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Activism

Advocacy forum
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Lisa Lis,
Associate Chairperson

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tandWithUs-Michigan will
present effective techniques
for responding to anti-Israel
bias in the news media. Two advo-
cacy seminars by the Committee for
Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in
America (CAMERA) are scheduled
for Sunday, Sept. 10, at the Holocaust
Memorial Center, Farmington Hills.
Lee Green, director of CAMERAS
National Letter-Writing Group, will
lead a two-hour workshop. She's also
creator of the pro-Israel activism Web
site, www.iloveisrael.org.
Green will instruct two workshops
for activists looking to hone their letter
writing and media outreach skills. She
also will offer a primer on showing
pro-Israel supporters how to effec-
tively communicate to newspaper edi-
tors and broadcast outlets, especially
in Metro Detroit, home to large Jewish
and Arab populations.
The first workshop will be 10 a.m.-
noon with a light brunch. There is a
$10 charge; space is limited.
The second program, Letter Writing
101, begins at 1 p.m.
CAMERA (www.camera.org ) is a
news-media watchdog organization
working to promote more accurate,
balanced and complete coverage of the
Middle East. Based in Boston, it mon-
itors and aggressively responds to dis-
torted news accounts about Israel and
holds news organizations accountable
for setting the record straight.
"The Detroit pro-Israel community
is quite active and savvy in promoting
fair and factual reporting about Israel:
Green said. "However, the unique chal-
lenges of the demographics in Metro
Detroit require that they take their
skills to the next level.
The level of fairness and account-
ability of a nation's press is directly
related to how involved the public
and media watchdogs are on insist-
ing upon fair and factual reporting:'
she added. "Please keep this in mind
whenever you are pondering whether
you should spend a half hour to pro-
mote fair reporting about Israel to
your local editor or to a national com-
mentator
The Benard L. Maas Foundation is
underwriting the workshop. Advance
registration is required. Contact
StandWithUs-Michigan,
(248) 432-1384 or swumichigan@
standwithus.

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