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SATURDAY, JUNE 30 |
SUNDAY, JULY 1
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Digital Storytelling
Members of People’s Production House (PPH) and Gavin Dahl, News Director of KYRS will facilitate an introductory level workshop in news production and digital storytelling methods at the radio station practice space.
Presenters:
Gavin Dahl, KYRS Spokane/ Common Frequency
11:00am - 12:30pm / Block 2 Room I
(McGregor) not for kids | #AMC2012 #digistory
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Build Your Own Mini Radio Transmitter
Building a radio transmitter is a great way to learn about basic electronics and prepare to occupy the airwaves! In this hands-on workshop, we'll talk about the theory behind radio transmission and start building our own ultra-low-power transmitters. No radio or electronics background is needed! You can return to the media lab later in the conference to continue building your transmitter – expect to spend about two hours after the workshop finishing it.
Presenters:
Maggie Avener, Prometheus Radio Project
9:00am - 10:30am / Block 5 Room B/C (McGregor) not for kids | #AMC2012 #miniradio
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Future of Multimedia Community Centers
5 groundbreaking community multimedia centers talk about their successes & challenges.
Presenters:
- Danielle Chynoweth, Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, Prometheus Radio Project
- Tom Bishop, Media Bridges Cincinnati
- Linda Gellasch, Grand Rapids Community Media Center
- Branda Miller, The Sanctuary for Independent Media
10:00am - 11:30am / Block 9 Room J (McGregor) not for kids | #AMC2012 #multimedia
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Open Society, Open Spectrum
Wireless communication will set us free! Learn about "A Citizen’s Guide to the Airwaves".
Every thirty months the amount of information that can be transmitted over a wireless internet connection has the potential to double. Advances in wireless technology present exciting opportunities to transform and empower our communities. We will provide an overview of spectrum regulation. Panelists from the United States, the MENA region, and Latin America will lead a discussion on advocacy for open spectrum in the context of broader advocacy for transparency, right to information, freedom of expression and association.
Presenters:
- Mallory Knodel, Association for Progressive Communications
- Shawna Finnegan, Association for Progressive Communications
- Grady Johnson, Open Technology Institute
- Danielle Kehl, Open Technology Institute
1:00am - 12:30pm / Block 2 Room 2242 (Keith Center) not for kids | #AMC2012 #none
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Radio as an organizing tool
As the current corporate media infrastructure increasingly shuts out the voices of poor and working people, and the divide between wealth and poverty grows ever wider, many groups across the country are grappling with how to develop and distribute our own media in order to tell the untold stories of struggle and organizing. Come learn about using radio as an organizing tool with Migrant Justice, the Vermont Workers' Center, and the Media Mobilizing Project!
Presenters:
- Milena Velis, Media Mobilizing Project
- Megan Sheehan, Vermont Workers' Center
- Natalia Fajardo, Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante
- Danilo Lopez, Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante
9:00am - 10:30am / Block 5 Hilberry B (Student Center) not for kids | #AMC2012 #orgradio
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You & Me on the Radio
Learn to podcast feminist radio from start to finish
What do you get when you combine radical radio, digital DIY, and queer/feminist sensibilities? You get a some really good podcasts. This is a hands-on podcast production workshop and exploration of queer and feminist radio. We will spend the session creating our own podcast – from start to finish. We will interview, write, speak, record, edit, mix, and distribute. What will we create? Will it be personal? Political? Playful or passionate? Let's find out.
Presenters:
- Cassie Wagler, Romantic Friendship, BBOX Radio
- Sasha Wortzel, Romantic Friendship, BBOX Radio
- Kaitlin Prest, Audio Smut
- Lynn Casper, HOMOGROUND
10:00am - 11:30am / Block 9 Room 154 (Art Ed. Classrooms) not for kids | #AMC2012 #meyouradio
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Raising Voices: Intro to Podcasting
Video killed the Radio Star and we’re going to bring'em back!
Ever heard a radio program or podcast and thought, "I could do that"? Or maybe you have something to say that the world needs to hear. If so, this is the place for you! A fun, informative introduction to podcasting, this session will provide advice on establishing your own podcast/radio station. You will also have the opportunity to evaluate a range of podcasts, as well as record, edit and publish a group one. Laptops are welcome.
Presenters:
Anondra "Kat" Williams, Sipping On Ink, Shades Retreat
4:00pm - 5:30pm / Block 4 Room E (McGregor) for kids! | #AMC2012 #radiostar
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Low Power to the People: How to get LPFM
The recent passage of the Local Community Radio Act was the culmination of a successful ten-year organizing campaign by Prometheus Radio Project and media justice groups to give ordinary people a voice over the airwaves. Later this year nonprofit organizations across the country will have a historic opportunity to apply for thousands of new low power FM radio licenses, including availability for the first time in urban areas!
Presenters:
- Vanessa Maria Graber, Prometheus Radio Project
- Ana Martina Rivas, Prometheus Radio Project
- Kira Shepherd, Color of Change
- Kim Lehmkuhl, Color of Change
11:00am - 12:30pm / Block 6 Hilberry B (Student Center) adults only | #AMC2012 #LPFM2012
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Veteran and GI Resistance
Iraq & Afghanistan Anti-War Vets discuss blackout of coverage & creative methods to spread the word.
This session would be an opportunity to have an interactive discussion of mainstream coverage of veterans, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan facilitated by small group breakouts with a regroup to discuss methods used and suggestions to reframe the national dialogue of these wars and occupy. After, IVAW members will present specific media moments through videos and future messaging w/ newly scaled up social media.
Presenters:
- Matt Howard, IVAW
- Benjamin Phillips, IVAW, Swords to Plowshares, Hella Occupy Oakland Media
- Maggie Martin, IVAW
1:00pm - 2:30pm / Block 10 Hilberry A (Student Center) not for kids | #AMC2012 #ivawstory |
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Youth Radio 101
Learn how to teach and produce youth radio and incorporate audio storytelling into your movement!
Are you a young person with something to say? Curious about audio storytelling? Youth-produced radio stories can be a valuable opportunity to promote intercultural, intergenerational dialogue and empower young people. This workshop will be an introduction to teaching youth radio and incorporating audio storytelling into your youth development programs. Participants can expect to gain a better knowledge of youth radio, how to teach it, and the skills necessary to collect good tape for telling compelling stories. Attendance will be limited to 12 people.
Presenters:
Beth Patel, Philly Youth Radio
Yowei Shaw, Philly Youth Radio
4:00pm - 5:30pm / Block 4 Room J (McGregor) for all ages | #AMC2012 #youthradio
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People of Color Radio Caucus - Get on the Air!
Color of Change, the largest online Black advocacy group in the country, with over 800,000 members nationwide, is expanding our work to support people of color to build community radio stations. How can groups support the expansion of community radio in their communities and help people of color get on the air? How can we build robust social networks and independent media infrastructure that we own and control?
Presenters:
- Kira Shepherd, Color of Change
- Kim Lehmkuhl, Color of Change
12:30pm - 2:00pm / SAT LUNCH BREAK Hilberry B (Student Center) not for kids | #AMC2012 #AMCRadio
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Nation Inside: Networking Radio
Pic up the mic and fight the Prison Industrial Complex.
The movement to address the U.S. criminal justice system is at a critical moment. Across the United State there is a growing trend towards privatizing our nation's prisons, building detention centers for residents, and criminalizing youth. But at the same time we see new energy and resistance to the PIC emerging in our communities. Across the country media and criminal justice reform activists have begun using radio as a tool to organizing both inside and outside our nation's prisons. Join an interactive workshop connected to the Nation Inside network gathering that will include over 25 grassroots criminal justice grassroots organizations.
Presenters:
Nick Szuberla, Thousand Kites
Andalusia Knoll, Families for Freedom
4:00pm - 5:30pm / Block 4 Room M (McGregor) not for kids | #AMC2012 #cjreform
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Making Community Radio
How to nurture participatory Community Radio with no budget.
Let's make community radio and DIY and DIT (Do It Yourself and Do It Together). We will explore a full spectrum of ways to nurture a participatory radio station with very little money.
Presenters:
- Autumn Chacon, Available Media Incorporated
- Ryan Dennison, Available Media Incorporated and Rezkids
- Sabrina Roach, Brown Paper Tickets
- Dharma Dailey, WGXC
- Quinn Gunter, WGXC
- Michelle Srbinovich, WDET
2:00pm - 3:30pm / Block 7 Hilberry C (Student Center) Suitable for kids! | #AMC2012 #How2Radio
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Streaming Social Movements
Using free, open source programs we'll to create a webstream to connect our voices to the world.
Want to start broadcasting, right now? You don't need a radio signal, just a webstream. With just an Internet connection, a few open source programs, and some rubber bands and glue, you can connect your voice and your programs to web listeners (rubber bands and glue are optional). In this bilingual workshop we will learn free, open source tools to create our own webstreams. We will set up a mountpoint, connect an audio interface, and start streaming live.
Presenters:
Lisa Matuska, Radios Populares
Ana Martina, Prometheus Radio Project
2:00pm - 3:30pm / Block 7 Room L (McGregor) not for kids | #AMC2012 #streaming
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Medios Caminantes: Border Crossing Media
Media to fight deportations, anti-immigrant laws & neoliberal projects.
Medios Caminantes- Adelante!
In our bilingual session we will feature audio pieces and show some of the posters that were part of our Know Yr Rights poster series, along with peoples experiences in the network. We will feature a video conference with media collective Koman Ilel,who use livestream, podcasts and small fm stations to promote dignity and autonomy in Southern Meico. We will also feature either a video conference or show videos created by Radio collectives in Venezuela, Ecuador and Chile.
Presenters:
- Ana Martina, Prometheus Radio Project
Koman Ilel, Koman Ilel
- Andalusia Knoll, Families for Freedom/ Medios Caminantes
4:00pm - 5:30pm / Block 8 Room 2242 (Keith Center) not for kids | #AMC2012 #amcmedios |
