[PEN-L:2361] New: TVFA-Announce - National TV-Turnoff Week (fwd)

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> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 15:36:51 -0500 (EST)
> From: Monte Burke <mburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: New: TVFA-Announce - National TV-Turnoff Week
>
> Are you worried about how much TV Americans watch?  Are you
> distressed about the negative impact that excessive
> television-watching has on public health,families and
> communities, the environment, education and literacy?
>
> TV-Free America is establishing a new list for educators,
> parents, citizens and journalists seeking information about the
> second annual National TV-Turnoff Week, April 24-30, 1996.
>
> The huge success of the 1995 TV-Turnoff (more than 1,000,000
> people and 4,000 schools participated) demonstrated that a solid
> one-week recess from TV helps establish conditions that allow for
> more family interaction, reading, volunteering, exercising,
> enjoyment of nature, taking part in community affairs, thinking,
> creating and doing.  Momentum is rapidly growing for the 1996
> Turnoff in which we expect 3-4 million people to participate.
>
> National TV-Turnoff Week is endorsed by dozens of national
> organizations including the: American Medical Association,
> American Federation of Teachers, Natural Resources Defense Fund,
> National Association for the Education of Young Children,
> National Association of Elementary School Principals,
> American Psychiatric Association, National
> Parenting Association, Children's Defense Fund, Congress of
> National Black Churches, Literacy Volunteers of America and
> Libraries For the Future.
>
> TV-Free America is a national nonprofit organization the
> encourages Americans to reduce, voluntarily and dramatically, the
> amount of television that they watch in order to promote richer,
> healthier and more connected lives, families and communities.
> More than 50% of TVFA's funding comes from individual
> memberships.
>
> Among the resources this list will furnish are:
>
> 1)   Information on how to become actively involved in the
> National TV-Turnoff Week and  TV-Free America;
> 2)   Articles from TVFA publications and national news stories
> about our programs;
> 3)   Lists of studies, recommended reading, facts and statistics
> about TV.
>
> To subscribe to TVFA-ANNOUNCE, send the following command to
> <listproc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> in the body of the e-mail message:
>
> SUBSCRIBE  TVFA-ANNOUNCE   YOURFIRSTNAME   YOURLASTNAME
>
> For example: SUBSCRIBE TVFA-ANNOUNCE   JOHN DOE
>
> This list is moderated by Monte Burke, Campaign Organizer for
> TV-Free America.
>
> List owner: Monte Burke, one-time spammer who has since learned
>  a very important lesson.  <mburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>
> Monte Burke			email: mburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> TV-Free America
> 1322 18th Street, NW #300
> Washington, DC 20036
> ph:202.887.0436
> fax:202.887.0438
>
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