[Peace-discuss] proposed change: WEFT underwriting message

[Randall Cotton]

For the last 6 months, AWARE has been underwriting "Democracy Now!" on WEFT
($208 for those 6 months). This underwriting is up for renewal now. The last
message is next Wednesday, March 10.

Here is the current message:
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Wednesday's "Democracy Now!" is supported in part by the listeners of
W-E-F-T and by AWARE, a local group of progressive, concerned citizens
acting together to promote peace and justice. AWARE addresses issues of:

- war
- racism
- militarization of society
- inequalities of wealth and opportunity
- consolidation of news sources
- global extension of American power
- the demise of internationally agreed norms of behavior
- corporate globalization
- and the erosion of civil liberties.

AWARE meets Sundays 5-7pm at the Independent Media Center, 218 W. Main St.
in Urbana. All are welcome to attend! AWARE is also on the web at
anti-war.net .
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As discussed at the last AWARE meeting, opinions were expressed that our
full name should be included and that perhaps some of our interests that are
itemized in the message should be cut (since we are already over their
requested time limit and also to make it more digestible). I'm not
comfortable making the cut choices by myself (this could be a sensitive
issue). Also, no one really stepped forward to help me with that at the
meeting, so I'm throwing out a proposal on the list to see if there is any
feedback. We can also discuss this at the next meeting as well.

So, here's a first pass, adding in our full name, but rewording a bit and
taking out two of the itemized issues - "the demise of internationally
agreed norms of behavior" (the longest wording) and "militarization of
society" (which overlaps with "war" and "global extension of American power"
to some extent). This preserves the same read time (about 43 seconds).
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Wednesday's "Democracy Now!" is supported in part by the listeners of
W-E-F-T and by AWARE, the Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort. AWARE is a local
group of progressive, concerned citizens acting together to promote peace
and justice. AWARE also addresses other issues beyond war and racism,
including:

- consolidation of news sources
- inequalities of wealth and opportunity
- global extension of American power
- corporate globalization
- and the erosion of civil liberties.

AWARE meets Sundays 5-7pm at the Independent Media Center, 218 W. Main St.
in Urbana. All are welcome to attend! AWARE is also on the web at
anti-war.net .
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R