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The Pacifica Crisis, Independent Media, and 9-11 10-17-01 |
Pacifica Campaign Forums in California, New York, and Washington, DC
October 19-October 21
In New York City
What unique price will African Americans and peoples of color incur in the aftermath of the World Trade Center tragedy? How will new legislation, institutionalizing racial profiling, affect our day to day lives? Join us, as these and other questions are answered on Friday, Oct. 19, 2001, 7-10pm EST. Rebroadcast on http://www.wbix.org on Saturday, Oct. 20, 11am EST. Speakers include: Gil Noble, host of "Like It Is" (WABC-TV); Mario Murillo, "Our Americas" (WBAI-FM ); Don Rojas, editor of "The Black World Today" (http://www.tbwt.com), and Joan Gibbs, civil rights attorney. Moderator: Bernard White, former WBAI Program Director/Former Host of "Wake Up Call" (WB AI-FM). The forum will take place at the Brooklyn, NY, campus of Long Island University on Friday, Oct. 19, 2001, from 7-10pm. It will be in the Health Sciences Building, Room #107, corner of DeKalb and Fla tbush Ave. Trains: D, M, N, Q, R, to Dekalb Ave. of #2, 3, 4, or 5 to Nevins St. For additional inf ormation call: (718) 488-1153 or (646) 230-9588.
In Washington, DC
WBIX.ORG presents War, Peace & the USA with greater DC community and leaders of the Latino, African , Asian, Muslim, Jewish, Indigenous and Arab-American communities, as well as legal, foreign policy & media experts with Errol Maitland, Ryme Katkhouda, and music with spoken word from DC. Broadcast live on http://www.wbix.org on Saturday, Oct. 20, 6pm EST.
In Southern California
A Series of Forums with Two of America's Leading Media Critics David Barsamian, founder and director of Alternative Radio (www.alternativeradio.org), the award-wi nning Boulder-based weekly independent radio program that airs on more than 125 public radio statio ns. Mr. Barsamian is a co-author of many books with Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Eqbal Ahmad, and Edw ard Said. Laura Flanders, host of Working Assets Radio broadcast daily on KLLW in San Francisco. She is the a uthor of "Real Majority, Media Minority: The Cost of Sidelining Women in Reporting." Her Spin Docto r Laura columns appear daily at http://www.workingforchange.com. Guest Speakers: *Sonali Kolhatkar, is the Vice President of the Afghan Women's Mission http://afghanwomensmission.o rg, a US-based organization which supports the humanitarian efforts and awareness of the Revolution ary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). *Prof. Glen Mimura, UCI Asian American Studies, Lessons from the Japanese-American Internment *Alan Minsky, LA Independent Media Center (http://www.la.indymedia.org)
Los Angeles/UCLA
Long Beach
Orange County
LA/Los Feliz
SF Valley
Organized by: Pacifica Campaign LA, Hollywood/Echo Park Free Pacifica Neighborhood Network, Ventura County Free Speech Network, The Social Concerns Committee of the Onion, Act for Global Justice (UC I), Academia and Action (UCI), The Environmental Coalition (UCLA). For more information contact the Pacifica Campaign (http://www.pacificacampaign.org), a national or ganization of staff and listeners alike working to preserve Pacifica's 50-year tradition of communi ty-based, listener-sponsored radio. In LA, we are struggling to restore KPFK 90.7 FM to Pacifica's mission -- Tel: (323) 878-5680 or E- mail: pacificacampaignla@yahoo.com
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Pacifica Campaign
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