Dear Friends,
Hello and welcome to the Australian Centre for Democracy and Justice's
10th eBulletin
This is our first eBulletin of 2007 – a year that is shaping up to be a
big one for Australia and the Australian Centre for Democracy and
Justice.
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www.democracyandjustice.org.
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Contents:
- First forum for 2007: Community Media 101
- ACDJ endorse “Nuclear Fools Day” events
- ACDJ endorse the Melbourne Social Forum
- Membership
- T Shirts Now on sale!
- Other organisation's events
1. Forum: Community Media 101
The Australian Center for Justice and Democracy launches 2007 by
presenting a series of three public forums to look at the issue of
community media in greater depth.
Globally, media industries are conglomerating and rationalising
operations for economic efficiency much to the detriment of the
consumer and citizen, creating an oligopoly and reducing the number of
voices hers. But the fight is not over. All over the world, community
media is experiencing resurgence. Driven by Information and
Communication Technologies that ease difficulty of use and cost are
making it easier to make media. The question is “can it last?”
When: 6:30 for 7pm start Tuesday 20 March
Where: Our new venue! - Stork Hotel [504 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne]
Cost: $5 (free for ACDJ members)
Speakers:
- Ellie Rennie is a Research Fellow in the ARC Centre of Excellence
for Creative Industries and Innovation (www.cci.edu.au). She is author
of Community Media: A Global Introduction (Rowman & Littlefield,
2006). Ellie has also worked with the Community Broadcasting
Association of Australia as a policy consultant in the area of digital
television, assisting CTV stations to move beyond the ‘trial’ phase and
into a permanent licensing framework. Her current research involves
Australia’s emerging youth community radio sector and the social,
educational and economic benefits of media participation. Ellie Rennie
is involved in a number of community and academic associations,
including the Community Communication section of the International
Association of Media and Communication Research, Open Spectrum
Australia, OURMedia/Nuestros Medios and the Wesley College Institute
for Innovation in Education. She is based at Swinburne University of
Technology’s Institute for Social Research in Melbourne.
- Moderated by Terry Johal, ACDJ director and lecturer in the
communications faculty at RMIT
This is the first in a series of three forums on Community Media that
ACDJ will be running.
The second forum will be looking at the current state of community
media in Australia, the challenges it faces and the place it needs to
have in the mediascape.
The 3rd forum looks at the “future” of community media and its
relevance if any but also looking at the offer that social networking
and globalisation bring.
More details to follow.
2. ACDJ Endorse “Nuclear Fools Day” events
The Australian Centre for Democracy and Justice in proud to announce
that it has joined with over 50 other organisations in endorsing the
Palm Sunday Alliance's Nuclear Fools Day activities.
The list of demands are:
- Stop nuclear power in Australia: Renewables not reactors!
- Stop uranium mining: Leave it in the ground!
- Stop nuclear weapons: Put down that US nuclear umbrella!
- Stop nuclear waste: No waste dump in Australia!
The issue of Nuclear power is at a pivotal point with at least 20 years
of amazing advocacy work in Australia now in jepardy. The event will be
held matter of weeks before the pivotal Australian Labor Party (ALP)
national conference on April 29 at which the ALP position on the
uranium industry in Australia.
It is also bound to be a federal election issue later in the year.
3. ACDJ Endorse the Melbourne Social Forum
The Australian Centre for Democracy and Justice have endorsed the 2007
Melbourne Social Forum (www.melbournesocialforum.org) which will be
held at CERES Environment Park on April 21 and 22.
We are encouraging everyone in Melbourne to get down and participate
this fantastic event.
Keep an eye out for our workshop on Lobbyocracy: the hypocrisy of
democracy.
4. Membership - SPECIAL OFFER
Thanks to our friends at Ocean Press and Husta La Victoria St Bookshop
we have 20 copies of The Emerging Police State by William Kunstler to
give to the next 20 people that join up as members of the Australian
Centre for Democracy and Justice. This book, valued at $23 is available
to memberships which start from as low as $20 a year.
Our Membership scheme is three tiered, with students/concessions being
$20, full price/waged $40, solidarity/household/organisation $100.
OurCommunity.com.au kindly processes our memberships and you can sign
up at their site:
http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/membership/membership_details.form?membershipId=715
Alternatively you can print out a membership form at:
http://www.democracyandjustice.org/images/Membership%20form.pdf and
send it back to us.
Donations can also be made through the OurCommunity.com.au site at:
http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/acdj.
5. Australian Centre for Democracy and Justice T-Shirts now on Sale!
Sick of being a walking billboard for a nasty multinational
corporation? Sick of wearing clothing made in conditions that
constitute human rights abuses? Stuck for ideas for Christmas presents
and don't want to give all your hard earned dollars to corporate bully
boys that hardly need more money? Concerned about how attractive you
are?
We've just the thing for you. Stylish, no-sweat, Australian Centre for
Democracy and Justice T-Shirts. For a meager $25 (inc Postage and
Handling) you can be the hippest person on the block and all money made
goes straight to your favorite non-profit: The Australian Centre for
Democracy and Justice.
Order forms are available at:
http://www.democracyandjustice.org/images/tshirts.pdf or just send us
an email and we'll fix you up.
6. Other events and ideas
If you have any ideas for things that you would like to see the
Australian Centre for Democracy and Justice do or forums you'd like to
see us run then please don't hesitate to contact us. We're always
looking for new ideas and new people to get involved in our work.
If you’d like your event included in this list please email us at
centre@democracyandjustice.org with “eBulletin” in the subject.
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