[Wamvan] Media Democracy Day - this weekend!

[Natalie Hill]

It's that time of year!

Media Democracy Day is coming up this weekend, with events at the downtown
VPL branch tomorrow and Saturday.

You can see the entire program
here<http://mediademocracyday.org/about/mdd-2012-programming/media-democracy-days-2012-official-program-guide/>.
The entire program looks AWESOME.

ALSO! WAM!Van will be tabling at the Media Fair in the promenade of the VPL
from 12-5pm on Saturday. Joining us will be editors of the wicked-awesome
zine, *margins*. Come say hello!

Brief synopsis of MDD events:

Friday, Nov 2, DAY:
Workshops:
Promoting Missing Stories
Making Radio for Social Change - hands-on workshop
Media, Revolutions and Regimes

Friday, Nov. 2, NIGHT:
Keynote address - Dr. Sunera Thobani (gender, race and the media)
Film: Words of Witness
Opening night reception

Saturday, Nov. 3, DAY:
Keynote address - Ricardo Dominguez
Panels:
Keeping the media public
Big data and political marketing
Muzzling the scientists

more panels:
Decolonizing media
Who's watching you? Politics of surveillance
Working the creative and communications industries

Again, go to this link to see more details.

social media info - tweet us, yo!
@wamvancity, #MDDVan, @MediaDemocDay

See you there!

Nat
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