{"id":662,"date":"2014-05-15T02:58:52","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T02:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2014.supportkpfa.org\/?page_id=662"},"modified":"2015-08-07T20:42:08","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T03:42:08","slug":"frequently-asked-questions-pacificas-current-crisis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/?page_id=662","title":{"rendered":"United for Community Radio Platform\u20142015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/unnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2016\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/unnamed-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/unnamed-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/unnamed.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">KPFA and Pacifica are irreplaceable, strategic and transformative resources for amplifying the voices of millions who are overlooked, marginalized or silenced by corporate media in the face of police militarization, racism; and housing, health, water, economic, educational, and environmental depredation. \u00a0 We forge a vital radio station and network by balancing often difficult news reports with programming that heals and facilitates human connections.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">AS UCR MEMBERS and LSB REPRESENTATIVES WE WORK TO:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1.\u00a0 Join the global media revolution by:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Updating KPFA technology so that KPFA reporters can generate news headlines and stories that challenge corporate media\u2019s dominant narratives on the worldwide web.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Providing free real-time video streaming <span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"> of demonstrations, rallies and other news events.\u00a0 Offering low-cost access to recorded videos of lectures and other cultural activities.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2.\u00a0 Promote a morning mix of community-sourced, local, daily, prime-time programing&#8211; making news together. This includes addressing attacks on immigrants, violence directed at people of color and discrimination based on race, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age and disability.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2742\" style=\"width: 331px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/colorful-base-by-Incase.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2742\" class=\" wp-image-2742\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/colorful-base-by-Incase-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Courtesy Incase, Flicker\" width=\"321\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/colorful-base-by-Incase-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/colorful-base-by-Incase-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/colorful-base-by-Incase-500x333.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/colorful-base-by-Incase.jpg 1584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Incase, Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3.\u00a0 Re-establish a program council with decision making authority and broad-based listener and staff participation to evaluate existing programs and new proposals.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Counter the influence of corporate political parties&#8217; monopoly on opinion and assert a clear anti-war perspective. Honor the value of drama and humor\u00a0 and include them in our programs.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5.\u00a0 Improve access to resources and training for unpaid staff and provide all staff, paid and unpaid, the right to unionize.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6.\u00a0 Provide a transparent and sustainable budget that aligns spending with actual income: Decrease the number of on air pledge drives.\u00a0 No underwriting or advertising.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7.\u00a0 Participate in a network-wide process to further democratize Pacifica\/KPFA and improve financial stability.\u00a0 We are committed to preserving the 5 stations, the national archives and affiliate services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you like this Platform, please support UCR&#8217;s campaign by making a donation:<br \/>\n<!-- Begin PayPal Donations by https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/paypal-donations-widgets-plugin -->\n\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\">\n    <div class=\"paypal-donations\">\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_donations\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"bn\" value=\"TipsandTricks_SP\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"business\" value=\"united4community_radio@yahoo.com\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rm\" value=\"0\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"currency_code\" value=\"USD\" \/>\n        <input type=\"image\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" name=\"submit\" alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online.\" \/>\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n<\/form>\n<!-- End PayPal Donations -->\n\n<h6>Microphone photo license <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/goincase\/5036393063\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KPFA and Pacifica are irreplaceable, strategic and transformative resources for amplifying the voices of millions who are overlooked, marginalized or silenced by corporate media in the face of police militarization, racism; and housing, health, water, economic, educational, and environmental depredation. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/?page_id=662\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-662","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2927,"href":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/662\/revisions\/2927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}