{"article":{"id":4061,"heading":"LA Media Forum 2000","author":"David Adelson","created":"2000-10-15 16:54:03","modified":"2000-10-15 18:00:00","last_modified":"Mon, 16 Oct 2000 01:00:00","article":"<font size=\"-2\">BRING YOUR VOICE TO<\/font><br> <br>  <br> <b><font size=\"+2\">LA Media Forum 2000<\/font><\/b><br> <br>  <br> Rating, Berating and Recreating the Media Landscape of Los Angeles <br>  <br> <p> <br><br> <b>Sat. Oct. 14, 2000   1:00 - 7:30 PM<\/b><br> <br>  <br> Patriotic Hall, 1816 Figueroa St., Los Angeles <br>  <br> <\/p><p> <br><br> * Includes 1st LA Screening of \"This is What Democracy Looks Like\" by Big <br>  <br> Noise Films and the Independent Media Center (Seattle) - 6:00 pm <br>  <br> <\/p><p> <br><br> <b>Plenary Panel -- 2:30 pm<\/b><br> <br>  <br> Norman Solomon<br> <br>  <br> (syndicated columnist &amp; founder, Institute for Public Accuracy)<\/p><p> <br><br> Roberto Rodriguez<br> <br>  <br> (syndicated columnist, \"Column of the Americas\")<\/p><p> <br><br> Lila Garrett<br> <br>  <br> (chair, Americans for Democratic Action)<\/p><p> <br><br> Eric Mann<br> <br>  <br> (founder, Labor Community Strategy Center)<\/p><p> <br><br> Michael Zinzun<br> <br>  <br> (Coalition Against Police Abuse)<\/p><p> <br><br> <b>Special Guest Appearance: Billionaires for More Media Mergers<\/b> <br>  <br> <\/p><p> <br><br> <b>Discussion Groups (concurrent) -- 1:00 pm<\/b><br> <br>  <br> Liberation Struggles and Solidarity Movements: <br> <br>  <br><br> Breaking Through<\/p><p> <br>  <br> Police and the Prison Industrial Complex:  <br> <br>  <br><br> Media Pandering<\/p><p> <br>  <br> Labor: Getting our Message Through<\/p><p> <br>  <br> Alternative Media in Los Angeles: Then and Now <br>  <br>    with guests Paul Krassner, Art Kunkin, and Will Lewis <br>  <br> <\/p><p> <br><br> <b>Workshops (concurrent) -- 4:30 pm<\/b><br> <br>  <br> Choose Your (Media) Weapons: <br> <br>  <br>    Tools for creating and distributing media<\/p><p> <br>  <br> Changing the Media:<br> <br>  <br>    Community ratings, organizing, legal action<\/p><p> <br>  <br> Radical Movements, Radical Media Strategies  <br>  <br>    with the Labor Community Strategy Center<\/p><p> <br>  <br> <\/p><p> <br><br> $3 suggested donation - no one turned away <br>  <br> <\/p><p> <br><br> Sponsored by the KPFK Local Advisory Board in conjunction with <br>  <br> the LA Independent Media Center. <br>  <br> <\/p><p> <br><br> For more information, or to schedule a presentation of material, contact <br>  <br> us: <a href=\"mailto:lamediaforum2000@hotmail.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">lamediaforum2000@hotmail.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stationadvisoryboards.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.stationadvisoryboards.org<\/a>, <br>  <br> LA Media Forum 2000, P.O. Box 67324, Los Angeles, CA 90067-0324, (323) <br>  <br> 993-7229 <br>  <br> <\/p><p><\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.stationadvisoryboards.org","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"A recap of the DNC, and a forum to \r\nmeet with other media activists.  October 14th 1-7,\r\nat Patriotic Hall.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2000\/10\/4061.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}