CPR to Co-Sponsor Media Forum at Occidental College
How happy are you with your local news? How are the issues you care about being covered?
If you are concerned that our democracy and your community are being underserved by the state of today’s media, then you should join us for this informative half-day summit.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
11:00am to 5:15pm, with reception to follow
Occidental College in Los Angeles, CA
Mosher Auditorium in the Norris Hall of Chemistry
Keynote Speaker
Dominique DiPrima is host of the early morning talk radio show The Front Page on Los Angeles radio station KJLH 102.3-FM. Ms. DiPrima is also producer of the program.
Ms. DiPrima spent three years as a co-host of The Steve Harvey Morning Show on KKBT-FM, and in limited syndication. She served as one of “Harvey’s Angels” interviewing celebrities, and providing fuel for Harvey’s humor. In addition she was the News Director/Anchor for the show. Dominique is a talk radio veteran, with a stint as Host and Producer of her own talk show Street Science with Dominique DiPrima for almost nine years on 100.3-FM The Beat. Street Science with Dominique DiPrima tackled topics of relevance to the Beat’s primarily African American and Latino 18-35 year-old audience. She also served as Community Action Director at the Beat, building the department into an unprecedented large activist arm of the radio station, and working closely with grassroots community organizations. Street Science… earned Dominique an L.A. Weekly “Best of L.A.” award, and a Gracie Award from the American Women in Radio and Television among many others.
Panel Discussions
• How do local media help or hurt our communities?
• How can we participate in media to affect local social change?
Panelists
Brad Friedman, BradBlog.com
Linda Milazzo, Widely published journalist and teacher
Anthony Samad, Syndicated columnist- Black Commentator, LA Progressive
Mario Solis-Marich, The Mario Solis-Marich Show KTLK AM1150
Moderated by Tanya Acker, Political Analyst (CNN, MSNBC, FOX)
Sample Breakout Sessions:
- Citizen journalism/Internet: You Be the News or U B the News
- Using Social Networking to get your message out
- Not being heard? Start your own story
- Breaking the Digital Divide: Internet for Everyone
- Saving LA Public Access
- Indigenous Media
Sign up to attend today so that you can:
• Gain and share knowledge/experience
• Network with local activists
• Learn how today’s media environment affects what we know — and what we don’t
• Get tips on how to make your message heard
• Find out ways to bring about change.
Tickets are $15 in advance / $20 at the door / $10 for students (with valid ID) and youth (18 and under). If you register online in advance and pay at the door, the cost will be the $15 advance price.
Sponsored by California Common Cause, the Center for Media Justice and the Urban and Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI) at Occidental College.
Co-sponsored by: Access Humboldt * Alliance for Community Media, Western Region * California NOW * Center for Creative Voices in Media * Center for Governmental Studies * CWA Local 9000 * Courage Campaign * Dick and Sharon’s LA Progressive * Free Press * Future of Music Coalition * LA Alliance for a New Economy * Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund * Little Tokyo Service Center * Mashable.com * Media Alliance * Media and Democracy Coalition * National Alliance for Media Arts & Culture (NAMAC) * National Hispanic Media Coalition * San Diego Campaign for Progressive Radio * Valley Democrats United * Velvet Revolution * AfterDowningStreet * SmirkingChimp * OpEdNews * CODEPINK
CPR Debate Watching Event with Stacy Taylor
On Wednesday, October 15th, CPR, together with the San Diego County Dem. Party Media Committee will sponsor an historic DEBATE WATCHING PARTY at Trophys Restaurant in Mission Valley. This is the 3rd and final presidential debate, and is to be moderated by Bob Schieffer of CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
We have just learned that Stacy Taylor of AM1700 will be broadcasting his afternoon show live from our Party, making this his first Listener event since the demise of KLSD Progressive Radio some 18 months ago.
We’re inviting KLSD alums, AM1700 listeners, Barack Obama supporters, candidates, journalists, and progressives from all over the county to join us for conversation, food and drink before, during and after the debate. We’ll also have a live internet broadcast from Trophys, recording the reactions and opinions of the many attendees, courtesy of Walter Davis.
We have reserved the large enclosed patio at Trophys for the debate party but SEATING IS LIMITED. If you want to join our extravaganza, with 6 TVs on the patio all tuned into the debate, you must pre-register.
$20.00 gets you dinner (4 menu choices) and bottomless non-alcohol beverage, (includes tax and tip). There is a large, no-host bar next to the patio, and seating will also be available in the restaurant itself. This will be THE place to be in San Diego County on this historic night, especially with the Stacy Taylor Show being aired right up to the debate, interviewing local candidates and politicos right on the spot.
RSVP asap to reserve your spot on the patio: Sign up at www.actblue.com/page/DebateWatch. Questions? contact Martha Sullivan at marthasullivan@mac.com or 858 945-6273.
Trophys is located in Hazard Center, 7510 Hazard Center Dr., Suite 215, San Diego, CA 92108
The four menu choices are:
1. Tostada Grande Chicken Salad
2. Pasta Marinara-Vegetarian Red Sauce with Angel Hair Pasta and Garlic Bread
3. French Dip Sirloin Sandwich w/cole slaw and fries/chips
4. Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich (on a bun) w/cole slaw and fries
Jon Elliott to speak Sept. 23
Prog talk host jon elliott is speaking before the dem prof club on sept. 23; when jeff benesch and i interviewed him at the dem convention, he spoke confidently about his effort to start a new prog talk radio station in san diego. let’s get an update when he speaks on the 23rd. info below:
Tuesday, September 23rd, 5:00 to 6:45 pm. Democratic Professional Club meeting. Just back from the Democratic Convention, Jon Elliott, political commentator and talk show host, will speak about this year’s nominating process, where we go from here, and San Diego’s new progressive radio; he will also answer questions. Appetizers and Beverages will be served. Non-members $10.00. RSVP to Gail Butler ggdbtlr@yahoo.com. At the home of Pat Zaharopoulos at 4250 Sierra Vista, in Mission Hills (off Fort Stockton Drive) 92103.
San Diego County Mega Community Coalition Summit
San Diego County
Mega
Community Coalition Summit
Join leaders in San Diego’s Progressive Community as we unify for common causes.
When: Sunday 21 September 2008 @6:00 P.M.
Featuring: Our Public Information Campaign
Where: Joyce Beers Community Center San Diego, CA 92103 map
1090 Vermont Street – Ralph’s Shopping Center, Next to Aladdin’s Mediterranean Café
1.5 blocks north of University Ave.
The San Diego County Community Coalition: http://progressiveconcerns.meetup.com/5/
SD Mega Coalition Blog: http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/
Screening of “Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections”
Wednesday, September 24th, 7:00pm.
UltraStar Cinemas-Mission Valley at Hazard Center, 7150 Hazard Center Drive. Free parking. map
UNCOUNTED is an explosive new documentary that shows how the election fraud that changed the outcome of the 2004 election led to even greater fraud in 2006 – and now looms as an unbridled threat to the outcome of the 2008 election. This controversial feature length film by Emmy award-winning director David Earnhardt examines in factual, logical, and yet startling terms how easy it is to change election outcomes and undermine election integrity across the U.S. Noted computer programmers, statisticians, journalists, and experienced election officials provide the irrefutable proof.
Film Director David Earnhart and voting rights activist Brad Friedman of www.BradBlog.com will be on hand.
Reception to follow film.
Sponsored by Progressive Democrats of America.
Advance tickets and information, Mike Copass 619.665.9415 or California53@gmail.com
Classic Film on the Media
Orwell Rolls In His Grave
Friday August 22, 2008 7:30pm
A POWERFUL EXAMINATION OF MODERN MEDIA AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR POLITICAL CULTURE
“A marvel of passionate succinctness, Robert Kane Pappas‘ documentary critically examines the Fourth Estate, once the bastion of American democracy. It asks, “Could a media system, controlled by a few global corporations with the ability to overwhelm all competing voices, be able to turn lies into truth?…” — Variety
The Film meticulously traces the process by which black may be turned into white, with frequent references totalitarian states both fictional and real –
Meticulously tracing the process by which media has distorted and often dismissed actual news events, Pappas presents a riveting and eloquent mix of media professionals and leading intellectual voices on the media.
ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE provides a vital forum for ideas that will never be heard in mainstream media. From Globalvision’s Danny Schecter: “We falsely think of our country as a democracy when it has evolved into a mediacracy – where a media that is supposed to check political abuse is part of the political abuse.”
New York University media professor Mark Crispin Miller says, “These commercial entities now vie with the government for control over our lives. They are not a healthy counterweight to government. Goebbels said that what you want in a media system – he meant the Nazi media system – is to present the ostensible diversity that conceals an actual uniformity.”
“One of the most popular films on our schedule.”– Free Speech TV
Joyce Beers Community Center
at Vermont St just north of Univ. Ave, Hillcrest, San Diego, Ca 92103 (next to Trader Joe’s)
please use Ralph underground parking lot
****This Event is Free****
(Nobody turned away for lack of funds – Donations Gladly Accepted)
For more info: (619) 528-8383 or www.ActivistSanDiego.org
Free screening of HBO’s “RECOUNT: The Story of the 2000 Election”
An excellent film portraying the behind-the-scenes politics and drama surrounding the election of George W Bush in 2000, the most controversial in U.S. history. Special Appearance and Introduction by Jim Lampley of HBO Sports and NBC Sports
The future of the nation was hanging by a chad.
HBO Films presents
“RECOUNT: The Story of the 2000 Presidential Election”
Two-time Oscar®-winner Kevin Spacey leads an outstanding cast in this illuminating, highly entertaining film that pulls back the veil on the headlines to explore the human drama surrounding the most controversial presidential election in U.S. history.
http://www.hbo.com/films/recount/
When: Tues Jul 29 at 6:30pm
Where: Lestat’s West Showroom (adjacent to Lestat’s Coffeehouse)
3343 Adams Ave (@ Felton), San Diego CA 92116
( 5 block east of 30th ) (map)
All ages welcome. Admission is Free. For information, call
619.282.0437
Lestat’s Coffeehouse is open 24 / 7 / 365
Learn about “The National Popular Vote” Movement
California Common Cause and The League of Women Voters are co-sponsoring a presentation on Election Reform on Sunday, July 27, 2:00 – 4:00 PM at the Mission Valley Library, 2123 Fenton Pkwy, San Diego (map). The speakers will be
* Derek Cressman: Assistant Director of Election Reform, Common Cause Sacramento
* Deborah Seiler: County of San Diego, Registrar of Voters
It should be a good talk, and there will be plenty of time to ask questions.
Society of Professional Journalists Awards Banquet
Come join the Society of Professinal Journalists at the Bali Hai , 2230 Shelter Island Drive (map), on Wed., July 16 for their annual banquet. Noted L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez will be our guest speaker. Cocktail hour starts at 6 p.m., followed by a buffet dinner and an awards program at 7 p.m. The price is $37. This is a good group for CPRSD to be linked with.
You won’t want to miss this opportunity to hear Steve Lopez speak. He has a new book out based on the columns he wrote about an accomplished violinist who also happens to be homeless. A California native, Lopez is the author of three novels and his new book, “The Soloist: A Lost Dream, An Unlikely Friendship, And The Redemptive Power of Music.” The book is based on columns Lopez wrote for The Los Angeles Times about his friendship with a downtown Los Angeles musician.
Stacy Taylor Listener Party – Date change pending
Date change!!
There a Stacy Taylor Listener Party is planned for Dussini’s Mediterranean Bistro, 275 5th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101. map But, the date (originally July 10th), had to be rescheduled.
More details will be posted as they become available
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