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Allied Media Conference
The Allied Media Conference cultivates media strategies for a more just and creative world. It is the primary point of intersection in the U.S. for alternative media makers and committed social justice activists.
http://www.alliedmediaconference.org

American Association of Community Colleges
1,113 member institutions; promotes community college development, links between communities and higher learning institutions. Operates Bridges to Healthy Communities project in conjunction with U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, promoting education and information programs about AIDS and HIV.
http://www.aacc.nche.edu/

American Counseling Association
12,000 members, the largest association of educational counselors nationwide.
http://www.counseling.org/

American Library Association
The largest professional association of librarians in the country, with over 200,000 members.
http://www.ala.org/

American Medical Student Association
30,000 members; seeks to improve medical education by making it relevant to community needs; aims to create more humanistic physicians.
http://www.amsa.org/

Aspira Association
Grass roots organization working to provide leadership development and educational assistance to Latino communities. Works with over 25,000 Latino youths, has 7 regional groups.
http://www.aspira.org/

Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Youth development network of neighborhood-based facilities serving more than 3 million disadvantaged kids.
http://www.bgca.org/

Critical Resistance Northeast Regional Conference
NYC Columbia Law School, 116th and Amsterdam, for further information, contact 212-561-0912
http://www.criticalresistance.org/creast

Digital Hollywood Broadband
Conference focuses on new technologies for streaming and wireless media.
http://www.digitalhollywood.com/

Global Youth Connect.org
A comprehensive list of conference and training events (in chronological order) of interest to young activists.
http://www.globalyouthconnect.org/Pages/conferences.html

International Youth Media Summit
Nearly 90 people from 26 countries attended the last summit and represented diversity in identifying and addressing seven core issues: racism, poverty, violence, environment, health, youth empowerment, and women's empowerment. The outcome was 7 X 1 minute Public Community Announcements filmed and edited by student filmmakers as well as researched and prepared by the student diplomats.
http://www.roamingreporters.net/IRMAS/Welcome.html

Irish Youth Media Development
The Irish Youth Media Development is an organization concerned with the impact of the mass media on the creation of contemporary culture. IYMD aims to help young people develop an informed and critical understanding of the nature of the mass media: the techniques used by the media industry, and the impact of these techniques on the image of youth in society.
http://www.irishyouthmedia.com

Media and American Democracy Symposium
What do students need to know in order to become more thoughtful consumers of media messages related to politics? High school teachers can explore this and other questions at the annual Media and American Democracy Symposium, a joint venture of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard's JFK School of Government.
http://www.teachingdemocracy.gse.harvard.edu/front.htm

NCTE Convention
Join classroom teachers from kindergarten through university, administrators, teacher educators and other education professionals; meet acclaimed authors and speakers; and hear and discuss the latest classroom practices, research, and issues affecting English education.
http://www.ncte.org/convention/2002/index.shtml

NYC Grassroots Media
The NYC Grassroots Media Coalition is working to re-imagine issues of access to, control of, and power over our media system. That means defining our struggle as a struggle for Media Justice.
http://www.nycgrassrootsmedia.org/

National Association for Community Leadership
501 groups are members; promotes existing community leadership programs, helps establish new programs nationwide.
http://www.communityleadership.org/

National Council of La Raza
7,000 members; national umbrella organization working for civil rights and economic opportunities for Hispanics.
http://www.nclr.org/

National Youth Leadership Council
Funded by the Kellogg Foundation. Allied with Youth Service America, a federation of over 200 organizations. Provides service-learning professional development to primary through high school educators, administrators, teacher education staff and faculty, researchers, youth leaders, parents, program coordinators, community-based organization staffs, policy makers, and corporate and foundation officers.
http://www.nylc.org/

Nonprofits.org
This site contains links as to where conferences and seminars about nonprofit related issues are listed on the web.
http://www.nonprofits.org/npofaq/keywords/3a.html

Open Youth Networks
Open Youth Networks assists young people and their allies in the design and use of participatory media tools that enable them to create innovative peer-to-peer projects of dialogue, art, education and action.
http://www.openyouthnetworks.org

Press Freedom Conference
Runs the annual Project Censored Awards, the "alternative Pulitzer Prize for journalism". Dedicated to protecting First Amendment Rights and freedom of information. Attendees from all sections of the alternative media community, including media activists, publications, and independent radio and TV.
http://www.projectcensored.org/

Public Broadcasting Systems (PBS)
The largest system of public television stations in the U.S., with affiliates in every state.
http://www.pbs.org/

REACH Youth Development Conference
This workshop for both youth and adults had workshops in 2008 that included Youth-Led Community Change, Using Media, Culture, Art and Technology, Sustaining Youth Development Programs, Youth-Adult Partnerships, and Hot Issues (such as workforce readiness).
http://www.reachyouthprogram.org/node/3446

Singapore Youth and Media Conference
The Singapore Youth & Media Conference (SYMC) is an international media conference organised by students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic's School of Film and Media Studies (FMS) for youths at the tertiary level.
http://www.np.edu.sg/symc/

The National Media Education Conference
The conference will have a strong youth media track.
http://www.nmec.org/

University Film & Video Association
Comprises 800 professionals and institutions involved in the production and study of film, video and newer media arts. Members include college faculty, students, librarians and filmmakers. Annual conference features exhibits, workshops, and special screenings.
http://www.ufva.org/

Videomaker Trade Conference
Conference is sponsored by Videomaker Magazine. Features hands-on workshops for amateur videomakers with video production experts.
http://www.videomaker.com/

iEarn
Started in 1988, iEARN is the world's largest non-profit global network that enables teachers and young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to collaborate on projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world.
http://www.iearn.org/