I found myself seated at the front of a lecture hall on the campus of Ithaca College in New York. It was March 30, 2023. Philosopher Craig Duncan of Ithaca College and Raza Rumi, Director of the Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM), were there with me to...
On September 29, a panel of seasoned journalists and scholars gathered at Suffolk University Law School to participate in a discussion on the crisis in community journalism and local governance in the United States. The panel, titled “The Decline Local News and Rise...
The Park Center for Independent Media and the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival invite you to a roundtable with media experts on coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war in independent and mainstream media on September 7, 2022, from 7–8:30 p.m. EDT on Zoom.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine constitutes the first major land war in Europe in decades. Russia's stated aim is that Ukraine be freed from oppression and “cleansed of the Nazis.” Under this false narrative of a Ukraine run by fascists since 2014 — when its...
As part of an ongoing virtual panel series on critical local issues, the Tompkins County office of Human Rights hosted a panel of academics and local professionals to discuss violence in Ithaca and America. Dr. Ken Clarke, Director of the Office moderated the...
