This Saturday, July 26, join Amy Goodman and Charlayne Hunter-Gault at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven at a benefit for the WVVY 93.7-FM, the Island’s community radio station, and public broadcasting’s Democracy Now! The event is co-sponsored by Martha’s Vineyard Community Television, Channel 13, and the ACLU of Massachusetts.
Ms. Hunter-Gault, a Vineyard summer resident and renowned author and journalist will introduce Ms. Goodman, the award-winning host of Democracy Now! The largest public media collaboration in the United States, the pioneering show is broadcast on Pacifica, NPR, on public access, PBS, and satellite television, among other outlets including the Internet.
According to its website, Democracy Now!’s War and Peace Report provides access to people and perspectives rarely heard in the U.S. corporate-sponsored media, including independent and international journalists, ordinary people from around the world who are directly affected by U.S. foreign policy, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics and independent analysts. It hosts real debates between people who substantially disagree, such as between the White House or the Pentagon spokespeople on the one hand, and grassroots activists on the other.
Ms. Goodman will sign copies of the book, “The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope,” which she co-wrote with Denis Moynihan, with a foreword by Michael Moore.
WVVY 93.7 is a community station on Martha’s Vineyard that began its low wattage broadcasts in 2007. It boasts an eclectic collection of shows featuring music and commentary, most produced by locals. An interview with Ms. Goodman by West Tisbury resident Rob Myers will be broadcast on WVVY daily at 8:05 am, 11:05 am, 4:05 pm, 8:05 pm, and 11:05 pm leading up to the event.
Amy Goodman and Charlayne Hunter-Gault Benefit for WVVY and Democracy Now! Saturday, July 26, 7 pm, Katharine Cornell Theatre, Vineyard Haven. $10, tickets available at Bunch of Grapes Bookstore in Vineyard Haven, online at democracynow.org, and at the door.
There is a special pre-event catered reception from 5 to 6:30 pm, on the same day, with Ms. Goodman and Ms. Hunter-Gault at the Beach Plum Inn in Chilmark. Tickets to the reception are $75 and include entry to the lecture.
