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Progressive Radio NorthWest, PRNW ~~~ the Other Washington


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Our small Progressive Radio Seattle Team is expanding with new people bringing new ideas and options to the table.

For starters, the Team decided on a name change: We are now Progressive Radio Northwest (PRNW). We’ve heard from enthusiastic progressive radio listeners from every corner of the region and wanted our name to reflect the scope and intensity of the public commitment to bring progressive talk BACK to free public airwaves and beyond.

Here are some activities coming up where you can help spread the word about PRNW: (and have some fun):

· Hempfest (http://www.hempfest.org/) is this weekend and it would be great to have a team of progressive radio enthusiasts on hand to pass out some oversized postcards we’ve created headlined, “Don’t let progressive radio go up in smoke!” We need someone to coordinate the effort and folks to hand out the cards on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Let us know your preference. Respond to the progressiveradionorthwest email below with “Hempfest” in the subject line if you can participate.

· Northwest Progressive Institute Tenth Anniversary Picnic, next Thursday, August 22.

Celebrate NPI’s first decade as you enjoy games, music and some serious picnic eats. King County Executive Dow Constantine and Port Commissioner Courtney Gregoire are scheduled to speak. You do not need to bring your own food, but bring lawn chairs or blankets or whatever you’d like to be comfortable. Thanks to all who already signed up to volunteer at the PRNW table – we’ll be handing out information about progressive radio.

 EVERYONE is welcome to come enjoy the picnic: Thursday, August 22, 4:30 to 7:30 pm, Perrigo Park, 9011 196th Avenue NE, Redmond, Washington 98053. For information: http://www.nwprogressive.org

Our web site is almost ready: Thanks to the hard work and talents of our volunteer webmeister, Rennie Sawade, an area software engineer and web developer, our web site is almost ready for prime time. Check out Rennie’s Twitter feed @ProgressiveGeek or visit http://www.progressivegeek.com/

Please send your responses and comments to: Progressive Radio Northwest Team, progressiveradionorthwest@gmail.com

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Progressive Radio Seattle


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The PRS (Progressive Radio Seattle) team is cooking on a number of nifty
projects leading up to the launch of our website next month. Please
contact us asap at progressiveradioseattle@gmail.com if you can sign up for any of the following:

•Help design and write snappy copy for Progressive Radio Seattle Marketing Collateral
Seeking
the volunteer services of a graphic designer who can collaborate to
provide a strong look for the materials we will be passing out at events
next month (simple brochure, etc.) and other marketing collateral down
the road. We also welcome input by copywriters who have experience
creating a compelling branding concept/tagline, etc.

Reply with
“Marketing ” in the Subject Line and kindly attach a work sample or two
and give some indication of your experience. We need to get this cooking
asap.

• Professional Event Planning
Seeking the volunteer
services of a professional Event/Party planner who can provide overall
guidance on the Reunion/Rally for progressive radio we’ll have later in
the year.

Reply with “Party” in the Subject Line if you can help research other events and take an organizational role.

•Save the Date!
Visit
or help staff Progressive Radio Seattle’s information table at the
Northwest Progressive Institute Tenth Anniversary Picnic on Thursday,
August 22. Celebrate NPI’s first decade as you enjoy refreshments,
games, music and a speaking program.

Come to meet, mingle and show your energy and enthusiasm for progressive radio. Details at http://www.nwprogressive.org.

Thursday, August 22, 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Perrigo Park
9011 196th Avenue NE
Redmond, Washington 98053

Reply with “Volunteer Tables” if you can help staff our info operation on August 22.

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Rallies, Not Riots


By CAP Action War Room

Rallies for Trayvon Martin Sweep the Nation

While many right-wing pundits predicted riots if George Zimmerman was found not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin, what we saw instead were moving rallies meant to honor Trayvon’s memory and the ongoing pursuit of justice for him and his family.

Here are some of the most moving images from across the country.

 

NYC, NY via AP

 

NYC, NY via AP

 

NYC, NY via @shokufeyesib

 

NYC, NY via @IrvingDeJohn

 

Miami, FL via AP

Oakland, CA via @shadirahimi

 

 

Newark, NJ via AP

 

Atlanta, GA via AP

 

Atlanta, GA via AP

 

Detroit, MI via AP

 

 

Seattle, WA via seattlepi.com

 

Milwaukee, WI via @ShantTHEGREAT

 

 

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Progressive Radio in Seattle Update, 6-18-13


We are looking into collaborating with Northwest Progressive Institute

Andrew Villeneuve, American political activist and entrepreneur and founder of NW Progressive Institute (http://www.nwprogressive.org/), attended our meeting at the recommendation of Chip Hanauer. NPI does media, outreach, advocacy and research for progressive causes. Andrew shared thoughts and contacts that might make our collaboration effective.

We are all invited to NPI’s 10th annual picnic, Aug. 22, Perrigo Park in Redmond! We are planning to have a table there to let more people know about what we’re doing.

Planning for an event in Seattle

A group of volunteers had their first planning meeting for Progressive Radio Seattle (PRS) Reunion/Rally Planning on June 5.  They want to create an event in the early fall.  If you are interested in helping with this or being involved in any way, please contact: travelinla@speakeasy.net

Other news

We are actively building our Progressive Radio Seattle website, and we plan to have it go live this summer.

We have a volunteer who has offered to help with our database.  We also have business people, legal experts, event planners, radio and media personalities and progressive radio advocates who have been meeting with us and sharing their skills and ideas.

If you know anyone who hasn’t signed our petition, please send them the link:

http://signon.org/sign/dont-let-seattle-lose-1

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Zach Silk, Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility


We can do this.

We can make Washington safer for all of us — and our families — by requiring all gun purchasers to pass a simple criminal background check.

Sure, a small group of very powerful lobbyists have managed to pull enough strings to stop commonsense reforms in D.C. so far, but when 80% of Washingtonians support criminal background checks, there are not enough big campaign contributions in the world to stop us from doing what’s right.

So we’re going to get this done — and we need your help, right now, to make sure it happens.

www.wagunresponsibility.org

That’s it. That’s all you need to do.

It may seem like just a few mouse clicks, or phone taps, but standing up to the big money lobbyists — right now — and showing your fellow Washingtonians that you are one of the eight in ten who demand such a simple, but powerful, reform will make all the difference.

If each one of us speaks up — there’s no way that anyone can stop us.

www.wagunresponsibility.org

We’re going to get this done. And it’s all because you took a moment, right now, to say that it is time for reform.

Thank you,

Zach