November 29, 2006
Queens, NY -
The Ronald
H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development at
St. John’s University School of Law received a $10,000 grant from
the Ford
Foundation’s Knowledge, Creativity and Freedom
Program. The grant will fund the travel of a delegation of
media diversity experts to the National Media Reform
Conference in Memphis, TN on January 12-14, 2007.
Activists, media makers, educators, journalists, policymakers
and concerned citizens will gather at the conference to present
ideas and strategies for reforming the media. The Ronald H. Brown
Media Diversity Delegation will take part by co-facilitating
discussion groups at a Media Diversity Summit at the National Media
Reform Conference. Each delegate is required to write a report of
their experiences at the conference.
The Ronald H. Brown Media Diversity Delegation includes:
Dr. C. Anthony Bush
Chief Economist
General Counsel’s Office
Federal Communications Commission
Neil Carlson
Writer and Consultant
Akilah Folami
Professor
St. John’s University School of Law
Chanelle Hardy
Attorney
Federal Trade Commission
David Honig
Executive Director
Minority Media and Telecommunications Council
Kevin Howley
Associate Professor
DePauw University
Angela Mae Kupenda
Professor of Law
Mississippi College
Catherine J.K. Sandoval
Assistant Professor of Law
Santa Clara University School of Law
Dr. Maria Simone
Professor
Rowan University
Antwuan Wallace
PhD Candidate
New School University
The delegation will be led by Professor Leonard M.
Baynes, the Director of the Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil
Rights and Economic Development, who with Malkia Cyril, the
Director of the Youth Media Council, will co-facilitate the Media
Diversity Summit. Additionally, Professor Baynes, with
Professor Catherine Sandoval, of Santa Clara Law School, will
co-facilitate a pre-conference session, sponsored by the
Social Science Research Council of Media Scholars, that will
explore the relationship between contemporary justice
concerns—including racial and gender inequalities—and the ‘content’
of the media.