KPFA Local Station Board Meeting: New Special Process for Public Attendance & Comment at Open / Public Meeting Wednesday morning, on 3 days notice, the KPFA Local Station Board Secretary changed the notice for Saturday’s monthly meeting to one that requires those wanting to attend or to make Public Comment, to send an email request […]
Pacifica has the 225-station network to expose and propose remedies for multiple crises in our world. Activate our network by rejecting the repeat top-down take-over by NOT SIGNING THE “NEW DAY PACIFICA” PETITION; join PFB’s Town Hall to empower Pacifica’s people-powered solutions. Four steps to take to keep Pacifica focused on solutions at this critical moment in […]
THEY’RE B-A-A-A-C-K! Just as Pacifica is gearing up to cover the critical 2020 election, the same people who brought us the costly shut-down and take-over of WBAI last fall, who forced Pacifica to waste over $150,000 to conduct a Bylaws replacement referendum, and who were rejected by nearly 2-1 margins of both listeners and staff […]
Donald “You can trust me” Goldmacher and Susan “I am so sincere” da Silva want you to write to the Pacifica National Board… but why? All of a sudden, Donald Goldmacher and Susan da Silva hate lawsuits. Donald Goldmacher and Susan da Silva are part of a small group based at KPFA Berkeley that backed, and back, an on-going litigation by […]
The Pacifica National Board adopted Lawrence Reyes’s motion to establish a task force on dealing with the coronavirus pandemic in terms of operations, policies, and producing and distributing content on all our stations and other platforms, and sharing and collaborating with our affiliates. The Task Force will extend beyond PNB and LSB members, and will […]
Both listeners and staff voted nearly 2-1 against the undemocratic Bylaws replacement forced to a vote by a court order sought by the proponents, many of whom also backed the illegal shutdown and takeover of WBAI previously. 6340 listener-member voters, 66%, said “NO”. Yes voters: 3273; Abstentions: 101. The totala number of voters represented 22% of […]
subscribe to our low volume newsletter We want to keep in touch with you, now that we won on the Bylaws Replacement Referendum. Having defeated the break-up attempt, we still need to collaborate nationally to strengthen and rebuild Pacifica as a network capable of advancing the cause of peace, social justice and the analysis and […]
Why is it that when most non-profits are waking up to the need for greater diversity on their boards, and better representation of the communities they serve, that some elements within Pacifica are trying to put through a Bylaws revision that would REDUCE the diversity of Pacifica’s National Board, and eliminate its local station boards […]
WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN HOW & WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE “NO” All ballots must be received by 11:59pm ET (10:59pm CT, 8:59pm PT) Thurs., Mar. 19, 2020. Where’s My Ballot: · Search for an email from “vote@SimplyVoting.com” or “nes@pacifica.org” · Look for a postcard sent late February: One side is black with the stations’ logos; the other has instructions and your personal […]
WBAI Fightback Battles a Second Coup