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Calendar
of Events for NAB Week
September
15 through September 24
Friday, September 15, 2000
A Paper Tiger TV exhibit of the Independent Media Center movement runs through late September at the UC Berkeley Art museum. They will be showing videos on September 15 at the Pacifica Film archive. For more information check the news section of the main IMC web site - www.indymedia.org. This is an excellent outreach opportunity.
Sunday, September 17, 2000
Make Art and Puppets!
UC Art Museum, 2625 Durant St., Berkeley
Redstone Building 16th and Capp S.F.
11 AM 3 PM
Join us for a Sunday of unrest in preparation for NAB actions; make
props, learn radical cheers, bring a shirt to silkscreen.
Whose Media ? Our Media !
Unitarian Fellowship in Berkeley (1924 Cedar at Bonita)
7:30 PM
Creating global grassroots media. This is a forum and discussion
on independent media with speakers who include, Dennis
Bernstein, of KPFA, Andrea Buffa of Media Alliance;Stephen
Dunifer of Free Radio Berkeley; DeeDee Halleck of Paper Tiger
TV and Kiilu Nyasha. It will be held at the Unitarian
Fellowship in Berkeley. Some short videos will be
shown and time will be set aside for folks to discuss plans and
organize for the NAB convention. Sponsored by Flashpoints
Radioand IndyBay Media.
Wednesday, September 20, 2000
Join the California National Organization for Women in an action
to raise awareness of the impact the media has on women and
girls! We will be holding a press conference and protest outside
the National Association of Radio Broadcasters Convention,
combining NOW’s “Love Your Body Day” & “Watch Out Listen
Up” campaigns!
12 noon to 1PM
Moscone Center, 700 Howard Street (corner of 4th)
San Francisco, CA
Thursday, September 21, 2000
Press Conference and Speak Out
Colin Powell (father of FCC Commissioner Michael Powell) makes
the keynote address to the convention.
8:30 a.m. The Moscone Center, 747 Howard Street (at Third),
San Francisco
MicropowerBroadcasting Workshops
FRB shop facility
2547 8th St,. #24, Berkeley (at Parker St., enter at Bay #3)
10 AM to 12 Noon - Fundamentals of Micropower Broadcasting
1 PM to 4 PM - How to build FM transmitters
4 PM to 6 PM - Micropower antenna basics and construction
A Micropower Celebration Party
Unitarian Fellowship in Berkeley (1924 Cedar St., at Bonita)
7:30 PM
Speakers, music and the “Free Radio” video will be featured.
NAB Union Busting, Censorship and Labor
214 12th (@Howard)
National Association of Letter Carriers Local 214
7:30 PM
Presented by the Labor Action Committee to Protest the NAB.
Panel discussion speakers include Norman Solomon, nationally
syndicated media critic; Dick Meister, labor journalist; Annie Long,
president of SF AFTRA-SAG; Richard Edmondson of SF Liberation Radio; Bill Fiore, Representative IFPTE Local 21 & Producer of Bay Area Union News
Donation Requested. For more information call : Labor Video Project
@ 415-282-1908, or e-mail lvpsf@labornet.org
AK Press presents....
Norman Solomon
22 Shotwell (at 14th Street), San Francisco
7 PM.
Reception at 8 P.M. Meet your fellow media activists, booze, shmooze,
and share information about upcoming events.
Call 415-864-0892 for more information.
"This is What Democracy Looks Like"
Roxie Theater - 12:00 midnight
16th at Valencia St., SF
documentary on Seattle WTO protest
Friday, September 22, 2000
Web and Internet Media Workshops
New College, 777 Valencia St, San Francisco
10 AM -12 Noon - Basics of web & streaming media - audio
1 PM - 3 PM - Basics of web and streaming media - video
3 PM - 6 PM - Digital Audio & Video editing basics
Radio: For the NAB or for the Public Interest?
Golden Gate University Auditorium, 536 Mission Street, 2nd Floor,
San Francisco
7 PM
$5 donation requested
An educational event about the effect of NAB-supported legislation
on media consolidation in the radio industry and the diversity
of media ownership and programming. Speakers will include
Quincy McCoy, formerly of the Gavin Report and author of No
Static, about the decimation of Black-owned radio stations
and community programming; Nicole Sawaya of Pacific News Service,
formerly the outspoken general manager of KPFA radio who was
fired by the Pacifica Foundation; Ofelia Cuevas of People
for a Better TV; and Richard Edmondson, founder of San Francisco
Liberation Radio. The panel will be moderated by Independent
Press Association Executive Director John Anner.
Punk Rock for Free Speech
Kimo’s, 1351 Polk Street, San Francisco
10 PM - $5
Shotwell and Murder Takes No Holiday will perform live, videos by
Whispered Media.
Jeff Perlstein from the Seattle IMC will speak.
Benefit for the SF Independent Media Center!
Sponsored by Alternative Tentacles.
Saturday, September 23, 2000
Micropower Broadcasting War Council Meeting
New College, 777 Valencia St, San Francisco
10 AM to 4 PM
Rally and March
4 P.M.
Pre-rally music jam & info, 2 PM
U.N. Plaza, Market Street between 7th and 8th, San Francisco.
Rally at United Nations Plaza with speakers, music, and performances.
Readings by Michelle Tea and others.
March to Union Square at 5:30 P.M. Creative props and art welcome!
Independent Musicians Concert
6:30 PM
Union Square at Geary and O¹Farrell
Spoken word by Jello Biafra, concert by independent musicians, just
a block away from the hotel where the NAB will present their
Radio Awards. Past Marconi Award winners include: Dr. Laura,
Howard Stern, Rush Limbaugh.
Sunday, September 24, 2000
Independent Media Summit
New College, 777 Valencia Street, San Francisco
10 AM to 4 PM.
The first Independent Media Center (IMC) was created last year to
cover the WTO protest actions in Seattle. Since then over
twenty IMC’s have been created, a remarkable achievement in
a very short span of time. This summit will be an opportunity
for those involved in the independent media movement to assess
where we’ve been, where we are now and where we’re going next.
By evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of this movement
we can effectively plan and strategize for future action.
An Independent Media Center (IMC) will be set up at Media Alliance
to cover the NAB events. If you can help out with this
in any way please get in touch with us. Using the past IMC
models we will have individual teams responsible for print,
video, audio, web-casting, server upkeep, etc. 415-546-6334,
extension 315..
Affinity groups are encouraged to plan independent actions throughout the duration of the NAB Conference. Possible targets could include the NAB/FCC Breakfast on Friday morning and the NAB/Congressional Breakfast on Saturday morning. And of course, the exhibit floor itself.
If you can help organize for this event, Media Alliance is having
regular meetings every Wednesday at 6:30 pm
Media Alliance
For further information, see:
mediademocracynow.org
SF Liberation Radio
Free Radio Berkeley
Radio4all
National Association of Broadcasters
* Micropower Broadcasting Counter-Convention *
September 20 - September 23Bringing maximum static to the National Association of Broadcasters Convention
To coincide with the National Association of Broadcasters Radio Convention, the Micropower Action Coalition will be sponsoring the following workshops and events.
Registration and check-in for the Micropower Convention
will be on Wednesday, September 20 and Thursday, September 21.
Location is the Free Radio Berkeley facility, 2547 8th Street, Unit
24, Berkeley. The facility will be open 11 AM to 10 PM on Wednesday
and 9 AM to 7 PM on Thursday. For people needing housing, a housing
board will be set up.
Information phone number is 510-549-0732
On Thursday, September 21, a Micropower celebration party will be held at the Unitarian Fellowship, 1924 Cedar at Bonita in Berkeley starting at 7:30 PM. Speakers, music and the "Free Radio" video will be featured.
Micropower Broadcasting Workshops, 9/21 & 9/22:
Thursday, September 21:
Hands-on micropower broadcasting workshops at the FRB
shop facility in West Berkeley. If you want to learn how to
build FM transmitters, this will be your opportunity
-10 AM to 12 Noon - Fundamentals of Micropower Broadcasting
-1 PM to 4 PM - How to build FM transmitters
-4 PM to 6 PM - Micropower antenna basics and construction
Friday, September 22:
Several web and internet media workshops will take place
at New College in San Francisco.
-10 AM to 12 Noon - Basics of web and streaming media - audio
-1 PM to 3 PM - Basics of web and streaming media - video
-3 PM to 6 PM - Digital Audio & Video editing basics
On Saturday, September 23 a Micropower Broadcasting War Council will take place from 10 AM to 4 PM. at New College, 777 Valencia Street (between 18th and 19th) in San Francisco
For further updates on additional workshops and events:
www.mediademocracynow.org
- www.freeradio.org
510-549-0732
FRB (Free Radio Berkeley)'s facility is located at
2547 8th Street, Unit 24 (enter at bay #3), between Parker and Dwight,
in Berkeley.
New College is at
777 Valencia St (between 18th and 19th ) in the Mission District
of SF.
Filmmakers Richard Rowley and Jacqueline Soohen of Big Noise Films will be on hand for a discussion following the screenings. The documentary will be screening at the Victoria Theatre through March 7th.
We are having monthly new colunteer meetings (2nd meeting of the month). Orientations as well as editorial and general meetings are at the IMC Space. The IMC space is located at the Redstone Building, 2940 16th Street, Suite 216 (between Mission & S. Van Ness), about 100 yards from the 16th St BART stop.
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