WBAI in Danger! Become a Voting Member by Sat., Sept. 1

WBAI NEEDS JUSTICE & UNITY

In the face of corporate-sponsored lies, distortions and distractions, WBAI used to be a beacon of progressive ideas and real news. Over the past 3 years, drastic programming and personnel changes by imposed managements have seriously undermined that role. Now in the face of severe deficits, some voices in Pacifica are calling for selling WBAI and/or breaking up the network!

The WBAI Justice & Unity Campaign is a multiracial coalition that has long fought to keep WBAI true to its mission and, especially, to give voice to communities in struggle.

Act now to help save the station and turn it around! It is urgent that you become a voting member of WBAI by Saturday, September 1, 2012. Anyone who has been a member since Sept. 1, 2011 will have voting rights in the upcoming local board election, in which Justice & Unity will work hard to win back a board majority.

You can pay for a membership with money or time as follows:

• Pay $25 online with a credit or debit card at http://www.give2wbai.org (you can designate your favorite show) by Sept. 1.

OR

• Volunteer for 3 hours by Sept. 1 (call 212-209-2826 or 212-209-2800 to arrange).

OR YOU CAN APPLY FOR A HARDSHIP WAIVER: If you can’t afford the $25 and are unable to work the 3 hours, you may apply for a hardship waiver. To obtain an application, email <wbaiwaivers@gmail.com>. A committee of the Local Station Board will decide on applications on a case-by-case basis. Completed applications must be RECEIVED by Sept. 1.

For more information, visit the Justice & Unity website at www.justiceunity.org. Join our email list info@justiceunity.org. Or call our hotline at (212) 591-2111.

With your ongoing support, we will fight for:

* A move from the devastatingly high-rent Wall Street studio to smaller, cheaper quarters (www.change.org/petitions/save-wbai-move-wbai)
* A serious plan to revitalize WBAI’s financing through off-air fundraising
* An end to management (local and national) union busting;
* An end to silencing local communities by ignoring their stories;
* An end to programming that dishonors Pacifica’s mission;
* An end to targeting staff and listeners who oppose management’s unacceptable practices.

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