I want this! The Media Heroes trading cards were announced at the media reform conference in Minneapolis (which I couldn’t afford to go to, but that is a different post).

The Media heroes being honored include historical figures such as legendary anti-lynching reporter Ida B. Wells, Newspaper Guild founder Heywood Broun, and Elias Boudinot, founder/editor of the first Native American newspaper, the Cherokee Phoenix. Also recognized are contemporary media movers and shakers, including intrepid PBS producer Bill Moyers, Paper Tiger TV co-founder DeeDee Halleck, Puerto Rican community activist Richie Perez, and others. Organizations or collaborations singled out for hero status include news program Democracy Now!, media watch group FAIR, and the Children’s Television Workshop, creators of Sesame Street.

Yup, they include my mentor Richie Perez (who gets all credit for the Mamita Mala name and my politics). Richie, whose media work included working against the film Fort Apache, freeing Puerto Rican political prisoners, non-partisan voter registration, and training the young Latinos leaders of tomorrow. He is my hero.

Buy the cards here

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