[Imc-cleveland] Fcc_Columbus,Ohio 3-7

[Ona Harshaw]

Below is notification of the FCC Commissioners Freepress event next week.
You must already know but I wanted to be sure.
Cheers, Ona

 Ona L Harshaw
 Bonner Program Coordinator
 The Coretta Scott King Center 
 for Cultural and Intellectual Freedom
 795 Livermore St.
 Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387
 (937) 769-1154 &1164
 oharshaw at antioch-college.edu

             

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Hello Everyone,
 
Here is some sample text that you can edit and send to your lists about
the Columbus hearing next Wednesday. I will have an updated flier out
shortly.
 
Amanda Ballantyne
Field Organizer
Free Press
413-585-1533 x23
[ http://www.freepress.net ]www.freepress.net
Media is the issue

 

 

Dear Friend,

 

Do you want the media to cover the issues you care about better?

Do you want higher quality journalism? Do you think that the handful of
giant media conglomerates sufficiently provide diverse and independent
viewpoints?

 

Now is your chance to tell the FCC how well the media are serving your
community. Please join FCC Commissioners Jonathan Adelstein, Michael Copps
and Robert McDowell for a public hearing on the future of media.

 

Date: Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Time: 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Location: Broad Street Presbyterian Church

Address: 760 E. Broad Street

Columbus, Ohio 43205

Free parking is available 

 

The hearing is free and open to the public and will feature a lengthy open
microphone session for you to tell the FCC how the media are serving your
community. For further details, visit:

www.stopbigmedia.com/=columbus

 

All public testimony will be recorded and officially submitted to the FCC
for consideration. Come prepared to speak your mind.

-- For fact sheets and fliers that will help you in preparing your
remarks: www.stopbigmedia.com/=columbus

 

Next week's hearing is being sponsored by Free Press, Consumers Union,
Common Cause Ohio, United Church of Christ Office of Communications, Inc.,
Columbus Metropolitan Area Church Council, Ohio PIRG, Ohio Citizen Action,
and Media Bridges.

 

This is a rare chance to participate directly in creating media policies
that serve the public interest. Now that the FCC is again considering
sweeping changes to the nation's media ownership rules, your input is
critical.

 

Make your voice heard -- Join us on Mar. 7:

 

Onward,

 

Amanda Ballantyne

Field Organizer

Free Press

[ www.freepress.net ]www.freepress.net

 

P.S. Would you like to learn more about media policy? Do you need a little
help preparing your two minutes of testimony for the hearing? Attend a
free public workshop in Columbus before the hearing!
 
Monday, March 5
6:30 p.m.
Ohio Common Cause Office
50 W. Broad Street, #1705
Contact: Scarlett Bouder, 614-224-2497

Tuesday, March 6
6:30 p.m.
Columbus Metropolitan Area Church Council
Jefferson Conference Center
65 Jefferson Ave.
Contact: 614-461-7103 

[ http://www.freepress.net/conference ]http://www.freepress.net/conference

 
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