[IMC] Urbana IMC in MAG-Net's 10/24 Digital Dialogue: Community Broadband as a Path to Thriving Local Economies

[Danielle Chynoweth]

Urbana IMC will be highlighted in this online discussion about community
broadband.  It is open to all involved with the IMC, which is a MAGNet
member. Feel free to RSVP and share. - Danielle



 *You're Invited to the Media Action Grassroots Network
(MAG-Net)<http://www.mag-net.org>
October Digital Dialogue* *Community Broadband as a Path to Thriving Local
Economies and Neighborhood Development
*

RSVP Now!<http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/H8LP8P7IYJTM606>
* *

*Wednesday, October 24th: Digital Dialogue at 10am PST / 1pm EST (for 60
minutes)  *
In the last several years local communities, governments, non-profit
organizations and neighborhood residents from across the U.S. have
successfully launched community broadband initiatives.  54 U.S. cities own
citywide fiber networks and another 79 own citywide cable networks.  These
local initiatives, in rural and urban areas alike, have served as community
scale infrastructures that have helped revitalize local economies. They are
sustainable and allow participation and decision-making on the most local
level.

For community media advocates it's not just about having access to
broadband services, it's also about owning the infrastructure and gaining
access, rights and power to media that provide marginalized community
members with needed broadband access. Recently, city and state legislation
have surfaced that would prevent community owned broadband networks,
panelists will touch on the motives behind these bills and ways to fight
them. This digital dialogue will feature advocates, experts and organizers
who have been working on building community broadband networks, they will
reflect on lessons learned, best practices, case studies and challenges.

 *Featured Speakers:*

   - Chris Mitchell, Institute for Local Self-Reliance<http://www.ilsr.org/>
   - Fabiola Carrion, Progressive States
Network<http://www.progressivestates.org/>
   - Danielle Chynoweth, Urbana-Champaign Independent Media
Center<http://www.ucimc.org/>

Moderated by Betty Yu, Center for Media
Justice<http://centerformediajustice.org/>

Email betty at centerformediajustice.org for more info.

Register for the October 24th Digital Dialogue Now!
http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/H8LP8P7IYJTM606

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