Wed, 02 Jun 2004 Peter Phillips ACME Summit: Declare your Media Independence this Fourth of July weekend! Dear Media Activists, There is an important and affordable conference for media educators and activists coming up this Fourth of July weekend and I'm writing to urge you to join us. These are important times in our media culture. Our foreign policy, our upcoming election, public health and education issues are all shaped, impacted, and influenced by this most powerful force in our democracy. It's essential that educators and activists take time to come together, to brainstorm, and participate in this upcoming ACME Summit, which will help us all take actions that will better our communities, our schools, and our media landscape. One important reason to join us in San Francisco July 1-4 is the stellar line-up of speakers, media producers, and activists who will be presenting. The Summit line-up includes: Sut Jhally of Media Education Foundation, Farai Chideya of Pop and Politics, Peter Phillips of Project Censored, Inja Coates of Media Tank, Malkia Cyril of Youth Media Council, Professor Stan Glantz of UCSF, Lieut. Col. Dave Grossman of the Killology Research Group, Lisa Gray Garcia of Poor Magazine, Josh Silver of the Free Press, Bob McCannon, New Mexico Media Literacy Project Gary Ruskin of Commerical Alert, Makani Themba-Nixon of the Praxis Project, Jeff Perlstein of Media Alliance, Professor Dorothy Kidd of the Univeristy of San Francisco, Dave Walsh of the National Institute of Media & the Family, Sunny Angulo of SF Indybay, Frank Vespe of the TV-Turnoff Network, Pete Tridish of Prometheus Radio Project, Art McGee of Media Justice Network, Seeta Peņa Gangadharan of Center for International Media Action, Michael Parenti, independent lecturer and author Michele Ozumba, GA Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Jerry Mander of the International Forum on Globalization These people and others will inspire us all to think more critically about media, and about how we can use media literacy to educate, engage, and inspire students, teachers, parents, and citizens across the country--- and around the world. At this Summit, you'll also meet teachers, health advocates, youth leaders, independent media-makers and others who are actively working to reform and improve our media. In addition to exciting presenters, there will be panels, teach-ins, and other hands-on sessions. Register by June 10th and receive a Special Discount and FREE Gifts For everyone on this mailing list ONLY, the Early Bird registration deadline is extended to Thursday, June 10th. Those who register will receive teaching materials, books, and DVDs----a gift package worth more than $350!---in addition to a $50 registration discount. To help make the Summit affordable, ACME has made sure that there are special rates at local hotels (as low as $99 per night) and very affordable dorm rooms at the nearby campus of San Francisco State University. Dorm room rates are only $28 per night, and include breakfast. To receive the special extension of the Early Bird Discount, contact the summit coordinator directly (contact information at bottom) and mention where you heard about the Summit. This Summit is sponsored by the Action Coalition for Media Education (ACME) and co-sponsored by the University of San Francisco and Media Alliance. Visit www.acmecoalition.org for more information. Our media democracy is worth one weekend. Be sure to join us! Sincerely, Peter Phillips PS: If you register by June 10, you will receive: A DVD from the fine Media Education Foundation collection: Beyond Good and Evil: Children, Media and Violent Times Two CDs packed with media education resources, lesson plans, and video clips from the New Mexico Media Literacy Project. FREE books by Robert McChesney, Farai Chideya, Jerry Mander and more. You will receive all these materials---worth over $350---in addition to $50 off the registration fee. For details or to register, go to www.acmecoalition.org. If you have any questions, call the ACME Summit Coordinator, Brenda O'Sullivan, at (415) 546-6334 (or Brenda@acmecoalition.org). 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