Here’s a schedule for the 5th Annual NYC Grassroots Media Conference: Speaking Truth to Power: Media Justice In Our Communities, Sunday | March 2 at Hunter It promises to be a stimulating day for journalists, film makers and media mavens Opening Plenary 9:45am - 10:15am Session 1: 10:30am - 12:00pm * Video Games for Social Change Workshop- Tiltfactor Research Lab. The panelists are Hunter Professor Mary Flanagan and Hunter students Suyin Looi, James Bachhuber, and Angela Ferraiolo * Media criticism as a Tool in Media Justice Campaigns- FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) * The 2008 Grassroots Media Election Guide- Radical Reference * With My Voice: Youth Video Making-Arts Engine * The ABCs of Child Labor in Ghana: How Journalism and NGOs are Making a Difference-Reporters Without Borders * Using Media to Change Policy- CIAD * News for Underserved Neighborhoods- Hunt's Point Express, Norwood News, The Point, Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition. Organized by Hunter professor Bernard L. Stein, whose students are the staff of The Hunts Point Express * Be Del.icio.us! A Roundtable Discussion on the Role of Open Source and Free Software in Grassroots Campaigns- Marymount Manhattan College * Curation as Lens of Activism: Interactive Tools & Media Approaches- Listen Up!, POV, Urban Visionaries * Activist Art Past And Present- Groundswell * A Platform for Community Media Session 2: 12:15 - 1:45pm * Art, Advocacy, Media, and Direct Action: Complementary Strategies for Making Change on the Streets of NYC- The Street Memorial Project, Transportation Alternatives, StreetFilms.org, and Time’s Up! * Beyond the Box: The Future of Video Distribution- Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Center for Digital Democracy, Name.Space and WiFi-NY,Common Cause * Forced Removal: How the People and the Media Fight for Their Right to Return to theGulf Region and NYC- Sarah Lawrence College * The Art of Struggle: Hip Hop and Freedom- Movement in Motion * Growing the Media Justice Movement: Building Funding, Capacity and Peer Support Resources- The Funding Exchange's Media Justice Fund, Social Science Research Council, North Star Fund, Chica Luna Productions, People's Production House * Media Justice Through Participatory Media Making: Indypendent Reporting Workshop- NYC Independent Media Center and the Indypendent The schedule includes a full day of film screenings by independent media makers and the following workshops. For more info, visit: www.nycgrassrootsmedia.org The event is co-sponsored by Hunter’s Film and Media Studies Department