Sergio Monteiro Candidate Statement

I was born in Rio, Brazil, and keep my original culture intact. At the board I will be a voice and a vote for the Latino interests at the station. As a leftie I will side with the poor and oppressed classes. I will work in support of the local cultures, of the smaller cultural groups, whether it be of geographical origin as a Guatemalan native American, a black or a Korean, or of a social nature, as workers, GBLT or women, as opposed to the American homogenization model. I have not been brainwashed, I do not believe in “balanced presentation”, I take sides and am proud of doing so. If you want board members that vote in the middle of everything, then I am not your candidate; if you want a board member that is a committed leftie, then I am your guy.

As an LSB member I would have, as I had as a professor, the responsibility of moving ahead with the agenda. In the LSB case I will have to learn how to foster a good working environment within both the board and the station. This should not be understood as a spineless board though; I am a real leftie, am passionate about social issues and will do my best to work for a reverse in the current trend in the American society. Whether or not I will have the abilities to do so in this new venture for me – a board member – I cannot say because I have never acted in this capacity. I can say, though, that I am intellectually aware of the skills needed to create a good working environment.

I have been a KPFK listener for most of two decades I have been in the Los Angeles area, and a supporter of it for most of this time. I try to listen to most of the Spanish language programs at the end of the day, which are of the highest quality. I try to listen to Amy Goodman. I love Riku Matsuda’s energy and enthusiasm, being sorry that she is now only on alternate Thursdays.