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May a thousand values bloom ... Radio Free Richmond listeners can help each other thrive ... " ... everyone can become who they want to be. We seek to strengthen the weakest links in our society such that no-one can thrive on the pain and weakness of others."

A minority of people live as predators and parasites upon the sweat of your brow. The main way this happens is to take advantage of :

1)Your ignorance: (you don't know any better, "buyer beware" is worthless since you are not even Aware in order to BEware. Your life circumstance is ignorance, either because you have not had the chance to learn or those chances were denied you by other's desighns.
2)Your predicament: The "system" is just not set up for you and your values/needs.
You know better, but circumstances are such that the cost of defending yourself in one area opens you up for even worse loss or abuse in another area. Human sharks particularly love this situation because you must "willingly" become their victim. Loan Sharks, Rent-a-Centers etc fit into this department. Your predator is providing a "service" made unavailable by anyone else and you pay accordingly.
3)Your challenge-points: Your life circumstances create additional chances to innovate, what some people take for granted are options not available to you. "Disabilities" fit in this category also.
In the cases of behavioral issues, you know better, you are not in a predicament ... other than human weakness. You find yourself unwilling to accept the pain of depriving yourself something that is available to you. The loss following the indulgence is less than the loss of NOT indulging. Addictions fit into this category.

One of the purposes of community radio is to be a resource for those minority interest groups and minority people's whose culture, circumstances and/or human frailties are not considered worth defending by mainstream culture and therefore you are often the target of human sharks.

Our plan: To create a series of informational PSAs ... actually the Listener Information Service Series LISSs (as in LISSsten to the radio ...).
These are the categories that have been addressed at this time.
If you have a category that you would like to help develop, please email us.

If you would like to know more about an LIS that you have heard on the air, listen for the number mentioned at the end and refer to it below or at our LISS list page.
 
 
1)Your Ignorance

1a) What to do following a car wreck. 

1b) How to get arrested without getting hurt.

1c) Predator Watch (alerts of white collar criminal behavior that you may be exposed to
1c1) Phone Fraud
1c2) Fraudulent Offers

1d) You think you might have a disability ... 

 

2) Your Predicament:

2a) Attention Deficit Disorder

2b) So broke, you can't pay attention (everybody thinks you're stoned ...) Asperger?

2c) You are dependent ... on a broken car ... and don't want to be.

2d) Single Parenthood

2e) Stay-@-Home parenting

 

3) Your Challenge-points

3a) Health Care issues 

3b) Addiction Issues 

3c) Compulsion Issues 

3d) dixclestia