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An Evening W/Amy Goodman & Danny Glover
Date:
Saturday, December 15, 2001
Time:
7:30 PM
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10:30 PM
Event Type:
Other
Organizer/Author:
Jeff Perlstein
Location Details:
Mission High School, 18th & Dolores Streets
ACTOR DANNY GLOVER & AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST AMY GOODMAN AT DECEMBER 15 SF BENEFIT FOR ACTIVIST NONPROFITS
During this "Evening of Solidarity", Goodman and Glover will speak about journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, who’s been on death row for 20 years; the Fight for KPFA Free Speech Radio; and the September 11 Attacks and Aftermath.
WHAT: A benefit for Friends of Free Speech Radio, Media Alliance, and the Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, featuring actor Danny Glover and award-winning journalist Amy Goodman. Goodman was the star reporter at the Pacifica Radio Network’s show Democracy Now until Pacifica forced her off the air; now she broadcasts a daily "War and Peace Report" on 100 radio and cable TV stations nationwide. Glover and Goodman worked together during the recent United Nations Conference on Racism on South Africa.
WHEN: Saturday, December 15, 7:30 PM
WHERE: Mission High School, 18th & Dolores Streets, San Francisco
PRICE: $10 – 50 sliding scale; students $5 – 10 sliding scale
SPONSORS: Friends of Free Speech Radio is a Berkeley-based organization that supports the efforts to democratize the Pacifica Radio Network, the only progressive radio network in the United States. Pacifica stations include Berkeley’s KPFA radio. Media Alliance is a 25-year old nonprofit media advocacy organization based in San Francisco that works for media that promotes the interests of peace, justice, and social responsibility. The Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal is a committee that raises funds for Abu-Jamal’s legal defense and organizes events to educate the public about his unjust incarceration. The event is also sponsored by the San Francisco-based Vanguard Public Foundation.
INFO PHONE #: (415) 546-6334.
For immediate release: December 5, 2001
Jeff Perlstein, Media Alliance,(415) 546-6334 x309
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