The NABWMT Media committee wishes you and yours the best over the holidays and in 2020.
We celebrate our commitment to bring our members, friends and allies the best media presence to enhance our statement of purpose. In our final video cast of the year we note our achievements of 2019.
We launched our upgraded NA aural Podcasts midyear to include some video presentations to make our messages more visual. This podcast is designed to reflect the urgency of our times. 22 podcasts were made during 2019.
We are in a very difficult and threatening times and events are undermining and attacking our values in our country and lives. We have an administration that has removed or rolled back historic gains in laws protecting the communities of color, queer people and hurting many at the margins. Never before have our right to vote been so overtly and forcibly suppressed and gerrymandered. Our committee will continue to keep you all updated.
Meanwhile we were happy to work with the B. CHAMBERS FUND organizers which recognizes LGBTQ students for their scholastic achievement and making a significant impact in their communities. Since the fund’s inception, nearly $20,000 have been awarded.
And just as exciting the NABWMT was the fortunate benefactor of The Ken Pavlick Bequest  which a select committee used this Fund is to ensure the robust and vibrant development of the NABWMT 2020 through 2030. The Media Committee developed the web portals to attract younger (under 35), first timers, and “returning” (after 10 years), attendees to the Convention.
Within The NA Media Committee we started a program to help our members and allies to vote for the candidate of their choice in the midterm 2018 elections. We did this to emphasize our collective values. Working with our consultants, we developed a 2020 program to tell all that we believe that no life is worth less or more than any other life based upon race, sex, sexual orientation, gender or gender expression, color, age, or geographic origin. This program led to the development of a phone banking methodology to contact our  members with voting information for the 2020 General Election. Our main website hosts a voter guide.
In the social media arena, we curated over 13,000 members of our main Facebook page providing careful oversight. Likewise, our fledgling political action Facebook was developed to provide a space for education on the state of our values.
in accordance with our Standing rules which state, in part, that “The NABWMT will publish an electronic publication at least quarterly that shall contain news of the organization..” we provided a notable upgrade with digital online access of our Q-Vision newsletter.
The media committee hosted or assisted online presences of information for California, Arizona, Wisconsin and of course that nation at large with our main site: nabwmt.org.
We still support Email Blasts by Mail Chimp where our audience allowed us to exceed sector average “opens” at 28%.
Finally we are grateful for the support of many people this year. First, the NA co chairs Scott and Gavin, who are great boosters of our work. We recognize also, fellow Media Committee member Mark and Media consultants Irwin, Tim. Steve, Mack, Kirk, and many more including the NA Board members. Our work is made possible by you all.
We wish you all a great holiday season and a value driven 2020
Ken and Demetrius