[Imc-web] Grassroots Radio Conference opens Thursday night with a free event

[Danielle Chynoweth]

*
Dear friends,

The **Grassroots Radio Conference*
<http://grassrootsradioconference.org>* starts
this wee*k!

Hundreds will converge on Urbana IMC <http://www.ucimc.org/> to share
skills and celebrate the vibrant and democratic medium of local,
community-driven media. Register
now<http://www.grassrootsradioconference.org/registration>
.

*Come Thursday to the opening night* for refreshments and live music and a
short presentation as part of a Media Justice
Mixer<http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/259488> from
6:30 - 8:30pm followed by Corporate FM: The Movie <http://www.fmfilm.com/> at
8:30.  Both are FREE and open to all.

Check out the entire *conference
schedule*<http://grassrootsradioconference.org/schedule_full>
*. *Highlights:

   - Keynote: Friday 8-10pm: *Joe
Torres*<http://grassrootsradioconference.org/content/keynote-joe-torres-history-and-future-community-radio>,
   NY Times best-selling author of *News for All the People: The Epic Story
   of Race and the American
Media*<http://www.versobooks.com/books/949-news-for-all-the-people>
   .
   - Celebration: Saturday 8-10pm: *SPEAK
Cafe*<http://grassrootsradioconference.org/content/plenary-speak-café-presents-hakim-bellamy-aaron-ammons-and-friends>presents
Hakim Bellamy and Aaron Ammons.

Also:

   - Discussion<http://grassrootsradioconference.org/content/public-broadband-part-1-new-models-communities-control-communication-and-ensure-access>and
bus
   tour
   <http://grassrootsradioconference.org/content/public-broadband-part-1-new-models-communities-control-communication-and-ensure-access>of
   *UC2B*, CU's public broadband system.
   - *Youth* track<http://grassrootsradioconference.org/category/tracks/youth-power-media-freedom>(ages
10+)
   - *WRFU* training<http://grassrootsradioconference.org/content/wrfu-studio-training-0>so
you can get on air!
   - Plus sessions on radio
theater<http://grassrootsradioconference.org/content/another-world-audible-radio-theater-listening-lab>,
   community engagement<http://grassrootsradioconference.org/content/community-engagement-whys-and-hows>,
   audio<http://grassrootsradioconference.org/content/working-your-audio-chops-audio-editing-workshop>and
   video <http://grassrootsradioconference.org/content/tv-radio>production,
community
   wireless<http://grassrootsradioconference.org/content/community-wireless-community-radio-part-1-introduction>...
   - ... internet
streaming<http://grassrootsradioconference.org/content/streaming-social-movements-podcasting-and-internet-radio-101>
   , acoustic portraits<http://grassrootsradioconference.org/content/acoustic-portraits-lab>
   , fundraising<http://grassrootsradioconference.org/content/fundraising-new-forms-and-old>,
   prison justice<http://grassrootsradioconference.org/content/bustin’-bustin’-out-key-prison-justice-part-1>,
   open source<http://grassrootsradioconference.org/content/open-source-web-and-database-tools>tools,
and
   more <http://grassrootsradioconference.org/schedule_full>!

You can register for the whole conference
online<http://grassrootsradioconference.org/registration> or
show up and purchase a day pass ($50) or session pass ($15 regular, $7 low
income). Free childcare available.

Questions? Contact the IMC at 344-8820 or 2012grc at gmail.com.

See you there!

- Danielle
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