MediaJustice is a national non-profit organization based in

Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...

established in 2008. Until 2019 MediaJustice was known as the Center for Media Justice and it was founded by

Malkia Cyril Malkia Amala Devich-Cyril (born May 2, 1974) is a poet and media activist best known for spearheading national grassroots efforts of the Net Neutrality campaign, framing the discourse on protecting net neutrality as shifting away from the notion ...

and its current Executive Director is Steven Renderos. The organization's mission is "''to build a powerful movement for a more just and participatory media and digital world—with racial equity and human rights for all.''"

Background

In 2002, leaders from We Interrupt This Message and Race Forward (formerly the Applied Research Center) launched the Youth Media Council (YMC) to counter media bias against California’s youth and people of color. As the project grew, it expanded to address inequities in media access and coverage in diverse communities by collaborating with local social justice groups nationwide. With technical support from the Movement Strategy Center, YMC staff organized these groups into the Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net), and evolved to become the Center for Media Justice (CMJ). Launched in 2008, CMJ is now a nationally recognized organizing hub representing the media policy interests and building the cultural leadership of hundreds of social justice groups across the United States. Vision MediaJustice has a vision that states, "''MediaJustice is a long-term vision to democratize the economy, government, and society through policies and practices that ensure: democratic media ownership, fundamental communication rights; universal media and technology access, and meaningful, accurate representation within news and popular culture for everyone."'' MediaJustice believes that MediaJustice will be achieved when the media and cultural environment results in connected communities, fair economies, racial justice and human rights for all people; and lifts up the voices of communities of color, low-income people, and other under-represented communities.

External links

MediaJustice.org
official website
Media Action Grassroots Network
(a project of the Center for Media Justice)

References

Citizen mass media in the United States Organizations based in Oakland, California 2001 establishments in the United States Mass media in the San Francisco Bay Area Media analysis organizations and websites {{Cite web, url=https://mediajustice.org/news/after-more-than-a-decade-of-visionary-leadership-as-executive-director-of-mediajustice-malkia-cyril-moves-into-new-role-as-senior-fellow/, title = After More Than a Decade of Visionary Leadership as Executive Director of MediaJustice, Malkia Cyril Moves into New Role as Senior Fellow

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