Indymedia Convergence Feb 2-4 in Auckland

Indymedia Convergance: Building Alternative Media for Social Change
Aotearoa Independent Media Centre Biannual Convegence

Friday February 2nd - The Antidote #15
An evening of alternative political documentaries:
Whose News?
Fuck the Corporate Media
Tuhoe: History of Resistance
Revolutionary Not Evolutionary: The Aftermath of the 2006 Tongan Riots

Room Arts 716, on the 7th Floor of the Arts Building, University of Auckland, Corner Symonds St & Grafton Rd Films Start 7:30pm

Saturday and Sunday 3rd and 4th of February
Two days of workshops, skillshares, project building, organising, and planning. Discussions on the corporate media, censorship, the potentials and pitfalls of the internet and the future of the Aotearoa Indymedia Network.

Media Skills for Activists || Discussions on Media Freedom || Introduction to Non-Corporate Media Projects || Photo, Video, Writing, Radio Workshops || Building non-corporate Media Alternatives ||

When: 10am to 5pm.
Where: Unite offices, Level 12, Unite House, 300 Queen Street (entrance next to ASB bank, cnr of Wellesley St)

(Downloadable Poster Above)

We would like to invite you to participate in the Aotearoa Indymedia Convergence. On Friday the 2nd of February Indymedia will hold an evening of political films and documentaries at Auckland University followed by two days of workshops, discussions, skillshares and planning meetings on Saturday the 3rd and Sunday the 4th.

Aotearoa Indymedia is the local spoke of the global Indymedia network, an alternative, non-corporate, volunteer run media organisation designed to provide open access to the media for voices of dissent and social change as well as to share stories that would otherwise go unreported. The purpose of this event is to create space for a range of people involved in independent media in Aotearoa to: * meet each other and learn about each other's projects * discuss issues affecting media freedom and access * brainstorm strategy and tactics for what we can do to make media that allow communities to share their stories rather than media that broadcasts the profit-motivated propaganda of corporations and their lackeys.

There will be practical workshops on media skills for people to learn new ways to communicate with each other. Workshops include: photography skills, video making and editing, setting up community radio, running radio shows, and writing and researching articles for social change.
There will also opportunities to talk about how existing and potential Indymedia tools could help media activists achieve their own organisational goals and to plan collaborations and new projects for 2007 and beyond.

Some discussion will be focused on reviewing the work that has been done in the development of the Aotearoa Independent Media Centre (IMC) including: * the open-publishing news website at http://aotearoa.indymedia.org * establishment of country-wide working groups (eg radio and video) * establishment of local groups to connect us with active communities and carry out projects like film screenings and the W(i)ndy print publication.

The programme will be as flexible as possible and is open to suggestions and additions from all like minded individuals and groups who believe that reclaiming the media from the millionaire moguls of corporate power is an important part in building a more democratic and open society. So if you would like to present a workshop or facilitate a discussion, please email imc-aotearoa@lists.indymediaSTOPSPAM.org with details.

Please pass this invite on to others in your group and networks who might be interested.

More Info: https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Aotearoa/AimConvergence07

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https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Aotearoa/AimConvergence07