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The Day We Fight Back
I’ll be doing this. I hope you will, too.
DEAR USERS OF THE INTERNET,
In January 2012 we defeated the SOPA and PIPA censorship legislation with the largest Internet protest in history. Today we face another critical threat, one that again undermines the Internet and the notion that any of us live in a genuinely free society: mass surveillance.
In celebration of the win against SOPA and PIPA two years ago, and in memory of one of its leaders,Aaron Swartz, we are planning a day of protest against mass surveillance, to take place this February 11th.
Together we will push back against powers that seek to observe, collect, and analyze our every digital action. Together, we will make it clear that such behavior is not compatible with democratic governance. Together, if we persist, we will win this fight.
https://thedaywefightback.org
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“Houston Public Media…is neither Houston nor Public.”
Paula Myrick Short, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, University of Houston
pmshort@uh.edu
713-743-9830
Dear Vice President Short,
The actions of Lisa Shumate yesterday are causing a backlash against Houston Public Media, as you are no doubt aware. I and untold numbers of others have cancelled our memberships due to the unceremonious dismissals of people that just made extraordinary efforts in the fundraising campaign. Promises of continued, improved multi-modal support for the Houston arts community ring hollow on the back of canceling The Front Row and instead relaying music programmed elsewhere.
Classical music fans are extremely spoiled today: three dedicated satellite radio channels; almost limitless options online via internet radio stations and services like Spotify and Pandora; cars that can play anything from an iPod…virtually the entire classical catalog is available instantly. To differentiate itself in this consumer paradise, KUHA has a golden opportunity: offering 24/7 access to the Houston arts scene. Live and recorded music from the Moores School alone could fill several hours each day without repeating. Add in The Front Row and programming the Shepherd School, HGO, HSO, and the many professional ensembles and choral groups that call Houston home, and you have a complete schedule that will never run dry.
Houston Public Media, as demonstrated by Lisa Shumate yesterday, is neither Houston nor Public. I urge you to replace her with someone that understands the true potential of 91.7, and to restore the employees she has let go.
Sincerely yours,
Joe Carl White
former KUHA member and listener
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Open Letter to Classical 91.7
Lisa Trapani Shumate
Executive Director & General Manager
KUHA-FM Classical 91.7 Houston Public Radio
lshumate@houstonpublicmedia.org
Mrs. Shumate,
I am terribly disappointed at the news of the staff firings today. To do so after having just conducted a membership campaign is truly reprehensible. Therefore, I have cancelled my membership.
Sincerely,
Joe Carl White
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N.B. Today, Mrs. Shumate fired 10 of the local announcers on our classical public radio station, after they completed the membership drive.
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Sentimental Journey
Howdy!
I would like to invite you to my concert Sentimental Journey: Threeton & White Do Songs of the 30’s & 40’s, on Saturday, October 12.
- Take a walk down Memory Lane as Douglas Threeton and Joe Carl White sing a variety of hits from the 1930s and 1940s.
- Pre-concert reception at 6:30pm featuring a display of historic photographs of Houston from The Bailey Collection of The Heritage Society.
- Concert begins at 7:00pm.
- Free and open to the public.
- Concert will be at Bethany Christian Church, 3223 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77098.
- Click here for more information.
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