[Antiracism] Announcing ACTV Special Spring Workshop for Grassroots Organizations

[Josna Rege]

Dear Amherst-Area Grassroots Organization Members,

Amherst Community Television is pleased to announce a special Spring  
workshop for members of local community organizations, to be held on  
Saturday, April 28, 2007, from 11:00 am to 3:00pm at the station. The  
workshop, entitled “Now is the Time: Alternative Media and  
Grassroots Organizations,” will be offered by a special guest  
instructor, Dr. Carlos Fontes, who is a founder- member of Worcester  
IndyMedia and an active member of Western Mass IndyMedia, as well as  
a professor of Communications at Worcester State College. Its purpose  
is to introduce participants to different methods of using  
alternative media to strengthen their organizations and to help them  
achieve their goals. We hope that you will be able to attend this  
exciting workshop, either as an individual, or as an organization.  
For further details, please see the information below (and the  
attached flyer).

Sincerely,

Josna Rege
Paulette Brooks
For the ACTV Board of Directors




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SPECIAL ACTV SPRING WORKSHOP

for Grassroots Organizations and Area Non-profits




Now is the Time:

Alternative Media and Grassroots Organizations



Date and Time: Saturday, April 28, 2007, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM. A light  
lunch will be provided.
Place: ACTV Studios, 246 College St., Amherst, MA, 01002.
Guest Instructor: Dr. Carlos Fontes, Professor of Communications,  
Worcester State College, Founder, Worcester IndyMedia, Member,  
Western Mass IndyMedia.

Description:  Grassroots organizations tend to think of alternative  
media like Amherst Community Television simply as a means to record  
events, but alternative media can be used as a much more powerful and  
effective tool. This workshop will introduce participants to several  
methods of using alternative media to strengthen an organization and  
help it achieve its goals.  Drawing from concrete examples worldwide,  
the workshop will analyze, step-by-step, ways in which alternative  
media can be integrated into a campaign and used as an outreach tool.

The workshop will begin with an overview of alternative media in the  
United States and worldwide, and the ways in which alternative media  
functions at the levels of small groups, organizations, communities  
and social movements. Next we will look at concrete examples of  
alternative media use, showing excerpts of various videos.  After  
lunch, in the third section of the workshop, the participants and the  
workshop leader will brainstorm how alternative media can be used  
effectively in their own organizations.

Workshop Fee: $10 (Regular Individual); $5 (Students and Seniors);  
$25 (Organization—up to 5 members may attend; this fee can be  
deducted from an ACTV organizational membership).

To Register: please call Gretchen Saathoff, ACTV Office Manager, at  
(413) 256-1010. The workshop is limited to 16 people.
For more information: contact Carlos Fontes (cfontes at worcester.edu)  
or  Josna Rege (josnarege at comcast.net).


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