AMP Blog: detroit
Model D profiles Allied Media Projects
Model D, an online magazine covering stories of "development, re-development, creative people and businesses" in Detroit, has a profile of Allied Media Projects as it's featured story in this week's edition.
AUDIO | AMP speaks to WDET 101.9PM about community radio in Detroit
For years, community radio advocates and activists have used the Allied Media Conference as an annual point of convergence in the movement to expand community radio access in the United States. The passage of the Local Community Radio Act in 2011 creates new potential for the issuance of non-commercial low-power FM (LPFM) radio licenses all across the country for non-profits and partnering community groups.
VIDEO | Help Detroit Future Youth participate in the Allied Media Conference
Detroit Future Youth are fundraising to support youth presence at the Allied Media Conference. The fundraising campaign is completely youth led and youth driven, from the campaign strategy to the video development. Check it out and support!
ATTN: Detroit teachers! Apply for a year-long initiative to empower young people in our classrooms and communities
We are excited to invite all teachers to apply for one of the most transformative and effective professional development opportunities of a lifetime.
Detroit Future Schools needs innovative, passionate, committed teachers to apply here!
Report-back from SXSW Interactive 2012
"When they built the interstate highways through Detroit, they divided neighborhoods and paved a path to the suburbs. When we look at the digital divide, we see the information superhighway is doing the same thing: setting communities apart and giving the more affluent a path to abandon the city. For all of the Internet’s power to unite those of us who use it, how can we ensure that it does not divide us from those who don’t?"