BRATTLEBORO-Vermont Independent Media (VIM), the publisher ofThe Commons and The Deerfield Valley News, Brattleboro Community Television (BCTV), and WVEW-LP will collectively welcome Democracy Now! founder and host Amy Goodman to a fundraiser reception Friday, June 19, at 5 p.m. at Sages (6 Flat St.).
Goodman has been touring the country to support Steal This Story, Please!, a documentary film that chronicles her life and career as an independent journalist.
While traveling, she actively attends fundraising events to champion independent media and community broadcasters that air her daily news program.
Founded in 1996, Democracy Now! is an hour-long independent news program broadcast daily on nearly 1,400 radio and television stations across the United States and Canada.
The program is carried on public and community radio stations like WVEW, on public access TV stations like BCTV, globally on satellite TV, and at democracynow.org. It reaches an audience of millions each day. Headlines are also broadcast in Spanish on radio stations across the U.S., Central and South America, and in Europe.
Attendees will have the opportunity to meet Goodman, get photos, and have her sign movie posters to take home.
Following the fundraiser-reception, Goodman will head to the Latchis for a 7 p.m. screening of Steal This Story, Please! followed by a post-film discussion with her brother, journalist David Goodman, who hosts VTDigger’s podcast Vermont Conversation.
To register for the fundraising reception, visit bit.ly/869-goodman-fundraiser.
Tickets for the film are $16, or $15 in advance at bit.ly/869-steal-please.
This News item was submitted to The Commons.