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Bridging the Academic-Activist Divide: a workshop cirriculum

Submitted by cima on Thu, 2008-12-04 13:32.
Categories: Activists & Academics | Coalitions | Organizers' Tools | Working Together & Collaboration Tools

A full simulation workshop curriculum from the Movement/Media Research Action Project.

http://mrap.info/bridging/

Collaborations for Social Justice: Professionals, Publics and Policy Change (book)

Submitted by Elsa on Wed, 2007-10-31 15:02.
Categories: Activists & Academics | Multicultural-Multiracial Alliances | Working in networks & models for coordinated efforts | Local Organizing | Movement-Building, General | Role of research & academic theory | Community organizing for policy change | Book Recommendation | Coalitions | Grassroots/local organizing | United States | Working Together & Collaboration Tools

focus on mobilizing the public, this book attempts to bridge the widely publicized gap between professional advocates and grassroots organizations.

http://www.amazon.com/Collaborations-Social-Justice-Professionals-Publics/dp/0742559327/ref=sr_1_1/102-7409051-0044950?ie=UTF8&s

Media Research Hub

Submitted by rikomatic on Wed, 2007-10-10 10:33.
Categories: Academic Research | Activists & Academics | Funders and Funding | Action Research | Fundraising | Role of research & academic theory | Research needs | Funding issues | Organizers' Tools | Global media/communication movement(s)

The Media Research Hub is a resource for researchers, advocates, and practitioners working for a more democratic and participatory public sphere. The Hub offers various collaborative tools including a rich resource database, collaborative grants, news, events and opportunities related to media research.

http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org

Working in Coalition: the Tough Questions (Advocacy Center at ISC)

Submitted by Elsa on Tue, 2007-07-24 17:14.
Categories: Activists & Academics | Creating Conferences & Meetings | Multicultural-Multiracial Alliances | Article | Book Recommendation | Coalitions | Global/International | National and Local Groups | Organizers' Tools | United States | Working Together & Collaboration Tools

How and when to say "yes" to joining a coalition. The site offers many resources for coalition building and advocacy work.

http://www.advocacy.org/coalitions/tough_questions.htm

Straight Talk about Coalitions (Advocacy Center at ISC)

Submitted by Elsa on Tue, 2007-07-24 16:52.
Categories: Activists & Academics | Creating Conferences & Meetings | Multicultural-Multiracial Alliances | Multicultural alliances | Working in networks & models for coordinated efforts | Movement-Building, General | Speech/Presentation | Coalitions | Diversity | Global/International | National and Local Groups | United States | Working Together & Collaboration Tools

Inspiring comments from Bernice Johnson Regan on the need to stretch our abilities in coalition-building.

http://www.advocacy.org/coalitions/bernice.htm

Creative Tensions in the New Community Based Research

Submitted by Elsa on Mon, 2006-07-31 02:08.
Categories: Academic Research | Activists & Academics | Action Research | Advocacy & Organizing Tools | Movement-Building, General | Role of research & academic theory | Speech/Presentation | Canada | Coalitions | Grassroots/local organizing | North America | United States | Working Together & Collaboration Tools

A lively look at: community vs. academy; research vs. action; training students vs. solving problems; and service vs. social change.

http://comm-org.wisc.edu/drafts/cbrtensions.htm

YOUTH RADIO RELEASES NEW CURRICULUM RESOURCE

Submitted by Elsa on Mon, 2006-04-03 19:39.
Categories: Activists & Academics | Interactive feature | Access | Children | Independent media | North America | United States | Working Together & Collaboration Tools | Youth

Fourth R provides free, online lesson plan suggestions and standards alignment linked to a radio stories written and produced by youth.

http://www.youthradio.org/fourthr/

Questions we might ask when talking about diversity & localism...(that is: What do we really want to measure?)

Submitted by Elsa on Tue, 2006-01-24 02:28.
Categories: Activists & Academics | The Field & What's Needed | Multicultural alliances | Action Research | Movement-Building, General | Role of research & academic theory | Research needs | Diversity | Handout/flyer | United States

Mon, 2003-12-01 02:00

Diversity

Global Activism, Global Media (Book, 2005)

Submitted by Elsa on Fri, 2005-12-30 22:34.
Categories: Activists & Academics | Working in networks & models for coordinated efforts | World Social Forum media/communications sections | Case Studies | PR & Communications | Book Recommendation | Global/International | Independent media | Global media/communication movement(s)

This book brings together activists and academics in one olume, to explore the theory and practice of global activism's relation to all forms of media, mainstream and otherwise.


http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=136335

Connecting Research and Advocacy for Media and Communications in the Public Interest (Report 2004)

Submitted by Elsa on Mon, 2005-11-07 15:50.
Categories: Activists & Academics | The Field & What's Needed | Report (series) | Role of research & academic theory | Research needs | Access | Diversity | FCC | Independent media | United States

What would a research agenda shaped by advocates and organizers look like? This 2004 report is based on conversations with grassroots activists and community organizers who work on media and communications policy and advocacy.