Award-winning host of “Democracy Now!,” Amy Goodman will visit Davis to discuss her new book, Breaking the Sound Barrier at a benefit for KDRT 95.7 FM & KDVS, 90.3 FM, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 from 7-9 p.m. in Social Sciences 1100 on the UC Davis campus. Denis Moyhihan, of Democracy Now! and editor of the book, will introduce Amy. Brief welcoming comments will be made by Dr. Jesse Drew, Chair of the Program in Technocultural Studies at UC Davis. Advance tickets are available at Davis Media Access, 1623 Fifth Street in Davis, (530) 757-2419 and should be available at the door as well.
A pre-event reception with Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan, will be held at The International House, 10 College Park in Davis from 6-6:45pm on the same evening. Reception tickets are $100 and include a copy of the book with special signing, wine & fine appetizers from Inspiration Point Catering, and reserved seating at the lecture. The I House is a quick walk to the lecture hall, and a large parking garage is on en route. Pre-event Reception Tickets available from Davis Media Access (payment by Paypal), or by bringing a check to DMA at 1623 Fifth Street. (530) 757-2419.
Purchase tickets quickly as these events are sure to sell out.
$20 General Admission Tickets available from tickets.com
$10 Student and $20 General Admission Tickets available at the UCD Freeborn Hall Ticket Office A limited number of general admission tickets are also available at Davis Media Access.
Goodman is an award-winning investigative journalist, columnist for King Features Syndicate, author, and the host/executive producer of “Democracy Now!” airing on nearly 800 stations worldwide. Goodman is the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize' for "developing an innovative model of independent grassroots political journalism that brings to millions of people the alternative voices that are often excluded by the mainstream media." Along with her brother, journalist David Goodman, she is the author of three New York Times bestsellers: Standing Up to the Madness, Static, and The Exception to the Rulers.
Breaking the Sound Barrier (Haymarket Books, 2009) shuns the “experts” who, in Goodman’s words, “know so little about so much, explain the world to us, and get it so wrong”—and allows the voices corporate media excludes and ignores to be heard loud and clear. From community organizers in New Orleans, to the courageous American soldiers who’ve said “no” to Washington’s wars, to the victims of torture and police violence, we are given the extraordinary opportunity to hear ordinary people standing up and speaking out. The book includes a forward by Emmy Award-winning journalist Bill Moyers, and is edited by Denis Moynihan, CEO of Free Speech Television.
The event is sponsored by the Program in Technocultural Studies at UC Davis, with additional sponsorship provided by The Hallmark Inn in Davis.
More information is available at http://kdrt.org or http://kdvs.org, or by calling Davis Media Access at (530) 757-2419.
Here is a map to the International House, 10 College Park, Davis, CA 95616. It is pinned at A. In the lower half of the map you can see the Social Sciences Building. Room 1100 is in there.
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