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We want you to be involved in the PTC!  Our Grassroots Activists are the heart, soul and most importantly the voice of the PTC.  Everyday there are grassroots members working to:

► Implement national campaigns on a local level, visibly changing their communities for the better!

► Increase awareness of impact of Sex, violence and profanity.

► Interface with local television affiliates and advertisers

► Provide a source for information on the latest news and research for their  local community.

► Give speeches in the community about PTC issues and campaigns.

We have a national network of Chapters working to improve their communities, but we cant do it without volunteers like you! 

If you are interested, please fill out an application below. For questions, contact us at: grassroots@parentstv.org

► Involvement: What Does a PTC Grassroots Chapter Do Anyway?

► Are You An Activist?

► Online Application

► Printable Application

► View the Grassroots Brochure

► Start a PTC Chapter Radio PSA

PRESS:

► Suzuki Dealer Pulls Ads from FX's Rescue Me

 

Local Chicagoland Suzuki dealer, Daniel F. Sledz owner of Fox Valley Suzuki, announced via the PTC Chicago Chapter (Bob Sherman, Director) that his dealership would no longer support Rescue Me on the FX network.  “As a father of three very young children, I am thankful organizations like yours are out there making television media a safer haven for our youth.”  Mr. Sledz further stated that his dealership spends millions of dollars in advertising and has directed his agency to reallocate his budget away from this type of destructive programming.  The PTC sends congratulations to Fox Valley Suzuki, the Chicago Chapter and its Director Bob Sherman.

 

► Secret Shopper News in Evansville, Indiana

Evansville, Indiana Channel 25 did a secret shopper visit to some local stores to see who would sell adult video games to minors.

 

"We asked Trevor Kellen (14) to go shopping to see what he could buy.

 

Kellen went into EB Games on Evansville's East side. When he walks up to the counter to buy a mature audience game, the clerk won't let him purchase it without an ID. This wasn't the case everywhere.

 

Kellen then went into McVann's Video Games in Evansville and within minutes, he walks out with a game store's shouldn't have sold him. " Click here to read the rest and see the video clip of the story.

 

► PTC Utah Chapter Files License Renewal Petition Against Salt Lake City CBS Affiliate - PTC Press Release

Several members of the Utah chapter of the Parents Television Council™ have filed petitions with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revoke the broadcast license of KUTV-TV, the CBS owned-and-operated affiliate in Salt Lake City, Utah, for airing content that violated the broadcast decency law. See the link above to read more.

► Miami PTC Chapter Launches Local Advisory Board - PTC Press Release

The Miami chapter of the Parents Television Council™ today announced the formation of a local chapter Advisory Board and welcomed Miami Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez as its founding member. Mayor Alvarez, along with the Advisory Board, will assist in increasing local awareness and implementation of PTC programs, strategic planning and fundraising efforts. See the link above to read more.

► W.D.M. mom scores victory over violent video games - DesMoines Register

There is nothing more powerful than an Mom with a goal and some determination.  In Des Moines, Tracy Codel convinced Century Theatres to get rid of its violent video games because she didn't want her children exposed to them.  See the link above to read more.

► How to Raise a Trained Killer - Press Telegram

► Speak up against ads that underwrite filthy TV - Tallahassee Democrat

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W.D.M. mom scores victory over violent video games - DesMoines Register

 

There is nothing more powerful than an Mom with a goal and some determination.  In Des Moines, Tracy Codel convinced Century Theatres to get rid of its violent video games because she didn't want her children exposed to them.  See the link above to read more.

 

The 2007 Grassroots Conference was our biggest yet!

 

60 activists from 21 different chapters participated in the annual PTC Grassroots Conference in Los Angeles this year.  Chapter members met PTC national staff members as well as President and Founder Brent Bozell, Advisory Board Members Tim Conway, Bill Blinn, Coleman Luck and others during the three day event.  There are now 44 chapters across the country with new chapters in Utah, Pennsylvania and.

PTC Chapter Directors at the 2007 Grassroots Convention in LA

 

More chapters and more chapter members are needed if we are to achieve our goals of protecting our children and grandchildren from graphic and gratuitous media content. Please click on the map above for a link to our current chapter listing. If there is a chapter in your city, please send an email to the chapter director and express your interest in becoming involved. If there's not a chapter in your area, we urge you to consider becoming a community leader. If you'd like to learn more about becoming a chapter director, please send an email to our grassroots office at grassroots@parentstv.org and tell them you'd like to hear more about this exciting opportunity.

 

Chapters are powerful local offices of the PTC. First and foremost, they help to educate parents, grandparents, neighbors, churches, local PTA groups and civic/fraternal organizations about their media choices. Chapters enlist their communities in the powerful PTC message of reducing graphic and gratuitous sex, violence and profanity in the media. They implement national campaigns including outreach to local television affiliates and advertisers. And over the coming months they will play a critical role to help bring Cable Consumer Choice to their community. This will allow parents to have the ability to pick and choose which cable networks they want without having to subsidize offensive and/or unwanted cable network programming.

 

The power and success of the PTC is directly attributable to its growing membership ranks and their collective fervor on this issue. We urge you to take the next step from "electronic activism" to "feet on the street", and there is no better way than by joining or launching a PTC grassroots chapter in your community.