Not sure why Comcast is involved, but this seems like a good chance to make connections if you’re into that sort of thing. Details below. -mia
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Comcast in partnership with: Asian American Journalists Association/SF Bay Area Chapter Bay Area Black Journalists Association California Chicano News Media Association East Bay Press Club California Media Workers Guild/Freelance Unity National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association/NorCal Chapter Public Relations Society of America/Diversity Committee New America Media Society of Professional Journalists/Northern California Chapter
Invite you to attend our joint
UNITY MEDIA MIXER ~ WINTER 2010
Thursday, January 21 — 5:30 to 8 p.m. Urban Tavern 333 O’Farrell St., San Francisco (near Powell st. BART)
FREE ADMISSION. COMPLIMENTARY APPETIZERS. Raffle Prizes. And more!
Reconnect with former colleagues, meet new friends and renew or join your membership of choice.
For more information, email: sfbaymedia@yahoo.com
comment from Lotus Yee Fong:
My experience with Unity and all minority associations is that large corporations are willing to sponsor because of the diversity and civil rights movements of the past creating the economic relationships of outreach and sponsorship. If you go to any minority organization’s conference, like NAACP, La Raza, Organization of Chinese Americans, etc. there are always sponsors and tables for Coca Cola, State Farm Insurance, AT&T, etc. That’s how minorities get their first jobs, etc. You could say that corporations assimilate and co-opt minorities into the mainstream, if you want to be cynical.