Friends of Thirteen for Protect My Public Media at Winter's Eve in New York City, December 2, 2013
On Monday, December 2, 2013, Friends of Thirteen, Inc. and WNET were front and center at the 14th annual Winter's Eve, New York City's largest public holiday festival. WNET opened up the Tisch/WNET Studios at Lincoln Center and invited the public in: guests had the opportunity to meet Curious George and Daniel Tiger, catch a glimpse behind the scenes of a television studio and sit behind the PBS Newshour Weekend Edition desk.
Friends of Thirteen were on hand in the studio talking directly to visitors about the important role that public media plays in everyone's life. Specifically, Friends were advocating on behalf of Protect My Public Media: This campaign activates audiences to support federal funding for public media by taking a stand for the local stations and programs they love, both through sending letters and stories to congress and through mobilizing other public media consumers to take action in their home states and cities.
Friends of Thirteen spoke directly with community members from New York and beyond about this important initiative and secured 104 new supporters of Protect My Public Media. When asked to sign up to protect public media, people did so without hesitation -- it was simply a no-brainer. And it wasn't just parents signing up after a visit with Curious George; one three-year old, Nicholas, insisted his mother sign both her name and his. The program he wanted to protect? "Ms. Ifill on Friday nights!"
On Monday, December 2, 2013, Friends of Thirteen, Inc. and WNET were front and center at the 14th annual Winter's Eve, New York City's largest public holiday festival. WNET opened up the Tisch/WNET Studios at Lincoln Center and invited the public in: guests had the opportunity to meet Curious George and Daniel Tiger, catch a glimpse behind the scenes of a television studio and sit behind the PBS Newshour Weekend Edition desk.
Friends of Thirteen were on hand in the studio talking directly to visitors about the important role that public media plays in everyone's life. Specifically, Friends were advocating on behalf of Protect My Public Media: This campaign activates audiences to support federal funding for public media by taking a stand for the local stations and programs they love, both through sending letters and stories to congress and through mobilizing other public media consumers to take action in their home states and cities.
Friends of Thirteen spoke directly with community members from New York and beyond about this important initiative and secured 104 new supporters of Protect My Public Media. When asked to sign up to protect public media, people did so without hesitation -- it was simply a no-brainer. And it wasn't just parents signing up after a visit with Curious George; one three-year old, Nicholas, insisted his mother sign both her name and his. The program he wanted to protect? "Ms. Ifill on Friday nights!"
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