Rethink Media Inc

RETHINK MEDIA IS A UNIQUE, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. WE CENTER EFFECTIVE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS AS VITAL TO PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT BUILDING AND SOCIAL CHANGE (CONT. ON SCH O)

INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVEACHIEVEMENT FOR THIS PROGRAM:DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE (DC) WORKS WITH LEADING LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL GROUPSAND ADVOCATES TO ENSURE THAT ALL AMERICANS HAVE AN EQUAL VOICE BY PROMOTING JUDICIALAND CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM, INCREASING TRANSPARENCY, AND PROTECTING VOTING RIGHTS.ALL ELECTIONS, WHETHER AT THE FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LEVEL, ARE DISPROPORTIONATELYAFFECTED BY THOSE WITH THE MOST MONEY TO SPEND ON CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. IN JUDICIALELECTIONS, MONEYED INTERESTS ARE WORKING TO STACK THE COURTS WITH JUDGES WHO SUPPORTTHEIR POLITICAL OR COMMERCIAL INTERESTS. MEANWHILE, MORE AND MORE AMERICANS ARE BEINGEXCLUDED FROM PARTICIPATION BY GROWING LIMITS ON VOTER ACCESS AND VOTING RIGHTS. TOADDRESS THIS, WE BUILD GROUPS CAPACITY TO SHIFT THE NARRATIVE - FROM PROBLEMS TOSOLUTIONS, FROM CYNICISM TO ACTION-REACH NEW AUDIENCES, MAKE NEW ALLIES, ANDSTRENGTHEN THE DIVERSITY AND IMPACT OF A GROWING MOVEMENT INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE EMERGING NEW AMERICAN MAJORITY-COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, WOMEN, AND YOUNG PEOPLE-DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ALIKE.

PEACE & SECURITY COLLABORATIVEACHIEVEMENT FOR THIS PROGRAM:PEACE AND SECURITY COLLABORATIVE (PSC) WORKS WITH THE NATION'S FOREMOST LEADERS AND EXPERTS, ADVOCATING SOLUTIONS TO SOME OF THE MOST COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES OF THE 21ST CENTURY. THESE INCLUDE US POLICY TOWARD IRAN, SECURING NUCLEAR MATERIAL AROUND THE WORLD, REDUCING THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR ARSENAL, AND TRIMMING EXCESSIVE PENTAGON SPENDING. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS THE WORK OF GROUPS ADDRESSING CONFLICT PREVENTION, WORKING TOWARD MORE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY FOR THE PROLIFERATION AND MILITARY USE OF DRONES AND TARGETING KILLING, AND IN SUPPORT OF CURTAILING THE INTERNATIONAL ARMS TRADE.

RIGHTS & INCLUSION COLLABORATIVEACHIEVEMENT FOR THIS PROGRAM:OUR RIGHTS AND INCLUSION TEAM WORKS WITH MUSLIM, ARAB, SIKH, AND SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WITH ALLIES OPPOSING HATE-CRIMES AND ANTI-MUSLIM PREJUDICE, AND WITH U.S.-BASED MUSLIM AND NON-MUSLIM ALLIES PROMOTING CULTURAL EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN THE ARTS. WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR PARTNERS, RETHINK MEDIA LAUNCHED A SPEAKERS BUREAU, A MULTI-YEAR EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE LACK OF REPRESENTATION OF MUSLIM, ARAB, AND SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN SPOKESPEOPLE IN THE MEDIA. TO-DATE WE HAVE TRAINED HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH EXPERTISE ON A BROAD RANGE OF ISSUES BEYOND JUST ISLAM, MUSLIMS, OR NATIONS OF ORIGIN IN SUBJECTS AS VARIED AS THE ARTS, NATIONAL SECURITY, HEALTHCARE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND POP CULTURE. AND WE HAVE PROVIDED HANDS-ON MEDIA OUTREACH SUPPORT TO CONNECT THIS GROWING NETWORK OF SPOKESPEOPLE TO JOURNALISTS, PRODUCERS, AND BOOKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.