04.25.07
Power of our One Voice
MDR Community,
We are learning every day the power of our Unified Voice. Roberts Broadcasting is “banning programming and music lyrics that it deems violent, sexist and racist” from its Hip-Hop radio station. Russell Simmons is now recommending eliminating certain words from radio play and deeming them “extreme curse words.”
Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, the NAACP, and community organizations like Mothers In Action are stepping up with campaigns to address the misogyny, degradation and violence in the current mainstream rap market.
As a community, we are understanding and exercising the power of our One Voice. This work requires the whole community–not just those public figures we deem leaders–to stand in unity and SPEAK!
This is our last Wednesday in April. Again today, we will be emailing, calling and faxing the radio stations and broadcast companies. We are not asking them to bleep out a few explicit words. We are calling for 24 hours of rest from songs whose lyrical content is misogynistic, degrading and disrespectful in nature. We are calling for 24 hours of music programming that respectfully represents women. We are calling for a day to honor and elevate ourselves on the public airwaves.
Please visit the Community Action section of the MDR blog (www.mothersdayradio.com/blog4) for instructions, a list of stations and contact information, and for the MDR official cover letter to be included in your emails. Let us set a record today in call ins, emails and faxes.
We are the One Voice, the collective momentum, that can create a shift in the recording and broadcast industries. Our work has just begun.
A friend recently sent me this quote and I share it with you. “Courage is not the absence of fear, but the decision that something else is more important.” –Ambrose Redmoon
Let us make the decision to be courageous and ensure that our ONE VOICE is heard!
~Shaunelle Curry, Executive Director of Mother’s Day Radio
