Black Media Activists Set to Discuss Katrina at MMM - www.ezboard.com
Black Media Activists Set to Discuss Katrina at MMM - www.ezboard.com: "Black Media, Activists Forum to Discuss Katrina and More | October 14, 2005 | 2pm - 6pm | Howard University School of Law (2900 Van Ness Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008 | Free and open to the public.
WASHINGTON: Black writers, activists, radio and television personalities will come together at Howard University School of Law to dialogue on current events and discuss a solution for creating unity between various black media and activists. This event will include an open conversation and two panel discussions. The two hour conversation will include both blacks in the media and various activists responding to negative information produced by mainstream media, the issue of controlling black images and the lessons being learned as a result of the Katrina media coverage. The first one hour panel will include activists and media personalities addressing the following questions: What are we not hearing in the mainstream media about hurricane Katrina?
How can black media and activists work together to insure proper images are projected? How do we coordinate a rapid response to disparaging and insensitive information from mainstream media? The final forum will be a solution-based panel outlining how information and resources of unified, black media and activists can be used to strengthen a positive presence in the media.
Confirmed participants include Joe Madison (Activist / WOL Radio), Askia Muhammad (Journalist), Ron Pinchback (WPFW GM), Denise Rolark- Barnes,Esq. (The Informer), Khalif Khalifah (Publisher), Opio Sokoni (Filmmaker/ KBMS Radio), Nkechi Taifa (HU Law Adjunct Professor), Valencia Mohammed (The Washington Afro), Delani Aamon (Harambee Radio Network), Davey D (Hip Hop Journalist), Jared Ball (FreeMix Radio), Lawrence Guyot (Activist), Chokwe Lumumba (Mississippi Attorney), Soffiyah Elijah (Harvard Law Professor), Dr. Kamau Kambon (Activist), Jeff Smith ((DC School Board), Phile Chionesu (Organizer, Million Woman March), Dr. Omar Reid (Author).
For more information or media coverage of this event, contact Opio Sokoni at (360)241-1414 or email him at osokoni@yahoo.com."
WASHINGTON: Black writers, activists, radio and television personalities will come together at Howard University School of Law to dialogue on current events and discuss a solution for creating unity between various black media and activists. This event will include an open conversation and two panel discussions. The two hour conversation will include both blacks in the media and various activists responding to negative information produced by mainstream media, the issue of controlling black images and the lessons being learned as a result of the Katrina media coverage. The first one hour panel will include activists and media personalities addressing the following questions: What are we not hearing in the mainstream media about hurricane Katrina?
How can black media and activists work together to insure proper images are projected? How do we coordinate a rapid response to disparaging and insensitive information from mainstream media? The final forum will be a solution-based panel outlining how information and resources of unified, black media and activists can be used to strengthen a positive presence in the media.
Confirmed participants include Joe Madison (Activist / WOL Radio), Askia Muhammad (Journalist), Ron Pinchback (WPFW GM), Denise Rolark- Barnes,Esq. (The Informer), Khalif Khalifah (Publisher), Opio Sokoni (Filmmaker/ KBMS Radio), Nkechi Taifa (HU Law Adjunct Professor), Valencia Mohammed (The Washington Afro), Delani Aamon (Harambee Radio Network), Davey D (Hip Hop Journalist), Jared Ball (FreeMix Radio), Lawrence Guyot (Activist), Chokwe Lumumba (Mississippi Attorney), Soffiyah Elijah (Harvard Law Professor), Dr. Kamau Kambon (Activist), Jeff Smith ((DC School Board), Phile Chionesu (Organizer, Million Woman March), Dr. Omar Reid (Author).
For more information or media coverage of this event, contact Opio Sokoni at (360)241-1414 or email him at osokoni@yahoo.com."
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