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My name is SARKIS GHAZARIAN and I am a candidate
for the KPFK Local Station Board. I work at Glendale Community College
as a counselor working with low-income, educationally disadvantaged
and immigrant students. I have worked at GCC for 20 years. Prior
to GCC, I worked for 5 years as an editor for an Armenian community
newspaper and for 5 years as director of a community based social
service agency helping Armenian immigrants and senior citizens.
I have also worked with disabled individuals for the City of Los
Angeles and the Exceptional Children's Foundation as a rehabilitation
counselor. I have a masters degree in rehabilitation counseling
from USC and a bachelors degree in sociology from UCLA. I have a
license as a Marriage and Family Therapist
I want to serve as a member of the KPFK LSB because
I want to play a role in helping KPFK achieve its goal of being
a radio station that provides an alternative and progressive news
and information source for people of Southern California. I believe
that the LSB has to provide the leadership to also make KPFK a transparent
organization that is governed in a democratic and fair process to
attempt to meet the growing needs of a very diverse community. We
need to find ways to reach a younger generation of potential listeners
who have many options from which to obtain news and information.
I want to be part of a team that will help KPFK a radio station
that helps people become informed about the world from a progressive
perspective utilizing objective and comprehensive news sources and
individuals. Also, I feel that it is vital that KPFK prepare a future
general of trained radio program hosts, producers, general managers,
program directors, reporters, news writers and fund raisers through
its own training programs available to the community and interested
college students.
My community involvement includes the following:
- Pyunic, Armenian Association for the Disabled: President
of this non-profit organization to help provide programs and
service to disabled children and young adults in Armenia. We
raise funds and provide technical expertise to carry out these
programs by our staff in Armenia.
- California State University School of School Work Advisory
Board: Serve as community representative to provide input on
educational programs for both the B.S. and M.S.W. programs.
- Los Angeles City Commissioner: 2004-2006 The Department of
Building & Safetys Disabled Accesses Appeals Commission.
- Verdugo Hills Mental Health Center: Member of the Board of
Directors for this community based agency to provide mental
health services and programs to children and adults. Agency
is based in Glendale and serves clients in the Glendale, Burbank,
Montrose, La Crescenta areas.
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