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Consumer Choice for Communications Choice
Posted on November 30, 2004
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).