BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18665492 SEQUENCE:18740665 CREATED:20101203T023300Z DESCRIPTION:Using Labor Media Technology Tools To Help Win Our Struggles\n\nThis three day conference is designed to teach locals and labor activists about media methods and options.\n\nSATURDAY, December 11\n9:00 - 9:30 AM\nRegistration - (McLaren 252) (Morning refreshments - Coffee, tea with bagels, sweets)\n\n9:30 AM\nOpening & Welcoming - (McLaren 252)\nBy:Committee Members &\nDorothy Kidd - USF Departmet of Media Studies\n\n9:40 - 10:50 AM\nPlenum\nSocial Media, Blogging, Communication Tools And Labor - (McLaren 252)\nHundreds of millions of people in the US and throughout the world are using social media and the Internet to organize and communicate. We will look how new communication networks are being organized and how labor is using these tools to get their stories out and build solidarity.\n\nSteve Dondley - Prometheus Labor Communications\nAlice Sunshine - California Faculty Association, Communications Director invited\n\nPedro Joel Espinosa - Mobile Voices Project MIDEPSCA\nJohn Dalessandro - Writers Guild of America, West, Writer and Organizer on 2007-2008 strike\nCharles Lenchner - Organizing 2.0\n\n11:00 - 12:30 PM\nWorkshop I\n(1) Using Media In The Battle Against Korea-US “Free Trade” Agreement (Room- )\n\nThe effort to defeat to educate labor and public against these “Free Trade” agreements has had some success with the recent failure of the effort to get a Korea-US Free Trade Agreement. This workshop will look at how media was used to fight this agreement.\n\nWes Brain - Brain Labor Report/Chair, Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice\nJim Lockhart - Campaign Against Korea FTA\n\n(2) Using Cell Phones For Communication and Organizing (Room- )\n\nCell phones are becoming the main tool for communication for the mass of working people. These phones are now computers that take video and can be tools for broadcasting. This workshop will look at how we can use them in our struggle.\n\nPedro Joel Espinosa - Cell Phone Organizing/Mobile Voices-Voces Moviles\nNick Yale - member of Association of California State Supervisors (ACSS)\nCalifornia State Employee Association.\n\n(3) Building Interactive Websites (Room- )\n\nHaving a website is a basic requirement to organize our information and make having a portal that is both user friendly and interactive to build our networks will be focused on at this panel.\n\nSteve Dondley - Prometheus Labor Communications\nMiguel A. Cavallin - Retired CWA9412/Web Master/Media Site Developer\n\n(4) Protecting Libraries, Privacy and Information Technology (Room- )\n\nThe protection of libraries against the privatization of information and the use of information technology for and against labor will be looked at in this panel.\n\nJames Jacobs - Stanford Library/International Documents/Radical Reference\nDoug Ohmans - LaborNet Webmaster, Former OCAW Librarian\n\n12:40 - 2:15 PM\nLunch Plenum (McLaren 252)\n\nDefending The Internet, Democracy and Communication Tools\nThe power of the Internet is with us every minute of the day. The effort to protect democratic rights including the fight against monopolization for profit of the internet is a vital issue and this panel will look at the relationship of democracy to the new communication tools and networks.\n\nTodd Davies - Lecturer Stanford\nDorothy Kidd - Professor USF Media Department\nChris Witteman - Media Lawyer, Public Media\nBruce Wolf - www.freemuni.org\n2:30 - 4:00 PM\n\nWorkshops II\n(1) Lessons And Practices Using Labor Video/Radio (Room- )\n\nHow is radio and video being used to expand labor media and information. This workshop will examine the work of laborradio.org, community access TV shows and community radio in getting our stories out. It will also discuss how to use flip phones.\n\nFrank Emspak - Workers Independent News WIN\nStewart M. Ransom - ATU International\nSabrina Jacobs - KPFA\nKen Hamidi - Shout TV\n\n(2) Streaming your rallies, conferences and TV shows (Room- )\n\nStreaming your rallies, conferences and TV shows for the first time in history it is possible to stream our rallies, educational meetings and other events live and/or taped on the Internet. This will be a workshop on how to do this and work to build many labor channels.\n\nJohn Parulis - Streaming video specialist, LaborTech Webmaster, Brightpathvideo.com\nToya Isabella Fernandez - Linefeed\n\n(3) Culture, Media, Technology And Labor (Room- )\n\nArt and labor are a must from rap to animation and even games on the Internet we will look at how artists can use the internet to get the word out. \nIt will also look at the ReelWorks international labor film festival as well as the Turkish labor film festival.\n\nColette Washington - CNA Communications\nFunda Basaran - LaborFest Turkey, University Of Ankara\nJim Kelly - San Jose City College Labor Studies Coordinator/ReelWorks\nMike Daly - Ironworkers Local 377\n\n(4) Free Open Ware Software and Content Management Systems (Room- )\n\nWhat is open software and why should labor use this in their content management systems. This workshop will also look at droople and other platforms.\n\nSteve Dondley - Prometheus Labor Productions\n\n5:00 - 6:30 PM\nDinner (Student cafeteria is open until 7:30 PM)\n7:00 - 9:30 PM\nMusic & Cultural Event ($10 for non-LaborTech registrants) (McLaren 252)\n\nMusic by: Colette Washington - CNA/NOC Communications Director\n& Jack Chernos - AFM 6\n\nKey Note Speaker:\nKevin Bracken - the Secretary Of the Maritime Union Of Australia MUA Victoria Branch and President of the Victoria Trades Council Hall which represents 400, 000 workers (speaking in personal capacity)\n\nToya Isabella Fernandez - Brazil and Media\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/12/02/18665492.php SUMMARY:LaborTech 2010 LOCATION:Univ of San Francisco\n2130 Fulton St (at Cole)\nSan Francisco, CA\n\n#5 Bus runs down Fulton\n#21 & #43 are a few blocks away URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/12/02/18665492.php DTSTART:20101211T170000Z DTEND:20101212T050000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR