Edit: The recorded program is available here.
Starting at 7 pm on Wednesday, Jan. 31, DMA will livestream abd record the League of Women Voters Davis Area's Yolo County Supervisor District 4 Candidate Forum. Please use this link to view. Click on "Notify Me" to setup an alert regarding the upcoming stream. Also please subscribe to our channel!
Starting at 10:30am on Monday, January 15, DMA will be livestreaming the 30th Annual City of Davis Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration. Please use this link to view. Click on "Notify Me" to setup an alert regarding the upcoming stream. Also please subscribe to our channel!
Few nonprofits have a media arm, so it makes sense that many in Yolo County turn to Davis Media Access (DMA) for help in documenting important community events. Helping others amplify their work is a big part of our work! We were happy to assist the Davis Futures Forum (a project of Cool Davis) with its I-80 Teach-In on Dec. 7. #nonprofits #DavisCA #climateaction #communitymedia
Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 873 in October, which integrates media literacy into the core subjects that all students learn throughout K-12 in California’s public schools. California joins New Jersey, Illinois, and Delaware in teaching media literacy in grade school, in particular.
The bill was authored by Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park), and supported by the Los Angeles County Office of Education, Common Sense Media, the California News Publishers Association, and Media Literacy Now, among others.
If you’re not familiar with the term, media literacy is a discipline that develops critical thinking skills around media to determine its credibility and accuracy. It’s something we have woven into our workshops, internships and policies at Davis Media Access (DMA) for decades, and I’m really pleased to see the legislation pass because I believe it to be one of the most important tools we have to counter disinformation.
The Yolo Community Foundation (YCF) honored 32 recipients of its 2023 Yolo Philanthropy Awards, celebrated Nov. 6 at the Davis Veterans Memorial Center. Local nonprofits were invited to honor one volunteer each year for their exceptional contributions to a nonprofit.
DMA Intern Kristin Trent interviews Cathie Bullis, co-founder of Davis Picks It Up (DPIU), a local non-profit that eliminates litter locally to prevent impacts on land and ocean ecosystems. Bullis discusses the litter-to-ocean pipeline, crime solving on the job, found treasures, and her favorite things about DPIU.
For more information email davispicksitup@gmail.com. Youc an watch the episode here
The circumstances that led to the creation of our mural in October 2008 are quite remarkable. A friend of one of our DMA staff members knew a mural artist who was traveling to raise awareness about government repression and community organizing in Oaxaca, a southern state in Mexico. In Davis for just a short time, artist Jesús Kobe offered to paint a mural depicting community, media and their place here in Davis.
On August 25, 2023 the Davis Chapter of "Fridays for Future" completed its 200th Climate Strike March, which begins each Friday at noon at the Veterans Memorial Center and concludes at Central Park at the corner of Fifth and B Street. This youth-led group also joined in the GLOBAL Climate Strike Sept.
On Sept. 24, KDRT 95.7FM — the radio station based here at community media center Davis Media Access — turned 19.
DMA was the first public-access community media center in the nation to launch a Low-Power FM (LPFM) station. Since then, many have followed, and just recently the Federal Communications Commission opened a rare window for applications to open frequencies on this non-commercial educational radio spectrum.
DMA’s Jeff Shaw was recently a featured speaker at a regional meeting for potential applicants put on by the Alliance for Community Media. Since KDRT was started during the first licensing period, Jeff is often called upon to offer a long-term perspective on many topics involving the facets of operating an all-volunteer community LPFM radio station.
From its inception, KDRT has been more than a low-power community station, more than a project of DMA, and more than a place to just play music or talk. It’s been a volunteer-fueled community, one that connects to our larger community both by running live broadcasts from community events, and each and every week in front of the mics and the sound board in the KDRT studio.
Each year, Davis Media Access (DMA) appeals to our community for support for our programs and services. Direct support helps us provide local election coverage, support youth media training and mentoring, and provides operating support for KDRT.
For the period beginning July 1, 2023 and ending June 30, 2024, we are grateful to the following supporters:
$1,000 and above
Julie A. Young
Anonymous, In support of civic engagement work
$250-$999
Clyde Bowman
Nancy Flagg
Frank Fox
Sharon Hale & Dawn Student
Interview2Work/Lorraine Beaman
Jessica Kelly, Via American Giving Fund Volunteer Match
Timothy Kuhn Via a Car Donation
Brandon Milton
Pieter & Jeanne Pastoor
Don & Julie Saylor
John Stegall
Katie Tenerelli
Brian & Karen Vikstrom
Tim Williamson In Honor of A Twang Thang
