Main Street Project
What media justice means
How you can share your story
Why your community needs to hear your voice
Communication is a fundamental human right. Yet people are denied this right every day. That's why Main Street Project developed the Justice 2.0 initiative.
Justice 2.0 gives voice to historically under-represented and digitally excluded community members and allies -- those most in need of media justice. Training and support is focused on using interactive Web 2.0 technologies, advocating for immigrant rights and digital justice issues, and combating anti-immigrant and racist voices in the media.
The initiative addresses communication challenges of:
- Access: Social and economic status are both drivers and limiters of access to technology.
- Knowledge: Web 2.0 tools are still very new and knowledge gaps need to be filled. The same is true for understanding the most effective way to share information with the goal of creating social change.
- Empowerment: Having the ability to own and share personal stories in a broader, creative way has the power to build a movement of self-determination with rural and urban communities of color.
Main Street Project is a grassroots cultural organizing, media justice and economic development initiative working to help rural communities face today's realities with hope. We provide creative and practical tools to give rural residents of all ages, cultures, economic and immigration status the opportunity to more fully participate in all aspects of community life.
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