From:    "June Licence" 
Subject: New Peace Education Series Launched
Date:    Thursday, March 27, 2003 2:17 PM

March 26, 2003 

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For Immediate Release Jim Wittebols 286-8577 


Globalvision Founder to Serve as First Speaker in "Visions for a 
Better World" Educational Series


BUFFALO, NEW YORK--- Danny Schechter, founder of Globalvision, Inc. 
and executive editor of the mediachannel.org website, will be the 
inaugural speaker for a new educational series sponsored by the 
Western New York Peace Center and the Buffalo-Erie County Historical 
Society.

The event will take place on Tuesday, April 8, 2002 at 7:30 pm at the 
Buffalo Erie County Historical Society Auditorium, 25 Nottingham Court 
in Buffalo. Schechter will speak on "Communicating for a Better World: 
Challenges and Possibilities" as part of a new series of educational 
events called "Visions for a Better World."

"This educational series is designed to provide an alternative vision 
of what kind of world we seek, especially in the aftermath of the 
September 11, 2001 attacks," said James Wittebols, member of the Peace 
Center committee which has joined with the Historical Society in planning 
the series. "We believe there is a thirst for knowledge and understanding 
among many of our fellow citizens about the role our country is playing 
in the world. And as citizens concerned with building a more just and 
democratic world, we feel a need to contribute to our community's dialogue 
about these issues."

Schechter's background makes him an ideal person to kick off the series. 
Schechter's career has been dedicated to giving a voice to the people and 
issues which are not adequately addressed by the mainstream media. An Emmy 
Award-winning former producer for ABC's 20/20, Danny left the mainstream 
media to produce television and films designed to bring a critical voice 
on the global issues of the day. He produced 156 episodes of the public 
television series "South Africa Now" and co-produced "Rights and Wrongs: 
Human Rights Television." Schechter's most recent media efforts have led 
him to create mediachannel.org, a website which provides news and views 
about the role of global corporate media in shaping the politics of our 
planet.

Schechter is a graduate of Cornell University, holds a master's degree 
from the London School of Economics and was a Nieman Fellow in Journalism 
at Harvard University. He is a recipient of the IRIS award, the George Polk 
Award, the Major Armstrong Award, and honors from the National Association 
of Black Journalists. His work has appeared in Newsday, Boston Globe, 
Columbia Journalism Review, Detroit Free Press, Village Voice, Media 
Studies Journal, and Z Magazine, among others. Schechter is the author 
of The More You Watch, The Less You Know (Seven Stories Press) and News 
Dissector: Passions, Pieces, and Polemics (Electron Press).