Dear WBAI Family,
We persist and we celebrate!
Despite anxiety around school and the virus, unemployment payments, police abuse, and climate disasters, life continues. Our struggle and the work of true allies to end race hate, gender domination, economic exploitation, war, and the destruction of the planet are reasons to preserve and grow the only radio network that shares this mission.
PLEASE GET INVOLVED!
WBAI members recently defeated the attempt to remove the “community” from community radio. And we’re now building a strong Local Station Board because as the board goes, so goes the station!
We want a Board that:
1) ensures that community needs assessments will be done and the results utilized, and
2) requires a programming plan that includes rational evaluations, staff development, and respect for workers
3) supports incorporating youth and other marginalized people into the programming schedule
We want a management that knows how to create community, form partnerships, and inspire teams that are deliberately representative of our listening area.
Choosing board members is not a matter of selecting people who use comforting words and modulated tones. Do not be lulled by those who claim all is well or who dismiss demands for fairness and transparency as “bureaucratic”. Here’s what motivates our work for a sustainable, equitable station:
Don’t just “hope” things work out, vote the way your heart beats.
We are not waiting to be invited, we will have our seats at the table!
Empower us to work for you by ranking only Justice & Unity Candidates and in this order:
WHO VOTES?
Listeners who contributed at least $25, volunteered 3 hours, or worked on a Local Station Board committee between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021.
GOT YOUR BALLOT?
E-ballots, bright blue scratch-off postcards, and paper ballots (from “Honest Ballot”) were sent on Aug. 16. Search your email for “vote@simplyvoting.com” and “nes@pacifica.org”
Use the Ballot Request Form below:
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if your contribution was more than $50, so that a second household member can get their own ballot
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If you can’t find your ballot or postcard, or need a paper ballot
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If you voted wrong and want to reset your ballot
Paper ballot requests close 10/1. E-ballot requests close 10/13. Voting ends 10/15.
SAVE THE DATE
Sun. Sept. 12, 2021, 3pm PT / 5pm CT / 6pm ET
PACIFICA FIGHTBACK
presents
VOICES OF THE PEOPLE: An LSB Candidates Town Hall Meeting
Join candidates from around the country to discuss issues all stations are facing.
Please register here: pacificafightback.org
In Strength,
Sharonne Salaam
Ralph Poynter
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