At the National Conference on Media Reform (NCMR) last month, MAG-Net member PhillyCAM produced a livestream TV program featuring MAG-Net members and Campaign for Prison Phone Justice partners.
On August 31st the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit to block AT&T’s takeover of T-Mobile. Blocking this merger was a major victory for communities of color, rural communities and America’s poor. Help us thank the DOJ for listening to our concerns.
Call 1.888.638.1150 x1 and let them know what blocking this merger means to YOU and YOUR community.
If AT&T takes over T‐Mobile, it will be a disaster for all mobile phone users. The takeover will stifle information, choice, innovation and jobs, and lead to higher prices for mobile devices. Tell Congress to oppose this deal!
If AT&T takes over T-Mobile, it will be a disaster for all mobile phone users -- especially people of color and low-income communities. Sign our petition telling the FCC and DOJ to block this takeover.
Two of the largest newspapers in the U.S., Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times are up for sale. The Koch Brothers want both publications to help further their anti-environment, anti-labor, anti-democracy agenda. If they buy these newspapers our communities' voices and struggles will not be part of their coverage. Sign this petition and say no to Koch!
MAG-Net and our media justice allies, partners and friends were out in full force in Denver, CO for the 2013 National Conference for Media Reform sponsored and presented by Free Press. Check out our blogs, photos and more.
Meet MAG-Net San Antonio, TX Anchor MSWC. MSWC has been around for 13 years plus, and their Community Health and GirlZone programs are helping to meet the needs of underserved Latina/o and African American communities in San Antonio. Read our Q&A with Andrea Figueroa to find out more about their work here.
This month's Digital Dialogue will bring together organizers, media justice activists, journalists, cultural workers and policy experts who are working to advance a immigrant rights agenda that upholds the dignity, labor and human rights of immigrant communities. On the call we will hear about the various storytelling, media making and cultural strategies to advance this fight. Learn more here and register today.
Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net ) April Digital Dialogue Co-hosted with Global Action Project
All across this country from Seattle to Chicago to Philadelphia, public school education and teachers unions are under attack. In the past year, hundreds of public schools have been closed down in mostly brown and black communities, in the name of budget cuts and improving the quality of education. At the same time, millions of taxpayer dollars are put into building more prisons to incarcerate our youth, rather than closing the inequality divide and improving neighborhood schools. Structural change of the media system is integral to winning change in the educational system. We need an accountable media system that is not driven by market forces, but rather by community needs.
This April Digital Dialogue helped uplift the voices of those directly affected by these issues that are fighting for better public schools, against the school to prison pipeline, and for teachers' rights and unionization. It will convene community members who are working at the intersection of education justice/reform and media justice. On the call we heard from grassroots activists and organizers who are using media and culture to advance these fights.
Moderated by Betty Yu, Center for Media Justice