From wings at wings.org Thu Feb 14 08:47:41 2019 From: wings at wings.org (Frieda Werden) Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 08:47:41 -0800 Subject: [grc] Fwd: [WUNRN] Importance of Indigenous Radio & Media/Radio Leadership of Indigenous Women In-Reply-To: <010901d4c3ec$113c2700$33b47500$@gmail.com> References: <010901d4c3ec$113c2700$33b47500$@gmail.com> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: WUNRN LISTSERVE Date: Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 2:54 PM Subject: [WUNRN] Importance of Indigenous Radio & Media/Radio Leadership of Indigenous Women To: WUNRN ListServe WUNRN http://www.wunrn.com February 13 is World Radio Day as proclaimed by UNESCO - UN Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization Cultural Survival - https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/indigenous-women-media-new-voices-indigenous-central INDIGENOUS WOMEN IN MEDIA: NEW VOICES OF INDIGENOUS CENTRAL AMERICAN RADIO [image: cid:image002.jpg at 01D4C321.8447EBB0] *Author - **Teresita Orozco* * - 2018* "In my 12 years of doing community radio, I had never had the opportunity to produce my own radio pieces. This was a task delegated and assumed by men, and therefore I came to think it was something complicated. However, now with this workshop, I learned not only how to do radio production, but also realized that there is nothing that a woman cannot do, if approached with dedication,? said Petronila Ch?umilkaj Tax, a radio volunteer from Radio La Ni?a in Totonicap?n, Guatemala. Indigenous women in Central America continually experience discrimination based on their ethnicity and gender. Although Central American economies vary, Indigenous women are worse off economically and socially than any other group in the general population, as they experience a deficit in access to education, healthcare, and political participation. The human development indexes of many countries confirm that the socioeconomic gap between Indigenous people and non-Indigenous people is even more prominent when comparing Indigenous to non-Indigenous women. In the field of community radio, there is no exception. Indigenous women have almost always been relegated to the lowest level tasks and excluded from decision making, with the largest gender disparity remaining at the decision making levels. This means that women?s voices are not taken into account regarding programmatic content, economic sustainability, or strategic planning. As a result, most Indigenous community radio stations lack content promoting gender equality, addressing issues that are of interest to women, or educating on women?s rights. Over the years, Indigenous women community broadcasters from across Central America have expressed their concern for, and interest in, the advancement of Indigenous women?s rights, while recognizing the limitations of their own cultures where women are often discouraged from participating. After years of women?s activism, increasingly radio stations are acknowledging of the importance of female participation. Cultural Survival believes in promoting Indigenous women?s voices and leadership, especially in media. In 2017, 167 Indigenous women from Central America and Nepal took part in trainings in radio production and radio journalism organized by Cultural Survival. Last fall, with the support of the Channel Foundation, Cultural Survival?s Community Media Program wrapped up a training project aimed at strengthening the participation of Indigenous women in community radio in Central America. Two sessions were held in September, one with ten Guatemalan women in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, and the second in Managua, Nicaragua with ten women from El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. The goal was to increase the knowledge of women in journalism and radio production and plan a path from empowerment to leadership. As a result of the trainings, several women produced their own radio programs for the first time. The two trainings offered playful exercises aimed at re-evaluation of concepts surrounding female bodies and capacities as women and human beings, fundamental to raising women?s self-esteem and strengthening leadership skills of each of the participants. They also gave the women space and time to reflect on their roles and daily lives, especially in their roles as Indigenous women journalists, where they have the opportunity to be voices for social change in the fight against gender discrimination, racism, and human rights violations. In order to bring the participants together, staff had to consider the long distances many had to travel, which posed difficulty for some of the women to leave their remote communities with little access to public transport, along with the scrutiny from their relatives for so-called abandonment of their chores as women. In order for Vilma Washington of Radio Wangki Tangi, the voice of the women in Waspam, Nicaragua, to leave her community, she had to travel 20 hours in poor conditions to arrive in Managua. Despite facing similar challenges, many women said that they felt liberated by the simple act of leaving their communities and were thus enabled to overcome their fears. In Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, from September 6?8, 10 community journalists from Totonicap?n, Solol?, Quich?, Sacatep?quez, Alta Verapaz, and Huehuetenango gathered in September to learn, share, and practice their professional skills. Facilitator Alfredo Rax Coc, who was sensitized to the gender approach, was warmly received by the women. ?It is good for us to have the support of Rax and to know that there are men who respect our rights and are willing to support us,? said Erika Oxon of Radio Nimlajacoc. The night before commencing a workshop on community feminism, led by Lorena Cabnal (Xinka), community feminist and co-founder of the Association of Indigenous Women of Santa Mar?a Xalap?n, a major earthquake shook Mexico. In Quetzaltenango, it was felt with an intensity of 7.8. The earthquake caused much fear and resulted in evacuations from the hotel into the streets in the middle of the night. However, the women found their desire to talk about their realities as Indigenous women was stronger than their fear. ?It was interesting to listen to Lorena and learn from her,? commented Rigoberta Gonz?les from Radio Ixchel. ?Often people and society create divisions between women, which mark our relationships. We leaxfrned to respect plurality and how not to be part of the patriarchal system that weakens through division. We often undertake struggles for material goods and forget the many assets we possess?our bodies and our knowledge.? Gonz?les also stressed that this training allowed her to renew her strength to continue her struggle as a community journalist. To wit, Cabnal added, ?The journalists are the ancestral tabaleras, the community spokespeople. They fight a daily struggle with manifestations of the machismo and the criminalization of their work. Community feminism contributes from its own view, promoting equity and living well for women and peoples.? The second training, which took place from September 17-21, 2017, in Managua, Nicaragua brought together ten women community journalists from El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama to learn how to use an open source editing program, Audacity, and produce and edit their own radio pieces. ?Fear can paralyze us; knowledge can frighten fears,? said Francisca D?az (Lenca) from Honduras, who, at 52 years old, had never touched a computer. Although she has more than five years? experience as a community journalist in Radio Taragual in La Pedernal La Iguala, she had never been given a chance to produce her own programs until now. D?az spoke of her dream to be a doctor, but said she did not have the opportunity to go to school. It was due to her need to communicate with the radio audience that propelled her to learn to read and write. Today, D?az is an inspiration for young women, now serving as a doctor of traditional medicine through her community radio program, ?The Medicine Truck.? [image: cid:image004.jpg at 01D4C321.8447EBB0] Although the participation of women in most community radio stations is still not widely deemed as a priority, there have been some positive changes. Both the directors of local community radio stations and other organizations that partner with Cultural Survival in the Central American Indigenous Radio Network have begun to consider women?s participation as something positive and as an asset. As a result of the trainings, there are 20 radio programs available on women?s issues produced by the participants, addressing issues of importance to women and Indigenous Peoples according to the context of each community and respecting the cultural practices of each region and country. These programs will be aired at the women?s home radio stations, enhancing the programming of each station. In addition, the women who participated in the workshops are equipped with a greater sense of hope, knowledge, and empowerment that will drive them forward in their work. As many participants pointed out, being able to name to certain social injustices is an empowering first step to identifying and working toward their solutions. Photos: In Guatemala ? L-R: Rigoberta Gonzalez, Erika Oxom, Laura Ajcalon, Petronila Ch'umilkaj Tax, Lorena Cabjanal, Alfredo Rax, Magdalena Ixquiactap, Alicia Yaxcom Orozco, Daysi Bartolo, Delia Maquin. In Nicaragua ? L?R: Lauris Hernandez, Sarita Mendoza, Maria Santos Lopez, Esmeralda Leiva, Bessi Ramirez, Maria Fracisca Diaz, Keilen Blanco, Teresita Orozco, Vilma Washington. ?????????????????????????????????????????. UNESCO COURIER ? JANUARY 2019 https://en.unesco.org/courier/2019-1/radio-lifeline-indigenous-peoples Radio: A Lifeline for Indigenous Peoples [image: https://en.unesco.org/sites/default/files/styles/img_688x358/public/courier/photos/cou_01_19_guatemala_web.jpg?itok=9HuyHt6_] The Ixil Mayan community actively defends its cultural and linguistic identity. *As the preferred media for defending the rights of indigenous peoples, community radio stations are not necessarily easily accessible, in spite of commitments made by the state. Many indigenous radio stations have no option but to operate illegally.* By Avexnim Cojti & Agnes Portalewska The role of radio Indigenous community radio stations play a crucial role in defending the right to freedom of expression of indigenous peoples. Providing the most effective way of disseminating information on issues affecting the communities, they also reveal news of the violence that hits them. They are the first to broadcast information about the incidents, and to interview and air the views of community leaders on these acts of violence. The radio stations publicly support land and human rights defenders, and raise public awareness about their criminalization. This was the case with Radio Xyaab? Tzuul Taq?a, a radio startup of the Maya Q?eqchi in El Estor, which supported several defenders who have been arbitrarily accused and imprisoned by the government for their human and land rights activities. A thwarted right Many Latin American countries have enshrined in legislation the right of indigenous peoples to have their own media. But although many states have committed to assigning frequencies to these media, this is often not implemented. Numerous indigenous community radios are forced to broadcast without a licence even after requesting a frequency as required by law ? and see their volunteers prosecuted for their radio activities. In Guatemala, for example, the right of indigenous peoples to their own media is guaranteed by the Constitution and the Peace Agreement(link is external) signed in 1996, ending a civil war that lasted over thirty years. But the licences are so expensive that non-profit community radios do not have enough money to pay for them. In 2003, a frequency cost two million quetzales ($274,000), for a modulated frequency (FM) in areas outside Guatemala City and Quetzaltenango, the country?s second-largest city. The current cost is unknown as public auctions have been stopped in recent years, though frequencies are still sold illegally by their owners. For small farmers this amount is more than they can afford. With a salary of $80 to $120 a month, purchasing a frequency is an unattainable dream. Decolonizing minds Radio has proven that it is able not only to mobilize indigenous peoples, but also to influence policies and to hold governments to account. Radio stations organize social audits on the budget expenses of municipal governments in indigenous communities, for example. They also organize campaigns about the conscious vote. At election time, candidates are invited to hold debates on the air and to receive questions from the public. This public space for politicians to be accountable reduces the margin of manipulation of the vote. Community-based indigenous media is a powerful means to decolonize minds and create a sense of cultural and linguistic pride. Radio can be effectively used to highlight ancestral music and knowledge, and to inform people of the local forms of organization that are today threatened by globalization and the world-view imposed by major international media corporations. The medium has particularly proven itself in the remote areas of Latin America, where the scourge of illiteracy prevents indigenous populations from accessing information from print sources and where older people, especially women ? who very rarely know the dominant language ? are unable to get information from mainstream radio stations. Last but not least, the survival of indigenous languages depends to a very large extent on native speakers and their ability to speak them fluently. In this respect, indigenous media can and must play a decisive role. ___________________________________ - To unsubscribe, send a new email addressed to: info at wunrn.com, with the message: unsubscribe WUNRN_LISTSERVE - To contact the list's administrator, send an email addressed to: info at wunrn.com -- Frieda Werden, Series Producer WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Roughly? -- For real, @AnnGarrison Independent Journalist, SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland 415-503-7487 From juice at whidbey.com Tue Feb 26 11:43:52 2019 From: juice at whidbey.com (Tom Voorhees) Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:43:52 -0800 Subject: [grc] $2M Pirate Radio Bill Message-ID: HOUSE PASSES PIRATE BILL, WOULD RAISE FINES UP TO $2 MILLION HTTP://WWW.INSIDERADIO.COM/FREE/HOUSE-PASSES-PIRATE-BILL-WOULD-RAISE-FINES-UP-TO-MILLION/ARTICLE_511370D4-394B-11E9-82B4-5395B7E20642.HTML From jgiddings at igc.org Tue Feb 26 15:03:38 2019 From: jgiddings at igc.org (Jim Giddings) Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 18:03:38 -0500 Subject: [grc] $2M Pirate Radio Bill [H.R. 5709 (2018)] In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The URL given in the original message did not work. A working link to a story about this bill is: https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/pirate-radio-bill-formally-introduced The bill was introduced and passed by the House last July (2018), but it didn't pass the Senate. Does anyone have information on whether it has been reintroduced in the current session? Govtrack information: H.R. 5709 (115th): PIRATE Act Visit us on Facebook Visit us on Twitter Visit us on Medium Visit us on Github On GovTrack Insider: Trump hasn?t vetoed a single bill yet, but he might veto the Yemen War Powers Resolution soon To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for enhanced penalties for pirate radio, and for other purposes. The bill?s titles are written by its sponsor. Sponsor and status Leonard Lance Sponsor. Representative for New Jersey's 7th congressional district. Republican. Last Updated: Jul 24, 2018 Length: 7 pages Introduced: ??? May 8, 2018 ??? 115th Congress, 2017?2019 Status: ??? Died in a previous Congress ??? This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on July 23, 2018 but was never passed by the Senate. On 2/26/19 2:43 PM, Tom Voorhees via grc wrote: > HOUSE PASSES PIRATE BILL, WOULD RAISE FINES UP TO $2 MILLION > > HTTP://WWW.INSIDERADIO.COM/FREE/HOUSE-PASSES-PIRATE-BILL-WOULD-RAISE-FINES-UP-TO-MILLION/ARTICLE_511370D4-394B-11E9-82B4-5395B7E20642.HTML > > > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > From dougmcvay at gmail.com Tue Feb 26 15:14:41 2019 From: dougmcvay at gmail.com (Doug McVay) Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 15:14:41 -0800 Subject: [grc] $2M Pirate Radio Bill [H.R. 5709 (2018)] In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: That bill has been reintroduced. The Republican sponsor lost his seat, but the Democrat, Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) kept his. The PIRATE Act is now H.R. 583: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/583/all-info?r=118 It was passed by the House yesterday, Monday Feb 25, on a voice vote. https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2019/02/25/house-section/article/H2050-4 Next it goes to the Senate. Last time around, it was assigned to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Cheers, Doug On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 3:03 PM Jim Giddings via grc wrote: > The URL given in the original message did not work. A working link to a > story about this bill is: > > https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/pirate-radio-bill-formally-introduced > > The bill was introduced and passed by the House last July (2018), but it > didn't pass the Senate. > Does anyone have information on whether it has been reintroduced in the > current session? > > Govtrack information: > > H.R. 5709 (115th): PIRATE Act > > Visit us on Facebook Visit us on Twitter Visit us on Medium Visit us on > Github > On GovTrack Insider: > Trump hasn?t vetoed a single bill yet, but he might veto the Yemen War > Powers Resolution soon > To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for enhanced > penalties for pirate radio, and for other purposes. > > The bill?s titles are written by its sponsor. > Sponsor and status > Leonard Lance > > Sponsor. Representative for New Jersey's 7th congressional district. > Republican. > Last Updated: Jul 24, 2018 > Length: 7 pages > > Introduced: > > May 8, 2018 > 115th Congress, 2017?2019 > Status: > Died in a previous Congress > > This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was > passed by the House on July 23, 2018 but was never passed by the Senate. > > > > > > On 2/26/19 2:43 PM, Tom Voorhees via grc wrote: > > HOUSE PASSES PIRATE BILL, WOULD RAISE FINES UP TO $2 MILLION > > > > > HTTP://WWW.INSIDERADIO.COM/FREE/HOUSE-PASSES-PIRATE-BILL-WOULD-RAISE-FINES-UP-TO-MILLION/ARTICLE_511370D4-394B-11E9-82B4-5395B7E20642.HTML > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > grc mailing list > > grc at maillist.peak.org > > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > > > > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > -- Doug McVay Editor, Drug War Facts Board Member, Common Sense for Drug Policy Advisory Council Member, Students for Sensible Drug Policy Host/Producer, Century Of Lies Host/Producer, Free Culture Radio www.drugwarfacts.org http://www.drugtruth.net/century-of-lies www.kboo.fm/freeculture cel: 717.940.2154 twitter: @dougmcvay and @drugpolicyfacts skype: dougmcvay Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/dougmc "Until we are all free, we are none of us free." -- Emma Lazarus From cedarviola at gmail.com Thu Feb 28 21:13:17 2019 From: cedarviola at gmail.com (Jim Thompson) Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 21:13:17 -0800 Subject: [grc] Best radio station in Monterey California? 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