{"id":4273,"date":"2016-06-18T15:28:36","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T22:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/?p=4273"},"modified":"2016-10-18T15:29:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T22:29:56","slug":"t-m-scruggs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/?p=4273","title":{"rendered":"T.M. Scruggs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <u>TM Scruggs<\/u>\u2014Listener Representative<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4160\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4160\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4160\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/T.M.-new-e1469128941886-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"T.M. Scruggs\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/T.M.-new-e1469128941886-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/T.M.-new-e1469128941886-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/T.M.-new-e1469128941886-500x500.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/T.M.-new-e1469128941886.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">T.M. Scruggs<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I am an educator, musician, and long time social activist, involved in community\/non-profit media for over 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>My various forms of organizing and cultural work have proven to me that media is the crucial battleground for providing information and framing issues that determines a societys political direction.<\/p>\n<p>I am a founder of TRNN-TheRealNewsNetwork (therealnews.com), and on the Board of Advisers of truthout.org.\u00a0 KPFA and Pacifica need to greatly strengthen its internet presence, including live streaming, and better support our internship program: both will increase youth participation. I created a successful, growing non-profit. Resolving the financial straits of KPFA and Pacifica is my top priority.<\/p>\n<p>I speak fluent Spanish with a history of activism, including community media, in US Latino communities and in Latin America. I have volunteered at community radios in every city I have lived in since high school. United for Community Radio (RadioUCR.org) best represents my views. In my one year already on the LSB I have worked hard to dilute factionalism, and I pledge to be open minded and creative.<\/p>\n<p>Endorsers: Bruce Dixon; Ed Holmes; Marilyn Langlois; Barbara Lubin; Michael Parenti.<\/p>\n<p>2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From TM Scruggs\u2014Listener Representative I am an educator, musician, and long time social activist, involved in community\/non-profit media for over 30 years. 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