[IMC-Editorial] Race, ethnicity & IMC's: call for work in Boston

[John Grebe]

Call for submissions of video or workshop proposal, deadline July 1st, 2004:

The Boston Social Forum's Media Track is seeking a very specific presentation 
from the Independent Media Center movement worldwide.

Race, ethnicity, and the Independent Media Centers

(please circulate to other IMC member lists)

What are the racial mixes of IMC's around the world?
Has the predominance of whites and males in IMC's in the U.S. changed in the 
five years since the first IMC in Seattle 1999?
What racial balance of contributors fills the many and varied IndyMedia 
newswires? Why?
Do IndyMedia audiences' races reflect the contributors?
How has the IndyMedia movement engaged with the independent or alternative 
press and broadcast media in communities of color (also known as the ethnic 
press)? 
Have IMC's ever organized solidarity with separate media of color in support of 
their own struggles to remain independent?
What are examples of this?
How are IMC's educating our members and organizers to overcome the inherent 
racism in our (especially U.S. historically) societies?

Please email immediately if you can present a workshop or video on this 
specific topic in Boston during July 23-25 at the http://BostonSocialForum.org

For workshops:  include workshop title, your name, phone, address, organization 
name, and your 100 - 150 word workshop or panel description.

For videos:  include video title, your name, phone, address, organization name, 
and your 50 - 100 word description of the video, and its running time.

Email ASAP to:  indymedia at comcast.net before July 1st, 2004.

In addition to email, mail video submissions to:
Boston I.M.C.
Race & ethnicity project, John Grebe
P.O. Box 441414
Somerville, MA 02144

One workshop and/or one video will be chosen for inclusion in or around the 
Boston Social Forum (July 23-25) or the Democratic National Convention (July 26-
29) in Boston.

Kind regards
John
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John Grebe
Media Track Coordinator http://BostonSocialForum.org July 23-25 Register Now!
Radio Coordinator, Boston Independent Media Center
Producer, WZBC news, Saturday 11 am - 1 pm / Democracy Now! weekdays 12-1 pm
on 90.3 FM Boston, worldwide streams http://zbconline.com
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