Vote for all 9 SaveKPFA candidates in this fall’s Local Station Board elections! Read what we stand for, then look for your ballot in the mail. DEADLINE for ballots to be received in New York is December 11, so don’t delay! [Questions on how to request a duplicate ballot? Read this.]
Craig Alderson is a long-time Berkeley resident and union activist, who works at both UC Berkeley and the Berkeley teachers’ union. He’s currently appointed as the secretary of the KPFA Local Station Board. | READ Craig’s statement
Paula Erkkila, a writer and a retired public sector MD and Occupy activist, lives in the Guerneville/Cazadero area of Sonoma County. She’s an active supporter of KPFA and has been attending Local Station Board meetings for the past year. | READ Paula’s statement
Jose Luis Fuentes-Roman was born in San Salvador, El Salvador in 1968, and is now a people’s lawyer in Oakland California. | READ Jose’s statement
Kate Gowen has listened to KPFA for 20 years and has been an ardent supporter of the station for the last decade. She lives in Petaluma and works at a small herbal extract production company. | READ Kate’s statement
Mark Hernandez is a computer network technologist who lives in Fresno. He is a member of the Fresno Free College Foundation/KFCF Board of Directors and served as a member of the KPFA Local Advisory Board/Local Station board, 1999-2008. | READ Mark’s statement
Dan Siegel is an Oakland civil rights attorney who has been a political activist since the 1960s. Since 1968, he has been active with KPFA/Pacifica serving as the network’s general counsel and its interim executive director, as well as being a member of the Pacifica National Board and KPFA’s Local Station Board. | READ Dan’s statement
Carole Travis is a retired union leader and attorney from Chicago. An activist supporter of Occupy, Oscar Grant, and peace and justice generally, she is currently helping on the Pelican Bay Anti-Solitary Confinement lawsuit. | READ Carole’s statement
Barbara Whipperman currently volunteers as the KPFA LSB treasurer and lives in Richmond. She’s a retired administrative worker, former nursery school teacher, and long-time active supporter of KPFA. | READ Barbara’s statement
Burton White is a former KPFA public affairs staff member and is now a labor arbitrator who lives in Oregon. He listens to KPFA on the web, and if elected, has pledged to attend all LSB meetings in person. | READ Burton’s statement
