[Wamvan] Message from Jana: The WOA / Women's Radiothon

[Joanna Chiu]

Hi everyone, 

Jana had trouble sending a message to the listserv so she asked me to forward this. Has anyone else been having trouble? To post, send emails to wamvan at lists.resist.ca

Thanks for your kind wishes, Jana!

Begin forwarded message:

> From: jana g <janagee at gmail.com>
> Date: March 15, 2012 11:14:17 PM EDT
> To: wamvancouver at gmail.com
> Subject: community media outreach
> 

> 'Jana Gee'  (juniper)  here ... trusting that your week is going
> well and that the weather isn't too gray around you. This email
> comes to you from the unceded Coast Salish Territories on
> the west coast and is sent with respect and admiration for the
> work each one of you are doing in regards to increasing the
> peace in your lives, personally and professionally.
> 
> Please excuse my template of an email - I wanted to contact
> many of you directly, yet there just is not enough time in the
> day (or evening!)
> 
> I am emailing to do a bit of fundraising 'pitching' for the annual
> CFUV radio fundrive that is happening this week at the station
> located on campus of university of victoria. You can tune in on
> the internet at //cfuv.uvic.ca for online listening  - and 101.9 fm
> in the victoria area.
> 
> The Women's Radiothon is broadcasting women's programming
> all day on Friday, March 16th. Friday is the last day of cfuv's
> fundrive and the fundraising that is generated today goes directly
> to the Women On Air collective - that supports ongoing women's
> programming on cfuv radio.
> 
> To read more about the Women on Air  (WOA) collective, check
> out this link:  http://cfuv.uvic.ca/cms/?page_id=5120  -  (i hope
> the link works for you.)
> 
> The WOA / Women's Radiothon will be broadcasting a variety
> of programming on Friday, from spoken word, + interviews along
> with women's music and onair fundraising efforts.
> 
> I will be doing an hour onair from 11am to noon and will be
> interviewing 2 women from the local community on the topic
> of 'Community Resources Educating Others about Child and
> Youth Violence'. Because these issues are not limited to this
> local area I am focussing on information that may be of interest
> to listeners, locally and off island. Awareness is a big step
> towards addressing the larger problems of violence (ie. war)
> and furthering peaceful efforts in our world today.
> 
> Please consider tuning in to the Radiothon tomorrow, what
> ever your interests may be. I am emailing you because you
> are either a friend of mine I want to keep in contact with ...
> or I may have met you recently and wanted to share some of
> the volunteer work I do with you - or I would like to interview
> you in the near future. There is no pressure involved here ...
> just an effort in building connections of peace and justice
> among my circle of friends and acquaintances.
> 
> and, if you do happen to make a donation tomorrow ...
> please mention that you heard about the Radiothon from me -
> jana gee. I get no money from this - a mention of my name
> shows support of my fundraising efforts for the WOA and
> cfuv radio. If you would like to call in and donate, the number
> is 250.721.8700 ... and donating on line at this time is not
> recommended.
> 
> (:  and, Thanks for reading through this extended email   :)
> 
> Sending you a soon to be 'officially' Spring 2012 Greetings
> along with caring thoughts in all your directions.
> 
> and, in kind regards,
> Jana Gee ~ juniper
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