GrassrootsKPFK: Radio for All
The KPFK Local Station Board Town Hall Meeting will happen on Saturday, September 18, 2011 from 3:00 pm to 6:0 pm at Foshay Lodge, 9635 Venice Blvd, Culver City CA 90232. For map and more details visit the Calendar Page.
KPFK Local Station Board meeting, June 15, 2011
at the Sepulveda Peace Center in Los Angeles
MP3 format audio archives of the July 20th, 2011 Local Station Board meeting have been posted on the Archives page.
Local Station Board news: Congratulations to Lawrence Reyes, GrassrootsKPFK activist who has joined the KPFK Local Station Board as a Listener-Sponsor Delegate. For photos from the June 15, 2011 LSB meeting visit the Archives page or go directly to the image gallery.
KPFK welcomes its new General Manager, Bernard Duncan. 
Lydia Brazon and Rodrigo Argueta, have been elected by the Local Station Board Delegates to serve as KPFK Representatives to the Pacifica National Board. This is another important step toward returning responsible governance and progressive values to Pacifica Foundation, the organizational parent of KPFK.
Due to an unexpected vacancy, GrassrootsKPFK Listener-Sponsor candidate Aryana Gladney has been seated on the KPFK Local Station Board. Congratulations, Aryana!
GrassrootsKPFK Listener-Sponsor candidates Chuck Anderson, Lydia Brazon, Brenda Medina and Michael Novick and GrassrootsKPFK Staff candidates Omar Burdet and Jim Lafferty have been elected to the KPFK Local Station Board. Also, the important position of first alternate in the Listener-Sponsor category has gone to Lawrence Reyes.
Warm thanks and appreciation to all supporters of GrassrootsKPFK candidates! By electing our candidates to six seven of the twelve available seats you have sent a strong endorsement of progressive values at Free Speech Radio. These LSB members-elect pledge to support:
- The common principles of our campaign platform, and
- an ongoing effort to restore and extend grassroots accountability, creativity and effectiveness at KPFK (90.7 Los Angeles, 98.7 Santa Barbara) and the Pacifica Foundation.
Complete election results can be viewed at PacificaElections2010.org. The KPFK LSB election uses the Single Transferable Voting (STV) method, sometimes called Choice Voting, a form of Proportional Representation intended to provide fair representation to diverse communities. To learn more about the details of STV, you may wish to visit the Wikipedia site.
Listener and Staff Candidates
Brenda Medina - Ron Spriestersbach - Lydia Brazon - Chuck Anderson - Lawrence Reyes - Aryana Gladney - Michael Novick - Tej Grewall - Jim Lafferty - Omar Burdet
Endorsements
Aris Anagnos - Theresa Bonpane - Ralph Fertig - Dolores Huerta - Michael Parenti - Isaura Rivera - Jack VanAken - Gore Vidal - C.T. Weber - Tim Wise - ANSWER Coalition (Los Angeles) - International Action Center (IAC) - Peace and Freedom Party of Los Angeles County - Peace and Freedom Party of Orange County - Puerto Rican Alliance of Los Angeles - SEIU 721 Latino Caucus - SEIU 721 Lavender Caucus - SEIU 721 Social Economic Justice Caucus - South Central Farmers Support Committee - Venice Justice Committee
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