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Please forward this along! Inauguration protest information –
January 20th, 2005 J20 - Anti-Inauguration Call-to-Action

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Independent Media Converges to Cover Bush Inauguration

We are contacting you as an important member of the independent
media community to ask you to participate in, support or promote
independent media coverage of the upcoming presidential inauguration
in January.

From Jan. 10 through Jan. 24, independent media makers will converge
in the nation's capital to provide continuous coverage of the
inauguration through video, photography, radio, print, and web
postings.

We are a group of independent media makers in Washington, DC that
has formed to help facilitate and coordinate coverage of the
inauguration.

For more information, please visit our website at
http://www.inaugurationmedia.org. A list of our needs follows at the end
of this letter, along with information on how to join out listserves.

Information about specific media projects during the inauguration
will be available on our website in the coming weeks.

If you are in the DC area or coming to town for the inauguration,
we ask you to contact us to help coordinate independent media
coverage.

We intend to provide a media workspace with broadband Internet
access, telephones, a limited number of computers for public use
and Internet radio facilities. Although we will appreciate and
request donations for use of the space, no one who legitimately
wants to use the space to create independent media will be turned
away.

If you cannot come to Washington for the inauguration, please help
promote and distribute the independent media that is produced. For
example, post a link to our website on your site.

Repost or re-air content produced during the inauguration. Use
whatever forum you have to discuss and promote the independent media
produced during the inauguration. Share this letter and the existence
of our media center with your readership, listenership, viewership,
fellow journalists, photographers, filmmakers, and writers. Also,
consider sponsoring a trip to Washington for someone else who wishes
to create media.

Finally, we ask everyone to review the list of needs at the end of
this letter and help us however you can.

This year's election was won by a razor thin margin.

Indeed, almost half of those who voted did not vote for Bush. The
same was true of the last election. Despite this, the mainstream
media provided almost no coverage of the protests and general dissent
surrounding the 2000 inauguration. We do not want this situation
to occur again, and we are determined to use our voices and the
voices of others around the world to ensure that independent messages
are heard.

The success of delivering these messages depends upon how much unity
we can create in the world of independent media. One person acting
alone is one voice. Acting together, we are many voices, and can
pool our resources to rise above the din of the mainstream media.
With your assistance, we can ensure that the voice of independent
media is heard loud and clear.

Thank you for any support you can offer us.

DC Inauguration Media Group

ABOUT US:

We are a not-for-profit coalition of independent media makers working
on an entirely volunteer basis. Any money we receive in the form
of contributions will go directly towards supporting the creation
and distribution of independent media. A list of participants is
available on our website, http://www.inaugurationmedia.org.