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Current and Projected Events 2007
January – March
- February 12 - Lincoln High School PPS –media awareness/education for entire sophomore class
- Draft legislation to advance media literacy (State of Oregon Education) approved by NMLC board Feb 22.
- Board approves statement opposing commercialism in Parks (Portland Parks and Recreation proposed naming rights for public spaces)
- March 19 – workshop for Eugene health educators
- March 20, 7 p.m. – Cleveland High School PPS presentation You Are What You Media www.clevelandwarriors.org
- March 28, 6:30 p.m. - Community Hotline call-in radio program, Gresham
Four 15-minute segments: Commercialism in the schools, Health and Media, TVTurnoff Week, How to manage your media consumption
- Carlton/Yamhill School District, two-day middle school presentation, date TBD
April – June
- April 12-14, “Hot Topic Table” discussion leader at Oregon PTA Leadership Conference and Convention
- April 19, 7 p.m., John Jacob Astor Elementary PTA (St. Johns) – media literacy presentation
- April 23-29, TV Turn-off Week: various events around Portland including work with Healthy Kids Watch Less TV, Wilson High School Cluster PPS.
- April 30, May 3: Plug Into Your Family (for parents of zero to six year olds), Lewis &Clark Graduate School Center for Continuing Studies http://education.lclark.edu/dept/ccps/
- May 7 and 10: You Are What You Media (for parents, pre-teens and teens), Lewis &Clark Graduate School Center for Continuing Studies http://education.lclark.edu/dept/ccps/
Notable Events and Initiatives - 2006
Jan-March:
- Purpose Prize Grant - Submitted
- TV Turnoff Week Project – Wilson school cluster’s “Jigsaw Project”
- Healthy Kids Watch Less Coalition – Coordinated approach to TV Turnoff Week
- NW Center for Excellence in Media Literacy Conference – Sent NMLC representative
- Emanuel Hospital - New parents education class
- Web site – Hired new webmaster for site development
April-June:
- Oregon PTA “Media’s Impact on Our Children and What To Do About It” – Presentation
- Franklin High PTA – Presentation
- TV Turnoff Week - Oregonian advertisement placed, “Jigsaw Project” completed
- Emanuel Hospital - New parents education class
- SW Kiwanis – Presentation
- Coalition for Commercial-Free Schools – NMLC joined the coalition
July-Sept:
- Salem Conference on Violence – Conference Track session
- Tuality Health Fair – Presentation
- Friends of the Children – Presentation
- Portland State University - Two sessions with Mark Oldani’s class
Oct-Dec:
- Coalition for Commercial-Free Schools - presentations:
- Central Library
- Glencoe Elementary School
- Hollywood Branch Library
- Crash Course - Help NMLC's media literacy workshop
- Oregon Peacemakers Conference (Oregon Convention Center) - Two workshops, “If it bleeds, it leads” and “Media’s influence on your health.”
- The Dori Madrid Conference: Practicing Peace (Salem) – Presentations, “Media's Impact & What To Do About It.”
Past Events
Burning Issues: Media and Power in Fahrenheit 451Presentation and Discussion as part of the 2004 Everybody Reads program by the Multnomah County Library and the Library Association. This session was recorded by Multnomah Community Television.
As part of the presentation, the audience was asked the question, "WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT MEDIA?"
Here are the answers:
Personally
- Be an active observer. Observe!
- Think critically
- Become a media critic
- Individual change comes first
- Make better personal choices about media consumption
- Make intentional decisions-
- Change the media environment if it is toxic
- Don’t accept the unacceptable
Together
- Gather together and talk
- More human contact
- Reach out to people and those in need
- Make intentional communities
- As a family, eat together without the TV on
- Consume media together and discuss what you have seen
As a citizen/resident
- Start locally
- Connect with local issues face to face
- Exercise citizens rights—starting with the First Amendment
Organizationally
- Introduce media literacy in school communities and institutions
- Participate in TV-Turn-off Week
- Join Media Think
- Go to Mediathink.org
Regarding Media
- Read books
- Talk about what you are reading
- Copy and disseminate reading
- Form a media discussion group
- Build and support a diversity of news sources
- Use alternative media:e-mail, e-mail lists, bumperstickers, public service announcements, community cable access television
- Make outlets for alternative views
- Write letters to publications
- Speak truth to media power
Finally…
- Stay alert
- Be informed
- Be brave
- Remain positive
