Andrew interviews Carol Gillespie of the Asian American Donor Program, Stacie Tamaki of Helping Tami, and James Nguyen of Team Matthew. They discuss the use of donated stem cells from bone marrow to treat leukemia, myelodysplasia, and other blood cancers. Donor/patient compatibility depends heavily on ethnicity. Unfortunately, ethnic minorities are underrepresented in the donor registry.
This episode received the 2009 WAVE award in the new category "Free Speech TV community activism award." Part of the prize is having the episode air on Free Speech TV.
Following historic public access television deals in New York City last year, the City of Chicago ratified a renewal agreement with cable operator RCN on April 24, 2012, dramatically expanding local community access to new media technologies.
The Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island is seeking a Post-Doctoral Fellow with expertise in Latin American or Caribbean community media.
In a letter sent to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Alliance for Community Media Executive Director Sylvia Strobel and Alliance for Communications Democracy President Rob Brading request a meeting to discuss AT&T U’Verse treatment of PEG channels.
“ACM and ACD leaders come from communities that are directly affected by AT&T. As AT&T continues
to roll out a (...)
