[rfu-automation] Fwd: [FORUM] Homelessness Marathon, live on Free Speech TV 2/23

[Andrew Ó Baoill]

The Homeless Marathon has been carried on WEFT for some years. I  
wonder if WRFU should also cover this event? It's an overnight  
broadcast, focusing on issues of homelessness and poverty, carried on  
stations across the country.

For discussion at the Automation meeting on Saturday? [I've already  
drawn attention to other upcoming simulcast opportunities, including  
programming on 8th and 11th March (the first from AMARC for  
International Women's Day, the second from radical community radio  
programmers in Canada, also highlighting issues of gender.]

Andrew

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> From: Nathanael Reeder <than at freespeech.org>
> Date: February 18, 2009 11:21:15 AM CST
> To: access-forum at lists.alliancecm.org
> Subject: [FORUM] Homelessness Marathon, live on Free Speech TV 2/23
>
>>
>> NATIONAL BROADCAST: POVERTY POST-KATRINA
>>
>> Free Speech TV is proud to present a live broadcast event from the  
>> 12th annual Homelessness Marathon.
>>
>> Originating from Pass Christian Mississippi, the live four hour  
>> televised portion of the event will begin at 7 pm EST, Monday  
>> February 23rd.   Radio and internet platforms will continue through  
>> the night, ending 14 hours later, at 9 am EST Tuesday February 24.  
>> The live broadcast will be carried by more than 100 radio stations  
>> coast-to-coast.
>>
>> Media outlets are encouraged to carry as much of the program as  
>> possible,on any platform, free of charge.  Video will be available  
>> for streaming at www.freespeech.org by 12:00pm EST Monday February  
>> 23rd.  The entire broadcast will be available over the Public Radio  
>> Satellite System, the Pacifica Satellite, and over the web through  
>> Pacifica Audioport: http://audioport.org/
>>
>> "This will be the first national examination of the poverty, as  
>> opposed to just the debris, left behind in Katrina's wake," said  
>> Jeremy Weir
>> Alderson, the Homelessness Marathon's director. "We will be  
>> gathering the poor and desperate people of the Gulf coast, so they  
>> can tell their
>> stories directly to America."
>>
>> Additionally, many experts will also appear on the broadcast,  
>> including three renowned experts who will be flying to Mississippi  
>> for the broadcast:
>> Paul Boden, Director of the Western Regional Advocacy Project;  
>> Cheri Honkala, Director of the Poor People's Economic Human Rights  
>> Campaign;
>> and Jeremy Rosen, Director of the National Policy and Advocacy  
>> Council on Homelessness.
>>
>> Many organizations are supporting the broadcast, including Alabama  
>> Arise, El Pueblo, Great Southern Humanist Society, Gulf Coast  
>> Veterans Advocacy
>> Council, Hope Haven, Interdenominational Disaster Task Force,  
>> Katrina Relief, Mercy Housing, South Bay Community Alliance, and  
>> the Waveland
>> Citizens Fund.
>>
>> There will be two call-in numbers for the broadast: ANYONE may call  
>> 877-NOBODY-8 (877-662-6398).  People who are homeless, formerly
>> homeless or afraid they're about to be homeless may also call 866- 
>> LEFT-OUT (866-533-8688)
>>
>> For the complete broadcast schedule and additional information:
>> http://www.homelessnessmarathon.org.
>>
>
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>
> Nathanael Reeder
> Free Speech TV
> www.freespeech.org
>
> Working with activists and artists, Free Speech TV uses electronic  
> media to cultivate an informed and active citizenry in order to  
> advance progressive social change. Now available twenty-four hours a  
> day on DISH Network (channel 9415), and part-time on two-hundred  
> Public, Educational, and Government access stations.
>

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