Recap: Team #MediaJustice @ Netroots Nation

By MediaJustice

July 18, 2019

Last week, Team #MediaJustice, along with a variety of MediaJustice Network members including 18Million Rising, Media Mobilizing Project, Moms Rising, PhillyCam, Muslim Advocates, MPower Change, and Design Action Collective, touched down in Philly for the Netroots Nation conference to build and strategize ways to strengthen the broader progressive movement.

Joined by our Voices for Internet Freedom coalition members, Erin Shields, our National Organizer for Internet Rights participated in a panel discussion about the role of racism in fighting for our digital civil rights.

Erin Shields speaking at “Racism and the Struggle for Digital Rights” panel at Netroots.

Steven Renderos, our Co-Director, participated in a press conference hosted by MediaJustice Network member, PhillyCam, to discuss the fight to save community media and take action to prevent the FCC from taking away critical protections for local media.

Beginning at 4:36, watch Steven Renderos’ remarks on the fight to save community media during MediaJustice Network member PhillyCam’s press conference at Netroots.

Check out more highlights from this past weekend’s sessions, workshops and events!

Good morning #NN19! 🗣

Check out Team #MediaJustice all over @Netroots_Nation today! Starting right at 9 am with our own @ec_shields & the Voices coalition discussing “Racism and the Struggle for Digital Rights” (room 115b) & @mediamobilizing’s “Philly in Charge” panel (119b) 🙌🏾 pic.twitter.com/vsxEvSYlrG
— MediaJustice (@mediajustice) July 11, 2019

Our own @ec_shields introduces the #MediaJustice fight for the digital rights of people of color at the “Racism and the Struggle for Digital Rights” happening NOW in room 115B at #NN19 pic.twitter.com/8O7e4vQdP2
— MediaJustice (@mediajustice) July 11, 2019

"Our strategy…is to build community power and to center the stories of the most marginalized…and a really important tool for us to do this is Internet." – Devren of #MediaJusticeNetwork member @mediamobilizing talks about their work in Philly #NN19
— MediaJustice (@mediajustice) July 11, 2019

Check out #MediaJusticeNetwork member @MomsRising at the “Latinx Voting Power!” panel happening NOW in room 118b #NN19 pic.twitter.com/zGNJXJGxmv
— MediaJustice (@mediajustice) July 11, 2019

Inspired by this morning's panel at #NN19? Want to join the movement fighting for the digital rights of people of color? Text "mediajustice" to 52886 or sign-up here today: https://t.co/De7n93DRF4 #MediaJustice
— MediaJustice (@mediajustice) July 11, 2019

#technochauvinism: the belief that tech is objective and that the tech solution is always the right one. — @ec_shields of @mediajustice #digitaljustice #NN19
— Women's March Oakland (@WomensMarchOak) July 11, 2019

Digital rights today for people of color goes beyond #NetNeutrality. It's about internet affordability, preventing hateful activities online, and stopping the spread of white supremacy. #NN19
— Steven Renderos (@stevenrenderos) July 11, 2019

If you’re at @Netroots_Nation today please stop by our booth on media Row and help us stop the FCC from cutting funding to PEG TV channels that give under-represented communities a voice in local media. Just fill out a postcard and we’ll mail it! #NN19 pic.twitter.com/zV7q7wQPEK
— PhillyCAM (@PhillyCAM) July 11, 2019

Due to loopholes, laws around ADA accessibility aren't applied to many critical websites that people with disabilities use. And people with disabilities are a HUGE group of technology users. We need to fix this. – audience member at Racism & the Struggle for Digital Rights #NN19
— 18MR.org (@18millionrising) July 11, 2019

The fight around data breaches has to be to push for bans on what data is collected.

But if you're looking for tips to limit potential for harm check out https://t.co/LMfckqiSyj and learn more about data collection from report https://t.co/LhI2L2jORT #NN19
— Steven Renderos (@stevenrenderos) July 11, 2019

Catch Team #MediaJustice this morning at #NN19 👋🏾

Members @PhillyCAM @mediamobilizing and @18millionrising are in room 115A for “Building Community Power: Media-Based Organizing as Resistance” – starting NOW! pic.twitter.com/tev1QNhncG
— MediaJustice (@mediajustice) July 12, 2019

Check out this amazing zine being shared in the Building Community Power panel! Get a digital copy at https://t.co/ZhmbzoAunm #NN19 #MediaJustice with @18millionrising @ConMijente @mediamobilizing pic.twitter.com/dNIbVctUDR
— MediaJustice (@mediajustice) July 12, 2019

Amanda Chavez Barnes of @conmijente mentions the upcoming #TakeBackTech convening in San Jose later this month, co-hosted by #MediaJustice, learn more at https://t.co/XLUEE8twjk #nn19 pic.twitter.com/UDwibsEk79
— MediaJustice (@mediajustice) July 12, 2019

More from @18millionrising’s awesome zine on media based organizing as resistance: https://t.co/vwdiovADIw #nn19 #mediajustice pic.twitter.com/Njqhxz0hdN
— MediaJustice (@mediajustice) July 12, 2019

Holding a press conference now at @Netroots_Nation #NN19! Watch on FB #SaveCommunityMedia https://t.co/ChyzhaECLj
— PhillyCAM (@PhillyCAM) July 12, 2019

Philly's Hoa Binh Plaza – a business center for the Southeast Asian refugee community – is located in one of the most rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods in the US. We're fighting its demolition so it's not turned into unaffordable condos. @VietLEAD #NN19 https://t.co/YjMRXnnZ18 pic.twitter.com/Pbw8Pxhs1S
— 18MR.org (@18millionrising) July 13, 2019

We’re in Room 115C at @Netroots_Nation for “Align Left: Why Designers are Integral to the Resistance” with #MediaJusticeNetwork member @18millionrising and @DesignAction (who designed our new website!) #NN19 #MediaJustice pic.twitter.com/39RSBUSncl
— MediaJustice (@mediajustice) July 13, 2019

Great question @hannahsassaman! #NN19 #MediaJustice @mediamobilizing https://t.co/TXjuTy1ANU
— MediaJustice (@mediajustice) July 13, 2019

Recap: Team #MediaJustice @ Netroots Nation

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