(Also see my MCRI Blog)
MCRI - Michigan Civil Rights Initiative - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
It’s one of today’s most explosive and compelling topics. Ask your listeners what they think of racial preferences and the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative and watch the calls come pouring in.
Fred Glaysher tells the truth about affirmative action and the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, what it means to Michigan and our nation. A fascinating, down-to-earth guest, Glaysher alerts your audience to why we need to end racial preferences in Michigan.
Expect many calls and even controversy as this former college instructor for over ten years and editor of the work of Robert Hayden, the most important African-American poet Michigan, as well as the country, has ever produced. Glaysher will help your audience understand the destructive way racial preferences actually work and why state-sponsored discrimination must end.
As a supporter of MCRI, Fred Glaysher was invited to hear Ward Connerly and Jennifer Gratz speak at the MCRI Conference, August 1, 2006, in Livonia, Michigan. Ask Glaysher all about what they had to say to their supporters in Michigan and what their strategy is for winning on November 7th. Fred Glaysher was also invited to speak about MCRI at the community forum at the Gerald R. Ford Museum on February 23, 2006, where he heard BAMN lawyer George Washington state what their strategy would be to defeat MCRI.
A veteran of over 230 interviews on the United Nations, here’s what hosts say about Glaysher:
"A powerful interview!" Margo LaGattuta, WPON, MI
"Very well done. I’d have him on again in a heartbeat." Roy Justice, KXIC, IA
"Great interview!" Lynn Thompson, WALL, NY;
"Good show!" Dave Miller, KNOX, ND
"I got several calls immediately" Ken Behrens, WJBC, IL;
"A great guest!" Mike Todd, KXEL, IA.
"An informative and articulate guest. We received excellent feedback!" Jessie Frees, WMTR, NJ; NY; MD; OH; IN; KT; TN; MO; FL; MS; S/ND; MN; WI; NE; CO; AZ; WA; CA; syndicated 189; New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Baltimore, DC, Atlanta, Detroit, St Louis, Denver, Louisville, Pittsburgh; Ontario; 230+ stations!MCRI interviews / forums: Gerald Ford Museum, WBCK Battle Creek, WTCM Traverse City, OWOF Chelsea, Wayne State University Law School.CREDENTIALS: Fred Glaysher is a writer, and editor of Robert Hayden’s Collected Prose (The University of Michigan Press) and Collected Poems–Hayden is widely considered the most important African-American poet Michigan, as well as the country, has ever produced. Among Glaysher’s books are Into the Ruins, 1999, and The Bower of Nil, 2002.
AVAILABILITY: For LIVE SHOWS ONLY. Will not appear on any forum with BAMN. Michigan, nationwide by arrangement and via telephone; available for last-minute interviews.
CONTACT: Fred Glaysher - Rochester Hills, Michigan 48306
SEE Glaysher’s MCRI Blog: Why Voters Should Approve the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative
http://www.fglaysher.com/MCRI/
SAMPLE Interview Questions
What is the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI)?
What would this proposal affect?
Isn’t some consideration of race needed to balance disparities that exist?
Wouldn’t passage of this proposal mean the end of Affirmative Action?
Will this proposal have “unintended consequences”?
MYTHS:
MCRI “ends all affirmative action”
Women are helped by the prescence of racial preferences in college admissions
Scientific research into breast cancer or other gender-specific diseases may be affected
Women sports and domestic violence shelters may be eliminated
Breast cancer screening centers may be eliminated
Race preferences are needed because of the disparities in public schools
“Race is only one of many factors”
“If MCRI passes there will be drastic and devasting effects”
AVAILABILITY: For LIVE SHOWS ONLY. Will not appear on any forum with BAMN. Michigan, nationwide by arrangement and via telephone; available for last-minute interviews.
CONTACT: Fred Glaysher - Rochester Hills, Michigan 48306
SEE Glaysher’s MCRI Blog: Why Voters Should Approve the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative
http://www.fglaysher.com/MCRI/
Do a Fascinating Show on the United NationsA Hit on Over 220 StationsIt’s one of today’s most explosive and compelling topics. Ask your listeners what they think of the United Nations and watch the calls come pouring in.Fred Glaysher tells the truth about the U.N. and what it means to our nation. A fascinating, down-to-earth guest, Glaysher alerts your audience to why we need the U.N. MORE THAN EVER AFTER 9/11.Expect many calls and even controversy as this political expert reveals: Which scourges of the 20th Century...including devastating war, racial
upheavals and cultural violence...could now become worse in the New Millennium without a stronger U.N. What he’s learned about the West (and our future) by living on an Arizona
reservation...and about East Asia in Japan, India and China. Whether most Americans support or spurn the U.N. Why it’s time for a U.N. World Democratic Federation, and what that means. What our nation’s political parties do to repeatedly place us in jeopardy. A timeline for the U.N.’s rapid reaction police force...elected house of
representatives...worldwide nuclear weapons security...and other reforms.Ask Glaysher all about the May 22-26, 2000 U.N. Millennium Forum and Summit
in September 2000.
"A powerful interview!" Margo LaGattuta, WPON, MI
"Very well done. I’d have him on again in a heartbeat." Roy Justice, KXIC, IA
"Great interview!" Lynn Thompson, WALL, NY; "Good show!" Dave Miller, KNOX, ND
"I got several calls immediately" Ken Behrens, WJBC, IL; "A great guest!" Mike Todd, KXEL, IA
"An informative and articulate guest. We received excellent feedback!" Jessie Frees, WMTR, NJ
NY; MD; OH; IN; KT; TN; MO; FL; MS; S/ND; MN; WI; NE; CO; AZ; WA; CA; syndicated 189; New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Baltimore, DC, Atlanta, Detroit, St Louis, Denver, Louisville, Pittsburgh; Ontario; 230+ stations!
CREDENTIALS: Fred Glaysher is a world-traveled author and former Fulbright and NEH Scholar whose expertise and knowledge of the United Nations and international politics makes him an excellent on-air guest. Member of the Fulbright, World Federalist, and U.N. Associations. An accredited participant in the UN Millennium Forum May 22-26, 2000. Among his books are INTO THE RUINS, 1999, and THE BOWER OF NIL, 2002, evoking a vision of the complexities of the 21st Century and global governance. AVAILABILITY: Michigan, nationwide by arrangement and via telephone; available for last-minute interviews. CONTACT: Fred Glaysher (MI).
-----Questions - All the more pertinent in the Aftermath of 9/11.
1) Will the new century bring global challenges we can’t face alone?2) What would happen here at home and around the world if our government neglectscommitment to the U.N. and its peace-keeping values?3) Why did Winston Churchill called for air squadrons "directed by the world organization"?4) Why should the UN be "the sole source of legitimacy on the use of force"?5) Former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali presented to the UN in 1992 an Agenda forPeace and in 1996 an Agenda for Democratization. What are they about?6) How would "a culture of democracy" on the international level create "a culture of peace"?7) Do you think Jesse Helms speaks for America when he and Republicans bash the UN?8) Is it in the best interest of our sovereignty to further develop the UN?9) Why do you think we must further democratize the UN and what does that mean?10) Why do you believe we should always pay our UN dues fully and on time?
My Main Points:1) Learn from experience of 20th Century on a human level - violent upheavals & war - support of the United Nations - Boutros Boutros-Ghali’s book Unvanquished2) A NEW Vision - global, beyond race - humankind - reinvigorate our own culture, world civilization, youth, sense of a new future, & further develop a democratic UN, for the 3rd millennium - Kofi Annan, "The collective interest is the national interest."
Frederick Glaysher, Into the Ruins, The Bower of NilDistributors: Baker & Taylor, Ingram
-----Other Questions or Topics:
Is our nation, our very way of life, in peril if we turn our backs on the United Nations?Why the failure of Congress to pass the CTBT (Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty) endangers the US.Why according to a Wirthlin Group poll 72% of the American people support the UN.Why we must form immediately a UN rapid reaction police force and consult on:
Making by 2020 NATO the UN’s Military Staff Committee.Creating by 2025 an Elected House of Representatives for the UN.Enhancing by 2030 the International Court of Justice into a full legal system.Entrusting by 2035 all nuclear weapons, as Churchill wanted, to the UN.Eliminating by 2040 the veto and restructuring the Security Council.Celebrating in 2045 Global Democratic Governance by the 100th anniversary of WW II.
Why it would have been in our own best interest to move towards many of these reforms at the UN Millennium Summit in September, 2000.
ALL THE MORE SO AFTER 9/11.