All programmers are REQUIRED to take this training, which focuses on the FCC's rules and regulations for broadcast.  Only one session is needed.  Training takes approximately an hour and a half. 

Next FCC Trainings:
TBA

All trainings are held in the conference room of the Nashville Peace & Justice Center, 4732 W. Longdale Drive, on the grounds of Southminster Presbyterian Church. 

Longdale Drive is off Harding Place, at Danby Drive, which is east of I-65 at the Harding Place exit.  Take Harding to Danby (there is a light) turn toward the church, then take the first right onto Longdale.  NPJC is on the corner of Longdale and Danby. 

Like all trainings, FCC training is free and open to the public.  To register, contact ginny@radiofreenashville.org   Training is limited to 30.

Come by the Radio Free Nashville booth at Grimey's Big Ass Spring Sale, SATURDAY, APRIL 19 11am - 7pm.   This year the sale coincides with the first annual Record Store Day, a national event celebrating independent record stores.  In this day of corporate takeover of all things musical, supporting independent record retailers is vitally important.  Grimey's will have live music starting at noon, Yazoo beer on tap, food vendors and great deals on records and CD's.  Plus you can learn about how you can become part of RFN!

·           Friday, May 16, 9 am to 4 pm - Special Strategy Session for Key Tennessee Leaders conducted by George Healey and Sandra Hinson of the Grassroots Policy Project (GPP). Since 1993, GPP has been working with progressive organizations such as the faith-based network Gamaliel Foundation, community-based organizations like Citizen Action of Milwaukee, statewide organizations and coalitions like TakeAction Minnesota, Ocean State Action and the Iowa Citizen Action Network as well as regional and national networks.   They will help us understand their Three Faces of Power model for building long-term strategic shifts in public policy.

·               Friday May 17, 6:30 to 10 pm – TAP Celebration, Long Haul Awards and Silent Auction. Jim Hightower, America’s #1 Populist has been invited to be our keynote speaker.  National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow, Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks. He’s the publisher of the award-winning Hightower Lowdown newsletter.

·               Saturday, May 17 – 9 am to 4:30 pm, People’s Day at Compass. Workshops on environmental sustainability, economic justice, spirituality and politics, and democracy and communication, film, keynote speakers, networking, the 2008 Elections, and a special Hip Hop Workshop that will activate Nashville’s youth through poetry, spoken word and music. During Lunch we will show a documentary about the Cradle to Prison Pipeline with Lissa McCloud of the Children’s Defense Fund leading a conversation afterwards.    The Cradle to Prison Pipeline is an urgent national crisis at the intersection of race and poverty that puts a disproportionate number of young men of color behind bars.