Reporting from the streets: Workers Redefine Media Justice

Submitted by pph on Tue, 01/22/2008 - 4:55pm
Short Description: 

The Community News Production Institute (CNPI) is a media justice project of People's Production House. CNPI trains members of grassroots social justice organizations on how to be reporters. CNPI partners with various organizations that include Domestic Workers United, Nah We Yone (it belongs to us in krio), The Street Vendor Project, New Immigrant Community Empowerment and Families For Freedom.

Presenters
Presenter One Name: 
James Williams
Presenter One Info: 

James has worked as a street vendor for over 5 years and is a board member of the Street Vendor Project. James is a veteran of the first Gulf War. He has used that experience in an interview he conducted with an Iraq War veteran running for Congress in 2006 that was heard throughout the country. James has also begun conducting street vendor reviews for New York City local audience. He has also filed reports from New Orleans on the plight of Hurricane Katrina survivors.

Presenter Two Name: 
Felix Ortiz
Presenter Two Info: 

Felix is a member of the New Immigrant Community Empowerment, and is from Mexico City. He is both a construction worker and a community leader. Felix is currently working on a Know-Your-Rights CD to help Day Laborers in the New York region.

Presenter Three Name: 
Radha Kanan
Presenter Three Info: 

Radha has worked as a domestic worker for the last three years and is a member of Domestic Workers United. As a CNPI reporter, Radha has filed local and national reports concerning the efforts of domestic workers fighting for the passage of the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights in Albany's state legislature.

Presenter Four Name: 
Abdulai Bah
Presenter Four Info: 

Abdulai is a member of Nah We Yone (it belongs to us). He is part of the first graduates of the CNPI media training. He has done some reports on the condition of detention of asylum seekers, and has worked on the production of stories involving victims of Hurricane Katrina and Rita.