[New-imc] Online form: Proposed new IMC! (Tennessee Independent Media Center)

[christopher_lugo at yahoo.com]

Submitted by: Chris Lugo <christopher_lugo at yahoo.com> on Saturday, March 1st, 2003 @ 3:31:06 pm (-0800)

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imc_name:
Tennessee Independent Media Center

city:
Nashville

state:
Tennessee

country:
United States

contact_name:
Chris Lugo

contact_email:
christopher_lugo at yahoo.com

contact_phone:
615-262-3366

tech_name:
Ryan Smith

tech_email:
ryan at monsterlabs.com

tech_phone:
615-293-0603

supporting_groups:
Radio Free Nashville
Nashville Peace and Justice Center
Nashville Food Not Bombs!
La Noticia
Middle Tennessee Green Party
Nashville Peace Coalition
Tennessee Alliance for Progress
Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing
Veterans for Peace
Katuah Earth First!
The Fifth Estate!




regional_focus:
yes

critical_dates:
Feb 1st First \"Official\" Meeting

resources:
We have been doing IMC work for over three years now, contributing to Atlanta IMC, DC IMC and NY IMC.  We have been organizing a core group of journalists, activists, tech people, video, radio and print people with a diverse range of experience. We have three people with sysadmin/webmaster experience.  We also have people with programming skills, video editing skills, print journalism and radio skills at all levels. We have access to a wide variety of tools for media production and server application.  We have tools ranging from computers to dvcams to audio and video editing equipment.  We have an office space available for equipment location, high speed internet and production work etc.

outreach:
Before we had our first official meeting we spent over a year carrying on dialogues with a broad array of organizations in the community including 

Fisk University WFSK Radio (Historically Black College) 
La Noticia (Community Organized Spanish Language Paper) 
Nashville Community Access Television
HellBender Press (Chattanooga Environmental Press)
Radio Free Nashville
Nashville Peace and Justice Center
Nashville Food Not Bombs
Middle Tennessee Green Party
Nashville Peace Coalition
Tennessee Alliance for Progress
Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing
Veterans for Peace
Nashville Fair Trade Committee
Nashville Living Wage Committee
Memphis Digital Arts Media Cooperative
First Amendment Radio (Knoxville)
Katuah Earth First
The Fifth Estate! (Oldest Anarchist Zine in US)

These groups represent a broad range of social justice, environmental, racially diverse organizations in Tennessee.  These are organizations we have had contact with and have or will participate in the Tennessee IMC.


introductory_statement:
Believing that the flow of free information cannot function if only the wealthy have access to the media, the Tennessee Independent Media Center intends to be a community forum for the voices and viewpoints generally ignored or misrepresented by the corporate media.  We also want to facilite organizing through the coverage of events and activities going on locally.  We also intend to spark open debates and inform people in a thorough fashion. By encouraging everyone to participate, we hope to give and receive a full picture of the issues and how they are interelated.