This film was created by Consuelo Sopelario as a part of the 2008 Raising Our Voices Training Program coordinated by Media Alliance and sited at the East Side Arts Alliance in Oakland. Continue reading Raising Our Voices: In Memory Of My Son
Category Archives: Accountability and Representation
When the media does us wrong and community accountability
A Socially Responsible DTV Transition
This film was created by students at Centro de Raza’s Youth Law Academy in the Spring of 2009 as a part of the 2008-09 Raising Our Voices Training Program coordinated by Media Alliance and sited at the East Side Arts Alliance in Oakland. Continue reading A Socially Responsible DTV Transition
Raising Our Voices – Mujeres Unidas
This film was created by Maria Carillo and Claudia Reyes as a part of the 2008 Raising Our Voices Training Program coordinated by Media Alliance and sited at the East Side Arts Alliance in Oakland. Continue reading Raising Our Voices – Mujeres Unidas
Raising Our Voices – East Bay Asian Youth Center (EBAYC)
This film was created by Evangelina Lara as a part of the 2008 Raising Our Voices Training Program coordinated by Media Alliance and sited at the East Side Arts Alliance in Oakland. Continue reading Raising Our Voices – East Bay Asian Youth Center (EBAYC)
Moving From Mongolia
This film was created by Elma Bataa as a part of the 2008 Raising Our Voices Training Program coordinated by Media Alliance and sited at the East Side Arts Alliance in Oakland. Continue reading Moving From Mongolia
Prison Debit Cards – Another Extortion
The more familiar you become with the practices of the prison-industrial complex, the more extortion rackets you uncover directed at squeezing every last drop out of the ever growing numbers of Americans incarcerated for all or part of their adult lives.
In the latest regulatory look at the US mass incarceration network, The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is looking into the use of prison debit cards, when the assets of newly released prisoners are returned to them via mandatory debit cards with high usage fees. Continue reading Prison Debit Cards – Another Extortion
Did The Cable Industry Pay Ralph Reed Millions of Dollars?
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As the New York Times and ThinkProgress have reported, Ralph Reed has returned as a force in the political world. A decade ago, Reed was a kingmaker in Republican politics and a corporate lobbyist who counted Fortune 100 companies like Enron and Microsoft as clients. His fall from grace, starting with the Jack Abramoff scandal and culminating in a humiliating loss in his run for lieutenant governor of Georgia, is apparently now behind him. Times reporter Erik Eckholm points out that Reed has successfully revived his work as an operator within the Republican Party, most notably with his ability to ensnare nearly every Republican presidential contender to a conference he’s hosting this weekend.
Continue reading Did The Cable Industry Pay Ralph Reed Millions of Dollars?