Philadelphia Community Access Media (PhillyCAM) Spotlights CAIR-Philadelphia as December Member of the Month
We are pleased and honored to be PhillyCAM’s Member of the Month! PhillyCAM is a non-profit agency designated by the City of Philadelphia to operate its public access television network. We have been a member for two years now, and are currently involved with producing a short documentary to be aired soon. CAIR-Philadelphia’s Outreach and Communications Director, Rugiatu Conteh, was featured in last week’s PhillyCAM newsletter and CAIR-Philadelphia’s profile is posted on their website.
Check out CAIR-Philadelphia’s profile:
A 14-year-old Muslim student once told me that he went to school after the media hysteria following the death of Osama bin Laden, and a classmate said to him sympathetically, “Sorry to hear that your uncle died yesterday”.
It’s sad but true.
Many people tend to rely heavily on television for news and information. When it comes to talking about or portraying Muslims and diversity of the Muslim American experience in mainstream media, quite frankly, it’s negative or inaccurate. We at CAIR-Philadelphia joined PhillyCAM because we believe in the power of community media. We believe that it is up to us to create media that documents our experience, our struggles and our history. Click here to read more…
