Holding Media & Non-profits Accountable to Their Workers & Communities

Submitted by jwa1970 on Fri, 04/24/2009 - 3:02pm
Short Description: 

Independent media and non-profit workers are facing deteriorating conditions in their workplaces: longer work hours, pay cuts, lay offs and even retaliation against workers who attempt to organize unions.

This workshop panel will challenge participants to think critically about how independent media, non-profit and arts organizations can be held accountable to their workers and communities. Panelists will discuss various models of organizing and fighting for your rights in your workplace successfully.
Sponsored by NMASS, http://www.nmass.org.

Presenters
Presenter One Name: 
Jennifer Wager
Presenter One Info: 

Ms. Wager is a community media activist and NMASS board member. She teaches video journalism at colleges in the NYC/NJ area. Formerly she worked as a media educator with Manhattan Neighborhood Network, training hundreds of community organizations to use video in their work. Her documentaries have screened on Latin American television networks and have been screened at film festivals around the world.

Presenter Two Name: 
Doreen Wang
Presenter Two Info: 

Doreen Wang is an organizer with NMASS's Justice Will Be Served! Campaign, which mobilizes food and other service industry workers. She also currently has a legal case against the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA, a Chinatown non-profit organization, for firing her in retaliation for her attempts to unionize fellow MOCA workers.

Presenter Three Name: 
Roopa Singh
Presenter Three Info: 

A lawyer and media activist, Roopa is author of the blog "Political Poet;" she also teaches at CUNY City College.

Presenter Four Name: 
Denisse Andrade
Presenter Four Info: 

Denisse is a long-time media activist and organizer, who has worked with countless media organizations, including Paper Tiger and MNN, among others.

Presenting organization: 
NMASS (National Mobilization Against SweatShops)