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KPFA
Generations of people have worked hard to make this community training program what it is today. We are currently building on our foundation of community radio and broadcast skills to encompass multi-media and information technology, as well as economic and financial literacy.
We are looking for people who can contribute to this expansion. If you have been looking to integrate sustainable economics, media expression, new technology and have a sense of social and spiritual responsibility, then First Voice may be for you.
If you come from an under-represented community, are adaptable, understanding, committed, have a positive outlook and are willing to work in a diverse group setting, we encourage you to apply.

2009 PNB REPS

Sherry Gendleman - listener rep
Andrea Turner - listener rep
Joe Wanzala - listener rep

Bonnie Simmons - staff rep

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2009 LSB OFFICERS

Conn Hallinan - Chair
Warren Mar- Vice Chair
Susan McDonough - Secretary
Brian Edwards Tiekert- Treasurer

Nadra Foster - Benefit: Party and Celebration to Raise Legal Defense Funds
La Pena Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA
January 22, 2009 7:00 – 9:30pm

PERFORMERS INCLUDE:
devorah major, former poet laureate of San Francisco
PEN-Award winning author Cecil Brown (/Dude, Where’s My Black Studies Department/?)
Attorney, activist and artist Osha Neumann (/Up Against the Wall/ )
and artist, cartoonist and satirist Khalil Bendib.

LSB Mtg is this Saturday, January 10th, beginning at 11 am, at Humanist Hall, 27 Street, between Telegraph and Broadway in Oakland. Accessible entrance is located on 28th Street. Agenda is below.

Please come. It will be an important meeting and we need witnesses to the discussions that will ensue.

Thanks, Chandra

Executives and business leaders misinform ("lie to") the public about the conditions of their organizations because they do not want to be held responsible for their actions in relation to the conditions that beleaguer their corporations.

It's about accountability.

Pacifica's local stations can no longer afford to budget the monies they have in the past to produce programming that fewer and fewer people listen to.

Avoiding accountability is the only tool they have to resist addressing this dynamic.

By now many of you may have heard the latest Pacifica rumors. To dispel misinformation I am forwarding, with permission, a statement written by Tracy Rosenberg, that I think clearly explains the current state of affairs.

To supplement what Tracy says, let me inform you all that Pacifica's CFO (Chief Financial Officer) is still not providing clear and transparent financial statements so its is really hard to know whether his allegations of Pacifica's dire financial circumstances are true or not. I don't want to be alarmist but the truth is that:

When: Thursday, December 11th, beginning at 7pm
Where: Humanist Hall, 390 27 St. (near Telegraph) in Oakland

FIRST
A Short LSB Meeting:
1. Introductions and Announcements
2. Election of LSB Officers for 2009
3. Meeting Adjourned

THEN
An open discussion between Listeners, Staff and LSB reps - facilitated by Susan Da Silva, former KPFA LAB (Local Advisory Board) Chair

[Including feedback from listeners, resolution ideas and language to be introduced to the LSB in 2009.]

AND FINALLY ...
A POTLUCK HOLIDAY PARTY

Hello all-

There is a new blogspot where you can read posts about what is happening at KPFA.
It was set up by a group of staff and listeners concerned about how the station is currently functioning.

Chandra

Check it out: http://mediajusticekpfa.blogspot.com/

Video from hardknock radio filming of Sawaya, apparently caught red handed, trying to block the filming of the police terror against Nadra Foster inside KPFA.

Arrest Of KPFA Programmer Nadra Foster by KPFA/Pacifica Management
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44gp0BXCNpw

Coalition for a democratic Pacifica (CdP)
Statement on recent events at KPFA re. Nadra Foster & The Question of Banning

A proposed new policy has been announced concerning KPFA’s attitude toward its membership, its listeners and its staff. The policy doesn’t concern itself with declining listenership, declining membership or lack of outreach to the Northern California community. Rather it addresses what it defines as “workplace safety”. What is disturbing to many of us is that the policy essentially bans all listeners except those that management deems “authorized”.