Masks are required and will be available. (Note: other activities will be happening in adjacent spaces where people will be un-masked.)

Facilitators: Miriam Larson & Public i Editorial Collective Members

Description: Join us to discuss how words like "threat" and "security" have been used in the media against protestors and immigrants. How can we reimagine and create media with more humanistic principles? 

Optional article: “Principles for Reframing the National Security Narrative,” summary posted by the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkley, Posted Online December 7th, 2023. 

Discussion Agenda:

Arrival and article-reading time
Introductions, discussion agreements
Watch video examples
Large Group Discussion
Break
In small groups, look at alternative media source examples, including Public i articles
Discuss in large group
Closing

Additional media:

Coming soon

More about Media Salons:

Media Salons are a new monthly discussion space during Community Nights at the IMC. Each month, facilitators will recommend 1-3 stories to read or watch or listen to; you can do that beforehand or come and read together at the beginning of the event. This is a drop-in discussion group and is free and open to the public. The goal is to lift up media from alternative news sources that tell stories of resistance, creative response, and/or social movement history. 

More about Community Nights:

Community Nights at IMC are an existing, weekly informal/drop-in space with free painting happening and a variety of other activities that are easy to drop into. To lead your own activity at Community Night, contact IMC Program Coordinator Ty Lewis at [email protected]