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Delegate Election Process Underway

KPFK’s 2023 Local Station Delegate Elections

URGENT: Two weeks of voting remain. Please cast your ballot before Sept 30th, 11:59 PM ET / 10:59 PM CT / 8:59 PM PT. Quorum to validate the elections are 512 listener members voting; so far about 365 have cast ballots. If an extension is required to reach quorum at any station, it will cost Pacifica additional money. Please look for the email with the link to your eballot, and cast your vote today. And donate to help defray the cost of democratic elections and governance at Pacifica.
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Make sure to safe-list <invitations@mail.electionbuddy.com>, coming from Pacifica Foundation Inc. in order to receive your ballot. The voting period closes on September 30, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST/10:59 PM CST / 8:59 PM PST.

If you cannot find the email with the code to access your ballot, even after searching through spam and promotion folders, or if you do not have email, you can reach the National Elections Supervisor's voice mail to leave a message, requesting a ballot oe a paper ballot if you do not have email by calling 213-635-9363. Give your name, address and phone number.

Voting is to elect delegates of the listeners (and staff) at the Pacifica radio stations, including here at KPFK, where 28 candidates are seeking your vote for 9 seats on the Local Station Board. Delegates also get to elect 4 directors from KPFK to the Pacifica National Board. More information and candidate statements can be found at https://elections.pacifica.org/wordpress. 

Look out for your e-ballot in the form of an email with a link to your eballot from  invitations@mail.electionbuddy.com or via an SMS text message to your phone. Reminders are sent every Tuesday to those who haven't voted yet.
If you have not received your ballot you can request one on elections.pacifica.org. If you don't have access to a computer you can leave a voicemail
at +1-213-635-9363. Ballot Request Form 2023 - https://forms.gle/NEjENvBiuz64CDko8

Here are links to the audio files of the on-air candidate forums held August 14-18 at 2 PM in English and August 14-17 at 8:30 PM in Spanish-bilingual. They can also be found at those time on the KPFK audio archives.  

Audio link Candidate forum 8-14 part 1   Audio link Candidate forum 8-14 part 2   Audio link Cand idate forum 8-15 part 1   Audio link Candidate forum 8-15 part 2   Audio link Candidate forum 8-16 part 1    Audio link Candidate forum 8-16 part 2    Audio link Candidate forum 8-17 part 2    Audio link Candidate forum 8-18 part 1   Audio link Candidate forum 8-18 part 2

Audio link Spanish-bilingual Candidate forum 8-14 part 1  Audio link Spanish-bilingual Candidate forum 8-14 part 2  Audio link Spanish-bilingual Candidate forum 8-15 part 1    Audio link Spanish-bilingual Candidate forum 8-15 part 2    Audio link Spanish-bilingual Candidate forum 8-16 part 1    Audio link Spanish-bilingual Candidate forum 8-16 part 2    Audio link Spanish-bilingual Candidate forum 8-17 part 1   Audio link Spanish-bilingual Candidate forum 8-17 part 2

You have until September 30 at 8:59 PM Pacific to cast your ballot

Delegate Election remaining Timeline 2023 • Sep 30  Voting Phase closes at 11:59 PM EST / 10:59 PM CST / 8:59 PM PST • Oct 8 Results announced and certified Have questions? Contact the election supervisor by emailing nes@pacifica.org or leave a voicemail on 213-635-9363. 

Programming Highlights

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    In a historic show of support for striking autoworkers, President Biden became the first sitting U.S. president to join a picket line Tuesday when he joined UAW members outside a General Motors facility in Wayne, Michigan. The American Prospect&#39;s executive editor David Dayen says the Biden administration&#39;s support for the union is a big shift from how the Democratic Party has treated organized labor in recent decades. &#8220;The mentality of the Obama administration and the Biden administration, as far as it relates to worker power, couldn&#8217;t be more stark,&#8221; he says. The union launched a strike against the Big Three manufacturers — Ford, GM and Stellantis, parent company of Chrysler — earlier this month in a bid to raise pay and benefits amid record profits for the companies. There are now 18,000 workers on strike at 41 facilities across 21 states, and UAW President Shawn Fain has threatened to keep expanding the strike if needed. Dayen recently went to a picket line in Ontario, California, and reported that striking workers have twice had guns pulled on them by nonunion truckers seeking to use a distribution center to move auto parts to dealers.

  • Hispanic Heritage Month: Rep. Chuy García Remembers Pioneering Activists Rudy Lozano & Bert Corona

    As we mark Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States, Congressmember Jesús &#8220;Chuy&#8221; García says it&#8217;s important to celebrate the contributions of activists who fought racial and economic inequality. The Illinois Democrat is the first Mexican immigrant from the Midwest elected to Congress and recently delivered a speech on the House floor to mark the 40th anniversary of the killing of Chicago activist Rudy Lozano, whom García considered a friend and mentor. Lozano was murdered in 1983, after working to build multiracial support for the historic election of Chicago&#8217;s first Black mayor, Harold Washington. &#8220;Activists like Rudy Lozano … were responsible for movements that have empowered Latino, African American, Asian and other discriminated communities over a 40-year span,&#8221; says García. He also recalls the work of Bert Corona, who started the Mexican American labor organization CASA, which had nationwide chapters that served as organizing hubs and protested the Vietnam War.

CODEPINK every Mon from 4-5pm on KPFK

          The BradBlog

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Rising Up with Sonali  

 

 

 



Sonali Kolhatkar can normally be heard Tuesdays at 4:00 PM on KPFK. During the Fund Drives please check the RisingUP Website for the latest episodes.

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Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod

Currently heard Tuesday at 7am on KPFK
Archives of the program can be found HERE
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KPFK's Rebel Alliance News

KPFK's Rebel Alliance News is our nightly weekday English-language locally produced newscast, your uncensored source of progressive news, information and commentary, with international, national, state-wide and local coverage. Interim news director Ziri Rideaux has recruited a team of unpaid newsgatherers, reporters, commentators and anchors to cover local, state, national and international news, including Angela Birdsong, Jack Kennedy, Polina Vasiliev, Ann Garrison, Don DeBar, Dan Nowman, Marcy Winograd and others. We are looking for more beat reporters and volunteer stringers from OC, San Diego, and covering local government, housing and policing issues in Southern California including LA City and County and other municipalities. Email news@kpfk.org

KPFK LSB, CAB Info and Committee Schedule

CLICK HERE FOR KPFK LOCAL STATION BOARD INFORMATION AND NEWS

Pacifica Foundation Info can be found on the foundation's website at www.pacifica.org.

The Pacifica National Board (PNB) can be reached by email at PNB@pacifica.org.

The Local Station Board (LSB) can be reached by email at LSB@kpfk.org.

Pacifica National Board Motions on Terms for Those Elected in 2023 Elections 

Whereas there were insufficient funds to hold elections in 2022, which was year 2 of Pacifica’s 3-year election cycle in which half of the delegates would be elected;

Whereas the PNB passed a motion on October 20, 2022 providing that delegates whose terms would have ended in 2022 would continue to serve in 2023 if Pacifica failed to hold elections;

Whereas delegates whose terms would have ended in 2022 were either in their first term and therefore eligible to run again, or in their second term and therefore ineligible to run again, according to the Pacifica bylaws, and the delay from 2022 to 2023 in holding elections does not change that eligibility status;

Whereas Pacifica is in the midst of the election cycle for 2023, with the record period having passed, the period for candidate nomination having closed, the ballots not yet sent to members, and ballots slated to be sent to voters in the second half of August; and

Whereas it is important for voters to understand before they cast their votes the length of terms to which successful candidates would be elected and serve;

Therefore be it resolved that all candidates running in the 2023 delegate elections are running for two-year terms, and that the elections.pacifica.org website and the ballot shall reflect this information. Pacifica elections would return to the Article Four, Section 3 schedule of holding elections in years one and two and no elections in year three (i.e., elections in 2024 and 2025 but not in 2026).

 

To find your email with access to the web-based ballot, look and approve emails from this address: <invitations@mail.electionbuddy.com>

More information at https://elections.pacifica.org/wordpress  If you did not receive a ballot or don't have email and want a paper ballot, please call the National Elections Supervisor's message line: 213-635-9363.

Thanks to everyone for pledging support for the station during the drive.
Your support of KPFK helps make special broadcasts like this possible. Please consider utilizing the number of other ways you can support KPFK through a Donor Advisory FundStocks or Mutual Funds, Charitable IRALeaving A Bequest or Vehicle Donation, and you can pledge for select gifts you've heard mentioned during the current fund drive HERE.

News from KPFK and Pacifica - 2023 Election Process Underway

DELEGATE ELECTIONS PROCESS IS UNDERWAY!
KPFK’s 2023 local election is here and we invite you to participate. In order to vote and run as a candidate, you must be a current member by making a minimum donation of $25 between July 1st, 2022 and June 30th, 2023. If your membership has lapsed, go to kpfk.wedid.it to become a member today. Visit elections.pacifica.org for the voter guide, candidate nomination package and nominator registration. Candidate nomination packets must be completed by June 30. The Fair Campaign Provisions are now in effect. Please review them here: https://elections.pacifica.org/wordpress/fair-campaign-provisions-for-2023-delegate-election/
 

Delegate Election Timeline 2023

• April – May 31 Election Preparation • June 1 Nominations phase opens and Fair Campaign Provisions take effect • June 30 Record Date for Membership • July 1- July 8 Candidate Certification

• Aug 15 Ballot Phase Begins – Open election and campaign phase • Sep 30 Voting Phase closes at 11:59 PM EST / 10:59 PM CST / 8:59 PM PST • Oct 8 Results announced and certified  
Have questions?
Contact the election supervisor by emailing nes@pacifica.org or leaving a voicemail on 213-635-9363.
 
Thank you!
Renée A Peñaloza
2023 National Election Supervisor
Pacifica Foundation
 

 

2023 ANNUAL EEO PUBLIC FILE REPORT
Pacifica Foundation Inc.
Station: KPFK 
Community of License: Los Angeles, CA 
Reporting Period: July22nd 2021–July 21 st 2022

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 REPORT
KPFK’s Online Public File

Jobs at KPFK and Pacifica

KPFA Radio Berkeley - UpFront Producer Sought -

UpFront is a mostly-live morning public affairs show that delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through engaging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. We broadcast Monday to Friday from 7 to 8 am on 94.1 FM and at kpfa.org. This producer will have primary responsibility for setting up most days’ shows, with help from the show’s host and interns. More info here

KPFK is seeking to fill several pro bono (unpaid) interim management and coordinator positions. These include:

interim unpaid development director to form and guide a development task force to raise funds for the station;

interim unpaid social media marketing manager to coordinate social media promotion efforts at and by the station;

interim unpaid volunteer coordinator to recruit and supervise volunteers for diverse tasks at the station.

Those interested in applying for these unpaid interim positions, please contact interim GM Michael Novick at gm@kpfk.org.

Pacifica Foundation Radio seeks an experienced leader for the position of
General Manager of its Los Angeles station, KPFK 90.7 FM 
For more information and to apply, click
HERE or see http://pacifica.org/jobs_kpfk.php

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