Media Reform week in KC

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Leaders of the Media Reform movement have long

said...whatever your main cause is, media reform

needs to be your number two cause. Our media have

failed us. Ownership by six major conglomerates

has resulted in sound-bite journalism, corporate,

error-ridden propaganda, all of which not only fail

to inform us but also insult our intelligence.

We are ready to take back our media. It is time

to turn our disgust to action. Media Reform Week is

here to give you ideas, hope and friends to join with

on the journey to taking back our own media.



Friday | 7:00 pm | Central Kansas City Library, Helzberg Room

14 West 10th, Kansas City, MO 64105 •
RSVP at www.kclibrary.org/event/our-media-not-theirs

John Nichols: Our Media, Not Theirs

Speaker: JOHN NICHOLS co-founder of Free Press, author and columnist for The Nation Magazine

Sponsored by: Friends of Community Media

Sunday | 2:00-3:30 pm | Plaza Library, Cohen Center (lower level)

4801 Main, Kansas City, MO 64112

Media, Money and the Future of Democracy in America

Speakers: Michael Sanders, Jackson County Executive

Mary O’Halloran, Political activist and Media Consultant

David Guth, Associate Dean, KU School of Journalism

Moderator: Mary Lindsay

Sponsored by: Kansas City Area Chapter of ReclaimDemocracy.org and MAINstream Coalition

Monday | 7:00 pm | Tony Aguirre Community Center

2050 West Pennway St., Kansas City, MO 64108

Speaking for Ourselves: Women, Minorities and the Media

The playing
fi eld is not level. Lack of ownership, stereotyping, and access to the commercial networks will be discussed.

Panelists: Victoria Dixon, Media Consultant • Joe Arce, KC Hispanic News • Eric Wesson, The CALL

• C. J. Janovy, The PITCH • Sylvia Maria Gross, KC Currents and KCUR FM Radio

Moderator: Pat Bartholome

Sponsored by: Friends of Community Media

Wednesday | 7:00 pm | UMKC Haag Hall, Room 312

Haag Hall is on the NW corner of 52nd and Rockhill Blvd. Parking garage is one block west of 52nd & Rockhill.

Independent Media in Time of War; a
fi lm starring Amy Goodman

Panelists: Matthew Scho
fi eld, KC STAR • Peter Morello, UMKC Communication Studies

• Mike Murphy, KC Iraq Task Force Media Watch Coordinator

Sponsored by: KC Iraq Task Force and AFSC

Thursday | 7:00 pm | Rockhurst Community Center

5401 Troost, Kansas City, MO 64110

Framing Chavez: How Media Bias Turns the Venezuelan Revolution

into Character Assassination

Presented by: Judy Ancel, Heartland Labor Forum • Alice Kitchen, Media Reform

Saturday Morning| 9:00-11:00 am | UMKC Haag Hall, Rooms 312 & 313

Haag Hall is on the NW corner of 52nd and Rockhill Blvd. Parking garage is one block west of 52nd & Rockhill.

Media Literacy Workshops

Speakers: Children’s Interactive Workshop
, Room 313 Anne Pritchett, Educator

Adult’s Interactive Workshop
, Room 312 Carol Koehler, UMKC Communication Studies

Saturday Evening | 6:30 pm | Screenland Theatre at the Crossroads

1656 Washington, Kansas City, MO 64108

Movie Night: NETWORK

Tickets $8. Discussion/Party following the movie with a full service cash bar.

Are you “mad as hell and don’t want to take it anymore?” Then come to the
Screenland Theatre at the Crossroads and see 1976’s
prophetic movie about the media: “
NETWORK” starring Faye Dunaway, William Holden and Peter Finch. Winner of four Academy Awards


Messages via video from:

Video messages from :

Senator Claire McCaskill, U.S. Senator, Missouri
Federal Communications Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein


SPONSORS:
ACLU/KC Metro Chapter • American Friends Service Committee • Common Cause

•
Cross Border Network • Department of Communication Studies, UMKC • Free Press • Friends

of Community Media
• Heartland Labor Forum • Kansas City For Ranked Choice Voting • KC Iraq

Task Force
• 90.1 FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio • MAINstream Coalition • Media Watch

•
Missouri Association of Social Welfare • Peace Works • ReclaimDemocracy.org–Kansas City

Chapter
• Social Workers for Peace and Social Justice • Shalom Catholic Worker House • The
Greens of Kansas City
• The Nation Magazine • www.tellsomebody.us





WEBSITE: WWW.OURFCM.ORG



QUESTIONS: [e-mail]

Victoria Dixon 816-349-2111

Tom Klammer 816-333-3113

Alice Kitchen 816-753-4424

STEERING COMMITTEE:

Pat Bartholome, Tom Crane, Victoria Dixon,

Alice Kitchen, Tom Klammer, Mary Lindsay,

Mike Murphy, John Oxley,
and Kelli Wright.