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Whereas Promoting struggles for peace and justice is an essential part of the Pacifica mission; and KPFA currently allows three kinds of public service announcements - pre-recorded announcements ("carts"), community calendar announcements, and "live read scripts" – but all three options are subject to a series of conditions detailed at http://www.kpfa.org/psa/, such as

• "All events must be submitted by an organization that qualifies
  as tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Service Tax Code 501 (c) 3,"

• "Organizations are allowed one announcement per month,"
• "Pre-recorded public service announcements are recorded for
  events that collect an entrance fee for admission that will benefit a
  particular cause"

• "Events may not be announced if received less than 21 days in
  advance;" and

These restrictions make it impossible for many groups to have public service announcements for their demonstrations, rallies, and other events aired on KPFA unless the group happens to have the connections and clout necessary to persuade individual programmers to mention their events; therefore

Be it resolved that The LSB calls on interim general manager Lemlem Rijio and interim program director Sasha Lilley to:

1. Establish a political calendar, separate from the current community calendar, for listing progressive political demonstrations, rallies, and other events, including those that may not meet the current requirements for the community calendar or other public-service. In particular, the proposed calendar would allow groups that don't have 501(c)3 legal status to submit events; it would not be limited to one even per month; and it would have no minimum lead time.
2. Set up a web form, e-mail address, and phone extension through which activists could easily submit events to be listed on the proposed political calendar.
3. Arrange to have the political calendar posted on the KPFA website.
4. Direct the news department to announce at least several imminent events on the political calendar as part of regular news broadcasts, like a weather report, including the morning and evening news broadcasts.

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