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Friends of Community Media is scheduled to meet 2 PM tomorrow, Saturday 1/11 but there is a major snow storm coming. Those with snowshoes are welcome to come to a possible video conference Spencer is setting up, with ProPublica. He will send info out to our group. Since some people can’t participate with this, FCM will meet next Saturday 1/18 at the KKFI Annex Room 39th & Main Rear Door at 2 PM.
How the media cover events sparked this performance piece:
“In interviews, 30 leading US media figures and commentators share the deep dilemmas facing journalists in a momentous presidential election year”
This link from the Guardian examines the dilemma facing the media. Will they cheerlead Trump’s lies like they did Bush’s Iraq War invasion?
7:00 p.m.
Potluck meeting to do final planning for the David Barsamian Event on 10/30/19 at Spencer’s place 4550 Warwick Blvd Apartment 508 KCMO 64111. Parking next to the building and on the street.
M.C. Richardson, president of United Minority Media Association has set up another “ascertainment” program to be held at 5:15 at the KKFI Studios 39th & Main (rear door). Sponsored by UMMA, FCM and KKFI, the event invites people from the community to learn about community radio and express their concerns. The program is below.
KKFI, UMMA, AND FRIENDS OF COMMUNITY MEDIA PRESENT – A COMMUNITY RADIO EVENT
KKFI ASCERTAINMENT COMMUNITY FORUM Thursday, October 24, 2019 RADIO STATION’S ANNEX ROOM 39th & Main (rear door) 5:15 PM
PROGRAM – 6p.m.-8 p.m. Refreshments Available
Welcome: M.C. Richardson Coordinator and Consultant
Ascertainment Meaning & Purpose Teresa Wilke & Station’s Mission/Philosophy
Public File Importance and how to Access
Hosts:
M.C. Richardson Bennita Morrow
Host/Executive Co-Host “Guess Who’s Coming to Kansas City”, – Urban Connections
Tom Crane President Friends of Community Media, Time Keeper
Speaker’s Five Minute Presentations
With 3 Minutes Q&A
(1)Garrett’s Adult Day Care Program, Tynaise Ward Director
(2) KC Tenants, Diane Charity, Tenant
(3)Save The Paseo, Diane Houston Director
(4)Cosmetologist and Education Institute Consultant, Dr. Annetta Vertreese
(5) Ask Dr. Nelson Network, Dr. Wanda J. Nelson, President
(6) Associated Hairdressers, Cosmetologist and Barbers of State of Missouri, 1ST Vice President Dr. Sue Cartwright
(7)Honorable Martina Peterson Municipal, Court Judge, Kansas City, Missouri
(8) G.I.R.L., Miss E
(9) Community Activist, Linda Brown
(10) MOVE, Muradaheyadeen
(11) LOVE, Dejuana M. Lee, Presiden
(12) ZanCan, Zandra Baheyadeen, Personal Assistant & Conicierge
Requested Potential Speakers
Greater Kansas City Building and Construction Trades Council
League of Women Voters
Labor Beacon Newspaper
SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL VOLUNTEERS AND AUDIENCE
SIGN UP TO A FUTURE SPEAKER and or SPONSOR
HAPPY HALLOWEEN, THANKSGIVING, AND DECEMBER 25th
AND ENJOY A MOST HAPPY NEW YEAR!
NEXT KKFI Ascertainment Community Forum
Thursday, January 23, 2020 at station 5:15 Doors Open
You are encourage to call Station 816 931-3122
Leave a message to the attention of M.C. Richardson
David Barsamian will speak at an FCM benefit at All Souls Unitarian Church 4501 Walnut in Kansas City. He will be speaking on “Democracy and the Media”
A Link to The Boulder, Colorado weekly giving biographical information on David is below:
https://www.boulderweekly.com/news/david-barsamian/
People who wish to order tickets on brownpapertickets.com may search for the event by using the keywords “Barsamian” or “Media and Democracy”. Tickets are also available at the door.
Here’s a podcast of the recent visit of Wayne Besen who spoke at the All Souls Forum on “Conversion Therapy and the Media” – broadcast on KKFI community radio.
Although the link says otherwise, it goes to the interview.
https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/gerrymandering-our-votes-with-greg-vonnahme/
One of America’s most tireless and wide-ranging investigative journalists, David Barsamian has altered the independent media landscape, both with his weekly radio show Alternative Radio—now in its 34th year—and his books with Noam Chomsky, Eqbal Ahmad, Howard Zinn, Tariq Ali, Richard Wolff, Arundhati Roy and Edward Said. His latest books are with Noam Chomsky: Global Discontents: Rising Threats to Democracy and Edward Said: Culture and Resistance. He lectures on world affairs, imperialism, capitalism, propaganda, the media and global rebellions.
David Barsamian is the winner of the Media Education Award, the ACLU’s Upton Sinclair Award for independent journalism, and the Cultural Freedom Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation. The Institute for Alternative Journalism named him one of its Top Ten Media Heroes. He is the recipient of Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center and the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy. He has collaborated with the world-renowned Kronos Quartet in events in New York, London, Vienna, San Francisco and elsewhere.
Barsamian was deported from India due to his work on Kashmir and other revolts. He is still barred from traveling to “the world’s largest democracy.”
As a kid, David was a bit of a rebel and frequently played hooky from school. Growing up in New York in the shadow of the Armenian Genocide sparked an interest in history and politics. His first interview was with his mother, Araxie. He says, that interview was the most difficult he has ever done. He then went on to do a series of interviews with survivors.
He says he was further radicalized when his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team moved to Los Angeles. He said, “That’s all I needed to know about capitalism.”
People who wish to order tickets to the David Barsamian event October 30th event at All Souls using brownpapertickets.com may search for the event by using the words “Barsamian” or “Media and Democracy”. Tickets will also be available at the door.
NOTED JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR TO MAKE PRESENTATION ON MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY
Kansas City, Mo. , 10/3/19 – David Barsamian author of a book with Noam Chomsky – Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy, will present his views on the state of the media on October 30, at 6:30 PM at All Souls Unitarian Church, 4501 Walnut in Kansas City.
A tireless and wide-ranging journalist, Barsamian is important to the independent media landscape with his weekly radio show, “Alternative Radio” now in its 34th year – and his books with Noam Chomsky, Eqbal Ahmad, Howard Zinn, Tariq Ali, Arundhati Roy, and Richard Wolff.
“Alternative Radio” airs locally on KKFI FM 90.1 on Wednesdays at 9:00 AM. An interview with him will him live air on Tuesday, 10/29 on the station at 6:00 PM on the “Radioactive Magazine” show.
David is the recipient of many awards including the Media Education Award, the ACLU’s Upton Sinclair award, and Friends of Community Media’s Media Excellence Award.
Admission at the door will be $15, $10 for students, low-income people, and seniors. A reception to meet Mr. Barsamian is at 7:30 PM for $25 (includes an event ticket and refreshments). Autographed books and CDs will be available for purchase. Ticket proceeds will benefit Friends of Community Media, a non-profit 501(c)3 group.
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People may order tickets for the October 30th event on brownpapertickets.com by searching with the keywords “Barsamian” or “Media and Democracy”.
Sponsored by the All-Souls Forum, KKFI and United Minority Media Association.