[IMC] Grassroots Radio Conference opens Thursday night with a free event
Danielle Chynoweth
chyn at ojctech.com
Tue Jul 24 21:02:26 UTC 2012
*
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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