Plural Plus: UN NGO film festival on youth media

Youth around the world are invited to participate in PLURAL +, a video festival focusing on migration, diversity and social inclusion.

Recognizing youth as powerful agents of social change in a world often characterized by intolerance, cultural and religious divisions, PLURAL+ is aimed at involving youth in addressing the key challenges in their communities related to migrant integration, inclusiveness, identity, diversity, human rights and social cohesiveness.  MORE INFORMATION: www.unaoc.org/pluralplus

John Downing on the Various Terms for Community Media

This interview was taped by Harold Secue and Victoria Maldonado in July, 2009, at the Our Media conference held in Medellin, Colombia. Many of the participants were asked which of the many terms (participatory media, citizens' media, social change media, etc) they preferred. John Downing is editing a book on Social Change media. Downing is the author of two volumes of Radical Media. He is a professor at the University of Southern Illinois.