Reposted with permission from WITNESS At WITNESS we are all in on the power of video. After almost 25 years in existence, we’ve come to believe that how and why a video is created is just as important as what it captures. That’s why we’ve watched closely as military and police departments around the world Read more
Statement on the Recent Attacks on Black Lives Matter’s Website from Black Lives Matter, eQualit.ie, Design Action Collective and MayFirst/People Link The official Black Lives Matter website http://blacklivesmatter.com -has experienced a massive denial of service attack starting this past weekend and continuing at this time. The site remains functional due largely to the protections provided Read more
As much of the nation is mired in turmoil, we are transitioning in action. Here at the Center for Media Justice, we are excited to announce several changes at the organization that will make our work more effective, grounded, and impactful in the years to come. First, we’re amplifying racial justice leadership to eliminate the Read more
Reposted with permission from the Whitman Institute The idea of restorative philanthropy was provoked for me at ivoh’s Restorative Narrative Colloquium last weekend. Restorative Narrative is an approach to storytelling (e.g. journalistic, documentary, etc.) that walks with a place or community over time, usually after a tragedy, to show how rebuilding and restoration are emerging. Read more
This article was originally published on Truth Out, it has been reposted with their permission. During the month of April, at least 100 of those incarcerated at Stateville Correctional Center, about an hour outside of Chicago, Illinois, participated in a boycott of the overpriced phone calls, commissary goods and vending machines. “Mass incarceration is a Read more
I am writing today to remind you that, despite the horrific murders of at least 50 people, with 53 injured, during a deadly mass shooting at a popular local queer club in Orlando, Florida – our love is unlimited. It was Latin Night, and many of the dead are queer Latinos, Blacks, and other people of Read more
Here are 13 reasons to join MAG-Net’s Membership Assembly, June 16th in Detroit Meet awesome people doing great work Celebrate our collective victories this year (there were lots!) Deepen our collective knowledge of #MediaJustice Highlander Research & Education Center is the (dope) leader of our convening Stay for the Allied Media Conference and connect with Read more
This article was originally published by BoingBoing and is republished in its entirety. Zero rating” is a widely practiced business among mobile carriers: they solicit bribes from Internet companies in return for their services being exempted from the carriers’ data-caps — products from companies that pay the bribes can be used for free, while a billing Read more
For weeks leading up to my fourth birthday I listened to Radio Cultural Campesina with anticipation. My mom had promised me a shout out, and no present could get me more amped than that. Mexican community radio in the 90s was about power to the people. It was resistance wrapped up in laughter, corridos, and Read more
On February 24, the Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net) and Champaign Urbana Citizens for Peace and Justice hosted the Media Justice Salon, In #Formation: Black Media, Black Culture, Black Lives. The depiction of race by mainstream newspapers, radio and TV have fueled racial bias in the United States, yet media has also been a tool Read more