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Stop PIPA and SOPA: Emergency NY Tech Meetup

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:55:43 -0500

Start: 01/18/2012 - 13:30

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Entrepreneurs, developers and funders in the New York tech community are coming together Jan. 18 to stage the first physical protest against the Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). These bills in the Senate and the House could open the door to widespread censorship on the Internet.

Barbershop Punk: Theatrical Premiere

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:41:05 -0500

Start: 11/11/2011 - 19:00

End: 11/11/2011 - 23:00

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This week the Senate will vote on a "resolution of disapproval" that would remove all existing protections for Internet users (if you haven't already, please call your senators and urge them to vote against it).

Media, Civic Engagement & Sustainability

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:43:11 -0400

Start: 11/02/2011 - 18:00

End: 11/02/2011 - 19:30

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Josh Stearns will provide a lecture that touches on the current state of media, and how civic engagement and sustainability come into play as related to this topic. Josh has a background in media and policy, conservation work, and civic engagement.

News for All the People Book Tour Launch

Mary Alice Crim — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:29:28 -0400

Here at Free Press we're celebrating the release of our colleague Joseph Torres' new book, News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media. This October the authors are taking their book on the road on a national tour that includes stops in New York, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, and Washington, D.C.

News for All the People Book Launch: New York City

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:19:49 -0400

Start: 10/20/2011 - 17:00

End: 10/20/2011 - 20:30

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Juan González of Democracy Now! and Joseph Torres of Free Press are proud to announce the launch of their new book, News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media.

Mobility Shifts: International Future of Learning Summit

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:38:18 -0400

Start: 10/09/2011 - 23:00

End: 10/15/2011 - 23:00

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MOBILITYSHIFTS IS: provocative conversations, original ideas, engaging performances, workshops and art projects about learning with digital media.

RE/Mixed Media Festival

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:15:42 -0400

Start: 10/20/2011 - 23:00

End: 10/22/2011 - 23:00

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The RE/Mixed Media Festival is a three-day celebration of collaborative art making and creative appropriation. It's the artists' contribution to the ongoing conversation about remixing, mashups, copyright law, fair use and the freedom of artists to access their culture to add to and build on it.

Community Broadband Hearing

Stevie Converse — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:54:32 -0500

Start: 12/11/2009 - 00:00

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The field hearing will bring together policymakers, elected officials, not-for-profit organizations, small businesses, anchor institutions, public agencies, broadband providers, foundations, community-based organizations and community leaders, academicians, and researchers.

Free Press Urges New York City Council to Support Open Internet

Holiday Shapiro — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:37:16 -0500

NEW YORK -- Testifying before the New York City Council today, Free Press delivered signatures from more than 4,000 New Yorkers calling for strong open Internet rules. The City Council is considering a resolution (712A-2007) urging the federal government to protect Net Neutrality.

New York City Council Hearing on Net Neutrality

Jordan Berg — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:57:46 -0500

Start: 11/20/2009 - 10:00

End: 11/20/2009 - 18:00

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The New York City Council Committee on Technology in Government will hold a public hearing regarding the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) six principles of Net Neutrality. This hearing seeks to gain insight into these principles, which the FCC seeks to codify.