The Global Critical Media Literacy Project: A network of activist-educators

The Global Critical Media Literacy Project is a growing digitally connected network of activist-educators devoted to building a critically media-literate society through education and action. The organization, cofounded by Project Censored, the Action Coalition for Media Education, and two professors from Sacred Heart University\u27s School of Communication and Media Arts, serves as a publishing venue for student work in journalism or critical media literacy, a resource center for curricular tools and educational activities, and a networking hub for teachers and place-based educators. In this session, Project Coordinator Ben Boyington will explain the work of the current and proposed directions of the GCMLP, including history and rationale, and will engage with participants around strategies, goals, and impacts. He will also invite interested parties to join in the ongoing efforts to bring the Project\u27s visions to fruition