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Think Outside the Bomb
A National Youth Conference
August 14-17
Join the Think Outside the Bomb network for four days of learning, sharing, and activism, August 14-17 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, MA. The conference will provide a backdrop for nuclear abolitionists, peace activists, ecologists, and other advocates of social justice and a livable planet to learn in-depth about the threat of nuclear weapons, the destruction caused by the nuclear fuel chain, and current political opportunities to move toward nuclear disarmament.
Speakers for this conference include Arjun Makhijani of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, Zia Mian from Princeton University, Joe Gerson, author of Empire and the Bomb, Subrata Ghoshroy from MIT, Jackie Cabasso of the Western States Legal Foundation, and of course, youth activists representing various nuclear abolition organizations and communities from around the country.
For more information and to apply, visit http://thinkoutsidethebomb.org.
Organized by Think Outside the Bomb.org and co-sponsored with the Technology and Culture Forum at MIT
A Report Card on Media Coverage of the Presidential Election
Thursday, September 25
5:00-7:00pm
Tom Rosenstiel, Director, Project for Excellence in Journalism
Moderator: Ellen Hume, Research Director, MIT Center for Future Civic Media
Bartos Theater
Tom Rosenstiel designed the Project for Excellence in Journalism and directs its activities. He also serves as vice chairman of the Committee of Concerned Journalists, an initiative engaged in conducting a national conversation among journalists about standards and values. From 1997 to 2006, he also functioned as executive director in charge of the daily operation of CCJ, which was then also administered by PEJ. A journalist for more than 20 years, he is a former media critic for the Los Angeles Times and chief congressional correspondent for Newsweek magazine.
Ellen Hume, was most recently founding director of the Center on Media and Society at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she created the New England Ethnic Newswire. Previously, she served as executive director and senior fellow at Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, and as executive director of PBS’s Democracy Project, where she developed special news programs that encouraged citizen involvement in public affairs. She was a White House and political correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, national reporter with the Los Angeles Times and regular commentator on PBS’s Washington Week in Review and CNN's Reliable Sources program.
Co-Sponsored with MIT Communications Forum and the Center for Future Civic Media
7th Annual International Development Fair
Friday, October 3
11:00am-1:00pm
Lobby 13
Please check back during the summer for more details.
US Nuclear Policy: Critical Choices
Joseph Cirincione, President of Ploughshares Fund
Additional speakers: TBA
Wednesday, October 22
5:00pm-7:00pm
32-123 (Stata Center-Kirsch Auditorium)
Please join us for a debate on US nuclear policy with representatives from the presidential candidates. Please check back for details as the summer progresses.
New Media and the Election
November 13
5:00-7:00pm
Ian Rowe, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs for MTV
Moderator: Henry Jenkins, Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities
Bartos Theater
Ian V. Rowe is the vice president of Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs for MTV. His department oversees MTV's campaigns that build awareness of issues important to MTV's audience. He now oversees MTV's new pro-social platform, Think MTV, which informs and engages viewers to take action on the domestic and global issues that matter most and affect their lives. Prior to MTV, Rowe was the director of Strategy and Performance Measurement for USA Freedom Corps at the White House, the president's initiative on volunteer service.
Henry Jenkins is the author and/or editor of eleven books on various aspects of media and popular culture, including Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture, Hop on Pop: The Politics and Pleasures of Popular Culture, Democracy and New Media, and From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games. His most recent books include Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide and Fans, Bloggers and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture. He is one of the principal investigators for The Education Arcade, a consortium of educators and business leaders working to promote the educational use of computer and video games.
Co-Sponsored with MIT Communications Forum and the Center for Future Civic Media
Massachusetts Climate Action Network Conference
Sunday, November 16
9:00am-5:00pm
Stata Center
Stata Center Please go to the MCAN website for details during the summer months.
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