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MediaRights at the Alliance for a Media Literate America National Media Education Conference

The Alliance for a Media Literate America (AMLA) presents
National Media Education Conference 2005: Giving Voice to a Diverse Nation
June 25-28, 2005
San Francisco, CA

MediaRights Panel: Youth Media Distribution
Sunday, June 26th
9:30 - 10:30 AM
Presented by Shira Golding

Youth media production is an effective tool for literacy, but it is important to encourage young people to take it to the next level. By thinking about audience, impact, partnerships, intellectual property and distribution, youth can bring their media to their community and to the world.

Media That Matters Film Festival Screening
Monday, June 27
9:15-10:00pm
Presented by Shira Golding

Ready to be inspired? In MediaRights' fifth annual Media That Matters Film Festival hip-hop activists, dancing peanuts and claymation teenagers tackle today's most pressing social issues. Launching June 1, 2005 Media That Matters brings innovative shorts and take action tools to audiences around the country, all year long. The 16 jury-selected films by independent and youth producers stream online, tour the country through community screenings, are broadcast on TV and are distributed as a jam-packed DVD to teachers and activists. The fifth annual Media That Matters Film Festival is presented by Loreto Bay Company.