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You can go here to donate directly to the Employee Association’s current campaign to support the most pressing needs of staff and contributors under threat, including legal help for staff at risk of reprisals by foreign regimes, medical bills, and other major financial hardships.
Why is it important?
Around the world, United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) journalists risk their lives and livelihoods every day to report the truth to audiences in media-restrictive environments. They remain dedicated to the advancement of freedom and democracy through the free exchange of information and ideas, believing that a more informed world is a safer world.
This is a charge that USAGM takes seriously, and in order to so, the agency must capably protect its workforce. Despite its best efforts to ensure the safety of its journalists abroad, USAGM is limited in mobilizing resources and assistance consistent with appropriate policies, laws, and regulations. An employee association like ours can help fill that gap.
USAGM Employee Association is an employee support network for fallen and injured journalists
Our purpose
Journalism is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. We help threatened, injured, and fallen colleagues at US-funded media and their families worldwide. Many USAGM-affiliated reporters have suffered for their work. Please donate to help them.
Helping families
Your donations provide financial assistance to the families and survivors of USAGM journalists, stringers, or support personnel who die in the course of their USAGM duties, in order to cover funeral costs, living expenses, and other related financial hardship costs.
Helping colleagues
Your donations fund evacuation, safety, medical, or other related costs in the event any USAGM journalists, stringers, or support personnel are in immediate life-threatening danger or are injured during the course of their USAGM duties.
Raising funds
We are working to raise funds for the purposes described above.
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