note: CMA is not organizing 
this event.)

For more information, or to register, please visit:

http://www.fieldmuseum.org/hiphop

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Save the dates: Thursday and Friday, October 16 and 17, 2003.

October 17 is International Media Democracy Day, and members of 
CMA are helping to organize not one but two events around that date.

One, we are making plans for a screening and panel event for October 16.  
More details will be announced as they become available.  

Two, "Getting Labor's Message Out" is a labor media event which strives to 
help establish labor's own media production and distribution strategy.  
The event will be held on Friday October 17, 2003, 7-9pm, at UNITE Hall, 
333 S. Ashland, at the Eisenhower Expressway.

Scheduled speakers include Margaret Blackshere (President, Illinois 
AFL-CIO), John Anderson (Workers Independent News Service), and Chicago's 
own Kari Lyderson (Illinois Labor Press Association award winner for 
labor reporting).

For more information, please visit:

http://www.laborbeat.org/3/labormediafridayevening.pdf

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