Asian Americans

Inja Coates is the co-founder and director of Media Tank, a media education organization based in Philadelphia. She was a video maker and activist who became involved with the campaign for public access television in Philadelphia. Since 1997, she has helped build and serves on the planning board of the Philadelphia Community Access Coalition (PCAC), a diverse coalition of 80+ groups working on cable access issues.

Coates was co-founder of the Independent Media Center of Philadelphia (IMC), which was set up to provide the public with alternative coverage of the 2000 Republican Convention. She also worked with Prometheus Radio Project doing outreach about Low Power FM, and has over 15 years experience working with community groups and non-profits. Through her work with Media Tank, she has worked to build grassroots involvement in media policy, developed and taught media literacy programs, appeared on numerous TV and radio programs, and presented at numerous conferences and forums.

Asian Americans United is a grass-roots, community based development organization devoted to advocating and responding to the needs of Philadelphia-based people of Asian ancestry. This non-profit, community-based social change organization works primarily with poor and working class, and immigrant and refugee communities.

Carl Lee is currently the Tech Director of Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in Buffalo, NY and a working video artist/activist. He is also a member of Termite TV collective, which among other projects, produces the "Living Documentary" series.