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NCMR / Images of Women

Deepa Fernandez	Geena Davis	Jane Fonda

Deepa Fernandez, Geena Davis & Jane Fonda

at the National Conference for Media Reform
January 2007 / Memphis, TN

The National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis earlier this year is the 3rd such gathering and it has grown from 1400 to 2200 to 3500 participants including media activists, academics, journalists, authors, bloggers, content producers, internet defenders, the public access community, alternative media, government officials, and just plain citizens concerned with the perilous cour5se that has been charted and pursued by mega corporations with their revolving door access to the policy making aparatus and the leverage of almost limitless financial resources.

Deepa Fernandez, Geena Davis & Jane Fonda are commited media reform activists.  Deepa Fernandez addresses a broad  range of issues M-F on her morning radio show, Wake Up Call on Pacifica's WBAI in New York,

Despite having achieved tremendous success in film, Geena and Jane have had, and continue to fight, battles over the images of women as presented by Hollywood and mainstream media.  Geena Davis is a trustee of Women's Sports Foundation which promotes gender equality in sports programs and faciliities under federal Title IX legislation.  She is also a founder of See Jane which focuses on media images of young girls that constrain their imaginations and opportunities.  

Jane Fonda has been deeply involved with Women's Media Center which confronts mainstream media on it's failure to fulfill its roll as a 4th estate with the independence and power to hold government and private sector forces accountable, thereby strengthening democracy.  Her other activist and human rights efforts include Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, Native American Rights Fund, and V-Day - a global movement to end violence against women and girls.

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