RCLLG Annual Meeting with special presentation - How Orientalism within the Media Enables Endless War



How Orientalism Within the Media Enables Endless War
by Mnar Muhawesh, Editor, Mint Press News

Join us for a special presentation on how the media manipulates conflict narratives to drive public support for war.  Listen to how these stories relate to a native Minnesota journalist who is breaking barriers and building bridges.
 

 

RCLLG Annual Meeting

December 3, 2015

5:30 pm
Dinner and Social Hour

6:30 pm 
Annual Meeting & Recognition

7:00 pm
Special Presentation

Location
Keller ClubHouse
2166 Maplewood Drive
Maplewood, MN

Speaker and Presenter Information

Mnar Muhawesh is founder, CEO and editor in chief of MintPress News, and is also a regular speaker on responsible journalism, sexism, neoconservativism within the media and journalism start-ups. She started her career as an independent multimedia journalist covering Midwest and national politics while focusing on civil liberties and social justice issues posting her reporting and exclusive interviews on her blog MintPress, which she later turned MintPress into t

he global news source it is today. In 2009, Muhawesh also became the first American woman to wear the hijab to anchor/report the news in American media. Muhawesh is also a wife and mother of a rascal four year old boy, juggling her duties as a CEO and motherly tasks successfully as supermom.

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Office of the President (includes OMB), Dept of Education, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Justice, Dept of State, SSA, Other Federal Agencies, State Government, County Government, City Government, Municipal Government, FEMA, Coast Guard


    This event has no exhibitor/sponsor opportunities


    When
    Thu, Dec 3, 2015, 5:30pm - 8:00pm


    Cost

    Regular Registration:  $40.00



    Website
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    Organizer
    GTS Educational Events
    Ramsey County League of Local Governments


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