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Linea Abierta Programs for October 2005

Monday, October 3rd

PROGRAM # 4626 - 12:00 PDT
HEALING GULF COAST CHILDREN. Relief organizations are helping children evacuated from the Gulf Coast heal from the trauma of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. An expert shares tips to help displaced children deal with stress.

Guest: Kate Conradt, Senior manager media and communications, Save the Children, Washington, DC, www.savethechildren.org.

PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID. As the dust settles and victims realize the extent of the devastation and the uncertainty of the future, many survivors will develop serious mental health disorders and the need for psychological help becomes critical. This is a conversation with Rear Admiral Cristina Beato, M.D., principal deputy assistant Secretary for Health and spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

REBUILDING AFTER KATRINA. Congresswoman Hilda Solís (D-CA) talks about the Public Health and Environmental Equality Act, a bill that seeks to ensure that Hurricane Katrina will not be used to weaken or roll back federal public health, and environmental justice laws in the name of rebuilding the Gulf Coast. Solis also comments on the nomination of Harriet Miers, legal counsel of the White House, to fill the vacancy in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Tuesday, October 4th

PROGRAM # 4627 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO’S ABSENTEE BALLOTS. This week, Mexico begins a new stage in the process to allow Mexicans living abroad to vote in the 2006 elections. Consulates and other diplomatic missions are now offering application forms for the estimated four million Mexican voters who may be interested in enrolling to receive absentee ballots. This is a follow-up news report on this issue.

Guests: Patricio Ballados, coordinator, Vote for Mexicans Abroad, Instituto Federal Electoral, Mexico City; Dr. Roberto Rosas, member of Advisory Council, Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior, professor of law, St.Mary's University, San Antonio, TX.

Wednesday, October 5th

PROGRAM # 4628 - 12:00 PDT
BLOSSOMS OF FIRE. The award winning documentary Blossoms of Fire tells the story of the Zapotecs from Oaxaca, Mexico. The film describes how Zapotec culture has fostered a tradition of strong women and tolerance for homosexuality. This is a conversation with singer/photographer Martha Toledo, who appears in the documentary and is in California for the San Francisco Video Festival. Martha will also speak about controversial plans to develop a Wal Mart superstore in Juchitan, in the Zapotec heartlands.

Guest: Rosa Martha Toledo, Zapotec singer, Oaxaca City; Maureen Gosling, filmmaker, director, Intrepidas Productions, Oakland, CA., www.maureengosling.com

ALSO, LAST DAYS FOR DRIVER'S LICENSE BILL. Nativo Lopez, director of Hermandad Mexicana Nacional in Los Angeles and president of Mexican American Political Association calls on California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to keep his promise and sign SB 60, the California Real ID Act that allows driver's licenses for the undocumented. Lopez also defends the bill from immigrant advocates who criticize SB 60 for allowing special markings identifying the users of the new driver's licenses as undocumented.

PROGRAM # 4629 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Host Martha Elena Ramírez and the “Voz Pública” program continue a tradition of civic radio journalism. Ramírez hosts this edition live from Mexico City, providing as usual news and interviews from Mexico and voices from participant listeners.

PROGRAM # 4630 - 13:00 PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Meet Wanda Colón Cortés, the host in WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, who brings interviews and commentary on news developments with an emphasis on issues about women and peace in the Caribbean basin. Listeners are encouraged to call in.

Friday, October 7th

PROGRAM # 4631 - 12:00 PDT
AMOXTLI SAN CE TOJUAN. This bilingual documentary includes a collection of ancient stories and songs about origins and migrations from peoples from throughout the continent. The documentary demystifies the notion that Mexicans are aliens in the U.S. Peoples who descend from the Mexican-Uto-Nahuatl language family have been living and traveling throughout the continent for centuries.

Guests: Filmmakers and syndicated columnists Roberto Rodriguez and Patricia Gonzales, Madison, WI; http://hometown.aol.com/xcolumn/myhomepage/; Dr. Cecilio Orozco, researcher of the Mexica Sun Stone and Utah’s archeological sites, Fresno, CA.

Monday, October 10th

PROGRAM # 4632 - 12:00 PDT
MIGRANT ILLNESSES AND ACCESS TO CARE. Who are the new Mexican migrants. Where are they coming from.  How healthy do they come and who take care of their health care needs. The answers are part of a report to be released this week by the National Population Council of Mexico and the University of California. A preview of the report is discussed in this simulcast with Radio Michoacán’s twelve-station network in Western Mexico.

Guests: Dr. Xochitl Castañeda, Project Director, California-Mexico Health Initiative, Office of the President, University of California, Berkeley, CA, from Chicago, IL; Dr. Ramiro Moreno Ponce, Director de Servicios de Salud, Secretaría de Salud de Michoacán, Morelia, MX.

Tuesday, October 11th

PROGRAM # 4633 - 12:00 PDT
MIGRANT HEALTH IN TIMES OF CLOSED BORDERS. Binational Health Week kicks off this year in Chicago with a gathering of representatives from the U.S. and Mexico. They address health care as a human right. Binational Health Week features hundreds of activities for Mexican migrants and their families, including medical screenings, treatment services and information about disease prevention. This is a live broadcast from the inaugural event in Chicago by contributing host Rosalba Piña. A well-known immigration attorney, Piña focuses on the plight of citizen children whose undocumented parents face deportation.

Guests: Rosalba Pina, Co-host, Abogada de Inmigracion, Chicago, IL; Asambleista Hector de la Torre, Democrata, Los Angeles; Neffertiti Kelly-Farias, Coordinadora de prensa, Semana Binacional de Salud, desde Chicago, IL; Sen. Gil Cedillo, Democrata, Los Angeles, desde Chicago, IL; Stephanie Palomar, hija de padre indocumentado en vias de deportacion, Chicago, IL.

PROGRAM # 4634 - 13:00 PDT
ARAU AND ARIZMENDI. A husband and wife duo, Sergio Arau and Yareli Arizmendi are the creators of the feature film A Day Without a Mexican, a political satire on the impact of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans on California. They visit Fresno to speak about what it means to be Latino in post-9/11 U.S.A. Sergio Arau is a well-known artist, musician and film director in Mexico City. Yareli Arizmendi is an acclaimed writer and actress.

Wednesday, October 12th

PROGRAM # 4635 - 12:00 PDT
DISEASE HAVE NO BORDERS. A public forum in Chicago gather participants from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to talk health challenges for Mexican immigrants. This is a live broadcast from the site of the Policy Forum on Transnational Health. Attorney Rosalba Piña, a regular contributor, co-hosts this live coverage from the forum site in Chicago.

Guests: Lolita Parkinson, coordinator, CONOFAM, Secretaria de Salud de Mexico; Dr. Francisco Cisneros, adviser for Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior, director de Pilsen-Little Village Community Mental Health Center Inc, Chicago, IL; also, excerpts of speeches by Gov. Amalia Garcia, State of Zacatecas, and Dr. William Paul, acting public health commissioner of the city of Chicago.

PROGRAM # 4636 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Host Martha Elena Ramírez and the “Voz Pública” program continue a tradition of civic radio journalism. Ramírez hosts this edition live from Mexico City, providing as usual news and interviews from Mexico and voices from participant listeners.

PROGRAM # 4637 - 13:00 PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Meet Wanda Colón Cortés, the host in WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, who brings interviews and commentary on news developments with an emphasis on issues about women and peace in the Caribbean basin. Listeners are encouraged to call in.

Friday, October 14th

PROGRAM # 4638 - 12:00 PDT
JOAQUÍN MURRIETA DEMYSTIFYED. This is a conversation on the book Joaquín: demystifying the Murrieta legend. Its author Humberto Garza is a former university professor and community organizer born in Texas and living in California. Garza conducted extensive historic research to put to the test the mainstream notion of Joaquín Murrieta as a California bandit. Who was the real Joaquín? Was Joaquín a legend or a myth? Was he ever captured?

Guest: Humberto Garza, retired professor, California State University San Jose; professor, West Hills College, Coalinga, CA, sunhousepublishing@yahoo.com, www.joaquinmurrieta.net

THE TEQUILA WORM. The first novel of writer Viola Canales, The Tequila Worm tells the story of Sofia Casas, a young woman who leaves her barrio in McAllen, Texas to pursue her dream of becoming a lawyer. When her homesickness becomes unbearable, Sofia learns to eat the tequila worm to cure her yearnings for home.

Guest: Viola Canales, a native of McAllen, graduate of Harvard Law School, former captain in the U.S. Army, author of Orange Candy Slices and Other Secret Tales. www.randomhouse.com

Monday, October 17th

PROGRAM # 4639 - 12:00 PDT
SMOG AND BAD WEATHER. Hurricane Katrina, one of the worst storms of the past 100 years, has added fuel to the debate on global warming. Some warn that as the planet gets more polluted and warmer, more violent weather can be expected. Still, federal authorities are using Katrina to undermine the Clean Air Act, including limits on toxic emissions, say congress members. This program also includes discussion on an energy bill that gives a green light to more gasoline refineries.

Guest: Adriana Quintero, spokesperson, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA.

Tuesday, October 18th

PROGRAM # 4640 - 12:00 PDT
MIGRANTS IN THE GULF COAST. Migrant day laborers are being hired in large numbers to rebuild New Orleans, in the nation’s largest reconstruction project. Meantime, there have been reports about evictions and roundups against migrants in shelters in the Gulf Coast. This program also features a conversation with a FEMA representative on issues of relocation and emergency housing.

Guests: Monica Huizar, employment policy analyst, National Immigration Law Center, Los Angeles; Flavia Jimenez, policy analyst, National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC; Congresswoman Grace Napolitano, Democrat, Los Angeles; Mayra Lopez de Victoria, spokesperson, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.

Wednesday, October 19th

PROGRAM # 4641 - 12:00 PDT
MASTER OF PAPEL PICADO. Herminia Albarrán Romero, a master of Mexican paper cutting known as papel picado was awarded the prestigious National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts. The art of papel picado is widely used for quinceañeras, weddings and holiday celebrations. Herminia lives in San Francisco, CA, where she is also known for her traditional altars, created with paper flowers, papel picado, and pan de muertos.

PROGRAM # 4642 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Host Martha Elena Ramírez and the “Voz Pública” program continue a tradition of civic radio journalism. Ramírez hosts this edition live from Mexico City, providing as usual news and interviews from Mexico and voices from participant listeners.

PROGRAM # 4643 - 13:00 PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Meet Wanda Colón Cortés, the host in WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, who brings interviews and commentary on news developments with an emphasis on issues about women and peace in the Caribbean basin. Listeners are encouraged to call in.

Friday, October 21st

PROGRAM # 4644 - 12:00 PDT
ARAU AND ARIZMENDI. A husband and wife duo, Sergio Arau and Yareli Arizmendi are the creators of the feature film A Day Without a Mexican, a political satire on the impact of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans on California. They visit Fresno to speak about what it means to be Latino in post-9/11 U.S.A. Sergio Arau is a well-known artist, musician and film director. Yareli Arizmendi is an acclaimed writer and actress. Arau and Arizmendi also comment on Hollywood, Gov. Schwarzenegger, and the immigrant citizen revolt. This is a pre-recorded edition.

Monday, October 24th

PROGRAM # 4645 - 12:00 PDT
SISTERS OF FIRE AWARD. This is a conversation with Teresa Mejía, executive director of the Women’s Building in San Francisco, who receives the Sisters of Fire Award this year. Teresa has been working for years with low-income communities in San Juan and San Francisco, first in projects of public housing and crime prevention and later as a bilingual counselor with victims of domestic violence. Mejía lost all her family in a domestic violence incident in her native Puerto Rico. Mejia comments on the social progress made in the fight against intrafamily violence and the alarming reports about growing violence in the homes of soldiers who return from the war in Iraq.

Tuesday, October 25th

PROGRAM # 4646 - 12:00 PDT
TEXAS EDITION – NEW CALLS FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM. Attorney Rosalba Piña joins this edition from Chicago to co-host the program. This week, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), chairman of the Immigration subcommittee, anticipates that Congress is ready to discuss bills that include not just border enforcement and security, but also immigration reform. Cornyn is co-author of a plan that calls for visas for temporary workers. Sen. Cornyn’s representative in San Antonio, Romanita Matta-Barrera discusses the political environment faced by immigration reform bills. Attorney Piña concludes the program answering calls from listeners on residence and citizenship.

Wednesday, October 26th

PROGRAM # 4647 - 12:00 PDT
GUADALAJARA SIMULCAST: MIGRANT REMITTANCES, THE ÉMIGRÉ BALLOT. This edition “Sin Fronteras” is a monthly simulcast with the three-station network of Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y TV in Guadalajara. Most migrant workers send their remittances to Mexico using money transfer institutions that charge high fees for transaction. In response, the Federal Reserve Banks and the Banco de México are launching Directo a México, a Spanish-language campaign designed to help U.S. banking customers send more affordable next banking-day remittances to Mexico. This program also explores other banking services targeting migrant consumers. This program also gives an update on the campaign to encourage Mexican émigrés to register to vote and apply to get an absentee ballot for the landmark presidential election of 2006.

Guests: Elizabeth McQuerry, assistant vicepresident, Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta, GA; Ricardo Medina Alvarez, Director de sistemas operativos y pagos, Banco de Mexico, Mexico City; Mauricio Arana Teheran, Jalisco delegate, CONDUCEF, Guadalajara; Emilio Espana de la Cuesta, coordinator of economic affairs, Advisory Board, Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior, Dallas, TX.

PROGRAM # 4648 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Host Martha Elena Ramírez and the “Voz Pública” program continue a tradition of civic radio journalism. Ramírez hosts this edition live from Mexico City, providing as usual news and interviews from Mexico and voices from participant listeners.

PROGRAM # 4649 - 13:00 PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Meet Wanda Colón Cortés, the host in WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, who brings interviews and commentary on news developments with an emphasis on issues about women and peace in the Caribbean basin. Listeners are encouraged to call in.

Friday, October 28th

PROGRAM # 4650 - 12:00 PDT
CALIFORNIA SPECIAL ELECTION. Voters in California are preparing for a special election on Nov. 8. This program features a debate on two controversial propositions championed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Prop. 74 seeks to make harder for a teacher to get tenure and job security and Prop. 75 would restrict public employee unions from using money for political contributions.

Guests: Sen. Liz Figueroa, Democrat, Fremont, CA; Jesus Arredondo, spokesperson, Join Arnold campaign, Sacramento, CA.

ALSO, VIGILANTES, THAI BRACEROS. Imported Thai guest workers in the state of Washington are reportedly complaining about fair wage violations and other abuses against the multi-national labor contractor Global Horizons. Ricardo Garcia, executive director of Radio Cadena in Granger, WA, provides a report and analysis. Also, while the media attention is on the Southern border, immigrant advocates report that migrant-hunting vigilante groups are actively harassing migrants in the Canada-Washington border area. Rosalinda Guillen, executive director for the group De Comunidad a Comunidad, comments on local efforts to oversee the work of these groups and find support from local governments and property owners.

Monday, October 31st

PROGRAM # 4651 - 12:00 PDT
IN MEMORY OF EDWARD ROYBAL. Former congressman and Latino pioneer Edward Roybal died at 89. Roybal, a mentor for many lawmakers, was the first Latino elected to the Los Angeles City Council and the first Latino from California to serve in Congress in modern history. He championed the rights and health care for the elderly, immigrants, and the poor. Roybal helped found the Mexican American Political Association, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the National Association of Latino Elected Officials. This program includes excerpts of an interview with Roybal aired on Linea Abierta in 1995.

Guests: Harry Pachon, former chief of staff in Washington DC of congressman Roybal, president of the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, Los Angeles; Herman Gallegos, a pioneering Latino philanthropist, founder of the National Council of La Raza and other national Latino organizations.

MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLANS. On Nov. 15, enrollment begins for the new Medicare prescription drug program. This Medicare benefit for older people will be made available starting January 1 for those who enroll during this year. Andrew Roger Perez, acting regional administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Atlanta, explains details of this prescription drug plan.

HURRICANE WILMA. While most reports on Hurricane Wilma show pictures of the damage to Miami and coastal cities, this interview gives a report of the destruction in Immokalee and other farmworking communities in Southwest Florida.

Guest: Lucas Benítez, leader, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Immokalee, FL.

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