Comment by Glenda Bailey-Mershon on May 24, 2011 at 20:31

I had promised to post something earlier about Miley Cyrus' "Gypsy Hearts" Tour. I have not yet written a letter, but I know that Bill Bila has and perhaps he will post it or give us permission to post it here. For those of you who would like to educate Miss Miley about why she should not use the name of an ethnic group as a romantic stereotype to promote her work:

Here's the link to her concert dates and media: http://worldtourdates.info/miley-cyrus.html

 

And here are addresses for her agent, manager, and publicist:

 

Miley Cyrus Contact Information

Jump to: Representation 

Representation

Company Agent Type Address Contact
Creative Artists Agency (CAA)
Kevin Huvane Talent Agent
2000 Avenue Of The Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067
USA
Phone: +1 424 288 2000
Fax: +1 424 288 2900
http://www.caa.com/
khuvane@caa.com

Morey Management Group  
Jason Morey Manager
1100 Glendon Ave
11th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90024
USA
Phone: 310-205-6100
Fax: 310-205-6188
http://www.moreymanagement.com/
jmorey@moreymanagement.com

PMK*BNC
Meghan Prophet Publicist
8687 Melrose Avenue
8th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90069
USA
Phone: +1 212 582 1111
Fax: +1 212 582 6666
http://www.pmkhbh.com/

Comment by Glenda Bailey-Mershon on May 24, 2011 at 20:32

I wonder if we can write a letter from the group using our logo? Does anyone have time to draft one? I confess I am swamped.

 

Glenda

Comment by Ciuin Ferrin on May 24, 2011 at 20:51

Dear all,

 

I think Bill's letter is quite good. Perhaps if someone from the IRADL and another from...the new name (I'm still working on remembering the new name) then that should do it. Any private letters would be good as well.

 

Gotta run! Talk to you at 4, Glenda.

 

Baxt,

C

Comment by Viola Hinz-Hassan Pour Razavi on May 25, 2011 at 19:33

Dear all, sarenge,

against the announcement to close our cause "Artists Initiative against Romaphobia and Antiziganism" on June 1st, the cause has been closed down this afternoon. I tried to reach as much members as possible, which was very difficult, because causes as well as facebook limits the number of mails or messages you are allowed to send. I was able to come from now to beginning of march when I had stop due to the limit this noon. When I came back this evening the cause was gone. I therefore ask you all, who haven´t joined the new cause we had established ("World Artists for Roma Rights") http://www.causes.com/causes/614362-world-artists-for-roma-rights yet, please join it now and please invite your friends respectively the people you have invited before. Thank you for your help. Najis tumenge! Viola

Comment by Glenda Bailey-Mershon on June 2, 2011 at 15:39

Mario Williams, Ronald Lee, Ian Hancock and others are involved in spreading this petition against "My Big Fay Gypsy Wedding." They are developing a class action suit against the producers for their racist depictions and outright falsehoods about Romani Culture. Please, please sign!

Petition against MBFGW

Comment by Glenda Bailey-Mershon on June 2, 2011 at 15:42

Here's the link to Mario's page about the program:

Page about MBFGW

Comment by Glenda Bailey-Mershon on June 9, 2011 at 20:51

Corporate sponsors of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (MBFGW) are listed below, as well as contact information for Discovery/TLC, the network that airs it. I was so surprised while viewing my first episode last night that as a romni I am not "allowed" to work outside the home, that I almost thought I must have been mistaken all my life.

Ane now they want to make an American version.

My friend Mario Williams wrote this script to be used when calling Discovery to tell them exactly what we think of this idea. I just did. Please join me:

 

Call (240) 662-8909

This is the answering machine and you can leave a detailed message. 
FRIENDS, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY - NO DOUBT, THE ONLY ONE - TO HAVE YOUR 
PROTESTS HEARD BEFORE THEY PROCEED WITH PRODUCTION.

Here is the gist of the message I left, and please feel free to use the 
talking points:

Hello, my name is ________ and my telephone number is __________. I am 
calling regarding your planned production for a U.S. version of "My Big Fat 
Gypsy Wedding". I myself am/am not Rom, or Gypsy, but I am involved in a 
strong Roma activist group here in the United States. Several of our 
spokespeople have contacted Firecracker Films to express our dismay at the racial 
offensiveness of this program. Firecracker Films is aware of the 
implications of portraying an ethnic group in such an outrageously inaccurate and 
bigoted manner. I hope and assume that the Discovery Channel is not aware 
of our efforts and would not proceed if you were. We would like a 
representative from the Discovery Channel to speak with one of the heads of our 
group. I am going to share this number with my colleagues, so I imagine you 
will be receiving a number of calls like this. We are organizing boycotts of 
the Discovery Channel and are gearing up for a publicity campaign to 
highlight the serious problems with your show. We hope you will contact us 
before we reach this point. Thank you very much.

Comment by Glenda Bailey-Mershon on June 9, 2011 at 20:53

And here's all the addresses (and some phones) of major corporations whose ads aired during the showing last night:

 

Advertisers:
McDonalds
Call us.

1-800-244-6227
7 days a week
7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. CST

Write us.

McDonald's Corporation, 2111 McDonald's Dr., Oak Brook, IL 60523


Volkeswagen
Volkswagen Group of America Corporate Office | Headquarters
2200 Ferdinand Porshe Drive Herndon, VA 20171
(703)364-7000 


The Walt Disney Company/Pixar Productions
Contacts 
Zenia Mucha
Corporate Communications
(818) 560-5300

John James Nicoletti 
The Walt Studios 
818-560-6050

Post Foods, LLC
800 Market Street
St. Louis, MO 63101
Attention: Consumer Services Post Foods, LLC

Or call 1-800-431-POST
(9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays)

Allstate Insurance Company
Allstate Indemnity Company
Allstate Property and Casualty Company
Domicile State: Illinois
Home offices: 2775 Sanders Road,
Northbrook, IL 60062

• Contact us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
• Corporate headquarters:
GEICO
5260 Western Avenue, Chevy Chase, Md. 20815
• Mailing address:
One GEICO Plaza, Washington, D.C. 20076


Network:
Discovery/TLC
Discovery Networks U.S.

Joseph Abruzzese
President Advertising Sales
Discovery Communications
Ph: 212.548.5555
Fax: 212.548.5804
New York

John Barry
Senior Vice President
Advertising Sales - TLC
Discovery Communications
Ph: 212.548.5555
Fax: 212.843.4109
Scott Felenstein
Senior Vice President
Advertising Sales - Discovery Channel & Science Channel
Discovery Communications
Ph: 212.548.5151
Harold Morgenstern
Senior Vice President
Advertising Sales - Investigation Discovery, Military Channel, HD Theater & Digital Media
Discovery Communications
Ph: 212.548.5128
Fax: 212.548.5808
Sharon O'Sullivan
Senior Vice President
Advertising Sales - Animal Planet
Discovery Communications
Ph: 212.548.5208
Fax: 212.548.5846
Evan Sternschein
Executive Vice President
Advertising Sales
Discovery Communications
Ph: 212.548.5189
Fax: 212.548.5808
Chicago

Scott Kohn
Vice President
Advertising Sales, Midwest Region
Discovery Communications
Ph: 312.470.3402
Fax: 312.946.0178
Atlanta

Fred Norris
Vice President 
Advertising Sales, Southeast Region
Discovery Communications
Ph: 404.995.6639
Detroit

Joe Paglino
Vice President
Advertising Sales, East Central Region
Discovery Communications
Ph: 248.764.4400
Fax: 248.764.4460
Los Angeles

Ben Price
Senior Vice President
National Advertising Sales - West Coast Region
Discovery Communications
Ph: 310.551.1611
Fax: 310.203.8454

Comment by Glenda Bailey-Mershon on June 9, 2011 at 20:53

Welcome, Allen! What are your interests?

 

Glenda

Comment by Glenda Bailey-Mershon on June 9, 2011 at 23:06

Thanks, Els! The Roma in Americas listserv is fired up and ready to rumble about this.

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