Grassroots Radio Conference 2012: The Future of Community Radio
www.grassrootsradioconference.org
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
202 S. Broadway Urbana, IL
Featuring: Keynote speaker Joe Torres, co-author of News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media, acclaimed poet Hakim Bellamy, & more!
Co-sponsored by Prometheus Radio Project, Media Action Grassroots Network, Free Press, New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative, Urbana Public Television, Brown Paper Tickets, Illinois Public Media WILL, Volo Broadband, Chambana.net, Makerspace Urbana, WEFT 90.1 FM, and Radio Free Urbana.
This year’s theme is “The Future of Community Radio.” With digital technology, local community radio stations have the opportunity to engage global audiences, deploy mobile studios, share community wireless internet, and become multi-media community centers. Together we will chart a vision for community radio as a dynamic community-building tool for decades to come!
We'll be working with the Prometheus Radio Project to host a “Get on the Air” clinic. We'll show you how to start a radio station in your community and stream your station online.
You can tour Urbana-Champaign's new public broadband system and attend sessions on youth power, building your own wireless Internet access point, using radio to achieve social justice and much more!
STAY CONNECTED & SUPPORT GRASSROOTS RADIO:
- Attend the conference! -- register at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/244905
- We need volunteers!: http://bit.ly/N15vbz
- Do you have a spare bedroom or couch? We need home-stay offers: http://bit.ly/N7O0T1
We're offering home-stays, childcare (ages 1-9), a rideshare forum, and more services during our conference. See our website for more information: www.grassrootsradioconference.org
Please direct any & all questions to Austin at 2012grc@gmail.com.