Join Kim Gandy in Memphis This Weekend for Media Reform!

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January 9, 2007

NOW President Kim Gandy wants to see YOU at the National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis this weekend, Jan. 12-14.

NOW has long recognized that we cannot achieve equality for women without full and fair representation in the media -- from ownership and management, to program content that is responsive to and respectful of women, to access for all to a broad range of information. Likewise, we must ensure that women's rights issues are an integral part of the burgeoning media reform movement.

This conference will offer feminists the opportunity to network with activists from around the country and educate themselves on a wide range of media issues. The list of speakers includes a number of prominent media experts and social justice icons.

Kim spoke at the conference two years ago in St. Louis and this year is a featured panelist on "Media Policy is a Civil Rights Issue." Many of the sessions will cover topics of interest to NOW supporters, and at the bottom of this message is a compilation from Women in Media and News (WIMN) of those sessions that are particularly relevant to feminists.

We hope to see you there!

Read more about NOW's work on media issues.

Full conference schedule is available.(All events take place at the Memphis Cook Convention Center unless otherwise noted.)

Sessions of interest to feminists:

Thursday, Jan. 11 (pre-conference), 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Media Content and Media Representations

Friday, Jan. 12, 8:00 - 9:15 am
Women's Media Networking Breakfast - Organized by Women In Media & News (WIMN) and the Women's Media Fund at the Global Fund for Women; NOW is a co-sponsor of the breakfast.
Location: Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis, 8 South Third St., only a few blocks from the conference. Call 901-413-7457 for more information

Fri., Jan. 12, 1:15 - 2:45am
Beyond Rights & Reform: Imagining a Global Movement for Media Justice Featuring You
Room: L 10

Creeping Deeper: Advertising & Commercialism
Room: Sultana/River Bluff

Race & Gender Matter in Media Ownership
Room: L 12

Film: Dreamworlds 3: Sex, Desire, and Power in Music Video
Room: L 2-3

Fri., Jan. 12, 3:15 - 4:45pm
Whose Voices, Whose Media? Perspectives from Students of Color on Media Ownership & Reform
Room: Ad-hoc session not listed in program; find flyers on-site for location.

Why Media Policy Matters for Media Content
Room: L 5 -7

Building & Sustaining Independent Media
Room: Chickasaw/Mississippi

Children & Media Policy
Room: Sultana/River Bluff

Quality Journalists = Quality Journalism
Room: L 11

Media Monitoring as an Organizing Tool
Room: L 14

Sat., Jan. 13, 9:00 - 10:30am
Media Policy Is a Civil Rights Issue
Room: Steamboat
* Panel includes NOW President Kim Gandy

Film: Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
Room: L 2-3

Global Information & Communications Policy
Room: L 12

Sat., Jan. 13, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
There Is No Media Justice Without Women: Models for Feminist Media Action
Room: Chickasaw/Mississippi
* Panel includes WIMN Director Jennifer Pozner

Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America's Media
Room: Steamboat

Sat., Jan. 13, 2:30 - 4:00 pm
Make the Music with Your Mouth, Kid: Hip-Hop Activism for Media Justice
Room: Chickasaw/Mississippi

Sat., Jan. 13, 4:30 - 6:00 pm
The Press at War & the War on the Press
Room: Ballroom A

Independent Media as an Organizing Tool
Room: L 12

Media Justice & Media Policy: Winning Local Change, Making a National Impact
Room: L 10

Film: Further Off the Straight and Narrow: New Gay and Lesbian Visibility on Television
Room: L 2-3

Sun., Jan 14, 9:00 - 10:30am
Envisioning the Future of Independent Media
Room: Steamboat

Media Diversity Summit
Room: Sultana/River Bluff

Toolkits & Online Resources for Media Activism: Show and Tell
Room: L 4

Learn more about the National Conference for Media Reform. See you in Memphis!

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