WBAI on "Like It Is" May 17 & other upcoming Events on WBAI Crisis

Sun., May 17, 12 noon-1 PM - WABC, Channel 7 - Click Here to watch"Like It Is," hosted by Gil Noble, will air a program focusing on recent events at WBAI. Participants: WBAI's recently "suspended" Program Director Bernard White, Local Station Board members Father Lawrence Lucas and Omowale Clay, and WBAI producer Imhotep Gary Byrd.

Sun., May 17, 6 - 9 PM - CEMOTAP's Great Debate: Has Bloomberg Been Good for Black People? Bernard White speaks re WBAI at 7:30 PM - Salem United Methodist Church, 211 W. 129th St. (corner of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.), Harlem. For information, call CEMOTAP (Committee to Eliminate Media Offensive to African People) at 347-531-8936.

Wed., May 20, 7 PM - Speak out at the WBAI Local Station Board meeting (all meetings have time for public comment) - location TBA. For address, check http://wbailsb.weebly.com/ or call the Justice & Unity hotline at 212-591-2111.

Tues., May 26, 7:00-10:00 PM - Next meeting of the Coalition to Take Back WBAI, at District Council 1707, 75 Varick St. (north of Canal St.), 14th Fl., Manhattan (A or 1 train to Canal St.). For information, to get involved in a working group, or to join the email/phone list, call the Coalition at 212-561-7231.

SPREAD THE WORD: IT IS URGENT THAT YOU JOIN THE STATION BY JUNE 15 (by donating $25 or more or 3 hours of volunteer work) so that you have the right to vote for Justice & Unity board candidates in this summer's election and to recall destructive board members. Through the end of the pledge drive on May 28, you can call the station's pledge line at (212) 209-2950 - ask them to note on the card that you demand reinstatement of local management. Or pledge any time at http://www.wbai.org.

Website Message for Coalition Members - This is suggested language that organizations may want to add to their websites:

WBAI Radio is the megaphone that allows our message to reach hundreds of thousands of area residents who might otherwise be unaware of our work. Please support the station by contributing $25 or working 3 hours during the current fund-drive (through May 28), and help preserve this institution's ability to speak truth to power. For more information, go to www.takebackwbai.org

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For ongoing information and updates on the struggle for WBAI:

WBAI Justice & Unity Campaign * http://www.justiceunity.org

WBIX (WBAI In Exile - video & audio provided by Don DeBar, Wakeup Call News Editor)
* http://www.wbixradio.org

Coalition to Take Back WBAI * http://www.takebackwbai.org [going live soon]