Inclusion on All Sides of the Microphone

Keep WBAI going!

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3 IMPORTANT CALENDAR ALERTS:

Sat. 6/17, 2-4pm ET: UPAMA (Ujima Pan African Media Archives) w/ Cinque Brath & Bernard White (FREE!)

60 Years Since the Radical Sixties: How Far Have We Come?

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Sat. 6/17, 6-8pm ET: PACIFICA FIGHTBACK
We Insist on Freedom! (FREE!)

Peace cannot exist where injustice dwells! The Right to Challenge & Dissent in Pacifica & the World.

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Fri. 6/30: LET’S KEEP BAI

MEMBERSHIP = THE BALLOT

Radio for Which People?

Decisions are made by those who vote. Get your membership!

WHAT YOU CAN DO (Below)

Dear WBAI Family, To keep WBAI going, let’s begin by changing the Local Station Board (LSB) because it determines the direction of the station.

PAY DEADLINE TO RUN
VOTE FOR LSB: JUNE 30

ARE THEY DOING THEIR JOB?

The LSB has the authority to:

  • Create the hiring pool for general manager and program director when those positions are open

  • Annually evaluate management

  • Approve and monitor the budget

  • Require that management create a transparent and respectful programming process (selection, correction, change)

  • Hold Town hall meetings to hear listener concerns and provide monthly on-air reports

HOWEVER, the board majority has largely failed at these core duties for about 15 years and the downward spiral of membership and income has followed.

In October 2022, the national board added the insult of violating the organization’s terms limits to the injury of not having ensured delegate elections.

THE CURE –Part 1

In February 2023, two dozen staff and listener members sued about those bylaw breaches and while the judge has not directed the removal of those whose terms were improperly extended–only a membership vote can change board member terms–he has ordered that last year’s elections be done.

Those doubly-mandated elections have just begun…with an unadvertised hire of a National Election Supervisor.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

  • Gear up to fight for your right to learn, to share, and to help bring change

  • Reject cronyism and return our LSB to oversight with integrity

  • Build a Local Station Board, and therefore a Pacifica National Board, that reflects your needs and interests and plays by our organization’s rules

WHO CAN VOTE& RUN

Only members who between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023:

  • DONATE a total of at least $25

Pay with a debit or credit card at:

Request an invoice at: 212-209-2950,
or send a check or money order, postmarked by June 30, to:

WBAI-Pacifica
388 Atlantic Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11217

Share this email message with neighbors, friends, and family and encourage them to join BAI today!

OFFICIAL ELECTION SITE:

elections.pacifica.org/wordpress/

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Let’s keep WBAI growing for the community!

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