[Imc] New LITBL coordinator

[Pauline Bartolone]

Hello!

Just wanted to announce that there is a new "go-to" person for the Life in 
the Bike Lane drop-in.

If you have questions about Life in the Bike Lane, want to play it on your 
show, want to produce for it, etc, contact:

Jay Morris   jrmorris at hotmail.com

Life in the Bike Lane production time is Tuesday nights at the IMC. You can 
also call there with questions- 344-8820

Thanks! Pauline

A short description for those who aren't familiar with the drop-in:
Life in the Bike Lane is a 4-6 minute radio segment produced at the 
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Independent Media Center. It profiles community 
organizations, individuals, and ideas that advocate sustainability. 
Sustainability in this show describes an environment that meets needs on a 
local level. The term sustainability encompasses the ecological environment 
as well as the social or political environment in which we live. The program 
  gives voice to the understanding that the producer has. Advocating 
sustainability could be promoting housing rights, protesting Wal-Marts, 
riding a bike, or strengthening a free art movement.
	Life in the Bike Lane has a collective of independent radio journalists 
producing it. Some have only learned how to produce when they started with 
Life in the Bike Lane. Some have a strength in Environmental issues, others 
are community organizers, or well versed about globalization and local 
issues.
	Life in the Bike Lane is an alternative to other environmental programs. It 
makes connections between local and global issues, broadening the 
perspective of the audience while making underrepresented issues accessible. 
By incorporating trends relevant to the U-C area, Life in the Bike Lane 
promotes community interaction and takes a critical look at accepted social 
practices that are unsustainable. It points at paradigms that make the news 
possible, and sheds light on issues through a holistic point of view. It 
gives proposals and information for being socially engaged by avoiding the 
mere reporting on uninspiring issues. Life in the Bike Lane has been aired 
on WEFT Champaign 90.1 FM, at least three times a week since May 1st, 2001.

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