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For Pacifica National Board Chair: Dr. Julianne Malveaux, a distinguished educator, activist, WPFW broadcaster, author and syndicated columnist
For PNB Vice-chair, Perri “Mama PK” McCary, Houston-based Sankofa-process leader, former host of the Peace Hour, KPFT LSB member and Community Advisory Board chair
For PNB Secretary, Donna Carter from KPFA, community and labor activist in CA Nurses Association and LSB and PNB member was removed from the ballot
For PNB Treasurer, Kamau Harris, chair of the WPFW Local Station Board, business owner, accountant, and financial data analyst at a non-profit hospital was also removed from the ballot
Note that the underlined names above and below link to their candidate statements on https://elections.pacifica.org.
Listeners and staff at all five stations had until July 11 at 11:59 pm Pacific time to make nominations. PNB board officers needed 100 nominations with some coming from at least 3 different stations.
For National Staff directors: Ninel Centeno, Spanish-language programmer at KPFK and a community and labor organizer, and Sally Gellert, a community activist and programmer at WBAI in the NY/NJ area.
Staff at all five stations can eventually vote for those two positions, a major reduction in staff representation.
For station listener director: at KPFK, Michael Novick was recently taken off the ballot by the NES. At KPFA, Cheryl Davila; at KPFT, Vinisha PatelAdams; at WPFW, Michele Tingling-Clemmons; and at WBAI, two candidates from within the Coalition, James Sagurton and Sharonne Salaam are all either removed from the ballot (Davila) or kept off the ballot.
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DISCLAIMER: This is not an official Pacifica Foundation, Inc. website nor an official website of any of the five Pacifica Foundation, Inc. Radio Stations (KPFA Radio, KPFK Radio, KPFT Radio, WBAI Radio, WPFW Radio). Opinions and facts alleged on this site belong to the author(s) of the website only and should NOT be assumed to be true or to reflect the editorial stance or policy of the Pacifica Foundation, Inc., or any of the five Radio Stations (KPFA Radio, KPFK Radio, KPFT Radio, WBAI Radio, WPFW Radio), or the opinions of its management, Pacifica National Board, station staff, or other listener members.
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