Some of our friends and viewers have decided to step up in a big way for Link TV. They've issued matching grants to urge all of you to show your support for independent media. Now, we need you to rise to the challenge and meet their matching grants today. When you do, it's really like you are doubling your impact on Link TV!
So make an impact and support Link TV with a generous donation today -- and take a look below at some of our superfans who have risen to the Link challenge, helping us build a better media.
We received a truly extraordinary gift of $40,000 from a longtime donor in Arizona, who believes strongly in the future of Link TV. We’re calling on our viewers to double your impact and match this gift before this pledge drive is over.
Dean Cycon is the owner of Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Company, a certified 100% organic, fair trade, and kosher coffee roasting operation in Orange, Massachusetts, USA. Dean has over thirty years of development and activism work in indigenous communities and coffee villages around the world.
Dean is a co-founder of Coffee Kids (non-profit development group), and of Cooperative Coffees, the world's first fair trade roaster's cooperative. He created Dean's Beans to prove that business can promote positive economic, social, and environmental change at the third world source, but also be profitable at the same time. Dean's Beans has grown steadily over the past sixteen years and has stayed on its mission. Learn more at www.deansbeans.com |
The Chairman of Link TV's board Don Buder is challenging you to step up and match his $5,000 leadership gift today -- he's giving one dollar for each dollar donated up to $5,000 to help Link TV's mission thrive.
Dorothy Polash - $5,000 Challenge!Dorothy Polash is the co-founder of a charter high school that is now one of the top performing schools in the nation. Dorothy introduced Link TV to the school and now the channel is used in their history and English classes. Dorothy says, "Education is our building block. We need good, strong, knowledgeable youth who can take over this society and make it a better place. These young people need to know about the world. That's why I support Link TV. I love the idea of Television Without Borders; a place where we can see all points of view. That's why I am issuing this $5,000 challenge grant to you -- so we can make sure this amazing channel is here for our children and generations to come." |
Neda Nobari migrated from Iran to the US at age 15 to pursue education, and opportunities not available in her home country. After graduating from SFSU in 1984, Neda joined bebe Stores Inc. where she took on an active role in developing the business until 2006. In 2007, Neda founded her private foundation with a vision to promote and support the silenced voices in our society while providing second chances to individuals going through a temporary difficult stage of life. The Neda Nobari Foundation embraces positive and transformational change and supports organizations that participate in the empowerment of the human potential.
Trina Nagele - $2,000 Challenge!From Santa Paula, CA, Trina Nagele is a huge fan of her "idol" Amy Goodman, and James Zogby. She works actively in animal rights and has worked as an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher. Trina loves to travel and has studied abroad, including as a Fullbright Student in Vienna. One of her passions is poetry writing.
Susan Clark is a cinema actress (Coogans Bluff, Skin Game, Night Moves), also known for her role as "Katherine" on the American television sitcom Webster, which she created with her real-life husband, Alex Karras, the professional football player (Detroit Lions), professional wrestler, and actor.
Susan and Alex are deeply concerned about the lack of transparency and candor currently on most news outlets. They find Link TV to be a rare place which presents truth and allows viewers to experience in-depth investigations of issues affecting us all.
Jamal Dajani - $500 Challenge!Mosaic - World News from the Middle East's co-creator and original producer Jamal Dajani is Vice President of Middle East, North Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean at Internews Network. His duties include developing and managing the overall MENA/LAC portfolio and regional offices; establishing the strategic vision for Internews projects and presence in the MENA/LAC region, and working with local teams in identifying MENA and LAC strategies to be presented to the donor community.
In the last year, Jamal has been working directly with the media in the Middle East. He was in Libya during the fall of Ghaddafi, in Tunisia at the birth of the Arab Spring, and in Egypt as Democracy was born. But Jamal still supports the show he helped to create, Mosaic, because it is one of most important sources he turns to for breaking news in the region.
Abdallah Edwan is a Palestinian-American entrepreneur and expert on Middle East affairs. Abdallah was born in the West Bank city of Hebron and moved to the US to seek higher education. In 1997, Abdallah and his wife, Sandra, started their own business, operating a successful restaurant in San Francisco's Mission District.
He later became co-producer of Mosaic - World News from the Middle East, a daily news program airing on Link TV. In the last seven years, he has co-produced over 2,000 of installments of Mosaic and he's currently Mosaic's Senior Producer. Monitoring the news from various media outlets throughout the Middle East, he produces the Peabody Award-winning daily half-hour program that focuses on major political developments in the Middle East while highlighting the region's culture and history.
Jim Miller - $500 Challenge!Fan and friend Jim Miller from Geyserville, CA, has a hunger for knowledge that draws him to Link TV so that, in Jim's words, he doesn't become "an old, stale piece of cheese!" Hear more about what Link means to Jim: | Ann Maurice - $500 Challenge!Longtime Link TV viewer and contributor Ann Maurice from Occidental, CA, has a passion for foreign films and world culture that turned her into a strong supporter of the channel. Learn more about Ann's passion for Link: | ||||||||
