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</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Thank you so much for promoting the Grassroots Radio Conference to your networks. This is the biggest event of the year for groups who want to seize the power of radio to transform their communities. Here are:</span></div>
<div><ul><li><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Email blast (below)</font></li><li><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Press Release (attached)</font></li>
<li><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/299554670137652/" target="_blank">Facebook page</a></font></li><li><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(35,35,35)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Audio PSA (attached)</font></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(35,35,35)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Poster (attached)</font></span></li><li><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(35,35,35)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Twitter: </font><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(35,35,35)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">RT Need more independent media in your city? Register for Grassroots Radio Conference! Urbana,IL 6/26-29. </font><span style="font:normal normal normal 1px/normal Arial;color:rgb(16,85,204)"><a href="http://t.co/GyqsyWGG" target="_blank"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">htt//</font></a></span><span style="color:rgb(16,85,204)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://t.co/GyqsyWGG" target="_blank">grassrootsradioconference.org</a></font></span></span></span></font></span></li>
</ul><div>Thanks! </div></div><div>Danielle Chynoweth, Prometheus Radio Project</div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote">
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<b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">July 26-29, 2012</font></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, Illinois</font></b></div>
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</div></div></div><div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><br></font><span style="font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div><span><b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Does your community need more independent media? Does our country need more progressive media outlets? </font></b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><br>
<br>Thanks to national legislatio</font><b><span style="font-weight:normal">n</span><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal">, we are facing</span> </font></b></span><a href="http://prometheusradio.org/start_a_station" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span><b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">the biggest expansion of community radio</font></b></span></a><span><b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"> in US history</font></b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">, with stations soon to be available in most major cities where they can reach up to half a million listeners.</font></span></div>
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historic chance for the progressive and social justice groups to build nationwide media infrastructure to amplify our
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radio stations have been used to raise wages for farmworkers, educate voters, and clean up toxic waste. </span> </font></span></span></b><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-size:small"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">These stations hold politicians
accountable, coordinate emergency response, and create on-air forums for
community debate. </font></span></span><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none">
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<span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-size:small"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">This conference will provide you with everything you need to know to get on air - all in one place at an affordable price!</font></span></span></p>
<font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><br>Learn how to </font></span><span><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">form a local coalition to </font></span><span><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">start a radio station in your community and stream online. </font></span><span><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Integrate multimedia, community engagement, arts, and journalism into your station.</font></span><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"> Learn about public broadband and community wireless. Produce media, get fundraising support, and learn how to do outreach. </font></div>
<div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:small"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">The keynote speaker is </font><b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Joe Torres</font></b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">, co-author of </font><i><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">News for All the People: </font></i><i><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">The Epic Story of Race and the American Media.</font></i></span></div>
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<br>Whether you're an experienced broadcaster, or if you've never made media before, come learn how you can help expand community radio and amplify voices in your town or city! </font></span></span><a href="http://grassrootsradioconference.org/sessions" target="_blank"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Look at the sessions</font></a><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"> and </font><a href="http://grassrootsradioconference.org/presenters" target="_blank"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">presenters</font></a><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">.</font></div>
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</div><div><div><div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">$75-125 for the weekend. Home-stays, childcare (ages 1-9), </font><a href="http://grassrootsradioconference.org/forum/8" target="_blank"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">rideshare</font></a><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"> forum and Spanish translation are available. Need support coming? There are <a href="http://www.grassrootsradioconference.org/content/affording-grc" target="_blank">volunteer opportunities and scholarships for registration and travel</a> to make sure everyone can attend.</font><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><br>
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Hosted by </font><a href="http://www.ucimc.org/" target="_blank"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center</font></a><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">, a vibrant community center and home to WRFU Radio Free Urbana 104.5 LP-FM. </font><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">Co-sponsored
by Free Press, Brown Paper Tickets, Prometheus Radio Project, the New America Foundation's Open Technology Insitute, WRFU
104.5 - Radio Free Urbana, WEFT 90.1 FM, Illinois Public Media, Urbana
Public Television, Volo Broadband, Media Action Grassroots
Network, Makerspace Urbana, and Chambana.net.</span></div><div>
<font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><br>Contact: Austin McCann </font><a href="mailto:2012grc@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">2012grc@gmail.com</font></a><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"> or </font><a href="tel:217-344-8820" value="+12173448820" target="_blank"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">217-344-8820</font></a><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">.</font></div>
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