Allied Media Conference

Presenter: Adrienne Maree Brown

For organizers, skillful facilitation might be the most important media tool we can cultivate. How do we create the spaces where the diverse members of an organization, community, family, etc. can come together and communicate in a way that is respectful and effective and that draws out every person's best ideas? Come spend time with Facilitation Evangelist Adrienne Maree Brown and learn how to make any meeting, gathering or event burst with energetic input and creative outcomes. This workshop will cover: Your Facilitation Personality, Best (and Worst) Practices, Asking the Right Questions, and Ground Rules. This will be a popular education so expect to participate and co-create!

Presenters: 2-Cent Entertainment

This workshop uses the model of 2-Cent Entertainment, a grassroots video production project in New Orleans, Louisiana, to teach how to make and promote accessible and entertaining video with a political intent. 2-Cent produces a 28-minute regular television show that is broadcast on local New Orleans stations, in addition to online distribution. They have collaborated with the People's Hurricane Relief Fund, to produce music videos, a short PSA that cleverly targets "disaster tourists" exploiting our community, and much more. In this workshop we will share important lessons about creating and promoting high-quality, accessible work with little to no resources.

Presenters:Shira Hassan, Amber Kutka, Ryanna Sandoval, Cindy Ibarra and Isa Villaflor of The Young Women's Empowerment Project

In this interactive session we will make a zine together! Learn YWEP's quick and dirty method of making zines on the fly! Young Women's Empowerment Project is a social justice based harm reduction organization working with girls and transgender girls involved in the sex trade and street economy. We have been making zines since our very first day together. We emphasize self-care and social justice and our zines always have a theme or a message about a topic we care about at the time. Past zines have been: F**K the Police, Real Srug Information, Eyes Wide Open, a series of zines on the sex trade and many more…

Presenters: Andalusia Knoll, Rustbelt Radio; Selina Musuta, Free Speech Radio News

This workshop is news production/writing for radio 101. How is writing for radio different from writing for print? How is writing for grassroots radio different from writing for corporate radio? Participants will learn the basics of community journalism--from the 5Ws to examining sources, research and events. This is a participatory workshop in which you will practice writing lede's/intros for a radio piece and brainstorm how to expand your story.

Presenter: Geoff Hing

What is Web 2.0 and what does it mean for social movements? This session will look at blogs, feeds, wikis, mashups, tags and a ton of other tools and services that are the building blocks of "Web 2.0". As we navigate around the buzzwords and acronyms together, we will look at Web 2.0 technologies with a critical eye and think about what they bring to or take from the communication of social movements. Bring a notebook computer and mobile phone if you want to try some of the technologies at the session, but this hardware is definitely not required!

Presenters: Leah Sapin of Arts Engine, Ivettza Sanchez, Leslie Stewart and Brittany Shoot

What happens after a film or video has been made? In a previous era,cementing mainstream dispensation was a primary concern. But in a world filled with YouTube and MySpace, many people are left wondering how to make sense of the myriad of ways to get your video not just on the web, but WATCHED. From our diverse backgrounds, we will provide real life examples of innovative grassroots strategies and success stories to use as the basis for an audience-led discussion on the issues educators, organizers, and independent media makers face when
trying to build community outside revenue or ad-based models. We look forward to discussing the best strategies for promoting film and video work online, both in terms of maximum exposure but also in regards to quality community-building around a maker and his/her work's base ideas.

Presenters: Aiko Shirakawa, 5th Element; Mary Dee, 5th Element; B-Girl Tara, Anomolies Crew

Dance is one of the oldest forms of communication. And Breaking/Locking crews have communicated the resistance of the hip hop generation since its beginning! What's a movement without movement? Come learn the foundation elements of breaking from two of the flyest in the game, B-girl Aiko, original Pop/Locker from San Jose, CA, and B-girl Tara, instructor from NYC. These two b-girls from Anomolies and 5th Element will teach you the foundation; locking, top roks, and floorwork, where you take it is up to you...