Monday, January 09, 2006
January 2006 Action Coalition for Media Education (ACME) E-Newsletter
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Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:00:41 -0500
From: Rob Williams <rob.williams@madriver.com>
To: acmediscuss@acmecoalition.org, acmenews@acmecoalition.org
Subject: [ACME Discuss List] AIME - January 2006 Action Coalition for Media
Education (ACME) E-Newsletter
AIME ------------------------- > ACTION IN MEDIA EDUCATION
ACME's (new) monthly e-newsletter
E-Issue/January 2006 (#1)
Please circulate globally. Happy New Year to all!
To subscribe, please sign up at the ACME NEWS list:
http://www.acmecoalition.org/subscribe.cfm
OUR MISSION
ACME is a network of educators, students, health professionals,
journalists, media-makers, parents, citizens joined as a
member-supported, independent, nonprofit, continental educational
coalition devoted to a three-part mission:
Teaching K-adult media education: skills, knowledge, and activism.
Championing independent media production and independent media
voices.
Democratizing our media system by supporting local reform and
justice efforts.
ACME is independently funded, run by teacher/citizen volunteers,
and takes NO MONEY from Big Media corporations or their subsidiaries.
OUR ACME SUMMIT NEWS: OCTOBER 6-8, 2006 IN BURLINGTON, VERMONT
Diane Wilson, citizen activist, mother of 5, and author of the new book
An Unreasonable Woman, has agreed to give our Friday night opening
keynote!
For more about Diane, her book, and ACME Summit co-sponsor Chelsea
Green Press,
visit http://www.chelseagreen.com/authors/277
For more information about attending and presenting at ACME's 3rd
Continental Summit,
Visit http://www.acmecoalition.org
We will be posting our "Request for Proposals" (RFP) forms and
registration information at our web site by February 1.
OUR ACME E-CLASSROOM: Free DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES
"Questioning Media: 10 Basic Media Education Principles"
"Teaching the Language of the Image: 24 Persuasive Techniques"
"Raising Media-Savvy Kids - A Guide for Parents and Caregivers"
"ACME Essential Resources - Annotated Guide"
Download all of these resources for FREE at
http://www.acmecoalition.org (scroll down the home page)
OUR ACME "MEDIA EDUCATION MONTHLY" RESOURCES
"Project Censored 2006" - FREE tool kit - for using "Project Censored
2006"
in the classroom.
Co-sponsored by Sonoma State University's "Project Censored."
"All That I Can Be" - FREE study guide - to accompany this student-made
documentary!
Co-sponsored by New York City's Educational Video Center (EVC).
"Food For Thought" - FREE 24 page tool kit - Explore the connections
between Big Media,
Big Food, and local and sustainable alternatives.
Co-sponsored by Rural Vermont.
"Hijacking Catastrophe" - FREE study guide - for use with the Media
Education Foundation's
provocative independently-produced film.
Co-sponsored by the Media Education Foundation.
"Uncovered - The Truth About the Iraq War" - FREE study guide - for use
with Robert Greenwalt's film.
Co-sponsored by Robert Greenwalt productions.
Download all of these resources for FREE at http://www.acmecoalition.org
OUR ACME CHAPTERS
Visit ACMEBoston here: http://www.acmeboston.org
Visit ACMENor-Cal (Northern California) here: http://www.acme-norcal.org
Visit ACMEVermont here: http://www.acmevermont.org
Find out how to start your own ACME chapter here:
http://www.acmecoalition.org/page.cfm?ID=31
ON OUR ACME BLOG THIS MONTH: Clooney-Fest!
"Good Night and Good Luck" Film Review(s) and Discussion....
"Syriana" Film Review(s) and Discussion
OUR ACME SEARCHABLE DATABASES - SEEKING A RESOURCE?
For media and public health-related issues, visit our RESEARCH ENGINE at
http://www.acmecoalition.org/researchengine.cfm
For independent multimedia resources, search our MEDIA ENGINE
by category at http://www.acmecoalition.org/mediaengine.cfm
These databases are constantly-evolving "works in progress!"
Get involved! Submit your own resources! Contact us to help!
OUR ACME STORE - BUY OUR GEAR and SUPPORT MEDIA EDUCATION!
"What The FCC?" buttons, "Media Buy The People" bumper stickers, and
more...
Visit http://www.acmecoalition.org/page.cfm?ID=40
ACME - GET INVOLVED!
1. Circulate/Network this free monthly AIME e-newsletter far and wide!
2. Join! Become an ACME member/partner and take advantage of our
benefits!
3. Volunteer! We are an organization run by volunteers!
4. Share! Your media education ideas,articles, books, resources, and
curricula!
5. Start! Create an ACME chapter in your town, city, state, or
province!
6. Dialogue! Contact us with your thoughts, ideas, projects, and
other feedback!
7. Attend! Our 3rd annual "ACME Continental Summit" in October 2006!
This monthly e-newsletter brought to you by the Action Coalition for
Media Education.
ACME at http://www.acmecoalition.org
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