CHICAGO MEDIA ACTION ALERT, October 14, 2003
http://www.chicagomediaaction.org

A reminder: Friday is International Media Democracy Day, and members of 
Chicago Media Action are involved in two activities around that date.

(1) On Thursday, October 16, 2003, Chicago Media Action is organizing a
panel and discussion on "Racial Stereotypes in Media: Who do They
Harm? What Can We Do?"  Your host will be Cliff Kelley.  The panel will
include Salim Muwakkil (In These Times), Suzanne Adely (Arab-American Action 
Network), and Cindy Levitt (Not In My Name).

The event begins at 6 pm, at First United Methodist Church at the 
Chicago Temple, 77 W. Washington.  For more information, please visit:

http://www.chicagomediaaction.org/index.php?link=2003-10-16_forum_announce

CMA President Mitchell Szczepanczyk and CMA Secretary Scott Sanders are 
scheduled to join Cliff Kelley on his radio show tomorrow, Wednesday, 
October 15, at 9AM Central time, to discuss the panel and CMA's work.

In the Chicago listening area, you can tune in to WVON AM 1450.  Outside of
Chicago, you can listen to WVON via the internet at:

http://www.wvon.com/home.htm

(2) On Friday, October 17, 2003, "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.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.laborbeat.org/3/labormediaconference.txt

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In a previous alert, Chicago Media Action announced the use of its Rapid 
Response Form to rally support for the cause of Grant Newburger, a 
Chicago activist who was among the 800-plus arrestees on the Lake Shore 
Drive protest of March 20, 2003, and who faced trial on October 14.  
More than 60 used the Rapid Response Form to register their request 
with the State's Attorney's office to drop the charges against Grant.  
The word came from court this morning that the case against Grant was 
dismissed.

As Grant himself wrote: "A victory for our movement!! Many thanks to all 
who e-mailed, faxed, wrote and called the State's Attorney, passed out 
leaflets and came to court on my behalf (and in defense of the March 20 
action and the right to dissent). I believe it made a difference in the 
State's desire to pursue this case."

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Save the date: November 23, 2003.

Chicago Media Action has received a number of requests for encore 
screenings of the Guerrilla News Network's documentary "Aftermath: 
Unanswered Questions from 9/11", which CMA presented on September 11.  

Chicago Media Action is joining with Neighbors For Peace for an encore
presentation of Aftermath, on Sunday, November 23, at 2pm, at the
Media Room of the Evanston Public Library.  The screening is free, but 
donations are welcome.  For more details about the screening, please contact
847.289.7253 for more info or go to: www.neighborsforpeace.org 

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