advocacy
Center for Social Media
The Center for Social Media showcases and analyzes strategies to use media as creative tools for public knowledge and action. It focuses on social documentaries for civil society and democracy, and on the public media environment that supports them. The Center is part of the School of Communication at American University.
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Benton Foundation
The mission of the Benton Foundation is to articulate a public interest vision for the digital age and to demonstrate the value of communications for solving social problems.
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Association for Visual Artists
AVA serves as an advocate for the visual arts through programming, arts advocacy, exemplary community citizenship and by an increase in diversity among artist and art advocate members. AVA provides members with opportunities to exhibit and sell their artwork; teach and facilitate; and cultivate their community leadership skills. AVA’s role in visual arts education is seen in schools, recreation centers, hospitals, the workplace and public spaces.
AVA’s mission is to promote, support and advocate for original visual art and artists.
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Americans for the Arts
Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. With more than 40 years of service they are dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts.
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Active Voice
Active Voice is a team of strategic communication specialists who put powerful media to work for personal and institutional change in communities, workplaces, and campuses across America. Through our practical guides, hands-on workshops, stimulating events and key partnerships nationwide, Active Voice moves people from thought to action. By highlighting compelling personal stories and perspectives seldom found in mainstream media, we offer a much-needed outlet to people across America to speak out, listen up, and take the initiative for positive change.
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Alliance for Community Media
The Alliance for Community Media is committed to assuring everyone's access to electronic media. The Alliance advances this goal through public education a progressive legislative and regulatory agenda coalition building and grassroots organizing.
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Free Speech Radio News
By regularly highlighting the voices of marginalized communities most affected by social and economic policy changes, more than 150 reporters worldwide have reshaped the way critical issues are represented in the news.
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Spirit of Youth
* Positive Youth Media Campaign
* Alaska Teen Media Institute
* Youth Civic Engagement
* Youth Friendly Business Program
* Local Recognition
* Statewide Annual Awards Banquet
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National Black Coalition for Media Justice (NBCMJ)
It has established a supportive framework for people of color working together on a national basis with greater coordination and collaboration to identify and address media justice concerns.
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Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
In recognition of the power of film to educate and galvanize a broad constituency of concerned citizens, Human Rights Watch decided to create the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. Human Rights Watch's International Film Festival has become a leading venue for distinguished fiction, documentary and animated films and videos with a distinctive human rights theme. Through the eyes of committed and courageous filmmakers, we showcase the heroic stories of activists and survivors from all over the world.
