We can be better. But “Great Again?” They may be slanderous words. When were our doors open so often, our schedule of programs so diverse, our rooms so filled with civic and creative use? Never. Our performance on nearly every possible ranking continues to trend upward sometimes doubling prior periods. Tell me exactly what is … Continue reading Better, But …
Question and Response: Free Speech
Q: What does Free Speech mean to you? Answers from Community TV Volunteers on Martin Luther King Day 2017: Ability to express who I am. Not a right, a need Ability to speak your mind freely, openly, and honestly without fear of prejudice or mockery or punishment Ability to voice your opinions America! A privilege … Continue reading Question and Response: Free Speech
What are your filters?
How do you listen? What is in the media you select? Are you open to discovery, conversation, and engagement to be better informed, or have you set our own filters to tune into those you have decided to trust or causes which you decided to care about? Are you ignoring, distrusting, or growing more unaware? … Continue reading What are your filters?
When You Stop in to Complain …
When you stop in to complain … we first determine if you know anything about us. If you do not pass the quick assessment of knowing us, then you will be given some basic information but not much valuable, unpaid time of volunteers. Why? Because we know you are not a regular viewer or follower … Continue reading When You Stop in to Complain …
Why choose symbols to express yourself
Free Speech: Symbolic protest against injustice and name-calling of those that protest injustice. All lawful. If you want to be heard or make-a-difference you choose your platform and symbols and take action with the courage because there will be haters that will try to take you down, obliterate your message and derail your purpose. Free … Continue reading Why choose symbols to express yourself
Does copyright law provides us with a First Amendment-free zone
Whether the alleged use is a ‘political statement’ or not, whether it is a ‘parody’, or not: the decision for someone to express themselves—whether quoting a news article, an opponent or the lyrics of a Pokemon song, we must remember it is the speech of the person who chooses to make it AND considerations of … Continue reading Does copyright law provides us with a First Amendment-free zone
R/Evolution: Community Media Moment to be, or not to be
What are the reasonable needs of a community of 45,000 in central CT for access to a means to create, distribute, or merely view media in the public interest? The presumption of those legislatively enabling community media programs or establishing transparency guidelines has been: Reasonable need is determined based on dialogue between citizen advocates and … Continue reading R/Evolution: Community Media Moment to be, or not to be
How to be true to Free Speech (Parrhesia)
What is Free Speech? Is it a prayer, picture, song, rap, poem, story, tweet, blog, flag, bumper-sticker, money, or video even one captured via smartphone? Is it what a politician says to followers, a preacher to those in the pews, a conversation at dinner, a lesson in a classroom, a made for TV movie? Is … Continue reading How to be true to Free Speech (Parrhesia)
Who is Freeman P Quinn, 1st
Freeman P Quinn, 1st is the Free Speech Ambassador of WPAA-TV and Community Media Center. The slogan “Be Freeman” means to become digitally literate and be open to the opinion of others, not to adopt or follow, but to adjust your own knowing. The tag #AnyoneCanBeFreeman suggests that anyone can be an ambassador of informed free … Continue reading Who is Freeman P Quinn, 1st
Messages from God … Freeman says
In-person and on-line today, senior women saying they are hearing the voice of God connected with Freeman. This is the Home of Free Speech and the in-person visit by the resident needed to get the same access to resource usage as anyone else. I tried to discern if she had skills to relay stories, share … Continue reading Messages from God … Freeman says