On Monday, April 14, at 6 PM, Peace House will host a Press Conference to kick-off Independent Media Week. Invited guests include Ashland Mayor John Morrison,
Oregon State Representative Peter Buckley and Local Celebrity Jeff Golden. Independent Media Week will bring awareness to the fact that a free press is
the cornerstone of democracy and an unrestrained press provides greater access to information and dissenting viewpoints. Come and show your support for the
need for a more independent media.

KSKQ 94.9 Community Radio will host a independent media table at this years Earth Day Celebration at Science Works in Ashland Oregon.

There will be many opportunities for people to plug into this years Independent Media Week April 13-19.

Schedule of Events

April 1 Proclamation in Ashland

April 2 ask Jackson County to accept proclamation. 9 am

April 11 6 pm RVTV

Sunday, April 13

KSKQ Community Studio will host media workshops.

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm - Make Radio Happen - How to make radio.
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm - Citizen Journalism - How to use Rogue IMC.

Monday, April 14

On Monday April 14th Peace House will host a press conference on community media. Jeff Golden and Peter Buckley will participate.
We will also show a 15-min Peter Buckley / Amy Goodman interview.

House will also screen Sir, No Sir starting at 7:00 pm.

Sir! No Sir! tells the long suppressed story of the GI movement to end the war in Vietnam. This is the story of one of the most vibrant and widespread upheavals of the 1960’s- one that had a profound impact on American society yet has been virtually obliterated from the collective memory of that time.

Tuesday, April 15

On Tuesday April 15, the Southern Oregon Media Collective will screen Leaves of Green and Weed. From 7:00pm -9:30pm at the Meece Auditorium, center for the visual arts at Southern Oregon University.

Leaves of Green is a must for anyone who is interested in both its legal and ilegal useage. This 60-minute documentary is an investigative report on the world’s most controversial plant. From Reefer Madness to Cheech and Chong we’ve a long way. Watch as the cameras explore the world of industrial hemp to the world of medical marijuana. Through the eyes of the coordinator of the Kentucky hemp growers co-operative, we learn where it started and where it’s all going.

The documentary Weed offers highlights from Amsterdam’s eighth annual five-day-long Cannabis Cup & Hemp Expo. Told in a relatively straightforward manner it follows a group of largely American judges as they visit some of the liberal Dutch city’s various marijuana and hash houses to sample assorted THC containing products in a wide variety of environments. Also covered are snippets of recreational events, many of which are humorous, and educational seminars covering the more serious, non-drug related benefits offered by the versatile hemp plant.

Wednesday, April 14

Wednesday, April 16th the Womens Resource Center will present Killing Us Softly 3″ which is about the portrayals and betrayals of women by mainstream media. This film will be shown at the Meese Auditorium SOU 7 pm.

In Killing Us Softly 3, the newest version of her groundbreaking video Killing Us Softly (1979), Jean Kilbourne surveys the contemporary advertising landscape to critically examine how, why and to what effect corporations and their advertisers use images of girls and women to sell their products. Deconstructing advertisements with the same kind of care and thought that went into constructing them, Kilbourne pushes the discussion of media and advertising beyond the realm of pure market values on the one hand and pure aesthetic values on the other. She sets mass media images of femininity against social reality, advertising fantasy against the actual experience of girls and women, and encourages us to consider the relationship between the stories advertising tells about girls and women and the actual lives girls and women lead.

Thursday, April 17

On Thursday, April 17th, Citizens for Peace and Justice presents a forum and discussions on:

• Torture and the Media
• Independent Media in the Time of War

The discussions will be at 6:30 PM held at the Medford Congregational United Church 1801 E. Jackson St. in Medford Oregon. For more information visit http://www.medfordcpj.org/

Friday, April 18

On Friday, April 18th the Students For Truth will present Zietgeist.
Meece Auditorium 7 PM

Saturday, April 19

On Saturday night, April 19th, KSKQ is presenting a concert at the Bellview Grange (1050 Tolman Creek Road in Ashland next to Bellview School). It is $5 and proceeds go to increasing KSKQ’s signal reach. The show starts at 8pm, is all ages, and will feature BAD HABIT BANDITS, THE GOING NOWHERES, and THE OCTONES.

Sponsors

• Peace House
• SOU Media Collective
• Students For Truth
• KSKQ 94.9 lp-fm Community Radio
• Media-Eye
• EQ.TV
• Rogue Independent Media Center
• Women’s Resource Center
• Citizens For Peace and Justice
• Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice