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Interviews: Bruce Moffat, Executive Director 608.251.6834, bruce@wcfund.org
January 23, 2008
Wisconsin Community Fund, a state-wide social justice grantmaking organization, announces five recipients of Media Justice Fund grants with grants totaling $27,450.
According to Bruce Moffat, Executive Director of Wisconsin Community Fund, “These five organizations are working on the cutting edge of media reform.” He goes on to praise the grantees for challenging the media as we know it today. “It takes real dedication to buck the traditional media system and work for meaningful change. Whether it’s combating the representation of minority stereotypes or giving voice to communities otherwise silent in traditional media sources, I applaud the work of Wisconsin Community Fund’s Media Justice Grant recipients.”
Since 1982, the Fund has brought progressive donors and activists together to support grassroots groups working on a variety of social change issues. Because Wisconsin Community Fund’s grant making process is controlled by activists from the communities we serve, our funding supports the most strategic work unfolding at the local level.
Examples of other issues funded by Wisconsin Community Fund include globalization, poverty, war, racism, sexism, homophobia and environmental destruction. In its history, the Fund has granted more than $1 million to groups working for social justice throughout Wisconsin.
Center for Democracy in Action
McFarland
$5,000
Interviews: Carol Lobes, 608-838-7491
Grant funds will be used for three Race and Media Forums. The purpose of these Forums is to educate media representatives on key issues relating to both individual communities of color and issues that span the spectrum of such communities. The Forums will connect print and electronic media to create relationships that provide sources "beyond the usual suspects" in the communities of color.
CityWIDE LPFM
Madison
$5,450
Interviews: Eric Howland, 608-577-1774
The funds will be used to support a Low Power FM station. CityWIDE LPFM, a coalition of 8 organizations, shares a frequency with SoulWIDE LPFM at the same frequency. Funds go toward purchase and installation of broadcast equipment, pay licensing fees for the operation of the station and build a studio for youth at the Lussier Teen center.
Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition
Milwaukee
$5,500
Interviews: Janan Najeeb, 262-241-9522
Grant funds will be used to conduct a one-day seminar on the role of the media and the current climate of Islamophobia (racism and bigotry towards Muslims). The funds will be used to secure national experts with extensive experience conducting workshops and seminars for members of the media. Funds will also be used for brochures, mailings, and any needed handouts to members of the media, university communication departments, anti-racism organizations, etc.
Progressive Media Project
Madison
$5,000
Interviews: Matt Rothschild, 608-257-4626
Grant funds to provide two Advocacy Media Clinics to train community-based nonprofit organizations and individual activists to effectively, creatively and regularly advance their issues and constituency interests in the media. Both workshops will utilize the Progressive Media Project’s “Voices of Diversity” media tool kit, and will help develop writing skills and provide follow-up assistance with editing, placing and tracking commentaries in local, statewide and regional newspapers, as well as web-based publishing venues.
Workers Independent News
Madison
$6,500
Interviews: Frank Emspak, 608-251-0387
WIN serves working people through the US by producing and distributing news stories that feature issues affecting working people. Grant funds will be used to support a community-based organizer/producer that will help the community understand how the media functions. In addition, the position will include the more traditional interviewing and production. Wisconsin distribution of the news will be undertaken by Workers Independent News (WIN).
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