GrassrootsKPFK: Our Principles

We are community activists for peace, human rights and social, labor, economic, and environmental justice, running a campaign for seats on the elected Local Station Board of listener-sponsored KPFK, 90.7 FM (98.7 in Santa Barbara). Although we have varying political affiliations and perspectives, we have united around the following principles:

For Peace with Justice

Implement the core progressive values of the Pacifica Mission: voices not commonly heard in the mainstream media.

For Migrant Rights

Oppose anti-immigrant hysteria, raids, racism and repression.

For Defense of the Earth, Animals, and the Environment

Respect for all living beings and a sustainable relationship with the rest of the natural world, in alliance with indigenous peoples' struggles locally and globally.

For Gender Equity

Support the rights of women and the LGBTQ community worldwide.

For Workers' Rights

Our strength is in our alliances and that is why we proudly align ourselves with working men and women and their unions.

For Unity, Diversity, and Our Communities

Local, diverse, multilingual, and multi-generational voices, high quality broadcasts of performing arts, public affairs, more collectively produced programs, and news from and for our communities.

For All Our Listeners

Spanish language, bilingual and intra-lingual programs to bring progressive messages to Spanish-speaking communities and to bring their issues to English-speaking listeners as well.

For Southern California

Greater autonomy and local decision-making, harnessing local resources and addressing local needs for our radio station, including restoring locally produced daily newscasts and training in news and radio production.

For the Pacifica Network

Leverage our progressive base in the spirit of solidarity with all Pacifica stations and affiliates, to strengthen our capacity to shape public discourse and bring issues before the public.

For Accountability to Listener Supporters

Fiscally transparent, responsible, and self-sustaining best practice non-profit management: people, not corporate underwriters, supporting progressive people's radio.

For Openness to All on the Air, in the Streets and within the Pacifica Foundation

Effective, participatory governance that is accountable to listener-sponsors and responsive to the diverse needs and interests of the Southern California listeners and communities. The station and its activities must be fully accessible to people with disabilities.

For High Quality Programming that Attracts New Listeners

Programs that inspire, educate, delight and inform, at the intersection of social possibility with political and cultural power to help carry the Pacifica mission forward into current and future generations.

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