[cma-l] Homeless Marathon - Press release

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Liz Hardwick" <liz at prescap.co.uk>

 Hello all,


Below is the press release for a project in Kansas City about Homelessness.
We broadcast the programme last year and are going to again this year.


You can take the stream as live, or download the packaged hours after the
event to broadcast on your station.


We found the content last year very interesting, hard hitting and real, and
a fabulous focus to balance against local issues you may have other content
on.


Info and contacts below.


Liz



Liz Hardwick

Station Manager / Technician

PRESCAP Community Radio Project

Website - http:// <goog_1766668327>www.preston.fm

Postal – Preston FM, PRESCAP Ltd. Arts & Media Centre, Fox Street, Preston,
Lancashire, PR1 2AB

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Registered charity number 1046936.

P Please consider the environment - do you really need to print this e-mail?


>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: Jeremy Alderson [mailto:radio at lightlink.com]
> Sent: 24 January 2011 19:21
> To: Liz Hardwick
> Subject: The (next) Homelessness Marathon
>
> Hi Liz,
>
> Our next broadcast is coming up.  It will start at midnight, 00:00
> UTC on the night of Feb. 23rd and end at 14:00 UTC on Thursday, Feb. 24th.
> Would you be interested in carrying any of it, either live or, as before,
> after the live broadcast is over?
>
> A copy of our current press release is below.
>
> Best,
>
> Jeremy Weir Alderson
>
> Director, Homelessness Marathon
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>
> CONTACT:
>
> - Jeremy Weir Alderson, director, Homelessness Marathon, 607-546-2084
>
> - Jeff Humfeld, KKFI, 816-921-8231
>
> - Desiree Monize, executive director, Hope Faith Ministries,
> 816-471-4673
>
> - Richard Tripp, director, Care of Poor People, Inc., 816-920-6119
>
>      14TH ANNUAL HOMELESSNESS MARATHON TO ORIGINATE FROM KANSAS CITY, MO
>
>        "Why not do the right thing?" to be broadcast's theme
>
> The 14th Annual Homelessness Marathon will originate from Kansas
> City, Missouri on the night of February 23, 2011.  The broadcast will
start at 6
> p.m. Central Time and end at 8 a.m. CST the next morning.  The broadcast
will be
> on over 100 American radio stations, and it will be carried by Free Speech
> Television, channel 9415 on the Dish Network. 40 Canadian radio stations
will be
> carrying a parallel Canadian Homelessness Marathon, and the two broadcasts
will
> link for an hour.
>
>                 -----
>
> "If we really looked at who is homeless, I think we'd feel a lot of
> remorse for the way our country is treating its most disadvantaged
people." -
> unidentified voice, official Kansas City, MO Task Force on Homelessness
video.
>
>                 -----
>
> The Homelessness Marathon is coming to Kansas City because Kansas
> City represents heartland America, where home and community are sacred
> values. Yet in Kansas City, according to the Homeless Services Coalition,
there are
> around 13,000 homeless people and fewer than 3000 beds to accommodate
them.
> This kind of disparity is common across America, but why shouldn't Kansas
City
> lead the way in putting a roof over every head?  We're asking Kansas City,
> "Why not do the right thing?"
>
>                 -----
>
> "It's not getting any better.  It's getting worse." - Charley German,
> chairman
>
> Kansas City Task Force on Homelessness
>
>                 -----
>
> The Homelessness Marathon could not exist without the support of
> dedicated
>
> community groups. The 14th Marathon's hosts on the ground in Kansas
> City are Care of Poor People, Inc. and Hope Faith Ministries.  The
broadcast
> will originate from outside the new Hope Faith facility at 705 Virginia
> Ave. Our hosts on the air will be Kansas City's 100,000 watts community
radio
> station, KKFI.  We are grateful for their participation.
>
>                 -----
>
> "KKFI is pleased to contribute to the dialog on homelessness and what
> we should do about it." - Jeff Humfeld, KKFI
>
> More information about the Homelessness Marathon may be found at
>
> http://www.homelessnessmarathon.org
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