Reclaim the Media is headed to Minneapolis this coming week for the fourth National Conference on Media Reform, and so are a bunch of other NW community media movers and shakers. Throughout the weekend, RTM will be working closely with our friends in the Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net), our nationwide coalition of regional, grassroots groups working together for media justice. We'll be sharing table space with MAG-Net, so come and see us! We'll be giving away RTM and MAG-Net stuff (including our cool media justice fans), and selling RTM t-shirts, DVDs and Media Heroes trading cards.

As usual, the conference schedule is jam-packed with opportunities to learn about different media policy topics and media activist organizing strategies around the country. Below we've listed a few panels of particular interest.

Northwest-related Panels and events:

• Panel: Hip Hop Activism: Urban Strategies and Media Coalitions
  with Julie Chang Schulman (Reclaim the Media) and others (Fri 1:30-3pm, room 205C/D)

• Panel: Organizing Locally at the Grassroots
  with Karen Toering (Reclaim the Media) and others (Fri 3:30-5pm, room 200 E)

• Panel: Economic Justice, Media and Faith
  with Adam Hyla (Real Change) and others (Fri 3:30-5pm, room tbd)

• Northwest Regional Caucus
  facilitated by Jonathan Lawson and Karen Toering (Reclaim the Media) (Fri 5:30pm, room 200 F)

• Panel: Winning Technology Policy and Media Reform in the States
  with Washington State Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles and others (Sat 11:30am, room 200 F)

• Panel: In Our Own Voices: Youth Making Media
  with Sami Muilenberg (Reel Girls) and others (Sat 2:30pm, room 200 E)

• Panel: Newspapers: Not Dead Yet?
  with Ryan Blethen (Seattle Times) and others (Sat 4:30pm, Auditorium 2)

• Panel: Where We'll Take It: Young Leaders on the Future of Media
  with Garlin Gilchrist II (Northwest Progressive Institute) and others (Sun 9:30am, Auditorium 3)

Reclaim the Media and MAG-Net-related panels and events:

• Preconference convening: Diverse Voices on Power, Justice, and Media Change, hosted by the Center for Media Justice, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, and Free Press. (Thurs 1-5pm, Hilton Minneapolis Hotel)

• Panel: Hip Hop Activism: Urban Strategies and Media Coalitions
  with Julie Chang Schulman (Reclaim the Media), Shamako Noble, Toki Wright and J.R. Flemming (Fri 1:30-3pm, Room 205C/D)

• Panel: Organizing Locally at the Grassroots
  with Karen Toering (Reclaim the Media), Nancy Doyle Brown, Steve Macek, Todd Wolfson (Media Mobilizing Project) and Tracy Rosenberg (Fri 3:30-5pm, Room 200 E)

• State and Regional Caucuses
  presented by MAG-Net (Fri 5:30-7pm)

• Panel: Media Reform and Social Change
  with Amalia Anderson (Main Street Project), Deepa Fernandes, Mark Lloyd and Medea Benjamin (Sat 9:30-11am, Auditorium Spin 2)

• Panel: From Broadcast to Broadband: The Next Frontier of Media Reform
  with Amy Goodman, Malkia Cyril (Center for Media Justice), Robert W. McChesney and Tim Wu (Sat 9:30-11am, Room 200C)

• Panel: There is No Media Justice Without Women: Models for Feminist Social Justice Media Activism
  with Anne Elizabeth Moore, Betty Yu (Manhattan Neighborhood Network), DeAnne Cuellar (Texas Media Empowerment Project), Jennifer Pozner and Shireen Mitchell (Sat 11:30-1pm, Room 205 C/D)

• Panel: When Media Is the Second Issue: Connecting With Social Justice Organizations
  with Abdulai Bah, Alondra Espejel, Karlos Schmieder, Kat Aaron, Karlos Gauna Schmieder (Center for Media Justice) and Nick Szuberla (Sat 4:30-6pm, Room 205C/D)