Minnesota Future of Internet Media Justice Source List

Edyael Casaperalta, Program and Research Associate, Rural Strategy Center

Edyael joined Rural Strategies after serving as a consultant for our efforts in
the Gulf Coast in the fall and winter of 2006-2007. She has worked with the
Llano Grande Center for Research and Development, a nonprofit organization
dedicated to educational pursuits and community youth leadership, beginning
when she was a sophomore at Edcouch-Elsa High School in Elsa, Texas.
Edyael is one of four founders of the Llano Grande Center’s Spanish
Language Immersion Institute
Contact: edyael@ruralstrategies.org

Malkia Cyril, Executive Director, Center for Media Justice

Malkia is founder of the Center for Media Justice. Malkia is the recipient of
the Media Leader award from the Alliance for Community Media, the
Emerging Leader award from the Media That Matters Film Festival, and
other awards from the Media Justice Fund, Rock the Vote, and others.
Malkia has appeared on or in Democracy Now, Hard Knock Radio,
Breakdown FM, Free Speech TV, the documentary Outfoxed, the
documentary Broadcast Blues, the SF Weekly, the San Francisco Bay
Guardian, the New York Times, the Village Voice, and others.
Contact: malkia@centerformediajustice.org

Amalia Deloney, Coordinator, Media Action Grassroots Network

Amalia Deloney is a Guatemala-born activist, cultural worker and former Senior

Fellow with the Main Street Project in Minnesota. Amalia earned her B.A. in Urban
Studies and History from Macalester College and her Juris Doctorate with a focus
on Social Justice from Hamline University School of Law. Her areas of
specialization include community organizing and education, cultural rights, non-
partisan political participation, and media justice.
Contact: amalia@centerformediajustice.org

Steven Renderos, Media Justice Organizer, Mainstreet Project

Steven Renderos leads Minnesota’s Main Street Project's media justice and
community building efforts, including the Justice 2.0 training project and our
collaborative work with the nationwide Media Action Grassroots Network
(MAG-Net).
Contact: steven@mainstreetproject.org

Andrea Isabel Quijada, Executive Director of the Media Literacy Project

Andrea delivers media literacy presentations and trainings -- in New Mexico, across
the USA and internationally -- at professional and student conferences, at community
forums, on college campuses, and in middle schools and high schools. She leads
workshops for students, teachers, media activists, community organizers and health
professionals. Contact: andrea@medialiteracyproject.org

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