Category Archives: UC-IMC

Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners’ Mission to Bring Books (and Bibliophilia) Behind Bars

Posted on 05/13/2022 by Katherine Langdon

When it comes to helping people make a fresh start after incarceration and avoid returning to prison, few approaches are as effective and vital as education. Many people who wind up in the prison system do not have enough literacy … Continue reading →

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An Indymedia Genesis Story

Posted on 02/08/2021 by Sascha Meinrath

Indymedia is a wide-ranging phenomenon: its genesis in opposition to dominant powers; its constituency spanning numerous public interest movements; and its continuing success creating a proving ground for a next generation of leaders who today, 20 years later, are scattered … Continue reading →

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Indymedia at 20

Posted on 10/27/2020 by Danielle Chynoweth

  It was twenty years ago, September 24, 2000, when a dozen people crammed into my apartment on Carle Park. We began dreaming about the Independent Media Center that now graces the heart of Urbana, nurturing new friendships, growing new … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the IMC

Posted on 05/08/2019 by Karen Medina

Come in. I am writing to invite you deeper into the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center. I lead a lot of tours of the IMC. Some of you know more of the history than I do. The IMC has been around, … Continue reading →

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IMC Helps Pass Prison Phone Justice Bill in Illinois

Posted on 08/24/2016 by Brian Dolinar

State Representative Carol Ammons and Wandjell Harvey-Robinson attended the signing of HB6200 on August 22, 2016. The bill will cut in half the cost of phone calls from Illinois prisons. Thank you to Rep. Ammons and Wandjell for fighting for … Continue reading →

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UCIMC Is Hiring For 2 Positions

Posted on 07/09/2016 by Michelle Jett

The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center (IMC) is seeking a full time Program Director to coordinate and develop programs, coordinate volunteers, outreach and fundraising for the organization and a part time Program Coordinator to serve as the IMC liaison to the City of Urbana … Continue reading →

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City and IMC Announce $50,000 grant for creative placemaking from the NEA

Posted on 05/10/2016 by Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center

Downtown Urbana is about to become a lot more creative – thanks to the vision of local youth, the City of Urbana, the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center (IMC), and the National Endowment of the Arts. The NEA has announced awards … Continue reading →

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Children With Incarcerated Parents Played Key Role in Phone Justice Victory!

Posted on 11/19/2015 by Brian Dolinar

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted recently to cap the rates of phone calls from prisons and jails after years of profiteering by telecommunications companies that have made millions off of those incarcerated and their families. In her comments before … Continue reading →

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Thank You, Mr. Walton

Posted on 09/03/2015 by Chris Evans

On June 23rd, longtime homeless man Bill Walton passed away at age 69. He spent many of his last days on the steps on the Independent Media Center. Upon thinking of the passing of Bill this week, one of Bill’s … Continue reading →

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Securus Technologies: How a Carceral Conglomerate Makes Millions from Mass Incarceration

Posted on 03/29/2015 by Brian Dolinar

Miguel Saucedo grew up in the Latino neighborhood of Little Village in Chicago. Now almost 30, Miguel recalls as an eight year old taking a five-hour drive to visit his older brother who was incarcerated downstate at Menard Correctional Center. … Continue reading →

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Urbana-Champaign Mini Maker Faire

Posted on 04/06/2012 by Public i

Saturday, April 14 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. IMC, 202 S. Broadway, in downtown Urbana Free to the public! ucmakerfaire.com Make something! This event is sponsored by the Urbana Public Arts Commission

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Pages for Pennies Book Sale to Benefit Books to Prisoners

Posted on 10/02/2011 by Public i

UC Books to Prisoners is holding its Fall Pages for Pennies Community Book Sale Friday September 30 through Sunday October 2nd.  Tens of thousands of high quality books from fiction to text books will be available.  Come early for the … Continue reading →

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Ten Years of Indypendent Media: An Oral History of the Public i

Posted on 08/23/2011 by Public i

The Public i commemorates ten years of publication by interviewing some of those who have worked on the newspaper along the way. Darrin Drda Darrin Drda is a former Champaign-Urbana resident who now lives in San Rafael, California with his … Continue reading →

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The New Operation Wetback? Immigration and Mass Incarceration in the Obama Era

Posted on 08/23/2011 by James Kilgore

(This article first appeared in Counterpunch Online August 4, 2011) Last week Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) joined a demonstration in Washington D.C. to protest the refusal of President Obama to use his executive powers to halt the deportations of the … Continue reading →

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IMC Hiring AmeriCorps Members To Serve Our Local Community

Posted on 07/07/2011 by Brian Dolinar

Applications now being accepted until Thursday, July 14, 2011 for three full time, and two part-time; one year AmeriCorps positions at the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center and partner organizations. The UCIMC AmeriCorps program works to support social and economic justice … Continue reading →

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Public i addendum (to article on $50,000 award for FBI and St. Paul police actions)

Posted on 06/23/2011 by Belden Fields

(291 words) The Public i’s addendum to article on $50,000 settlement from FBI and St. Paul Police In the November 2008 issue of the Public i, we published an article on the “preemptive” raids made by the FBI and local … Continue reading →

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UC-IMC Summer Update

Posted on 06/17/2011 by Austin McCann

PHILANTHROPIST BEQUEST The UC-IMC recently received a $100,000 bequest from the late Dr. Alice Tang, a ‘Planetary Peace Promoter’ and philanthropist. This is the largest single gift received by the UC-IMC and attests to our high national visibility as a … Continue reading →

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The School for Designing a Society is in Session!

Posted on 02/24/2011 by Snow Leopard

Established in 1991 in Champaign-Urbana, the School for Designing a Society is an ongoing social experiment by teachers, performers, artists, students, activists, and others in making temporary living environments where the question “What would I consider a desirable society?” is … Continue reading →

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IMC Barnraising Space (de)Construction

Posted on 01/27/2011 by Chris RItzo

$15,000 GRANT AWARDED TO RENOVATE THE URBANA-CHAMPAIGN INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER February 5, 2011 8:00AM – February 6, 2011 5:00PM February 19, 2011 8:00AM – February 20, 2011 5:00PM The UCIMC and faculty partners in the University of Illinois School of … Continue reading →

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Ten Years at the U-C IMC

Posted on 10/05/2010 by Austin McCann

Like most “beginning” stories, the tale of the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center starts out modestly—and, like all these stories, this initial modesty is ironic, given all that we know about the future success of the project. So the UCIMC started … Continue reading →

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