March Conference: DESIGNS ON DEMOCRACY: Communication for Liberation

Register today. Space is limited. Last day to register is March 12, 2004.
DESIGNS ON DEMOCRACY:
Communication for Liberation

Improving the impact of graphic communications, public relations and issue
advertising in the struggle for social justice.
<http://www.designsondemocracy.org>http://www.designsondemocracy.org

March 26-28, 2004
University of California, Berkeley

If you are an activist working in Graphic Design, Communications, Public
Relations, Web and New Media, Issue Advertising, Guerilla Messaging or are
a student or youth activist in these fields then this conference is for
you. Come join in discussions, panels and networking to improve our work.
Some travel scholarships are available on a need basis, registration fee is
sliding scale ($100-$15 depending on income)

Presenters include (very partial list):

Celia Alario, PR For The Planet and Media Alliance
Maria Blanco, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the SF Bay Area
Karl Carter, Change the Game
Fred Glass, California Federation of Teachers and International Labor
Communications Association
Van Jones, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
George Lakoff, The Rockridge Institute
Favianna Rodriguez, Tumi's Design
Makani Themba-Nixon, The Praxis Project
Design for Social Impact, Freerange Graphics, Groundspring, Media Alliance,
The Progressive Printers Network, the smartMeme Project, The Spin Project,
and many more.

Sessions include:
Graphic Designer and Communicator Roundtable Discussions
The Role of Design and Communication in the Election Cycle
Understanding the Strategies of the Right
Hip-Hop Culture in Activist Design
Understanding your Target Audience
Best Practices in Online Campaigning
Content Management Systems
Building a Practical Alliance for the long-term
Youth Targeted Advertising and much more?

Designs on Democracy is sponsored by:
The Design Action Collective
Change the Game
Tumi's Design
The Ruckus Society

Partners in crime: Design for Social Impact, Freerange Graphics, Graphic
Alliance, Graphic Artists Guild of Northern California, Groundspring.org,
Inkworks Press, International Labor Communications Association,
JusticeDesign, Media Alliance, Movement Strategy Center, Radical Designs,
smartMeme Project, SPIN Project and more

Sorry for any cross-posting- but we don't want to miss anyone!
--
Gopal Dayaneni
Strategic Communications and Campaign Planning
Design Action Collective
369 15th Street
Oakland, CA 94612

510 452 1912
510 763 7078 x308 (direct line)
510 847 3592 (mobile)
510 763 7068 (fax)
<http://www.designaction.org>http://www.designaction.org

Designs on Democracy Conference:
Communication for Liberation
Improving the Impact of graphic communications in the service of social
justice organizing.
March 26-28, 2004 at UC Berkeley
REGISTER BY MARCH 12.
http://www.designsondemocracy.org