Emma Goldman & "Love, Anarchy and Other Affairs"

[BobGardner]

Dear members and friends: today we begin the next phase of the VFR Radio Theater Project.  Last summer we planted the seeds of this endeavor at a fundraising meeting, and all in attendance were excited about bringing radio theater to the airwaves again  (a staple of the early days of broadcast radio in this country).  When we floated the concept in other VFR circles, it was loudly supported.  When we floated the idea to other people and groups, we were met with hearty cheers and encouragement. We found immediate support from the local theatre group Serious Play! who in  turn  pitched the idea to us of a first performance of “Love, Anarchy, and Other Affairs,” by Jessica Litwak.   This is a play about the life and loves of Emma Goldman, and which has been performed in New York and other locals, and the playwright and lead actress is living here in the Valley, and is a sponsor of the project.  What could be better?

Emma Goldman, as many of you know, is a founder of the anarchist movement, plus an early feminist, labor activist and radical thinker in all ways.  The play traces a short period in her life when she was on the run from the law, and fearing for her life.   She was a Russian immigrant factory girl who became a labor activist/organizer and fiery orator on the speaker circuits in the early 1900's.  She fought for free speech, women's right and free love long before those concepts were popular.  We hope to bring her story to you and wider audiences through the medium of radio theater.  

There are of course significant costs for making this happen, as we will need to pay royalties, rent a professional studio, pay actors, etc. but we believe the end product will be outstanding, and will build strong  support and acclaim for the station.  

But this cannot all happen with the support of only a few of us.  It will truly take a large majority of us shoulder to shoulder pushing forward to reach this goal.  There is much you can do.  First and foremost, please make a donation of any size.  The best way to do this is through our crowd funding source—IndieGoGo.  There you can make a donation via a credit card, as well as seeing pieces of the production in our short video, plus further descriptions of the play, the actors, the playwright, and what we are trying to achieve.

IndieGoGo link:  http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/love-anarchy-other-affairs/x/2193363

The second big thing you could do to help involves drawing in your community or network by posting this to your friends by phone, email, or on Facebook, or anything similar.   Do you have your own blog or website?  Please help us by adding links there.  

On last idea: if you don’t have a credit card, or don’t want to use it, please consider sending us a check, earmarked for Emma, or even dropping a few dollars by the station. 

 

A PayPal donation via the Valley Free Radio website, with notation of Emma would also work.  

Only ALL of us pushing together will make this happen.  

Again the link to IndieGoGo is:

 http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/love-anarchy-other-affairs/x/2193363

Thanks for being a supporter of Valley Free Radio, your source for free and diverse thought and music!   -Bob Gardner

[Doug Reuter]

Hello,

I posted this to reddit, which lives and dies by people upvoting posts.  Please go to http://www.reddit.com/r/Anarchism/comments/19xpkj/i_volunteer_for_a_local_non_profit_radio_station/ And upvote with the arrow on the left!

Thanks

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[Doug Reuter]

And here http://www.reddit.com/r/shamelessplug/comments/19xqnx/i_volunteer_for_a_local_non_profit_radio_station/

Thanks!

[Stefan Ward-Wheten]

Fantastic idea, Doug. For those of you unfamiliar with Reddit, it's a site where people can link to interesting or useful things on the Internet for others to "vote" upon. More votes means more exposure. Reddit is one of the most highly-trafficked websites of its kind, and the "Anarchism" community has 36,000 subscribers. All we need is a tiny fraction of that to achieve our goal for this project.

It's really easy to set up an account: just create a username and a password. You don't even need an email address or any other identifying information. PLEASE help us out this way; this is the easiest publicity we're going to get. 

-Stefan

[Bob Gardner]

who can set this up.?

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Subject: Re: [valleyfreeradio:7062] Emma Goldman & "Love, Anarchy and Other Affairs"

[Stefan Ward-Wheten]

Hi, Bob,

Anyone and everyone can create a user account to log in and vote on the link that Doug posted- the idea is to get the submission to generate enough "upvotes" to give it as much visibility as possible. If you visit the Anarchism community right now (http://www.reddit.com/r/Anarchism/) you can see that the submission is currently on the front page there. That's great, but for a substantial amount of people to see it, we want it there for up to a day or so before it drops down to make way for newer content. Since Reddit doesn't require a verified email address, anybody can make an account to vote...or even multiple accounts! What matters is getting plus votes on it.

-Stefan