[cma-l] Contribute to Radio 1812 for International Migrants Day in December

[Cathy Aitchison]

Calling all community radio stations, groups and individuals
Are you taking part in Radio 1812 for International Migrants Day in 
December?
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Radio 1812 ( http://www.radio1812.net ) is a transnational radio 
marathon for International Migrants Day on Saturday 18th December, 
co-ordinated by the Brussels-based NGO December 18 
(http://www.december18.net ) . 2010 is its fifth year.

As part of the overall Radio 1812, London Link Radio has a UK 
co-ordinating and publicity website here http://radio1812uk.wordpress.com
We'll also be streaming from there on the day itself.

We do hope you'll take part in some way.
You don't have to be streaming/broadcasting on the actual day - you 
could either:
~ clip non-copyright selection(s) from earlier show(s) and send them to 
us to stream as part of our schedule on Sat 18th December.
~ clip non-copyright parts and add them yourselves to the Radio 1812 
main website (via http://www.radio1812.net/listen-and-share-audio ) as 
audio on demand.
~ list a show which you might be streaming on a date close to 18th Dec 
as a special for International Migrants Day - we would make a link from 
our website to the your website for full details
~ put audio on demand on your own website and let us know the details

Contributions from individual volunteers are also welcome. eg. to take 
part, you could pre-record an interview or collect voxpops in your area.

There are no set themes, but this year we suggest the following as 
highlights:
~ personal stories from migrants and their new communities, whether here
or elsewhere
~ creative writing, poetry etc from people with personal experience of
migration
~ push and pull factors in migration (push=factors driving people from
somewhere, pull=factors attracting people to somewhere)
~ environment/climate change as a push factor - stories from people who
have experienced and migrated from environmental degradation in their
homeland
~ 'Point of Entry' : voices from areas which have a
high proportion of migrants because of something in their area (a port,
an airport, a UK Border Agency office or centre etc)

Please contact us as soon as possible with your plans/ideas and we’ll 
include you in the list of those taking part.
NB:
~ focus on the local, the concrete and the human stories involved
~ short and simple pieces can be very effective – indeed, if delivered 
early they are more effective than highly crafted pieces delivered at 
the last minute!

Items can be published on our website http://radio1812uk.wordpress.com 
and/or the main Radio 1812 website as soon as they are ready. Anything 
published early is more likely to get picked up and used by other radio 
stations as well.

Look forward to hearing from you.
Cathy Aitchison
London Link Radio
020 8684 2445
http://www.londonlinkradio.net
http://radio1812uk.wordpress.com