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COINTELNOW!
The passage of the U.S. Patriot Act has created a new historical period in the United States that has
resulted in the rollback of civil liberties and an unprecedented collaboration between government agencies,
which includes increased anti-terrorism surveillance and targeting of organizers working in immigrant
communities. At the same time, most organizers are unaware of proper security protocols that affect
privacy when working in "on" and "offline" spaces (e.g. Internet, telephone, etc.). Evenif one is aware
of these new protocols, they are unable to access available hardware and software solutions for offline
and online organizing because of a lack of staff, technical, and funding resources.
COINTELNOW is a security training initiative developed by Third World Majority and the Electronic Frontier Foundation
for non profit and community organizations in direct response to the US Patriot Act.
Click here to read a synopsis of the project.

From da Celly to da Telly: Media Justice NOW!
Media justice speaks to the need to go beyond creating greater access to the same old media structure.
We are interested in more than access, more than rights, more than taking up space in one more cyber car
along the corporate information highway. Media justice takes into account history, culture, privilege
and power. We seek new relationships with media and a new vision for its control, access, and structure.
And we understand that this will require new policies, new systems that treat our airways and our communities
as more than markets.

Similar to Environmental Justice Movement, the organizing body of the Media Justice summit felt that communities
of color, indigenous communities, and other working class communities in the U.S. needed to stake out a different space
within and apart from the larger media democracy movement in order to better address differences in the focus and
approach to our media organizing. At the heart of this approach is a rigorous race, class, and gender analysis.
We were not content to have these issues relegated to one panel or one segment in a very different mainstream discussion.
We need our own space so that OUR communities who are directly affected can forge a movement and vision for this work grounded
in their own reality.

In Spring of 2004, community groups and networks will meet at the first Media Justice Summit to discuss our issues, develop
a set of core principles around the Media Justice work, and invite both networks and base building community organizations
to participate and widen the circle of those familiar and connected to media organizing. For more information please download the Media Justice one pager here

Third World Majority Powerpoint Presentation
Learn our methodology, our membership, and our work in this powerpoint presentation. click here to download