Pacifica Now! Conference & Festival

Tuesday, June 18 - Friday, June 21 New College, 777 Valencia Street, San Francisco PACIFICA NOW! A CONFERENCE & FESTIVAL Tuesday, June 18. 7:00pm - Opening Keynote Address Wed-Fri, June 19-21, beginning at 9:30am Wednesday, June 19, 7:30pm - "Spirit of Pacifica" The Pacifica Now! Conference and Festival explores the challenges facing Pacifica Radio and the movement that supports it. Highlights include: * Opening remarks by Tom Ammiano, President, SF Board of Supervisors, and Leslie Cagan, Chair, Interim Pacifica National Board; * Keynotes on diversity by Professor David Moore, son of Pacifica founder Lew Hill, and Gerald Torres, co-author with Lani Guinier of The Miner's Canary; * Discussions on media democracy campaigns, the transformation at Pacifica, diversity and decolonization, and challenges to corporate personhood; * Songs by the SF Mime Troupe; * A ritual gathering to "Invite the Return of the Spirit of Pacifica" with Caroline Casey, Dennis Bernstein & Robert Knight of KPFA Radio. Suggested donation: $60 for all 3 days, $20 for one day, $10 for evening events. Sponsored by the Alliance for a People's Pacifica and New College of California. For more information, contact Don Foster and Neil MacLean: (510) 527-1884 or visit http://www.newcollegenews.net/pacificanow. ###