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Consumer Choice for Communications Choice

Please join Consumers Union on Thursday, December 16, 2004
For the launch of HearUsNow.org, a new Web resource, and a discussion of important media and telecommunications issues.
At the Jurys Washington Hotel
1500 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Washington DC
12:00 pm Luncheon
Web demonstration and informal discussion of 2005 policy issues
1:00 pm '" 3:30pm
Panel Discussions:
'Media Ownership and Diversity'�
Discussion facilitators:
Linda Foley -- President of the Newspaper Guild and Vice President of
Communications Workers of America
Juan Gonzales -- New York Daily News Columnist, and former head of
the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (invited)
Jon Rintels -- Executive Director, Center for Creative Voices in
Media (invited)
Brian Woolfolk -- Mattox Woolfolk LLC
'The Digital Divide: Will it Get Worse?'�
Discussion facilitators:
Mark Cooper -- Research Director Consumer Federation of America
Larry Irving -- former U.S. Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
Marcia Warren-Edelman -- President Native Networking Policy Center
'From the Ground Up: How to be Effective at a Grassroots Level'�
Discussion facilitators:
Ana Montes -- Director of Technology and Consumer Education Latino Issues Forum
Chellie Pingree -- President, Common Cause
Josh Silver -- Executive Director, Free Press
RSVP to 202-462-6262 or by email hearusnow@cu.consumer.org
To inquire about the availability of limited travel stipends, please call Morgan at 202-462-6262 (x1114).

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Posted on March 1, 2005 in General News by Anayansi