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Sessions

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Open Source for Open Communities: How Participatory Technology can Empower Everyone
Presenters: Anne Jonas, the Participatory Culture Foundation; Nathaniel James, The Mozilla Foundation - Drumbeat; Kirk Kimmel; Pixelpowrrr Moderator: Geoff Hing TRACK: Do-It-Yourself Technology
by Allied Media on 06/04/2010 17:06 » 6 replies » READ MORE
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AMC2010 Opening Ceremony: Media and Creativity to Transform Ourselves & Our World
Sterling Toles sets off the AMC2010 Opening Ceremony with a musical Welcome to Detroit. Ron Scott reflects on what it means to tell stories from the heart of Detroit - a heart made heavier with the...
by Allied Media on 06/07/2010 07:17 » 1 replies » READ MORE
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It's Our Music the World Lives and Dies To: Creating a Music-Based Economy for Detroit's Future
Facilitators:  Monica Blaire, Silent Riot Ent/PurpleGreenGold LLC/HomegrownCollab; Invincible, EMERGENCE Detroit artists perform to sold-out stadiums from France to Japan to Brazil.  But...
by Allied Media on 06/04/2010 17:06 » 1 replies » READ MORE
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Radio as a Tool to Transform, Organize and Build Community
Presenters: Karl Jagbandhansingh, KPFA's First Voice Apprenticeship Program; Kim Lyons, Virgin Islands Prison Project; Danae Peart, CHRY-FM; the Community News Production Institute of Peoples...
by Allied Media on 06/04/2010 17:06 » 2 replies » READ MORE
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Cultivating Our Digital Ecology: From a Community Vision to a Broadband Plan
Presenters: Juliet Fink, Philadelphia FIGHT; Danielle Chynoweth, Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center; Lottie Spady, East Michigan Environmental Action Council; Denise Wellons-Glover, the Family...
by Allied Media on 06/04/2010 17:06 » 2 replies » READ MORE
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Digital Justice Coalition Meet-Up
Presenters: Bryan Mercer, Media Mobilizing Project; Philadelphia Digital Justice Coalition; Detroit Digital Justice Coalition; Minnesota Digital Justice Coalition, and more Moderators: Kristofer Rí...
by Allied Media on 06/04/2010 17:06 » 3 replies » READ MORE
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Phone Justice: Exploring Access for Prisoners, Detainees, and Calling Card users
Presenters: Kim Lyons, Virgin Island Prison Project; Nick Szuberla, Thousand Kites; Kris Ríos, Peoples Production House TRACK: Media Policy for Social...
by Allied Media on 06/04/2010 17:06 » 1 replies » READ MORE
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Building an Intergenerational Filmmaking Community
Facilitator: Vee Bravo, Maysles Institute As technology becomes more accessible to the public, grassroots media-makers need ask, to what end are we ensuring that our communities become effective...
by Allied Media on 06/04/2010 17:06 » 1 replies » READ MORE
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HOT MESH! Wireless Mesh Network Build
Presenter: Ben Chodoroff, Allied Media Projects
by Allied Media on 06/04/2010 17:06 » 1 replies » READ MORE
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Collaborative Mapping as Community Media Part 2
Presenters: Puck Lo and Ben Chodoroff
by Allied Media on 06/04/2010 17:06 » 1 replies » READ MORE
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Indymedia Innovations: Tools, Technology and Tips for Protest Coverage
Presenters: Pittsburgh IMC; Dawn Paley & Franklin Lopez, Vancouver Media Co-op TRACK: Do-It-Yourself Technology...
by Allied Media on 06/04/2010 17:06 » 1 replies » READ MORE
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AMC2010 Closing Ceremony
The Closing Ceremony is a space to present lessons learned, art and media created and plans hatched throughout the AMC weekend.  We will hear from the tracks Eco-Justice Media Making for...
by Allied Media on 06/07/2010 08:09 » 0 replies » READ MORE
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AMC2010 Bowling/Karaoke Extravaganza w/ special guests Tamar-kali, Defiance, Ohio, and I, Crime
The AMC's bowling & karaoke tradition continues. 16 lanes of unlimited bowling and karaoke in the oldest active bowling alley in the U.S.: the Garden Bowl in The Majestic, 4120 Woodward Ave. In...
by Allied Media on 06/06/2010 18:16 » 0 replies » READ MORE
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Create a Gender Inclusive Online Game (Kid Friendly)
Presenters: Mindy Faber, Open Youth Networks, Interactive Arts and Media Department, Columbia College; Emily Kuehn, School of Art Institute of ChicagoTRACK: Do-It-Yourself Technology
by Allied Media on 06/06/2010 14:46 » 0 replies » READ MORE
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CAUCUS: Media Justice and PEG Access
Facilitator: Lamonte Young, Hip Hop Congress Cincinnati/Media BridgesState franchising laws governing Public Access TV are preventing the public from having a voice.  In this caucus we will...
by Allied Media on 06/06/2010 01:19 » 0 replies » READ MORE
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CAUCUS: INCITE! Gender Justice
Facilitators: Karla Chueh-Mejia & Ned del Callejo
by Allied Media on 06/06/2010 01:16 » 0 replies » READ MORE
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CAUCUS: TeleSUR in the U.S.
Facilitator: Reed Lindsay TeleSUR is seeking revolutionary journalists and videographers to contribute to our growing coverage of the United States. TeleSUR (www.telesurtv.net) is a 24-hour Spanish-...
by Allied Media on 06/06/2010 01:16 » 0 replies » READ MORE
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CAUCUS: Spoken Word
Facilitator: Isaac MillerOver the past two decades, spoken word poetry has become an important youth cultural movement. There is work to be done in building the connection between spoken word as an...
by Allied Media on 06/06/2010 01:16 » 0 replies » READ MORE
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CAUCUS: Youth Can Create Media Systems as well as Media Content!
Facilitators: Scott Sanders & James Owens; Chicago Media Action & Media AllianceWhile elite, corporate, and militarist forces control media systems, youth voices are marginalized. This caucus...
by Allied Media on 06/06/2010 01:16 » 0 replies » READ MORE
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CAUCUS: Print Media
Facilitator: Jordan Flaherty, Left Turn MagazineIs print dead? Can alternative print media survive? Are there areas where producers of print media can collaborate more? This is a gathering for any...
by Allied Media on 06/06/2010 01:16 » 0 replies » READ MORE