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Oakland Digital Television Assistance Center
Media Alliance just agreed to coordinate an Oakland Digital TV Assistance Center at 1431 23rd Avenue. The center will offer help with acquiring federal coupons, sorting through converter box choices, and installation assistance. Stay tuned for events and opportunities to assist the most vulnerable stay on the television grid.
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  ]Broadband Stimulus Public Interest Letter
A plethora of public interest groups, including Media Alliance, have endorsed a call for a Broadband Stimulus Act to aid the sputtering economy and act assertively to reduce the digital divide.
Radio Shack Delegation December 19, 2008
A delegation of community groups led by Media Alliance visited an Oakland Radio Shack on Friday December 19th on behalf of the Media Action Grassroots Network (Mag-Net). They requested digital television converter boxes be made available for the $40 federal coupon price for low-income populations that can't afford to pay $20-50 to upgrade their TV's to digital signals. See the pictures
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]Action Alert: Public Access in Peril
We've been saying for a while that statewide cable franchising is a bad, bad thing. And now the chickens are coming home to roost. In Los Angeles, Time-Warner Cable plans to close all fourteen public access channels, to be replaced by only four government-only channels. See this LA Weekly cover story for more details on the situation in LA. And in San Francisco, Access SF is fighting for its life.
Action Alert: The Marriage Law Project
Join a new Media Alliance Membership Committee. The Marriage Law Project intends to develop materials, including op-eds, letters to the editor, spoken word and/or street theater on discriminatory marriage laws in the United States for placement and performance in communities that voted heavily for the November initiative. Training will be available. Stay tuned for details! Click here to sign on.
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]Terrorizing Dissent: The Story of St Paul
Twin Cities Indymedia and the Glass Bead Collective have assembled a 30 minute video documenting the surveillance, pre-emptive raids and arrests at the 2008 Republican Convention in St Paul, MN. The film is available online (if you've got some bandwidth).
Action Alert: Stop Broadcasters from Blocking Open Networks
Update 11/4: Today the Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to open the "white spaces" for unlicensed use. Thank you to everyone who called and wrote. We won one!
Raising Our Voices Rises Again!
Media Alliance's Raising Our Voices Program is back for a third cycle. Entitled Raising Our Voices III: Immigrant Women Speak Out!, the program offers free media training workshops focused on immigration, poverty, gender, labor and social justice in the San Antonio neighborhood of Oakland.
Pictures from the last training session which ran from 10/15/08 to 12/20/08.
The Day TV Goes Away: The Digital Television Transition
(Op-Ed) On February 17, 2009, analog television signals will stop.
KQED Interview with Tracy Rosenberg Our Vision for the Future
It's easy to criticize. Too easy. But what is the affirmative vision for a 21st century media that works to advance peace, justice and social responsibility?
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Digital TV Transition
In February 2009, analog television signals will cease.
Consumer options are to * Buy a new digital television * Subscribe to cable service * Cash in a $40 government coupon for a converter box. There are concerns about the impact on senior citizens, low-income and non English-speaking households. Media Alliance has been doing presentations at senior centers and community organizations. Call now to schedule a free presentation! (510) 832-9000 x303. Reviews of converter boxes on the market. Need a Press List?
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Health, Antennas and Wireless Technology
Have concerns about health and wireless technology? We all do. To get a look at the case against cell phone towers, take a look at Public Exposure put out by the Council on Wireless Technology Impacts.
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