BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1464587:Event:184634 DTSTAMP:20260407T062135Z SUMMARY:KPFA's Broadcasters of Color and Unpaid Staff Town Hall Meetin g DESCRIPTION:KPFA's Black, Broadcasters of Color, and Unpaid Staff Town Hall Meeting at Laney College \n \non Thursday April 11th at 6pm at the Student Center RM 401, on the 4th floor\n \nWe will talk about:\ n \n1. The arbitrary suspension of Black broadcaster JR Valrey from t he Morning Mix, without due process; as well as the consistent racist treatment of broadcasters and staff of color in the recent past includ ing Nadra Foster, Carrie Core, Miguel Gavilan Molina, and more. \n \ n2. The 2 tier treatment system in which KPFA/Pacifica deals with the paid and the un-paid staff. 80% of the broadcasters at KPFA are unpaid , the 20% that are paid use up all of the resources, although it is ma ndated that all broadcasters raise funds. The Un-paid staff has NO say in the budget, hiring, office allocation, etc.\n \n3. A program Coun cil does not exist at KPFA. The Program Council used to be a group tha t consisted of 1/3 listeners, 1/3 broadcasters, and 1/3 management, th at evaluated broadcasts as well as recommended changes to the programm ing grid. In '08-'09 former Program Director Sasha Lilley , of Against the Grain radio show, abolished the process, effectively getting rid of listeners and broadcasters participation in programming decisions.  \n \n4. The lack of a process to address grievances from the un-paid staff in a timely manner. \n \n5. Selective enforcement of the rule s by Pacifica and KPFA Management. Un-paid staff are penalized while p aid staff, for the same infractions are not even addressed, let alone punished. \n \n6. The Pseudo-union C.W.A. represents significantly l ess than half of the staff. It effectively controls the station and ru ns it into the ground, for the benefit of the entrenched staff. \n \ nIt will feature presentations by Frank Sterling of the KPFA Local Sta tion Board, Tracy Rosenberg of the Pacifica National Board, and The \" Suspended\" People's Minister of Information JR Valrey of Block Report Radio\n \n For more info you can call The SF Bay View Newspaper at 415-671-0789\n \n \n\nFor more information visit https://trueskool.c om/events/kpfa-s-broadcasters-of-color-and-unpaid-staff-town-hall-meet ing DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130411T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130411T200000 CATEGORIES:"protest kpfa", "jr valrey", "block report radio", townhall LOCATION:Laney College - Student Center RM 401, on the 4th floor WEBSITE:http://www.change.org/petitions/kpfa-suspending-j-r-valrey-wit hout-providing-a-fair-hearing-rescind-its-decision-to-suspend-jr-valre y-from-the-morning-mix?utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_medium=facebook&ut m_source=share_petition URL:http://www.change.org/petitions/kpfa-suspending-j-r-valrey-without -providing-a-fair-hearing-rescind-its-decision-to-suspend-jr-valrey-fr om-the-morning-mix?utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_medium=facebook&utm_so urce=share_petition CONTACT:For more info you can call The SF Bay View Newspaper at 415-67 1-0789 ORGANIZER;CN="Block Report Radio":https://trueskool.com/profile/BlockR eportRadio ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2247938139?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Block Re port Radio":https://trueskool.com/profile/BlockReportRadio END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR