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The Broken Promise: Welfare Reform Two Years Later

Equal Rights Advocates announces the release of a new
report. Based on focus groups convened with welfare
recipients in Northern, Central and Southern California,
this report gives voice to women's experiences with welfare
reform two years into their time clocks.

The report reveals that women are not getting the
individualized treatment they need to move into jobs
that will enable them to be self-sufficient. Instead they
experience difficulties getting information about available
services, overloaded caseworkers, skeptical employers and
pressure to take temporary, low-wage jobs.

The Broken Promise offers recommendations to the Legislature,
state and county administrators, advocates and the media to
make welfare-to-work "work".

This report can be downloaded from our web site at:

<http://www.equalrights.org>


Terri Witherspoon
Communications Coordinator
Equal Rights Advocates
1663 Mission Street, Suite 550
San Francisco, CA 94103
ph 415-621-0672
fx 415-621-6744
http://www.equalrights.org

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For Immediate Release

February 2, 2000

Contact:
Tommy McDonald, Liz Heller, Michael Shellenberger, 415-255-1946

California: Youth of Color 2.5 Times More Likely than White
Kids to be Tried as Adults; 8.3 Times More Likely to be
Incarcerated by Adult Court, New Study Finds

NAACP, MALDEF, Other Civil Rights Groups Demand State
Investigation into Racial Bias

Color of Justice Study First in a Series by New "Building
Blocks for Youth" Initiative

SACRAMENTO/LOS ANGELES, CA - California civil rights leaders
and children's advocates released a new study February 2
that shows that African American, Latino and Asian American
youth are significantly more likely to be transferred to
adult court and sentenced to incarceration than white youths
who commit comparable crimes.

At Sacramento and Los Angeles news conferences Wednesday,
civil rights groups demanded that Governor Gray Davis
investigate the report's findings and take measures to
address racial disparities in juvenile transfers.

"Even at a time of heightened public awareness of racism in
the criminal justice system, it's shocking to find such huge
discrepancies in the way Latino and African American kids
are treated," said Beatriz Lopez-Flores, Vice President of
Community Education and Public Policy for MALDEF. "A justice
system that displays such blatant bias is a system in dire
need of reform. We're calling on Governor Davis to send a
clear message that discrimination is unacceptable in
California's justice system and we hope the Governor will do
whatever it takes to ensure that youth of color receive fair
treatment, whether they are tried as juveniles or adults."

Though past studies have documented that minorities are
overrepresented in the juvenile justice system, this study
by the Justice Policy Institute (JPI), a San Francisco, CA-
and Washington, DC- based think-tank on criminal justice, is
the first to document the cumulative effect of racial bias
when youths are transferred to the adult system.

"The imbalances this study reveals are stark, vast and
deeply disturbing," said Dan Macallair, associate director
of JPI and co-author of The Color of Justice. "Discrimination
against kids of color accumulates at every stage of the
justice system and skyrockets when juveniles are tried as
adults. California has a double standard: throw kids of
color behind bars, but rehabilitate white kids who commit
comparable crimes."

The report focuses primarily on data from Los Angeles
County, which accounts for 40 percent of cases transferred
to adult court in the state. L.A. is also the only county
that keeps a detailed record regarding its transfers.

The study found that:

* After transfer to the adult system, African American youth
offenders are 18.4 times more likely, Asian youth offenders
are 4.5 times more likely, and Latino youth offenders are
7.3 times more likely than white youth offenders to be
sentenced by an adult court to CYA confinement.

* Compared to white youths, minority youths are 2.8 times
more likely to be arrested for a violent crime, 6.2 times
more likely to wind up in adult court, and 7 times more
likely to be sent to prison by adult court.

* Compared to white youths accused of similar crimes,
minority youth offenders are somewhat more likely to be
sentenced to CYA facilities by juvenile courts (minorities
constitute 77.0 percent of violent crime arrestees and 84.5
percent of CYA sentencings). But minority youth are much
more likely to be sentenced to CYA facilities after transfer
to adult courts (77.0 percent of arrests, but 91.1 percent
of CYA sentencings).

JPI researchers conducted the study using data from 1993 to
1999 collected from the Los Angeles County Probation
Department Research Division, Los Angeles County District
Attorney's Office, California Youth Authority Research
Division, California Department of Justice Criminal Justice
Statistics Center, Department of Finance Demographic
Research Division and the U.S. Census Bureau.

"The juvenile justice system was founded 100 years ago with
the idea that youth offenders can be rehabilitated," said
Mark Soler, President of the Youth Law Center, a San
Francisco, CA and Washington, DC- based child advocacy
group. "Yet today, even though youth crime is dropping
steadily, record numbers of juveniles are being transferred
to the adult court and thrown behind bars. As this study
shows, these policies are hitting minority kids the
hardest."

The Color of Justice, co-authored by Macallair and Mike
Males, PhD, a renowned author and researcher on juvenile
justice issues at UC Santa Cruz, is the first of five
reports to be released this year by the national "Building
Blocks for Youth" initiative. The multi-year initiative
works to protect youth of color in the justice system and to
promote rational and effective juvenile justice policies
through a combination of research, analysis of decision
making, direct advocacy, constituency building, and public
education.

Building Blocks partners include the Youth Law Center,
American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Center, Center
on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, Juvenile Law Center,
Minorities in Law Enforcement, National Council on Crime
and Delinquency, and Pretrial Services Resource Center. The
initiative is supported by the federal Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Annie E. Casey,
Ford, Walter Johnson, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur,
and Rockefeller Foundations, and the Center on Crime,
Communities and Culture of the Open Society Institute.

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LEGISLATIVE RESEARCHER/LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATE

The California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, a statewide,
progressive, activist labor organization is looking for
a dynamic individual to be our Legislative Researcher-
Legislative Advocate. The environment is fast-paced and
high pressure as we create economic change in the largest,
most dynamic state in the country.

The Legislative Researcher-Legislative Advocate's
responsibilities will include research projects in the
Legislative and Political arenas; researching and writing
policy reports in support of or in opposition to state
legislation; representing the CLF in meetings with state
elected and administrative officials and their staffs;
coordinating and presenting testimony before lawmaking and
regulatory bodies; and designing curricula for activist
workshops and training seminars. The Legislative Researcher-
Legislative Advocate provides research support to the
Political and Legislative departments.

Requirements include:

- Bachelor's degree in economics, political science or
   related field

- Minimum of five years experience in policy analysis,
   research or legislative advocacy. Familiarity with
   organized labor, state government and legislative and
   policy processes is highly desirable.

- Excellent communications skills, including ability to
   communicate technical information to audiences both in
   writing and through public speaking

- Strong quantitative and analytical skills, including
   familiarity with spreadsheets, demographic data, and
   basic statistical analysis

- Word processing and office organizational aptitude

- Ability to present research and concrete recommendations
   in popular, understandable language

- Ability to synthesize academic research on policy
   proposals as well as to identify and to prepare expert
   witnesses to testify on such proposals

- Self motivation, ability to work independently, ability
   to prioritize tasks

- Willingness to work as a part of a team

- Experience with presentation software (e.g. Microsoft
   Power Point) and page layout programs (e.g. Quark Xpress)
   is highly desired.

- Commitment to goals of the California Labor Federation,
   AFL-CIO

The Legislative Researcher-Legislative Advocate reports to
the Chief of Staff and works closely with the legislative
staff. This full time position will be based in Sacramento,
California with some travel required. The successful
candidate will be required to register as a lobbyist with
the State of California.  Salary based on experience and
will include health and dental benefits. Applications
accepted until the position is filled.

To apply, send a resume, writing sample, and cover letter to:

California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
Attn: Rebecca Miller, Chief of Staff
417 Montgomery St., Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: (415) 986-3585
Fax: (415) 392-8505
Web: http://www.calaborfed.org


PUBLIC POLICY DIRECTOR

The California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, a statewide
progressive labor organization, seeks a Public Policy
Director. The Federation is building the organizational
capacity to implement progressive economic reforms in
California and welcomes inquiries from candidates who
thrive in fast-paced and high pressure environments.

We require a leader ready to address issues of economic
justice and economic development in the nation's most
populous and most dynamic state. The Public Policy Director
will be responsible for strategic development of the
Federation's research program in support of Labor's
electoral and legislative objectives and the development of
public policy initiatives. The Director will join officers
and senior staff to help set priorities for research projects
in the legislative, political and economic arenas and will
present findings to union activists and governmental bodies.

Requirements include:

- Master's degree in economics, political science or public
   policy;

- Minimum of five years experience in strategic research for
   activist organizations: familiarity with California state
   government and legislative processes is highly desirable;

- Excellent quantitative, analytical and communications
   skills, including ability to communicate technical
   information to diverse audiences;

- Attainment of professional stature sufficient to
   adequately serve as Federation spokesperson to academic
   and public policy community;

- Demonstrated managerial skills in developing staff and
   defining organizational objectives: supervisory experience
   preferred;

- Proficiency with basic business software (e.g. Microsoft
   Office);

Responsibilities include:

- Writing policy papers on broad range of policy issues
   affecting working people;

- Synthesizing existing academic and advocate research on
   Federation's policy proposals;

- Advising executive officer on policy positions for labor;

- Developing and implementing research proposals in support
   of political and legislative agendas;

- Consulting senior Federation officers and representatives
   of union affiliates in planning long range policy objectives;

- Organizing conferences in coordination with Federation
   staff to build momentum on major policy initiatives;

- Guiding capital strategies efforts;

- Working with academic institutions, labor centers, think
   tanks, and other policy advocacy groups to plan and
   implements research projects;

- Identifying coalition allies and opponents of policy
   initiatives and assemble relevant supporting research;

- Designing and evaluating political candidate questionnaires;
   advising candidate endorsement process; monitoring elected
   official performance;

- Assisting Federation staff in identifying and capitalizing
   upon political and demographic trends throughout California;

Reporting to the Chief of Staff, the Public Policy Director
will work closely with senior Federation personnel in
integrating research activities into the organization's
broader mission. This full time position will be based in
San Francisco with some travel required. Salary based on
experience and will include excellent health, dental and
retirement benefits. Applications accepted until the
position is filled.

To apply, send resume, publications list and cover letter to:

California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
Attn: Rebecca Miller, Chief of Staff
417 Montgomery Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: (415) 986-3585
Fax: (415) 392-8505
Web: http://www.calaborfed.org

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FEBRUARY 24, 2000
CALIFORNIA DAY OF ACTION TO REVERSE THE
BAN ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN THE UC SYSTEM!
===========================================

ALERT:

To all who support the progress achieved by the civil
rights struggles of the 1950's and 1960's: The gains in
the direction of equality and integration won through the
self-sacrificing, determined struggles of the generation
that preceded us are under attack RIGHT NOW.

THE ATTACK

Since the decision to end affirmative action at the
University of California in the summer of 1995, affirmative
action has been under attack in higher education across
America -- substantial resegregation is threatened. This
assault on the progress achieved by the Civil Rights
Movement has been extended to a nationwide attack on
integration in public schools. Public school desegregation
plans are being attacked and eliminated across the country
now with no real resistance. The movement we're building
can and must organize the resistance to these attacks.

THE STATEWIDE DAY OF ACTION TO REVERSE THE BAN ON
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

On February 24, 2000, across the country the forces of the
emerging new civil rights movement will rally forces and
gather strength for another step forward. Campuses and
communities around the state of California must rally our
forces to reverse the ban on affirmative action in the UC
System, in connection with the National Day of Action in
Defense of Integration and Affirmative Action. Recent
developments indicate reversal of the ban on affirmative
action in the UC System is within reach. On Jan 28, 2000, UC
Regent William Bagley showed foresight when he announced in
the San Francisco Chronicle that he is gearing up a campaign
to get the other Regents to reverse the ban. On Jan.31 UC
Regent and Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante wrote an
opinion piece to the LA Times calling on the Regents to
reverse the ban, and the San Francisco Chronicle called for
reversal in its Feb. 2 editorial. Reversing the ban on
affirmative action in the UC System, the place where the
attack began, would deal a destructive blow to the national
attack on affirmative action. It would send a loud and clear
message across the country that the attack on affirmative
action and integration is a historic mistake, that it must
not continue, and that it must be reversed.

In California, there has never been a ruling on how Prop.
209 should affect the UC System if at all. In fact, a
California Superior Court Judge has ruled that Prop. 209
does not prohibit affirmative action for the purpose of
equalizing educational opportunities - so the reversal of
the ban on affirmative action could have a direct effect on
stopping the resegregation of the UC System. Long-sighted,
courageous people from coast to coast will organize rallies,
demonstrations, marches, protests, forums, teach-ins and
speakouts on the National Day of Action in Defense of
Integration and Affirmative Action. It will be an
opportunity to advance the new struggle. This day will help
coordinate efforts around the country to defeat the attacks.

On February 24, 2000 California must lead the country
forward toward equality and integration.

THE NEW MOVEMENT

A new movement centered on college campuses has begun to
take shape over the last two years to defend the historic
gains achieved by the Civil Rights Movement starting with
affirmative action. The new movement must rigorously take
up the defense of what has been achieved in the way of
integration in K-12 education.

A series of events around the nation over the last several
weeks indicate that if we stand up and act WE CAN CHANGE
THINGS NOW. The powerful response to the 24-hour Martin
Luther King day sit-in by black Florida state politicians
at Republican governor Jeb Bush's office in protest of his
attempt to eliminate affirmative action in the state and
the 50,000 people who marched in Columbia, South Carolina to
take the flag of the slave system from the top of the state
capitol are both clear indications of the positive shift
taking place in America.

The growth of the new civil rights movement and the
development of a new layer of young militant leaders are
the key to turning these attacks around.  To win, this
new movement must be integrated--it must combine the
social power of broad masses of American society with
the historically leading role of black and other minority
people. With this kind of mass movement we can not only
defeat the resegregationists' attack, we can remake society
in the image of equality and integration.

ACTION YOU CAN TAKE

Join the National Day of Action in Defense of Integration
and Affirmative Action! Organize a march, rally, demonstration,
protest, forum, teach-in or speakout at your school or in
your community.

Get in touch. Help coordinate the movement.

CONTACT:

Hoku Jeffrey of BAMN
Home phone: (510) 654-7494
Pager: (925) 977-4492
E-mail: checkmate9@...

- Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action By Any Means Necessary (BAMN)
- http://www.bamn.com

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A friend of mine, Jenifer Dixon, has put together a web
page, http://www.globalspin.org/ that tracks stories from
the international press on a daily basis. I think this is
dandy because it actually takes advantage of the World Wide
Web's, well, world-wide nature.

Also useful is a substantial listing of international
newspapers: http://www.globalspin.org/world_news_sources.html

Hope you find it useful,

Sam Husseini
http://www.accuracy.org/


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http://www.fcc.gov/mmb/prd/lpfm/

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

January 27, 2000

Low Power FM Radio Service

FCC Authorizes New LPFM Service

FACT SHEET

- On January 20, 2000, the FCC adopted rules creating a new,
low power FM radio (LPFM) service.

- The new LPFM service will consist of two classes of LPFM
radio stations with maximum power levels of 10 watts and
100 watts. The 10 watt stations would reach an area with a
radius of between one and two miles, the 100 watt stations
would reach an area with a radius of approximately three and
a half miles.

- These LPFM stations would operate throughout the FM band.
The stations will be required to protect existing stations
on the same (co-channel) channel, the next (first adjacent
channel) channel, and the channel two channels away (second
adjacent channel). In a change from general practice, the
new stations will not be required to protect stations three
channels away (third adjacent channel). For example, under
rules applicable to existing full power stations where there
is a station on 93.5, there is currently no station in the
same geographic area on 93.7 (the first adjacent channel),
93.9 (the second adjacent channel) or 94.1 (the third
adjacent channel). This new spacing criteria would allow
a new, LPFM station to be licensed on the third adjacent
channel, or 94.1.

- FCC engineers have conducted extensive testing of
these protection standards and found that under these
new standards, every radio tested exceeded FCC interference
criteria. FCC engineers have concluded that these protection
standards will not produce unacceptable levels of
interference with existing FM stations.

- The new LPFM service will be exclusively noncommercial,
there will be no commercial LPFM stations. In addition,
current broadcast licensees or parties with interests in
other media cable or newspapers - will not be eligible for
LPFM stations.

- LPFM stations will be licensed exclusively to local
entities for the first two years of license availability.
Later, however, non-local entities will be eligible for
licenses. Each licensee may own only one station in any
given community, however, eventually a licensee may own
up to ten stations nationwide.

- Licensees will be subject to the same character
qualifications as are currently applied to full power
licensees. Unauthorized broadcasters will be disqualified
unless they certify that they ceased operations when
notified of their violation of FCC rules or by February
26, 1999.

- If mutually exclusive applications are received for
LPFM stations in a given city, mutual exclusivity will be
resolved through the award of points for established local
presence, proposed hours of service, or locally originated
programming. The point system would encourage mutually
exclusive applicants to share their stations with other
applicants.

- APPLICATION FORMS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE. The Commission
is likely to begin accepting applications in a few months.
The Commission will provide 30 days public notice before
accepting any applications. Application forms and information
on how to file applications for low power radio stations will
be posted on this website <http://www.fcc.gov/mmb/prd.lpfm>
and will be available by phone from the FCC at 1-888-CALL-FCC.

Frequently Asked Questions About Low Power FM Radio
<http://www.fcc.gov/mmb/prd/lpfm/lpfmfaq.html>

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Dear Community Radio journalists, striking stringers,
emmasdancers and other alternative radio news workers,

Many people have been discussing setting up alternative
sources that allow cooperative production of alternative
news for community radio using the internet.

Based on a number of discussions, we were asked to come up
with a web site that meets these needs. The software that
operates the site is still under construction and should be
totally complete by Tuesday, (except for minor bug fixes)
but many of the features are already fully functional. There
is an explanation of the site and its features (and features
under construction) on the site.

Check it out, browse around and make comments.

The site is at:

<http://www.radio4all.net/grns>

When you get there, click on "explanation of this site" to
find out about the different features and their rationales.

Send comments to <grns@...>.

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January 31, 2000

Media critics are more accustomed to pointing out problems
than pointing to victories. But the emerging, still inchoate
media and democracy movement had something to celebrate last
week as a result of two rulings by the Federal Communications
Commission. You can read why currently at:

<http://www.thenation.com/print/schechter>

in media analyst Danny Schechter's commentary explaining the
significance of the triumphs in the face of fierce corporate
lobbying.

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The recent struggle of L.A. Food Not Bombs is featured in
the new edition of Direct Action Headline News on both DAMN
and freespeechTV websites.

Watch the February edition, online now!

=======================================
DIRECT ACTION
Headline News
http://www.freespeech.org
http://damn.tao.ca
=======================================

The DIRECT ACTION HEADLINE NEWS announces the second,
post-Seattle installment of independent activist news
coverage.

International & National Headlines:

     - Indigenous People's Uprising in Ecuador
     - Pine Ridge occupation
     - Longshoremen in South Carolina protest a shipping line
     - Voices in the Wilderness fast in DC to protest sanctions
       against Iraq

Field Reports:

     - N30 in London, courtesy of Undercurrents (United Kingdom)
     - Protesters demonstrate against a new law that targets gang
       loitering (Chicago)
     - Food Not Bombs arrested for handing out food (Los Angeles)
     - Protest against Niketown (Chicago)

* The DIRECT ACTION HEADLINE NEWS is an all volunteer,
monthly television news service of the Direct Action Media
Network (http://damn.tao.ca), and is distributed on the
Internet, Cable TV, and via Satellite in cooperation with
Free Speech TV (http://www.freespeech.org). Appropriating a
format familiar to CNN and network news viewers, the Direct
Action Headline News presents timely video reports on issues
like the environment, genetically modified foods, homelessness,
culture jamming, labor, AIDS, feminism, human rights -- just
to name a few. Each DIRECT ACTION HEADLINE NEWS installment
is available for viewing on demand at: http://damn.tao.ca

For more information, for screening copies, and to
contribute video from your home town, please contact:

Chicago Access
Attn Robert Wyrod
322 South Green Street
Chicago, IL 60607
rjwyrod@...

If you work on a web site, and would like to feature the
DIRECT ACTION HEADLINE NEWS as a regular "TV Channel,"
simply add the following link to your front page:

http://www.freespeech.org/ramfiles/damn_latest.ram

Net visitors can watch breaking video installments in real
time without even leaving your site.

For more information on how you can watch Free Speech TV
programming, call toll free, 1.888.550.FSTV, or visit our
web site: http://www.freespeech.org

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http://www.fair.org

Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
(212) 633-6700

ACTION ALERT

DEMAND OPEN ACCESS:
AOL/Time Warner merger threatens diversity of Internet

January 19, 2000

Please write to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC),
the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) and let them know that the public wants
guaranteed open access to the Internet through broadband
cable lines, and an investigation of the antitrust issues
raised by the proposed AOL/Time Warner merger.

For more information about what's at stake, please read
FAIR's Media Advisory, "AOL-Time Warner: Dawn of a Golden
Age, or a Blow to Media Diversity?" at:

http://www.fair.org/reports/aol-time-warner.html

Below is a sample letter, based on FAIR's own letter to the
FCC, DOJ and FTC. We include it for your convenience, and to
suggest the key points we think these agencies need to hear
from the public. Of course, we encourage you to modify it to
reflect your own concerns, or to compose your own letter.
But please do make your voice heard now if you're concerned
about this merger.

CONTACT:

Chair Robert Pitofsky
Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition
Office of Policy and Evaluation, Room 394
Washington, D.C. 20580
(877) 382-4357 or (202) 326-3300
antitrust@...

Chair William Kennard
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St. SW
Washington, D.C. 20554
1-888-225-5322 (1-888-CALL FCC)
bkennard@...

Assistant Attorney General Joel I. Klein
Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20530-0001
(202) 514-2007
antitrust@...

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SAMPLE LETTER:
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Dear Chair Kennard, Assistant Attorney General Klein and
Chair Pitofsky:

As the country debates the implications of the proposed
AOL/Time Warner merger, why hasn't the public heard more
from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the
Department of Justice (DOJ) or the Federal Trade Commission
(FTC)?  I urge your agencies to conduct an immediate
investigation of how this merger will impact the public
interest, particularly in relation to anti-trust concerns
and the industry's commitment to open access to the Internet
through broadband cable lines.

In a January 2 interview with Time Warner-owned CNN, Time
Warner Chair Gerald Levin said that global media "is fast
becoming the predominant business of the 21st Century."  So
predominant that, according to Levin, the corporate media
are now "more important than government.  It's more
important than educational institutions and non-profits."

Levin argued that given the ever-increasing power and reach
of media conglomerates, "we're going to need to have these
corporations redefined as instruments of public service...
and that may be a more efficient way to deal with society's
problems than bureaucratic governments."

Should the democratic structure of our society really be
scrapped in favor of global corporate governance?  The
question is moot, claims Levin, since "it's going to be
forced anyhow because when you have a system that is
instantly available everywhere in the world immediately,
then the old-fashioned regulatory system has to give way."

Are the FCC, DOJ and FTC going to "give way"?

The AOL/Time Warner merger strongly suggests that the FCC's
stated policy of "regulatory restraint" around open-access
issues has failed to protect the interests of consumers.
Now that it will control Time Warner's extensive cable
network, AOL is likely to abandon its support for
open-access.  The FCC's prediction that "market forces will
compel cable companies to negotiate access agreements with
unaffiliated ISPs, preventing cable companies from keeping
systems closed and proprietary" seems to have been proven
wrong.

Even if AOL decides, out of good will, to continue to
support open-access, the degree of control a combined
AOL/Time Warner will exercise over Internet access and the
development of new media technologies shows that "market
forces" are no guarantor of democratic, competitive media.
The American public should not have to rely on the kindness
of corporate executives to protect its access to the free
flow of information.

Open-access is critical not only to assure the public of
fast, affordable connections to the Internet, but because
without it, the medium will increasingly grow to resemble
cable television, where content is controlled by a handful
of interconnected firms.  High-speed connections will do the
public no good if all they find on the Internet is the same
corporate-dominated, advertising-driven content they get
from traditional media.

An independent, dynamic and diverse media is crucial to a
healthy democracy. As the Internet becomes a more integral
part of the U.S. media, it is vital that democratically
accountable regulatory agencies step up and assure that the
public interest is the overriding factor in the development
of these new technologies.  I urge the FCC to act now to
create rules to guarantee open access.  I urge the DOJ and
the FTC to investigate the antitrust issues involved in the
merger as well.

Sincerely,

NAME

ADDRESS


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AlterNet

February 4, 2000

THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL PROPOSITION

By Carrie Ching, Original to AlterNet

A new juvenile crime proposition in California is being
sponsored by the state's former Governor Pete Wilson and a
band of multinational corporations. What stakes do corporate
sponsors have in a punitive crime initiative?

Full Story:

http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Ching020400.html

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Please sign the petition shown below the dashed line AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE (you must sign it on the Internet, and it's
simple to do) and forward this message to all individuals
and e-mail groups you know MAY be interested in signing.

Recent developments show that we are close to winning the
reversal of the ban on affirmative action in the UC
(University of California) system! (The petition below
explains why this is very important.) On Jan. 28, 2000, UC
Regent William Bagley announced in the San Francisco
Chronicle that he is gearing up a campaign to get them to
reverse the ban; on Jan. 31, UC Regent and Lieutenant
Governor Cruz Bustamente wrote an opinion piece to the LA
Times calling on the regents to reverse the ban; and on Feb.
2, the San Francisco Chronicle called for reversal in its
editorial.

In addition to the petition campaign, we are organizing
further demonstrations at UC Regents' meetings and days of
action such as the February 24, 2000 Statewide Day of Action
to Reverse the Ban on Affirmative Action in the UC System,
which is part of a National Day of Action in Defense of
Integration and Affirmative Action. (Contact BAMN for more
info or to participate.)

Many thanks to the thousands of you who have already signed
the petition.

-------------------------

PETITION TO REVERSE THE BAN ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN THE UC SYSTEM
( please sign online at http://www.bamn.com/reversetheban.htm )

Whereas:

-- The UC Regents' decision to eliminate affirmative action
at the University of California in the summer of 1995 was
the trigger-point of the attack on affirmative action in
higher education across the country. That attack has grown
into a nationwide attempt to reverse the 1954 Brown v. Board
of Education US Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation
in public schools and to reverse all the progress toward
integration and equality achieved by the civil rights
struggles of the 1950's and 1960's.

-- The Regents' 1995 decision was a grave mistake; it has
dramatically narrowed educational opportunity for black,
Latino and other underrepresented minority students in
California and has helped set in motion a very destructive,
racist political process across America.

-- A California Superior Court Judge has ruled that
Proposition 209 does not prohibit affirmative action for the
purpose of equalizing educational opportunities--so the
reversal of the ban on affirmative action could have a
direct effect on stopping the resegregation of the UC
system.

-- Reversing the ban on affirmative action in the UC system
would send a powerful message across the country that the
attack on affirmative action and integration is a historic
mistake, that it must not continue, and that it must be
reversed.

-- The Regents' ban on affirmative action has hurt the
reputation of the UC system. Increasingly, some of
California's most talented black and Latino students leave
California to enroll in other universities rather than
attend campuses where the Regents have told them they are
not wanted.

-- UC Regent William Bagley is attempting to get the 1995
ban reversed by the regents and is confident this is
possible. But Regent Bagley's effort needs public support
and pressure on Governor Gray Davis and other regents to
stand up now and do the right thing.

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, DEMAND THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA REGENTS REVERSE THE BAN ON AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION IN THE UC SYSTEM.

* please sign online at http://www.bamn.com/reversetheban.htm *

-------------------------

If your organization, union, student or community group
would like to endorse the petition, please notify us of this
as well. (A list of endorsers of the Reverse the Ban
petition is below.)

If you would like this petition in Microsoft Word 97 or
Acrobat Reader format so that you can print out and
circulate a hard copy, please send your request to
DefendAffAction@....

Thank you!

------------------------------------

The following is a partial list of the organizations and
individuals who have signed on to the petition demanding the
reversal of the ban on affirmative action in the UC system:

San Francisco Central Labor Council, Sacramento Central
Labor Council, Orange County Central Labor Council, SEIU
(Service Employees International Union) Local 250,
University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE-CWA)
Local 1, Associated Students of the University of California
at Berkeley (ASUC), Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) at
Sacramento State University, UC-Berkeley Chancellor Robert
Berdahl, former UCB Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien, UCSF
Chancellor Michael Bishop, UCLA Director of Admissions Rae
Lee Siporin, Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action By Any
Means Necessary (BAMN), Revolutionary Workers League, Glide
Memorial Church in S.F., Chinese for Affirmative Action
(CAA), UC-Berkeley Cal Democrats, UC-Berkeley NAACP,
UC-Berkeley African American Theme House council, the
UC-Berkeley Oscar Wilde House council (lesbian/gay/bisexual/
transgender theme house), Mills College Womanists Against
Institutional Racism (WAIR), Organizing Director of the
California Faculty Association, Berkeley High Leadership
class, Oakland High Youth Power, Asian American Association
(AAA), Black Seminarians of the Graduate Theological Union,
UC-Berkeley Black Pre-Law Society, UC-Berkeley United
Students Against Sweatshops, Japanese American Citizens
League (JACL), and many other organizations and individuals.

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For Immediate Release

CALL FOR ENTRIES: http://www.callforentries.com

4th ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL(R) - Aug. 3 to 7, 2000

Access to Agents, Distributors, Executives and Financiers.

Conferences - Screenings - Market - Parties - Gala Ceremony

http://www.hollywoodfestival.com - DEADLINE: MARCH 31st - SUBMIT NOW!

Our finalist films have been picked up by companies such as
HBO, Miramax, Indican Pictures, Seventh Art Releasing and
Starz among others. HFF's Special Issue in the Hollywood
Reporter is sent to 125,000 industry professionals.
http://www.submitfilms.com

We showcase domestic and international feature films,
shorts, documentaries and animation. Our program consists
of Children Cinema, Digital Cinema, European Cinema, Latin
Cinema, Online Cinema and Young Filmmakers Cinema. Prizes
include financial awards and packages of goods and services.

The Hollywood Film Festival gives filmmakers the opportunity
to access potential buyers/partners for their project(s).
During the Festival the Hollywood Film Conference(TM)
includes more than 100 panelists from the Hollywood
community - agents, directors, producers, studio executives,
cinematographers, distributors, casting directors, editors,
etc. Last year 25 presidents of studios, production companies
and agencies participated in our panels. The trade paper
"Daily Variety" calls the Hollywood Film Conference(TM)
"Second to none." We have 20 executives from distribution
companies on our Board of Advisors.

The Festival chairs and co-chairs include Tony Bill, John
Briley,James Caan, James Cameron, Martha Coolidge, Wes
Craven, Richard Donner, Moctesuma Esparza, Laifun Chung,
Gene Hackman, Debra Hill, Arthur Hill, Peter Hyams, Norman
Jewison, Val Kilmer, Ted Kotcheff, Martin Landau, Mimi
Leder, Jack Lemmon, Penny Marshall, Paul Mazursky, David
Permut, Fred Roos, Mark Rydell, John Schlesinger, Tom
Schulman, Quentin Tarantino, Irwin Winkler, and James Woods
among many other Hollywood notables.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: MARCH 31, 2000. SUBMIT NOW!
http://www.callforentries.com

For more information visit our website at:
http://www.hollywoodfestival.com

Hollywood Film Festival
433 N. Camden Dr., Ste. 600,
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
awards@...
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For Immediate Release

February 10, 2000

For Information: Jan Tucker (Page 818-380-9328)

U.S. Senate Candidate Calls for Reparations Set-Aside in
Appropriations to Turkey

         Jan Tucker, a candidate for the California Green
Party nomination for United States Senator in the March 7
primary election, is calling for legislation to levy a 10%
surcharge on all American aid to Turkey to pay reparations
to survivors and families of survivors of the World War I
Armenian genocide.  Tucker's proposal is that upon passage
of any budget by the United States Congress, 10% of all
final aid to Turkey would be impounded and distributed by a
commission to be selected from prominent Armenian-American
organizations to holocaust survivors.  The payments would
continue until Turkey publicly acknowledges the Armenian
genocide and begins making its own reparations to its
victims.

         In addition to calling for this set-aside to aid the
victims of Turkish genocide, Tucker has announced a
ten-point foreign policy statement which emphasizes a
reorientation of U.S. relations with Turkey:

1.  COMPLETE CUT-OFF OF MILITARY AID TO TURKEY UNTIL IT (a)
ends its participation in the blockade of Armenia (b) stops
its war against the Kurdish people and grants independence
or autonomy to the Kurds based upon an internationally
supervised plebiscite (c) ceases army and paramilitary
repression of its own people, journalists, and religious
dissidents.

2.  COMPLETE CUT-OFF OF AID TO PERU UNTIL IT (a) Frees
American Journalist Lori Berenson and all domestic political
prisoners held without trial and due process (b) Ceases all
domestic repression.

3.  Cease all military aid to Columbia (third largest aid
recipient after Israel and Egypt) since one of the effects
is to aid and abet drug dealing by the military forces that
are supposed to be combating it, while giving Columbia a
disincentive to bargain in good faith with guerilla forces
who have legitimate grievances against the government

4.  Adopt the Irish government's policy of "activist
neutrality" by supporting peacekeeping missions to keep
combatants at arms - length while protecting civilian
populations under United Nations auspices.

5.  Ban investment in Murma (Myanmar) until democracy
prevails in that nation.

6.  Oppose membership in international organizations,
investment by U.S. firms, and foreign aid for Eastern
European nations that permit persecution of the Roma
(Gypsies) and fail to adopt equal opportunity/affirmative
action policies to remedy past discrimination.

7.  Seek United Nations sponsored commission on World War II
reparations to Roma community, Gays, and other groups
persecuted who have not been compensated for their losses
and suffering.

8.  Wherever possible, engage in policy of constructive
engagement rather than sanctions if human rights aims can be
achieved timely and with lessened chances for armed
conflicts; utilize sanctions where those remedies reduce the
risk of armed conflict in a given situation.

9.  Incorporate European social compact type provisions into
NAFTA and all other United States Trade Agreements.

10.  Ban the export of prison made goods.

In 1994 and 1998, Tucker, who was a founding Vice President
of the Western Region of ARAMAC, the Armenian American
Action Committee, ran for California State Treasurer on a
platform demanding that the State Teacher Retirement System
divest itself of UNOCAL stock to protest that company's
investment in the Azeri Caspian Sea oil fields.

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Jan B. Tucker
J.B. Tucker & Associates
10153 1/2 Riverside Drive 374
Toluca Lake CA 91602-2533
(818) 830-2794 Fax 2824
E-Mail: 76170.1423@...
Websites:  http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JanBTucker
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Greetings,

I've added new images to SOULEYES Magazine. Click over to
http://www.souleyes.com to see photographs from "Sidewalk,"
a new book by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Ovie
Carter and sociologist Mitch Duneier. "Sidewalk" documents
the experiences of homeless men in New York who sell books
and magazines on the streets of Greenwich Village in order
to survive. Also on the site is an interview with Ovie about
the book and his career as a photojournalist.

I've got some exciting work in for the upcoming Chinatown
and cars issues of the magazine. If you have images of
Asian-American communities or of various modes of
transportation in communities of color, I encourage you to
drop me a note. Also, I invite you to spread the word about
SOULEYES to your friends and co-workers.

Thanks!

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USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review

February 10, 2000

Commentary

Bye Bye, Brill

In a move so brazen and delusional that even media reporters
have been left speechless, the sanctimonious egomaniac Steven
Brill announced February 2 that CBS, NBC and several other
large media companies he scrutinizes as an editor have joined
together to form Contentville.com, an online store hawking
books and magazines:

http://ojr.usc.edu/content/story.cfm?request=331

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Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Joins Local Community Groups
Announcing Opposition to Proposition 21

Contact:
Tracy K. Rice                   Butch Wing
Los Angeles Bureau Chief        State Coordinator
310-889-1111                    510-486-1095

Statement of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.

February 1, 2000

Proposition 21 is yet another example of "zero tolerance"
for our youth. Just as the Decatur School Board chose police
intervention over educational intervention, California
voters are being asked to dismantle the juvenile justice
system and eliminate the current emphasis on rehabilitation.
In addition, the 43 page ballot measure would reduce
judicial discretion and according to the California
Legislative Analyst's Office, would cost the taxpayers
hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

California's laws already are among the toughest in the
country. Right now, the law allows 14 year olds to be tried
for murder and receive an adult sanction. Last year the
California legislature passed its own juvenile crime bill,
SB 334, which holds that any child at least 16 years old,
with a prior felony, automatically goes to adult court.
Judges can, and currently do, send younger kids to adult
court at their discretion.

Prop. 21, if it passes, will send juvenile offenders to
prison with hardened criminals. It is proven that kids who
receive an adult court sanction commit more crimes and
return to prison more often than kids who are sent to
juvenile facilities. Furthermore, Prop. 21 will cost
California billions of dollars. This money shouldn't be
spent on more prisons. It should be spent on prevention.
It should be spent on education. It should be spent on
rehabilitation.

We are increasingly becoming a nation of first class jails
and second-class schools. Most rural and urban schools are
not wired for the Internet, but nearly all of the jails are.
The United States is spending an average $5,500 per year to
educate a youth, and almost $20,000 to lock up a youth.
Right here in Downtown Los Angeles you have a 400 million
dollar "glamor slammer" just waiting for more young
customers while at the same time the Los Angeles Unified
School District is in crisis. These two issues are
inextricably intertwined.

This jail-for profit industry is becoming a source of
international shame and disgrace. Of the two million
Americans in jail, 90 percent are high school dropouts, 92
percent are functionally illiterate, with a 76 percent
recidivist rate. We are often tempted to think of China as
an oppressive country, but we incarcerate 500,000 more
people in this country despite the fact that we have less
than one fourth the population of China. The poor and the
unlearned of this country are becoming fodder for the growth
of the jail/industrial complex. This is not right.

It's hard to avoid the conclusion that the U.S. system of
punishment isn't about crime or justice, but rather is about
social control. We lock up our poor, our uneducated, our
unruly, our unstable and our addicted, where other countries
provide treatment, mental hospitals and care. The financial
costs of maintaining such a system are staggering.
Operating prisons this year will cost about $40 billion.
Our states now spend more on prisons than on universities.

The human costs are incalculable. Young people arrested for
drugs are brutalized once in jail. Prison becomes their
university. Its lessons are not uplifting. The U.S. imposes
the longest sentences in the industrial world, locking
non-violent offenders into the prisons with the worst
conditions that provide the least treatment. The offender is
violated, hardened, and then released into a society with
hope cut off. Not surprisingly, recidivism rates are
staggeringly high. No wonder the stocks of the corporations
now competing to privatize prisons are sky-high: the market
is locked in.

Cowardly politicians play on people's fears and hatreds and
perpetuate the crime of punishment. It isn't hard or clever.
Conservative Republicans became the party of white sanctuary
in the South by using law and order as a code for racial
fears. New Democrats thought it easier to switch than fight.

Three strikes and lifetime jail, two strikes and out,
racially biased laws on crack versus cocaine, mandatory
sentences, macho work camps, even the death penalty - all
became grist for campaign ads to prove they were tough
enough to govern.

Last Friday, Governor Gray Davis announced his support for
Prop. 21. He, like so many politicians, does not have the
courage to tell Californians the truth: the prison system is
a crime against justice; the punishment complex a moral
outrage. Lives are being lost and ruined, billions wasted,
and crimes abetted because we choose to lock people up
rather than help them up. Robbing our youth of the
opportunity for rehabilitation, education and prevention
programs is detrimental to both the individual child and
society as a whole. When Californians go to the polls on
March 7th we should remember that macho posturing by
politicians is not the same as good policy.

Proposition 21 is unnecessary and ineffective and will only
make matters worse for California's youth and for California.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2000

CONTACT:
Pacifica Reporters Against Censorship, (212) 439-8087
Arron Glantz, Northern California, (510) 644-8365, (916) 705-7528/cell
Robin Urevich, Los Angeles, (323) 663-8057
Eileen Sutton, New York, (212) 439-8087
E-Mail: pnnstrikers@...
Press Kit: http://www.savepacifica.net/strike

STRIKING PACIFICA RADIO JOURNALISTS LAUNCH FIRST "STRIKE CAST"

NEW YORK -- Pacifica Radio's top free-lance reporters and
contributors, who struck the Pacifica Network News on
January 31st to fight what they say is rampant censorship
throughout the 50-year-old community-radio network, today
launched an alternative news broadcast. The half-hour,
magazine-format program will be made available to the nearly
70 affiliate stations across the country that currently air
the Pacifica Network News (PNN).  The broadcast will be
aired via the Internet on the strikers' web page, and
strikers hope to put up a cast at least once a week with
stories from around the country and around the world.

"Many of Pacifica's best-known reporters are now on strike,"
said Eileen Sutton, one of the strike's organizers.  "And we
don't want this strike action to hurt either the sister
stations or the affiliates in any way, so we felt offering
an alternative to the current PNN cast would be the best
solution for everyone," Sutton added.

The striking reporters are backed by numerous organizations
concerned with civil liberties, including Media Alliance,
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, The National Lawyers
Guild (L.A Chapter), the National Writers Union and Project
Censored.  Over a hundred academics and scholars, including
Noam Chomsky and Angela Davis, have also signed a petition
supporting the strike action.  All the signers have agreed
not to give commentary to Pacifica Network News until the
strike issues are resolved.

Since the strike letter was delivered to management, more
stringers have officially joined the action, while many
reporters from around the country and around the world say
they are unofficially honoring the strike line.  One
Pacifica-affiliate station, KCSB in Santa Barbara, has
already stopped running PNN to protest censorship at the
network, while other affiliates are reported to be
considering a boycott of PNN as an act of solidarity with
the striking reporters.

All of the strikers' written materials, demands and actions
have been directed toward Pacifica management.  Except for a
press release whose contact was PNN's current news director,
to date management has not responded directly to the
striking reporters.  Strikers say repeated requests for
written or taped responses from Executive Director Lyn
Chadwick have also been ignored.  They say a phone number
for Chadwick has also been difficult to find.

Pacifica has long been a bastion of free speech--from
broadcasting Allen Ginsberg's "Howl," to defying the HUAC
witch hunts, to airing the com-mentaries of death-row
journalist Mumia Abu Jamal. But in light of censorship at
Pacifica, which the Washington Post recently described as
"cowardly radio" and "Soviet-style journalism," the striking
journalists are demanding that Mary Frances Berry, who
chairs both the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and the
Pacifica Foundation's National Board, publicly renounce
censorship throughout the network, reassert the editorial
independence of Pacifica's local and national-news divisions
and bring back "reassigned" news director Dan Coughlin.

The striking journalists comprise a majority of active
contributors and reporters to Pacifica Network News, a
daily, half-hour news program that airs on some 70 radio
stations nationally. In a recent two-month period, nearly
70% of Pacifica's stories came from its stringers.

"Project Censored fully supports the strikers at Pacifica,
who are striking not for wages, not for benefits, but for
the freedom of information.  That takes a lot of courage,
and we applaud their attempt to make true progressive news
available to the entire nation," said Peter Phillips,
director of Project Censored.

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For Immediate Release

Friday, February 11, 2000

Contact:
Kim Alexander or Saskia Mills, (916) 325-2120; info@...

CALIFORNIA ONLINE VOTER GUIDE DEBUTS ON THE NET

Nonpartisan web site serves as election portal

Sacramento -- Today the California Voter Foundation launched
the new California Online Voter Guide, a nonpartisan web
site to help voters prepare for the March 7, 2000 Primary
Election. The guide is available online at:

	 http://www.calvoter.org

"The California Online Voter Guide is a trustworthy portal
through which voters can explore the rich and growing
election resources the Internet now offers," said Kim
Alexander, President of the California Voter Foundation and
co-creater of the guide. "People are busy. And they're
confused about elections. It's no surprise, with so many
choices to make," she added, noting that 20 state
propositions will appear on California's March ballot.
"Thanks to the Internet, voters can finally make informed
decisions. There is a lot of great information online, and
CVF's guide helps voters find it."

The California Online Voter Guide is a nonpartisan
clearinghouse of election information and web site links
produced by the nonprofit organization for every statewide
election since 1994. Now in its sixth edition, the 2000
voter guide serves up information on 174 California
contests, including the state propositions, the Presidential
election, congressional races and state legislative
contests. Within the guide voters will find hundreds of
links to official campaign web sites, phone numbers for
campaign offices, and campaign contribution information to
help voters follow the money.

"CVF's online guide pulls together a wide assortment of
information and puts it all in one place that's accessible
to voters 24 hours a day," said Saskia Mills, CVF's Managing
Director and co-creator of the guide. "Voters can rely on
our guide to help them sort through their ballot choices and
make sense of this year's election."

CVF's voter guide is easy to use and navigate, with light
graphics and a clean design. The guide is free to users,
free of advertisements, and funded by donations from
foundations and members. CVF's guide will be frequently
updated throughout the 2000 election season, with new
features to be added soon, such as lists of the Top Ten
contributors for and against each state proposition, and an
animated song about the propositions.

The California Voter Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan
501(c)3 organization started in 1994 to advance new
technologies to improve democracy. CVF's Election 2000
projects are supported with grants from the Hewlett
Foundation, the Gerbode Foundation, and the Carnegie
Corporation of New York, and contributions from members. For
more information, visit CVF's web site at www.calvoter.org.

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February 3, 2000

Dear friend,

I am writing about the upcoming Pacifica Foundation board
of directors meeting that will be held in Washington, DC
the last weekend of February 2000. Media Alliance, a San
Francisco-based media advocacy nonprofit, helped organize
delegations of media activists to attend the last two
board meetings. The presence of these delegations sent an
important message to Pacifica board members that listeners,
staff, local advisory board members, and community organizers
throughout the network are going to hold them accountable
for acts of censorship, misuse of funds, anti-democratic
structural changes to the organization, and acts that signal
the Pacifica leadership's willingness to abandon grassroots
reporting and progressive politics.

I ENCOURAGE YOU OR YOUR ORGANIZATION TO ATTEND OR SEND A
REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UPCOMING BOARD MEETING FEBRUARY 25-27
TO COMMUNICATE TO THE PACIFICA BOARD YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE
DIRECTION OF THE NETWORK. The board members need to know
what you think about their recent actions which range from
spending half a million dollars on armed guards and P.R.
to close down KPFA radio this past summer to conducting
a campaign of censorship against staff who report on the
Pacifica radio crisis (most recently Dan Coughlin and Verna
Avery Brown of the Pacifica Network News). The board meeting
also presents an opportunity for reformers within the network
to talk to and strategize with each other something that is
incredibly important considering that Pacifica has spent so
many years trying to divide station from station, union
staff from non-union staff, and staff from listeners.

The contact organization for activities related to the
February 2000 board meeting will be the Alliance for
Progressive Radio, based in D.C. You can reach them c/o
Sam Husseini at (202) 347-0020. Some events for that weekend
are in the works, including a Friday night panel discussion
being planned by the Unitarian Universalists for a Just
Economic Community. The tentative location for the event
will be at the Universalist Church, 1810 16th Street, NW.
That space should also be available for meetings during the
day and evening on Saturday. When the dates and times of
these and other events are determined, they will be posted
at <http://www.freewpfw.org>. Within the next few weeks, the
official Pacifica board meeting schedule should be posted at
<http://www.pacifica.org>.

The communication among organizations and individuals who
are fighting for democratic structural changes and radical
programming at Pacifica has been far from perfect. We don't
all agree on the changes that need to be made and the
methods by which to achieve those changes. But we can
probably agree that most of the board members have made
little effort to seek out our perspective on the issues
and need to hear it loud and clear.

In addition to attending the board meeting, I encourage you
to meet with the national board members from your area and
to get them to propose resolutions that reflect the needs
and interests of your signal area for example, resolutions
regarding censorship, financial transparency, and democracy
at Pacifica. Or, if you think as I do that most of these
board members should resign, please show up to the meeting
and tell them so.

Here's hoping that we can transform Pacifica from the bottom
up into a relevant, politically radical, diverse, independent
radio network.

Sincerely,

Andrea Buffa
Executive Director
Media Alliance
ma@...

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Irvine -- Here's your chance to listen to some alternative
news not usually heard in Orange County!

Subversity today presents two alternative programs that are
the best of its genre: Freespeech Radio News and Making
Contact. Subversity airs from 5-6 p.m. PST on KUCI, 88.9 fm
in Orange County, and is Web-cast live at:

http://kuci.org/listen.html

............................

Freespeech Radio News

We bring you the Pacifica striking freelancers' newscast for
today, Freespecch Radio News, as a follow-up to our
interview with several Pacifica contributors two weeks ago.
Freespeech Radio News is put together by striking Pacifica
contributors, and today's broadcast features these reports:

Clinton Pushes Columbia Military Aid

President Clinton pressures Congress to pass a military aid
package for Columbia to stem the drug trade, but critics say
it could embroil the U.S. into that country's civil war.
Chip Mitchell reports from Bogot.

Mexican Authorities Accused of Mistreating Student
Protesters

Human rights groups are accusing Mexican authorities of
mistreating students arrested earlier this month for their
involvement in a strike that shut down the National
Autonomous University of Mexico for 9 months. 745 student
and teachers were arrested in the crackdown, about 265
remain in jail facing charges from theft to terrorism. Last
week, about 100,000 people marched in Mexico City,
demonstrating for the release of the prisoners. Free Speech
Radio News' David Bacon has just returned from Mexico
City...He tells host Judy Campbell that residents there are
showing overwhelming support for the students strike.

Upset in Zimbabwe

By a slim margin, Zimbabwean voters handed a defeat to their
president, the International Monetary Fund and the World
Bank. Voters turned down a sweeping constitutional revision
giving President Robert Mugabe vast new powers. Patrick Bond
reports from Johannesburg on the issues at stake.

Utah's Anti-Gay Adoption Policies

The state of Utah's Department of Child and Family Services
issued a policy in November allowing state adoptions only to
married couples. Advocacy groups filed suit, saying the
rights of gays, lesbians and unmarried couples are being
violated. Now, the battle has moved to the state
legislature, which is considering bills to make the policy
state law. Alan Naumann reports from Salt Lake City.

South Carolina: Dockworkers and the Republican Primary

South Carolina Republicans go to the polls tomorrow...and
surprisingly, organized labor is one of the hot issues. Mimi
Rosenberg reports on how the violent breakup of a
dockworkers' strike is influencing this year's Presidential
primary.

Nuclear Weapons Lab, run by Univ. of California, in Turmoil

More shakeups in the nation's nuclear weapons labs: Asian
employees say they're the victims of a witch hunt; others
say stepped up security measures are violating their privacy
rights and personal dignity. And to make matters worse, one
of Lawrence Livermore Lab's leading scientists resigns,
saying increased weapons production will bring Armageddon.
Krissy Clark reports from San Francisco.

Free Speech Radio News is a production of Pacifica Reporters
Against Censorship. The newscast is produced by Aaron Glantz
and David Sears. Technical assistance is provided by Leslie
Holmes, Kllia Ramares and Joshua Thayer. Judy Campbell
anchored this broadcast. The reporters filing for the
newscast are putting their livelihood on the line. Strike
fund info at:

http://www.savepacifica.net/strike/news/fund.html

....................................

Making Contact

In addition, Subversity also features this evening this
week's edition of "Making Contact," from the Oakland-based
National Radio Project.  We will bring you a discussion on
U.S. Military Policy: Humanitarian or Orwellian.  Featured
guests include:

           Kathy Kelly, Voices in the Wilderness
           Nguyen Thi My Hien, Xuan Ngoc Nguyen, Lula
             Bia and Norma Banks, Vietnam war widows
           Paul Duffy, Vietnam war veteran
           Edward Herman, author

Our thanx to both Freespeech Radio News
<http://www.savepacifica.net/strike/news/> and the
National Radio Project <http://www.radioproject.org/>.


Daniel C. Tsang
Host, Subversity, now Fridays, 5-6 p.m. PST, KUCI,
88.9 FM [Live links at: http://kuci.org/listen.html]
  selected shows available as RealAudio files
URL: http://kuci.org/~dtsang/subversity
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Dear fellow progressive activists,

We are writing to ask you to support the strike by freelance
reporters of Pacifica Network News (PNN) by signing the
attached statement of support.

Since the crisis at KPFA Radio last spring and summer, when
armed guards were brought in to lock out the KPFA staff,
Pacifica management has repeatedly censored or altered PNN
news stories and public-affairs programming, or prevented
segments of programs or whole programs from being aired. In
November of last year Pacifica news director Dan Coughlin
was "reassigned" after airing a story describing a boycott
by sixteen Pacifica affiliates over the issue of censorship.
More recently, news anchor Verna Avery Brown has left
Pacifica over issues including censorship and a trend away
from progressive coverage in Pacifica's national news.

The strikers' demands are that Coughlin be re-assigned as
news director and that Pacifica renounce censorship of the
news throughout the network. The striking journalists
comprise a majority of active contributors and reporters to
Pacifica Network News, a daily, half-hour news program that
airs on some 70 radio stations nationally. Those committed
to the strike include journalists from ten states and four
continents. Virtually the entire news staff of the network's
flagship Berkeley station, KPFA, and its New York station,
WBAI, are supporting the action. The demands have been sent
to the Pacifica governing board. Since they have not been
met, the reporters have begun a three-month strike. The
reporters' January 24, 2000 letter to Pacifica management,
describing the censorship and their demands for change, can
be found here:

http://www.savepacifica.net/strike/letter_to_management.html

Since its inception, Pacifica has been a bastion for free
speech. For fifty years Pacifica has been a voice of protest
against repression and injustice, and an invaluable resource
for progressive movements. We cannot afford to lose it.

Pacifica Network News relies on interviews with progressive
activists. One way you can support the journalists' strike
and fight censorship is to refuse to "cross the picket line"
by refusing to provide comments to the reporters of Pacifica
Network News. We urge you to refuse to support PNN in any
way until they have ended their policy of censorship. Note
that the news staff of the five Pacifica stations -- KPFA,
WBAI, KPFK, KPFT, and WPFW -- and the news staff of
Pacifica's _Democracy Now_ show are not on strike: please
continue to provide interviews to them.

Please sign the accompanying petition to affirm your
opposition to censorship of the news by Pacifica management
and to affirm your refusal to be interviewed by PNN
reporters or any other journalists who intend to provide a
news report to PNN. This petition will be sent to Pacifica
Foundation Chair Mary Frances Berry and the other Pacifica
National Boardmembers.

Also, please forward this message to colleagues and friends.

Thanks,

Activists United in Support of PNN Reporters

** To sign this statement, send your name, organizational
affiliation and title to: picketline@..., or
phone (650) 326-8837 or fax (650) 321-4464

==============================================
Statement in Support of PNN Strikers' Demands
==============================================

To Pacifica Foundation Chair Mary Frances Berry and other
Pacifica National Boardmembers:

We, the undersigned, are activists working to implement
progressive ideals of freedom, justice, honesty, democracy,
and compassion. We are deeply concerned about Pacifica
management's attempts to intimidate and censor those who try
to report on matters of vital importance to the Pacifica
network. This kind of censorship is intolerable and creates
a chilling effect throughout the network, a network founded
on the principles of free speech and open debate. Therefore,
we support the demands of Pacifica Reporters Against
Censorship, as outlined in their January 24 letter to you.

In particular, we recognize their strike and will honor
their "picket line" by refusing interviews with any reporter
intending to file a story with PNN.

Barbara Lubin, Executive Director, Middle East Childrens
Alliance, Berkeley, CA

Medea Benjamin, Founding Director, Global Exchange, San
Francisco, CA

Erik Gustafson, Executive Director, Education for Peace in
Iraq Center, Washington, DC

Norman Solomon, Syndicated Media Columnist, Point Reyes, CA

Kathy Kelly, Co-Coordinator, Voices in the Wilderness,
Chicago, IL

Laura Herrera, Co-Coordinator, Mobilization to Free Mumia
Abu-Jamal*, San Francisco, CA

Fadi Saba, Arab American Caucus, California State Democratic
Party, San Jose, CA

Rachelle Marshall, Middle East Task Force, Women s Int l
League for Peace and Freedom-U.S. Branch,* Palo Alto, CA

Paul George, Director, Peninsula Peace and Justice Center,
Palo Alto, CA

Alison Harris, Director, San Jose Peace Center, San Jose, CA

Teri Shore, Sea Turtle Restoration Project, Forest Knolls, CA

Todd Steiner, Sea Turtle Restoration Project, Forest Knolls, CA

Marcy Darnovsky, Ph.D., Hutchins School of Liberal Studies,
Sonoma State University, CA

Bill Mandel, KPFA Broadcaster 1958-1995, Berkeley, CA

Stephen Rock, Treasurer, Peninsula Peace and Justice Center,
Palo Alto, CA

Michael Parenti, Author, Berkeley, CA

[*Organization listed for indentification purposes only]

*************************************************************

website: http//www.savepacifica.net

email: savepacifica@...

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Land, Air, Water 18th Annual Public Interest
and Environmental Law Conference
"Six Billion Downstream"
March 2-5, 2000
Eugene, Oregon

Controversies ranging from dam removal to the WTO protests
will provide fuel for the 18th Annual Public Interst and
Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) at the University of
Oregon.

The PIELC is the oldest and largest conference of its kind
in the world. It provides an opportunity for the leaders
and activists within the environemtnal movement to meet and
chart strategies for the upcoming year. It also promotes
open and often highly charged debate on some of the most
sensitive and urgent environmental issues of our day.

The gathering is the premier annual gathering for
environmentalists worldwide. Now in its 18th year, the
Conference unites more than 3,000 attorneys, activists,
scientists, students, and concerned citizens from around
the globe to share their experience and expertise. With over
100 panels, workshops, multi-media presentations, keynote
addresses and other activities, the Conference has become
an inspiring event full of energy, innovation and action
for all who participate in the environmental movement.

Over 100 panels will cover a wide range of issues including
population, bioengineering, dam removal, Indigenous rights,
land exchanges, tactics/strategies of direct action, animal
research, ecofeminism, and forestry practices.

The keynoters from around the world include:

David Brower, founder of Friends of Earth, Earth Island
Institute, and former Executive Director of the Sierra Club.

Julia Butterfly Hill, world renowned forest activist and
"Luna" tree-sitter at Headwaters.

Rod Coronodo, activist and former political prisoner.

Birute Galdikas, President of Orangutan Foundation
International.

Bill Meadows, President of the Wilderness Society.

A complete list of keynote speakers is available throught
the Conference's web page at:

http://www.pielc.uoregon.edu

2000 Conference Directors:

Ann Hensley: 541-346-3828, ann@...
Camilla Boyte: 541-346-3828, camillae@...
Courtney Brown: 541-346-3828, cbrown@...
Heather Timmerman: 541-346-3828, heathert@...

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The Institute for Public Accuracy is seeking an energetic
individual with knowledge of the media and demonstrated
computer skills. This is a 3/4 position (with benefits) and
involves contact with media professionals, intensive upkeep
of databases and coordination with public interest and
progressive organizations regarding media strategies. The
position is in DC. The individual should be familiar with
both the media and political landscapes.

Cover letter and resumes should be sent as soon as possible
to: The Institute for Public Accuracy; 915 National Press
Building; Washington, DC, 20045; fax: 202-347-0290,
dcinstitute@....

IPA is an equal-opportunity, affirmative action employer.

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Fair-minded Friends:

Here's a great way you can assist the fight against Prop 22
with hardly any effort on your part:

The Pasadena No On Knight Coalition and All Saints Episcopal
Church in Pasadena are currently preparing a full-page ad to
run in the LA Times on Tuesday, February 29.  It will be a
statement by all people of faith who oppose Proposition 22.
A rough draft for the text of the ad follows at the end of
this message. The ad will include the names of clergy and
lay-persons who wish to endorse the statement.

If you would like to have your name listed, please send a
brief message to Jim O'Donnell giving us permission to print
your name.

If you are clergy, please list your affiliation.  Jim's
address is: jimodonnell_2000@...

That's it!  There is no fee for having your name listed,
although it is very expensive to run the ad.  If you're able
to make a contribution, please make your check out to All
Saints Church and write "No On 22 Ad" in the memo section.
Mail your contribution to

All Saints Church
Attn: Rev. Ed Bacon, rector
132 N. Euclid Ave.
Pasadena, CA  91101-1796

Finally, please forward this message to anyone you think
would want to sign on to the ad.

Thanks,

Doug Thomas

---------------------------------------------------------

A rough draft of the ad copy follows:

INTERFAITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS OPPOSE PROPOSITION 22

THE MASQUERADE OF PROPOSITION 22

In 14 deceptively simple words, Proposition 22, the "Limit
on Marriage" initiative, has the potential to harm people
all over our state - people who are our daughters, sons,
loved ones and neighbors.

That's why our religious faith commands us to stand together
and oppose Proposition 22.

This initiative is not really about marriage.  It is about
discrimination. Its supporters claim they want to define
marriage in California as only between a man and a woman.
However, California law already does that.  In fact, no
state in the nation now recognizes same-sex marriage.
Proposition 22 is both unnecessary and morally wrong.

THE INJUSTICE OF THE INITIATIVE

When similar laws have been enacted in other states, they
have been used to roll back the civil righs of gay and
lesbian families. Proposition 22 is only one of many efforts
across the nation to limi the rights and freedoms of a
sexual minority.

The initiative seeks to deny equal treatment of certain
individuals for what they are.  That is unjust and will only
serve to codify bigotry. Religious people affirm the
centrality of justice and stand together in opposition to
Proposition 22.

NOT THE MANDATE OF RELIGION

It is troubling that so much of the support for Proposition
22 is cast in religious language.  Why is it that so many
cannot remember the basic religious teaching that we - all
of us, straight and gay and lesbian - are children of God,
the Creator of the Universe.

The love that God calls us to, the love that binds two
people together in sincere and devoted commitment, is
accessible to all God's children.  We urge you to remember
the fundamental religious principle that we are all created
in the image of God and discrimination and injustice will
not be tolerated.  You can do that by voting "No" on
Proposition 22.

PROPOSITION 22 DOES NOT FOSTER FAMILY VALUES

How can two loving adults coming together to form a family
harm family values?  We do not believe our families and
marriages and communities are so fragile and shallow that
they are threatened by the love between two adults of the
same sex.

At the same time, Proposition 22 is unconscionably silent on
the real problems facing California's families.  This
initiative will not prevent infidelity, divorce, chaos, and
spousal abuse or teenage parenthood.  Nor will it address
the issues of poverty that shatter so many families.
Instead, it singles out one group - a sexual minorty - and
promotes fear and division within this state.

As people of religious faith, we seek to love our neighbors
as ourselves and call upon all Californians to join us in
voting "No" on Proposition 22.

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Dear Online Colleagues,

The Online Journalism Review (OJR.org), the USC/Annenberg
School for Communication and the Graduate School of
Journalism at UC Berkeley invite you to attend the third
annual Online Journalism Conference. This year's event,
entitled "A Medium in Motion," will be held at the USC
campus in Los Angeles, March 14 & 15.

The conference will bring top industry professionals
together with leading academics to discuss the dramatic
changes occurring in online publishing as it moves from
being a marginal to a mainstream medium.

The conference kicks off with a Welcome Dinner at 7:30 p.m.
on Tuesday, March 14, at USC's Town & Gown center. Our
Keynote Speaker, Jonathan Sacks, senior vice president and
general manager of AOL Interactive Services, will discuss
the future of journalism and interactive communication in an
age of media conglomerates. A reception begins at 6:30 p.m.,
but we also invite you attend an open house at the USC
Annenberg School from 4:30 p.m.to 6:15 p.m.

On Wednesday, March 15, be prepared for a full day of lively
debates and discussions on the following topics:

* Online journalism as a global medium
* The commercial value of credibility
* Politics and the Internet
* The impact of technology on journalism
* The conglomeration of Internet content: "survival of the fittest"

Panelists include Kim Alexander, president of the California
Voter Foundation; Chris Barr, vice president of CNET; Tim
Cavanaugh, special guest editor of Suck.com; Steve Chin,
executive vice president of Internet Development at A.Media;
Mike Cornfield, associate research professor at The Graduate
School of Political Management of the George Washington
University; Leah Gentry, editorial director, new media, Los
Angeles Times;  Robert Lee Hotz, science writer for the LA
Times; Bruce Koon, interim director, Mercury Center; Lavonne
Luquis, president & CEO Latino.com; Kevin Mitnick, hacker
expert; Susan Moeller, fellow, Shorenstein Center, Harvard;
Marcia Parker, managing editor, QB.com; Rebecca Fairley
Rainey, freelance technology writer, The New York Times on
the Web; Kara Swisher, staff writer and columnist for The
Wall Street Journal & author of "AOL.com";  David Talbott,
chairman and editor-in-chief, Salon; Jonathan Weber,
editor-in-chief of The Industry Standard; and Matt Welch,
OJR staff columnist.

Our moderators include Jonathan Aronson, director of the
School for International Studies at USC; Paul Grabowicz,
coordinator of the new media program at the UC Berkeley
Graduate School of Journalism; Jerry Lanson, chair,
Department of Journalism, Emerson College and columnist for
OJR; and Larry Pryor, director of the USC/Annenberg Online
Program.

A post-conference reception will be held at the USC Faculty
Center.

Space is limited, so please reserve your spot by replying to
this e-mail ASAP. The conference is free, however the
Welcome Dinner and receptions cost $35.

For more information and to pre-register please visit our
Web site at:

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HandsNet WebClipper Digest

The WebClipper Digest is HandsNet's weekly overview of
cross-cutting human services news from throughout the World
Wide Web.

For daily Headlines news, Alerts and Discussions, and to
start your personal clipping service tailored to your needs,
visit WebClipper at http://www.webclipper.org. Free trial
WebClipper memberships are available on our public site at
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FEBRUARY 18, 2000

** Children, Youth & Families:

COLOR OF JUSTICE - Youth of Color are 2.5 times more likely
than white kids to be tried as adults and 8.3 times more
likely to be Incarcerated by adult court finds a study from
Justice Policy Institute, first in a series by the new
"Building Blocks for Youth" Initiative.
http://www.cjcj.org/colorofjustice/cojpr.html

GIVING KIDS A CHANCE TO MAKE A BETTER CHOICE: A GUIDE FOR
YOUTH ADVOCATES - Free, user-friendly guide provides child
advocates with the tools to engage local communities in an
exciting campaign mobilizing local and national support for
the juvenile court's rehabilitative approach. Contact the
Juvenile Court Centennial Initiative office at 202/637-0590,
email: Secondchances@...
http://www.cjcj.org/centennial/

PRESIDENT'S FY2001 BUDGET - WHAT'S IN IT FOR CHILDREN? -
Analysis from Children's Defense Fund examines proposals for
Head Start, Child Care, Children and Families in Crisis,
Youth Violence Prevention, Family Income, Child Support
Enforcement and Children's Health; plus suggestions to Take
Action.
http://www.childrensdefense.org/budget/clintonbudget2001.html

FIRST NATIONAL DATA ON KINDERGARTNERS - New national study
shows that most children are well prepared to enter
kindergarten, but poor children trail their classmates.
Differences in children's reading, math, social skills and
health related to poverty, parents' education and race and
ethnicity are already present upon entering kindergarten.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2000070

ANTI-DRUG PARENTING TIP SITE EXPANDS LANGUAGES - To help
Hispanic and Asian parents communicate more effectively with
their kids about the consequences and dangers of illicit
drugs, ONDCP's flagship parenting-focused drug prevention
and education web site now features areas in Spanish,
Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Cambodian.
http://www.theantidrug.com.

MAY IS TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION MONTH - National Campaign
to Prevent Teen Pregnancy provides suggestions and resources
for state and community activities.
http://www.teenpregnancy.org

The National Campaign's publication, Get Organized: A Guide
to Preventing Teen Pregnancy, is available at:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/get-organized99/index.htm.

MOVING THE AGENDA FOR WOMEN 2000 - California Women's Agenda
and other sponsors host the Beijing+5 Pacific Region
Preparatory Conference Feb 26 in San Francisco.  To join
grassroots organizations in setting priorities and
strategies for a Women's Action Agenda contact the Women's
Bureau: 415/975-4752 or toll free: 877/923-6509, email:
win@....  http://www.win-cawa.org/events/

OPENING A NEW WINDOW ON CHILD CARE: CRISIS AFFECTS FAMILIES
AT MOST INCOME LEVELS - Low child care worker pay,
affordability, lack of access, jeopardize quality care for
millions of children, says a study from National Council of
Jewish Women. NCJW is embarking on a multi-year campaign to
develop solutions.
http://www.ncjw.org/news/childcare/press2800.htm

** Community Development Block Grant:

ANALYSIS OF ADMIN'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR CDBG & SET-ASIDES -
HUD's proposed "Community Development Block Grant" budget
for FY2001 is $ 4.9 billion - but not all of that money
actually would go for formula allocations.  In recent years,
about 12% of the announced amount for CDBG actually went to
a variety of "set-asides", specific programs for which
jurisdictions or nonprofits must apply. Some set-asides have
been for activities related to the CDBG principle of
improving communities principally for lower income people.
However, in the last few years a growing amount of pork
barrel projects have been larded in. As proposed by HUD,
such pork products would be cut from the budget and only the
more traditional set-asides would get funds, amounting to
8.5 percent of the CDBG budget.  For more information
contact Ed Gramlich at Center for Community Change,
gramliche@... detailed chart showing the
proposed set-asides and the amounts actually appropriated by
Congress in previous years will be available on the CCC
site:  http://www.communitychange.org/alerts.

** Discussions:

OPEN FORUM - New, enhanced Open Forum area includes
discussions on options for at-risk youth/status offenders,
economic equality, fighting abuses by the system and more.
All WebClipper members are invited to join in on
WebClipper's Discussions page, for more information email:
cheryl@....
http://www.webclipper.org/homepage1133/index.htm

WORKING FAMILIES ROUNDTABLES - TANF & Time Limits: Agency
Collaboration and Community Organizing and Pressure from All
Sides: Leaving Support for Success? are next week's topics
in the ongoing Roundtable Discussions funded by the Ford
Foundation now in WebClipper's Discussions area.
http://www.webclipper.org/homepage1133/index.htm

** Funding News:

E-PHILANTHROPY, VOLUNTEERISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE-MAKING" A NEW
LANDSCAPE OF RESOURCES, ISSUES & OPPORTUNITIES - The W.K.
Kellogg Foundation reports on a series of meetings convened
with leaders from online ventures, foundations and venture
capital firms, and describes 140 sites that facilitate
e-Philanthropy.
http://www.wkkf.org/Publications/e-phil.pdf

SUPPORTING FAMILIES AFTER WELFARE REFORM - A new
$6.8-million initiative of The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, DHHS & USDA aims to help states and large
counties solve eligibility problems that make it difficult
for low-income families to access and retain Medicaid, the
State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), or Food
Stamps - particularly families moving from welfare to work.
Apply by May 1. A national application conference call will
be held March 10 at 2 pm EST, call: 1-800-450-0785.
http://www.rwjf.org/grant/cfp-suppfam.htm

JOINT CENTER ON POVERTY RESEARCH - Funds innovative research
on the causes of poverty and the effect of policies designed
to alleviate poverty. Proposals due May 1.
http://www.jcpr.org/researchfunding.html.

NEW GUIDE: OPERATING GRANTS FOR NONPROFITS - New grant
directory from Oryx Press lists state-by-state sponsors and
grants available for day-to-day costs that project grants
may not cover. $29.95; 20% saving when you order online -
enter B8100 in the PO# or tax-exempt line on the shopping
cart order form to receive this discount.
http://www.oryxpress.com/scripts/book.idc?acro=OGNP

** Gun Violence:

IN THE CROSSFIRE: THE IMPACT OF GUN VIOLENCE ON PUBLIC
HOUSING COMMUNITIES - Despite reductions in crime and gun
violence, people who receive housing assistance remain twice
as likely to be victims of gun violence than the population
as a whole, reports HUD.
http://www.hud.gov/pressrel/pr00-32.html

** Health Policy:

WHAT DID WELFARE REFORM DO TO MEDICAID IN YOUR STATE AND
WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT? - An Action Kit for Advocates from
Families USA offers strategies and campaigns to address
problems that are leading to Medicaid declines or illegal
Medicaid practices in your state.
http://www.familiesusa.org/actkit.htm

A COMMUNITY GUIDE TO ENROLLING CHILDREN IN FREE AND LOW-COST
HEALTH INSURANCE - Children's Defense Fund announces a new
CHIP toolkit: This free community guide is designed to
assist local groups across the country inform families about
CHIP and Medicaid and help enroll their children.
http://www.childrensdefense.org/publications/healthtoolkit

WORKING WITHOUT BENEFITS: U.S. HISPANICS FACE HEALTH CARE
COVERAGE CRISIS - One-third have no insurance.  Hispanics
account for an alarming one-quarter of the nation's 44
million uninsured people and are twice as likely as the
general population to go without coverage, says a report
from Abt Associates which recommends making
employer-sponsored plans more available and more affordable
in the sectors of the job market in which Hispanics are most
concentrated.
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publist/index.asp#pno370

HEALTH RISKS, ACCESS TO CARE DEPEND ON WHERE YOU LIVE - New
"State Profiles" from AARP show vast disparities among
states: where people live might affect their longevity,
especially for low-income Americans.
http://www.aarp.org/press/2000/nr021500.html

And the CDC reports women's risk of heart disease depends in
part on geography, and black women everywhere are in greater
peril. Among regions with high rates are Appalachia, the
Ohio-Mississippi River Valley, the Mississippi Delta and the
eastern Piedmont, and coastal regions of Georgia, South
Carolina and North Carolina.
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/cvd/womensatlas/

PROMOTING COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES - Ask your
Senators and Representative to support the President's
proposed increase in the mental health block grant; and
support increases in other SAMHSA programs aimed at
providing comprehensive community-based mental health
services, such as the PATH program and children's mental
health services program, says Bazelon Center for Mental
Health Law.
http://www.handsnet.org/alerts1242/alerts_show.htm?doc_id=25158

A Bazelon Center paper on how states can comply with last
June's Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C which
requires less restrictive programs for inappropriately
institutionalized people with mental disabilities is
available at http://www.bazelon.org/olmstead.html

** Housing - Homelessness:

FREE REGIONAL CONFERENCES ON HOUSING FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE - A
series of HUD 2000 Housing and Homeless regional conference
are targeted to meet the Housing Development needs of those
serving or wishing to serve homeless families and
individuals. They are designed to bring together nonprofit
groups and regional housing leaders to enhance cooperation
between housing developers and service providers, identify
resources for Housing Development and promote and encourage
creative collaborations and partnerships. February 29-March
1, Dallas, March 6-7, San Francisco, March 27-28,
Philadelphia, April 11-12, Chicago.
http://www.comcon.org/new/conf00/conf00_1.htm

Or contact: icanamerica@... 1-800-678-5774

** Legal Services:

PROJECT FOR THE FUTURE OF EQUAL JUSTICE DEVELOPS NATIONAL
PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN - To increase support for civil
legal assistance to the poor and create an environment that
cultivates the public support and funding necessary to
develop and sustain these systems in the states. The Project
is a joint initiative of the National Legal Aid and Defender
Association and the Center for Law and Social Policy.
http://www.equaljustice.org/resourcedevelopment/msgcampaign.html

** Poverty Guidelines

Year 2000 HHS FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES - Published this
week set the poverty level at $14,150 for a family of three
in the 48 contiguous states and D.C.
http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/00poverty.htm

** Race:

RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES: KEY FINDINGS FROM THE
NATIONAL SURVEY OF AMERICA'S FAMILIES - More than 30 years
after the passage of civil rights legislation, significant
economic and social inequalities persist amongst racial and
ethnic groups in the U.S. on indicators of well-being, finds
the Urban Institute.
http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/series_b/b5/b5.html

** Social Services Info Net:

SOCIAL SERVICES INFO NET - New web resource from Social
Services Abstracts provides access to cutting edge social
work and social services-related databases and information.
Major areas of coverage include: Community development,
Crisis intervention, Evaluation research, The family and
social welfare, Gerontology, Policy, planning, forecasting,
Poverty and homelessness, Professional issues in social
work, Social development, Social work education, Support
groups/networks, Violence, abuse, neglect, Welfare services
http://www.socservices.com

** Welfare Reform:

SINCE WELFARE REFORM, STATES SPEND LESS ON POOR - In
addition to spending fewer federal dollars, states are
doling out less of their own money to support poor families,
says a new report from Rockefeller Institute of Government.
The federal government is shouldering a larger proportion of
the costs of programs for the poor -- the opposite of what
Congress intended when it rewrote the welfare law in 1996.
http://www.stateline.org/story.cfm?storyid=63563

WELFARE REFORM AT THREE: IS A NEW CONSENSUS EMERGING? - In
the Winter 2000 edition of the National Center for Children
in Poverty's News & Issues, Ron Haskins, a leading proponent
of PRWORA, and Wendell Primus, a notable critic, find some
surprising common ground as well as continuing differences
about the unfinished business of welfare reform.  Both
identify a needed set of work and family supports,
suggesting a potentially powerful convergence between
liberal and conservative recommendations on the top
priorities for midcourse corrections.
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/main3.html

SPILLOVER EFFECTS OF STATE SPENDING - Concerns about
migration may drive the interdependence of state welfare
spending, says a paper from Joint Center for Poverty
Research.  http://www.jcpr.org/wp/WPprofile.cfm?ID=159

STATE POLICY DOCUMENTATION PROJECT - Information on
financial eligibility rules for TANF cash assistance in the
50 states and DC is available from SPDP, a joint project of
the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Center for
Law and Social Policy.  Also available are 50-state tables
on state implementation of Medicaid provisions of PRWORA.
http://www.spdp.org/


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HandsNet Editor
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AlterNet Headlines

Brief summaries of leading stories from AlterNet -- the
independent news and syndication service -- for February
18, 2000.

http://www.alternet.org

FIELDS OF BROKEN DREAMS: LATINOS AND BASEBALL
By Marcos Breton, Colorlines
The exploitation of Latino baseball players -- now 25
percent of major league rosters -- remains grossly
underreported. Sammy Sosa, for example, was acquired in 1986
for a mere $3,500, the exact amount Jackie Robinson got in
1946.
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Breton021800.html

OLD WOMAN WAITING
By Donna Ladd, AlterNet
The battle to block the Feb. 24 execution of Bettie Lou
Beets, a mentally impaired great-grandmother on Texas' death
row, has found an unlikely leader in a charismatic
55-year-old former housewife.
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Ladd021800.html

IRONY WITH SOUL: DAVE EGGERS WRITES THE HIPPEST OF MEMOIRS
By Tamara Straus, AlterNet
A complex and probing interview with Dave Eggers, the
29-year-old author of "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering
Genius," who is being called the definitive voice of
Generation X.
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Straus021800.html

WHY NOT MARRY A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE?
By Christine Triano, AlterNet
Fox's newest game show, "Who Wants to Marry a
Multi-Millionaire?" may be crassly commercial, but what's so
morally objectionable about dispensing with courtship
process and cutting straight to the vows?
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Triano021800.html

DON'T THINK, SMILE!
By Michelle Goldberg, Speak Magazine
If the American left had more intellectuals like Ellen
Willis its leaders wouldn't need to spend all their time
bemoaning the demise of the American Left.
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Goldberg021800.html

BOUGHT AND SOLD: DRUG WARRIORS AND THE MEDIA
By Paul Armentano, The Freeman
Some media outlets are compromising their journalistic
integrity by welcoming the federal government as a major
paying anti-drug advertiser, an alarming development in the
ill-advised "war on drugs."
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Armentano021800.html

ALONG THE COLOR LINE: THE POLITICS OF INEQUALITY
By Manning Marable, AlterNet
"The fundamental issue that will define racial politics in
the next decade is the spiraling growth of economic
inequality in American life."
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Marable021800.html

MINORITY YOUTH DISPROPORTIONATELY TRANSFERRED TO ADULT PRISONS
By Scott Harris, Between the Lines
A new report says Asian, African-American and Latino youth
are far more likely to be transferred to adult court and 300
percent more likely to be incarcerated in California than
their white counterparts.
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Harris021800.html

HOSPITAL, HEAL THYSELF
By Barbara Ehrenreich, The Progressive
"Somewhere from 44,000 to 98,000 people die every year as a
result of medical errors -- which beats breast cancer, AIDS,
car accidents, diabetes and pneumonia."
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Ehrenreich021800.html

SWEATING OUT THE WORDS
By Debbie Nathan, The Nation
The New Yorker magazine recently ran a literary contest
whose votes were counted in a Third World sweatshop. But the
New Yorker is hardly alone in this practice.
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Nathan021800.html

THE ECONOMIC BOOM: HOW BIG, HOW BROAD, HOW LONG?
By Michael Lindemann, GS Report
As with every economic boom, the one we're currently
experiencing will end with a bust. When it comes it will hit
hard, especially for the millions who aren't enjoying the
fruits of our new prosperity.
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Lindeman021800.html

WILLY NILLY
By Mary Spicuzza, Metro San Jose
Anti-circumcision groups like Brothers United for Foreskin
are fighting a long and sensitive battle against "routine
male genital mutilation," and are pushing for a wider use of
foreskin restoration procedures.
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/01.27.00/foreskin-0004.html

CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX: PRESIDENTIAL MILLIONAIRES
From the Public Campaign
A biweekly collection of bizarre, outrageous and downright
hilarious statistics about dirty money in politics. This
week: "Chance that presidential race front-runner is a
millionaire: 100 percent."
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/CPI021800.html

MEET YOUR MAKER -- ONLINE!
By Wyn Hilty, OC Weekly
"We're all going to keel over someday, I figure we might as
well do it in style. That's why I've compiled the following
guide to dying well, with the assistance of a number of
morbid folks on the Internet who spend a lot more time
thinking about the subject than I do."
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Hilty021800.html
AlterNet ID: S6876; 1034 words
Cost: $105; $75; $45; $45 Web only

BLOODY ETHICS
By Lev Grossman, Village Voice
Every day about 150,000 people log on to the virtual world
of Britannia, where they play a deeply immersive game called
Ultima. Soon their game lives will radically change.
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0006/grossman.shtml

GET CAUGHT NAPPING AND PLEASE THE BOSS
By Mieke H. Bomann, American News Service
Since Americans are working longer and more irregular hours,
many workers are drifting off at work. So some far-sighted
managers are offering sanctioned sleep spaces in the office:
"napnasiums."
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Bomann021800.html

NPR FLOATS AN OMBUDSMAN, BUT PROBLEMS RUN DEEP
By Norman Solomon, Original to AlterNet
"What if a restaurant hired a chief inspector who'd been in
charge of the company's kitchens for years? That's
essentially what NPR did with its first ombudsman in two
decades."
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Solomon021800.html

FREAK SHOW
By Will Durst, Original to AlterNet
"Brothers and Sisters, step right up to see this year's
mind-bending collection of political chameleons. If things
keep going the way they're headed, Bush will end up as the
fighter pilot, and McCain will turn into the Texan with
vocabulary dyslexia."
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Durst021800.html

THE DEVIL'S IN THE FINE PRINT
By Jim Hightower, Original to AlterNet
"Today, Spaceship Hightower takes you into a teensie-weensie
world -- the world of fine print on product packages. How
about the cereal box that offers consumers an actual race
car! Engine not included, of course."
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Hightower021800.html

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