Rainbow PUSH Coalition Hosts Media & Telecommunications Symposium

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
10/11/2007 MEDIA ADVISORY

Rainbow PUSH Coalition Hosts Media & Telecommunications Symposium

WHO:
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps & FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein and public participants
WHAT:
The Rainbow PUSH Coalition & Citizenship Education Fund Media & Telecommunications Project Annual Symposium Press Conference

WHEN: Friday, October 12, 2007 @ 12:15 p.m.

WHERE:
Capitol Hilton Hotel
Senate Room
1001 16th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20036

WHY:
Following five FCC hearings held around the country Rev. Jackson and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition will host its annual Media and Telecommunications Symposium.

"Media ownership should look like America, but instead we have too few owning too much at the expense of too many," said Rev. Jackson. "It's time to reverse the poor policy decisions that have shut out the public from our airwaves.

At the press conference during the two-day event Rev. Jackson and others will address topics that concern all Americans. Issues being highlighted will be broadband, public broadcasting, minority ownership, and the current state of media and telecommunications in America.

Some of the industry’s most knowledgeable and the general public will weigh in on and share ideas regarding media diversity and ownership.

The Rainbow PUSH Coalition is a progressive organization protecting, defending and expanding civil rights to improve economic and educational opportunity. The organization is headquartered at 930 E. 50th St. in Chicago. For more information about the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, please visit the organization’s website, www.rainbowpush.org, or telephone (773) 373-3366.

*National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters: nabob.org

*This symposium will be broadcast on C-SPAN RADIO: c-span.org