[Peace-discuss] proposed change: WEFT underwriting message

[Alfred Kagan]

Randall,

Thanks for following up on this. I think we could probably take out 
"consolidation of news sources" which is more an IMC matter. I don't 
like saying "other issues beyond war and racism" since these are all 
interconnected. I would suggest keeping the original wording for that 
sentence, just "AWARE addresses issues of:" and then whatever list we 
decide on.

At 3:57 PM -0600 3/4/04, Randall Cotton wrote:
>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:
>------------------------
>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 .
>------------------------
>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).
>------------------------
>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 .
>------------------------
>
>R
>
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