There has been a new and unexpected change to Amy Goodman's schedule for the days of September 20 and September 21. This will affect the Chicago-area forum featuring Amy Goodman and David Goodman on September 20, which now WILL BEGIN AT THE NEW TIME OF 5:30pm, rather than 7pm. Everything else about the event remains the same.

Please note this time change, and please pass the word along to others. A revised announcement follows.

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Chicago Media Action and North Shore Coalition for Peace and Justice (NSCPJ) present:
A public educational forum with guest speaker -

AMY GOODMAN

Host & executive producer of Pacifica Radio's daily TV and radio news program "Democracy Now!"

Co-author of the new book "Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back"

along with "Static" co-author and investigative journalist, David Goodman once again take on government liars, corporate profiteers, and the media that has acted as their megaphone.

Dale Lehman of WZRD will provide introductions.
James Thindwa from Chicago Jobs with Justice will be our moderator.

DATE: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
TIME: 5:30 PM (revised from 7pm because of a new change in Amy Goodman's schedule)
PLACE: Leverone Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston Campus (just east
of Foster St. and Sheridan Rd.)

A book signing will follow.

Admission: Donations accepted

This event is co-sponsored by the Northwestern University History and Sociology Departments
Additional co-sponsors: CAN TV, Radio Arte (WRTE), WZRD, and WLUW.

TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING:
Call the CTA at 312-836-7000. Transfer at the Howard terminal to the CTA purple line and get off at the Foster Street stop in Evanston. Walk four blocks east to
Leverone Hall. Parking is located in the main campus lot near the lake east of the library, north of Foster off Library Place, and elsewhere nearby.

TO REQUEST FREE TABLE SPACE:
Email Mitchell Szczepanczyk at msszczep (at) uchicago.edu to place requests, or for more details; space is limited, and reservations for space will be kept on a first-come-first-served basis.

ABOUT AMY GOODMAN:
Amy Goodman began her career in community radio in 1985 at Pacifica Radio's New York station WBAI. She produced WBAI's Evening News for 10 years. In 1996, Amy helped launch Pacifica Radio's "Democracy Now!", and has won a plethora of prestigious journalism awards.

ABOUT DAVID GOODMAN:
David Goodman is an award-winning independent journalist, a Contributing Writer for Mother Jones, and the author of six books, including the critically acclaimed Fault Lines: Journeys Into the New South Africa (University of California Press, 2002)

ABOUT DEMOCRACY NOW!:
Pioneering the largest public media collaboration in the United States, "Democracy Now!" is broadcast on Pacifica, community, and National Public Radio stations, public access cable television stations, satellite television (on Free Speech TV, channel 9415 of the DISH Network), shortwave radio, and the internet
(www.democracynow.org).

"Democracy Now!" is broadcast locally in Chicago on:
* CAN TV cable channel 19 (7-8 AM, M-F)
* WZRD 88.3 FM (7-8 AM, 8-9 AM, M-F)
* WLUW 88.7 FM (9-10 AM, M-F)
* Radio Arte, WRTE 90.5 FM (1-2 PM, M-Th; 2-3 PM, Fr)

ABOUT CHICAGO MEDIA ACTION:
Chicago Media Action (CMA) is an activist group dedicated to analyzing and broadening Chicago's mainstream media and to building Chicago's independent media.

CMA, P.O. Box 14140, Chicago IL 60614
Call toll-free, 1-866-260-7198 or email cma (at) chicagomediaaction.org
www.chicagomediaaction.org

ABOUT NSCPJ:
The North Shore Coalition for Peace and Justice (NSCPJ) is an alliance of organizations and individuals from Chicago and near north suburbs, united in support of an end to war and in the use of nonviolent methods of social change.

NSCPJ, Evanston, IL
847-912-0739 or contact Marcia Bernsten, marcia (at) nscpj.org
www.nscpj.org