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October
2,
2000
12:00-1:00 p.m. PST
PROGRAM # 2554 - HEALTH EDITION. This week, health centers across the nation open their doors for National Depression Screening Day. Dr. Elmer Huerta, a regular contributor to this edition, brings news on this development. He also answers concerns about health and wellness from listeners.Guest commentator: Dr. Elmer Huerta, www.prevencion.org
PROGRAM # 2555 - THE MEXICAN DISAPPEARED. Thirty years after the Mexican government cracked down on a peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City and began a war against armed oppositionists, human rights activists renew their call to prosecute forced disappearances. After the recent arrest of Generals Arturo Acosta and Humberto Quiroz, linked to the drug cartels, human rights activists called for expanding the inquiry to look into their role in the dirty war of the 70s.Invited guests: Rosario Ibarra de Piedra, president of Comité Eureka; Profr. Sergio Aguayo, Colegio de México and Alianza Cívica.
October
3,
2000
PROGRAM # 2556 - GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING IN LOS ANGELES. Neighbors from South Central Los Angeles came together in a community coalition a decade ago to fight city blight, drug addiction and trafficking, gang violence and unemployment. These Latino and Black groups now share stories about their efforts to close liquor stores and bring in job-generating industries.Guests: Concepción Uribe, Vecinos Unidos en Lucha; Carlos León, South Central Youth Empowered to Action; and María Pérez, People on Welfare.
PROGRAM # 2557 - PESTICIDE MISUSE SETTLEMENT. Victims of a mass poisoning incident reached a settlement agreement with a pesticide fumigation company over misuse of pesticides. The incident took place in Earlimart last November. Nearly 200 neighbors in this farming town reported feeling ill, dozens were hospitalized, after a gas cloud of fumigants from the field spread over areas of the town.Guest: Cruz Phillips, United Farm Workers of America, www.ufw.org
October
4,
2000
PROGRAM # 2558 - PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. Guest commentators analyze the first debate between the top presidential contenders, Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush. This program also includes excerpts from the presidential debate.Guests: Dr. Andrés Jiménez, Director, California Policy Research Center, University of California; Harry P. Pachón, President, Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, Claremont, CA.
PROGRAM # 2559 - INDUSTRIAL WELFARE COMMISSION HEARINGS. The Industrial Welfare Commission is holding three public hearings to examine minimum wage laws and regulations in the construction, mining, logging and other industries. Advocates bring the plight of low-paid immigrant shepherds to the forefront. These farm workers are exempt from minimum wage laws. This program provides a report from the public hearing in San Francisco.
October
5,
2000
PROGRAM # 2660 - PUERTO RICO EDITION - WRTU - Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico brings interviews and commentary on news developments in the Caribbean basin.HOST: Wanda Colon-Cortez.
PROGRAM # 2661 - MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism foremost advocate, is the program host. He offers this weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series "Voz Pública," a call-in program airing from Mexico City.HOST: Francisco Huerta, www.vozpublica.com
October
6,
2000
PROGRAM # 2662 - IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón comments on issues of direct interest to immigrants legalizing their status or requesting family reunification visas. Spector-Calderon also gives advice on citizenship procedures.Guest: Carlos Spector-Calderón, El Paso, TX.
PROGRAM # 2663 - VICEPRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. A selected group of voting citizens are encouraged to watch the debate between vice presidential candidates Dick Chenney (Republican) and Joe Lieberman (Democrat) and share their views in this roundtable discussion. This program also includes excerpts from the debate.
October
9,
2000
PROGRAM # 2564 - HEALTH EDITION - THE "ABORTION PILL." The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the sale of the drug RU486, a pill to end pregnancy or, as critics say, to produce an abortion. How does RU486 work? Who will prescribe it? How safe is it?Guests: Dra. Hellen Rodríguez-Trías, Pacific Institute for Women's Health, Los Angeles; other guests TBA.
PROGRAM # 2565 - ELECTIONS IN JALISCO. Correspondent Alberto Osorio reports from Guadalajara on the upcoming elections in the PAN-ruled state of Jalisco. This western state is the home of one of the largest migrant populations.ALSO, MEXICO'S TRANSITION. Journalist Enrique Velasco joins this edition from Mexico City to comment on the plans by the elected presidency of Vicente Fox to reform the government and create a new Constitution.
October
10,
2000
PROGRAM # 2566 - ELECTIONS 2000. In anticipation of the second presidential debate, this program welcomes listeners' comments on the issues they would like addressed at the nationally-televised event. If listeners were to moderate, what questions would they ask the candidates?
PROGRAM # 2567 - RECRUITING FOR COLLEGE. This program follows up on a plan proposed by UC President Richard Atkinson to recruit Latino and other students of color to the University of California system. Black and Latino students' enrollment declined after UC dismantled affirmative action programs three years ago. Topics also include financial aid options, Advanced Placement courses in public schools, and others.Guest: Dr. Alex Saragoza, Vice president of Educational Outreach, University of California Berkeley.
October
11,
2000
PROGRAM # 2568 - BILINGUAL EDUCATION REFERENDUM. Bilingual education programs in public schools are the subject of a referendum in the ballot of Arizona. Proponents of English for the Children seek to abolish bilingual education, following a similar and successful drive in California.
PROGRAM # 2569 - IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón comments on issues of direct interest to immigrants legalizing their status or requesting family reunification visas. Spector-Calderon also gives advice on citizenship procedures.Guest: Carlos Spector-Calderón, El Paso, TX.
October
12,
2000
PROGRAM # 2670 - PUERTO RICO EDITION - WRTU - Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico brings interviews and commentary on news developments in the Caribbean basin.HOST: Wanda Colon-Cortez.
PROGRAM # 2671 - MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism foremost advocate, is the program host. He offers this weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series "Voz Pública," a call-in program airing from Mexico City.HOST: Francisco Huerta, www.vozpublica.com
October
13,
2000
PROGRAM # 2672 - ACTRESS OFELIA MEDINA. A renown and popular stage-and-screen actress, Ofelia Medina visits San Francisco to perform "Sor Juana," a play by Rosario Castellanos. Medina, internationally respected after more than 30 years in the film arena, played the title role in "Frida," a film on the life of painter Frida Kahlo by Paul Leduc. She is currently part of a movement for the rights of children and indigenous peoples. She advocates for recognition of Indian languages as languages of the land. This is a live interview in Línea Abierta's studios.
PROGRAM # 2673 - LATINO SCIENTISTS. Special envoy María Fincher, station manager for KBBF in Santa Rosa, CA, co-hosts this program from the site of the Hispanic Engineers National Conference in El Paso, Texas. Fincher interviews nationally-recognized scientists.
October
16,
2000
PROGRAM # 2574 - HEALTH EDITION - DIABETES. This week, contributor Dr. Elmer Huerta comments on the finding of a gene that predisposes Mexican-Americans to diabetes. Frequency of the disorder among Latinos is three times that of the nation's frequency. This discovery raises hopes of better treatment. Dr. Huerta also answers concerns about health and wellness from listeners.Guest commentator: Dr. Elmer Huerta, www.prevencion.org
PROGRAM # 2575 - HOUSING RELOCATION FOR FARM WORKERS. More than fifty Mixtec farm working families in Fresno, CA, are being relocated from a toxic, Superfund-designated site after corporations, government agencies and philanthropic organizations pitched in for a relocation fund. Families will be provided with a new home or a compensation sum.Invited guests: Rufino Domínguez, California Rural Legal Assistance, Fresno, CA, www.crla.org; Juan Arámbula, Supervisor, Fresno County Board of Supervisors.
October
17,
2000
PROGRAM # 2576 - CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Civil rights and religious groups met in Chicago calling for the abolition of the death penalty. They say that this punishment is unfair and against the poor and minorities. Illinois Governor George Ryan declared a moratorium on executions after revelations that 13 inmates in death row were exonerated. Gov. Ryan created a task force to study the capital punishment. A report is about to be released.Guest: Roberto Ramírez, Illinois Governor's Task Force on Death Penalty, Chicago
PROGRAM # 2577 - ELECTIONS 2000. In anticipation of the third presidential debate, this program welcomes listeners' comments on the issues they would like addressed at the nationally-televised event. If listeners were to attend the town hall meeting, what questions would they ask the candidates?
October
18,
2000
PROGRAM # 2578 - ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. U.S. health consumers are embracing alternatives to Western medicine. Homeopathy, naturopathy, holistic approaches, chiropractic therapies, and acupuncture are making their way into mainstream medical schools, hospitals and health insurance companies. Many alternative practices are now widely accepted as safe and effective. Yet, this is creating new challenges for regulators to conduct more research and guarantee safety in healthcare. A high-level commission is currently working on recommendations to help guide the use of alternative medicine practices.Guests: Dr. Efraín Rodríguez Malave, President, Puerto Rico Association of Naturopathic Physicians, San Juan, PR; Nicolás González, White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy, Washington, DC, whccamp@nih.gov. Others TBA.
PROGRAM # 2579 - THIRD PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. Front-running presidential candidates Vice President Al Gore (Democrat) and Gov. George W. Bush (Republican) meet in a town hall session for their third and final debate. This is a roundtable discussion with voters who listened to the debate.
October
19,
2000
PROGRAM # 2680 - PUERTO RICO EDITION - WRTU - Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico brings interviews and commentary on news developments in the Caribbean basin.HOST: Wanda Colon-Cortez.
PROGRAM # 2681 - MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism foremost advocate, is the program host. He offers this weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series "Voz Pública," a call-in program airing from Mexico City.HOST: Francisco Huerta, www.vozpublica.com
October
20,
2000
PROGRAM # 2682 - IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón comments on issues of direct interest to immigrants legalizing their status or requesting family reunification visas. Spector-Calderon also gives advice on citizenship procedures.Guest: Carlos Spector-Calderón, El Paso, TX.
PROGRAM # 2683 - SCHOOL VOUCHERS. Responding to frustration among many parents and some educators, local governments have established school voucher programs. A school voucher initiative is currently in the California ballot. This issue has been considered the most divisive facing the U.S. education system. Proponents say school vouchers can improve the public school system by giving parents choices and promoting competition. The opposition says that by unconstitutionally diverting tax payers monies to private and religious schools, vouchers rob public schools of badly-needed funding for improvements.Guests: Alfredo Figueroa, Escuela de la Raza Unida, Blythe, CA; Sal Villaseñor, California School Board Association, Sacramento, CA.
October
23,
2000
PROGRAM # 2584 - HEALTH EDITION - FAST FOOD AND TV: RISKS FOR TEENS. Youth in California go into adulthood at greater risk of chronic disease and premature death because teenagers eat too much fast food and watch TV or play video games too long. This program discusses the ramifications of a study with those findings.Guest: Eva Brzezinski, Senior research dietician, Latino Five a Day Program, San Diego, CA, www.ca5aday.com
PROGRAM # 2585 - FAIR TRADE CERTIFICATION. Coffee farmers from Costa Rica visit the U.S. to promote the launch of sales of fair trade coffees by gourmet coffee retailer chains Starbucks and Peet's. This is seen as a major development in the quest to get fair trade practices recognized by the mainstream coffee industry. This program looks into farming practices in Costa Rica, the challenges for coffee farmers and the issue of fair trade certification in the U.S.Guests: Sabino Montero Brenes, coffee farmer, El Dos Cooperative, Costa Rica; Paul Rice, Executive Director, TransFair USA, Oakland, CA, www.transfairusa.org
October
24,
2000
PROGRAM # 2586 - ELECTIONS 2000. Democratic and Republican representatives discuss issues of the presidential agenda. Issues include school reform, tax cuts, health care insurance and social security.Invited guest: Hon. Henry Cisneros, former cabinet member. Others TBA.
PROGRAM # 2587 - "ENGLISH-ONLY" POLICY PENALIZED. Thirteen Latino workers who were fired by a Dallas company for protesting a "speak-English-only" policy won a $700,000 award. This is the largest monetary award ever won by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, agency that represented the court case.Invited guest: Ida L. Castro, chairwoman, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, www.eeoc.gov
ALSO, UNDOCUMENTED WORKER WINS AWARD. An immigrant Mexican worker won a monetary award against a former employer who reported her to the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. The federal judge determined that the company had the worker arrested and detained by the INS in retaliation after the worker filed an unpaid wage claim. This is announced as the first decision where and undocumented worker receives compensation for pain and suffering damages.
Guests: Attorney María Elena Hincapié, San Francisco, CA
October
25,
2000
PROGRAM # 2588 - ROSALINA TUYUC. Rosalina Tuyuc is the president of Conavigua, an organization of Mayan widows from the civil war. Tuyuc, a member of the oppositionist Frente Democrático Nueva Guatemala, was a congresswoman from 1996-2000. In this interview taped in San Francisco, Tuyuc talks about linguistic and cultural rights, Mayan voting, and healing after the 35-year war.
PROGRAM # 2589 - ELECTIONS 2000. This program encourages listeners to comment on issues ranging from the presidential candidates' platforms, to state propositions dealing with school reform and "English-only" measures, to the impact of November's election on the Supreme Court and the federal bench.
October
26,
2000
PROGRAM # 2690 - PUERTO RICO EDITION - WRTU - Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico brings interviews and commentary on news developments in the Caribbean basin.HOST: Wanda Colon-Cortez.
PROGRAM # 2691 - MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism foremost advocate, is the program host. He offers this weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series "Voz Pública," a call-in program airing from Mexico City.HOST: Francisco Huerta, www.vozpublica.com
October
27,
2000
PROGRAM # 2692 - "THE WAR AGAINST OBLIVION." John Ross, a recognized author-journalist based in Mexico, visits California to debut his latest book, "The War against Oblivion: Zapatista Chronicles 1994-2000." Ross has covered the Zapatista Indian uprising in Chiapas since its first hours. Ross discusses his book in this live interview in Línea Abierta's San Francisco studios.
PROGRAM # 2693 - IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón comments on issues of direct interest to immigrants legalizing their status or requesting family reunification visas. Spector-Calderon also gives advice on citizenship procedures.Guest: Carlos Spector-Calderón, El Paso, TX.
October 30, 2000
PROGRAM # 2594 - HEALTH EDITION - A FLU PANDEMIC. Public health officials are concerned about a possible super-epidemic of influenza. Fearing the worst, officials are taking measures in preparation for a disastrous and deadly new flu strain. This week, contributor Dr. Elmer Huerta comments on how to prepare for the next influenza epidemic. Dr. Huerta also answers concerns about health and wellness from listeners.Guest commentator: Dr. Elmer Huerta, www.prevencion.org
PROGRAM # 2595 - "Y SI VIVO CIEN AÑOS…" Veteran radio producer, singer and composer Cruz Mejía releases a new CD in Mexico City. The release is entitled "Y Si Vivo Cien Años," title of a series that Cruz hosts for Mexico's foremost public radio station Radio Educación. This program includes a live conversation with the composer and original songs from his CD.ALSO, GOVERNOR-ELECT PABLO SALAZAR. In this exclusive interview, Pablo Salazar, recently elected governor of the state of Chiapas by a broad opposition coalition, talks about the challenges ahead, including the war against poverty, the hopes for peace, a new deal with the federal government, bilingual education, and Subcomandante Marcos.
October 31, 2000
PROGRAM # 2596 - ELECTIONS 2000. Opinion leaders discuss issues relevant to the electoral process. Topics include the stakes at the Supreme Court, campaigning in Spanish-speaking communities, voter demographics, and get-out-the-vote drives. The discussion also focuses on issues of high interest to Latino voters.Guests: Antonio González, Executive Director, William C. Velázquez Institute, Los Angeles, www.svrep.org; Dr. Juan Andrade, Executive Director, U.S. Hispanic Leadership Institute, Chicago.
PROGRAM # 2597 - THE ENVIRONMENT: BUSH-GORE RECORD. An analyst from a recognized environmental organization comments on the environmental record of presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush. Issues include the Environmental Racism Act to protect low-income communities, agricultural pesticides, pollution in the fields and clean air and water standards to protect against pollution and chemical dumping.Guest: Alejandro Queral, Sierra Club, www.sierraclub.org
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