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If you donated at least $25 or volunteered 3 hours between Sept. 13, 2011 and Sept. 13, 2012, you should have received your ballot by now. We urge you to cast your vote today for the entire Justice & Unity slate, in the order recommended below. Ballots must be received (not postmarked) by December 18. Our board opposition, led by junk-mail multimillionaire Steve Brown of “ACE” (the paper organization called Alliance for Community Elections), is using the Big Lie technique, falsely claiming that Justice & Unity wants to sell WBAI. To the contrary, for months we’ve been warning that Brown himself has publicly supported having Pacifica “sell all five of its licenses while they still have value.” For more details, click here. Right-click HERE to download our detailed campaign flyer with more about the problems at the station and network, Justice & Unity’s solutions, directions on how to mark your ballot, and other information. Our slate of candidates is (in recommended ranking order): |
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 2. Cerene Roberts |
 3. William Heerwagen |
 4. Sharonne Salaam |
 5. Russell Dale |
 6. Carlos Canales |
 7. Diana Crowder |
 8. Shahid Comrade |
 9. Ebon Charles |
 10. Eugene Hamond |
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1. Father Luis Barrios–Activist priest and professor; co-exec, IFCO/Pastors for Peace 2. Cerene Roberts–Former WBAI producer, pledge-room coordinator, and LSB member 3. William Heerwagen – Accountant; computer programmer; former host, “Jazz and Things” 4. Sharonne Salaam – founder, People United for Children; activist for wrongly convicted Central Park 5; LSB member 5. Russell Dale– LSB member, philosophy professor, music teacher, anti-war activist 6. Carlos Canales– Immigrants’ rights & day-laborer activist, May 1st Coalition Steering Committee 7. Diana Crowder– Immigrants’ rights activist, union rep, member – Trabajadores Por la Paz 8. Shahid Comrade– Gen. Sec., Pakistan-USA Freedom Forum; immigrants’ rights and peaceactivist 9. Ebon Charles– Elementary school teacher, advocate for youth 10. Eugene Hamond– Ex-producer, WBAI Community Bulletin Bd.; member, NYC Labor Chorus
Justice & Unity staff allies running for staff positions on the board this year: Vajra Kilgour (associate producer, Housing Notebook) John Riley (producer and member of the Out-FM collective) Right click here for a downloadable copy of Vajra Kilgour’s and John Riley’s letter to WBAI staff explaining their views and plans for the station. |
WBAI used to be a beacon of progressive ideas and real news — in contrast to the corporate-sponsored lies, distortions and distractions in most media. 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.
With your ongoing support, we will fight for:
• A move from the devastatingly high-rent Wall Street studio to smaller, cheaper
quarters (Sign the petition at www.change.org – put in “Save WBAI” in search field)
• 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.
For more information, call our hotline at (212) 591-2111.
Join our low-traffic email list at info@justiceunity.org.
WBAI NEEDS JUSTICE & UNITY!
Note: If you do not receive or have lost your ballot, call the Election Services Corp. (toll-free) at 866-720-4357 and request a replacement ballot. Also drop us a line at info@justiceunity.org.
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