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September
1,
2000
12:00-1:00 p.m. PST
PROGRAM # 2612 - SCHOOLS AND THE INTERNET. It is back-to-school season and this program discusses how parents and students can use the Internet to help with schoolwork. Topics include finding scholarships online, favorite websites for homework research, virtual colleges, connecting with hometowns, and the issue of free Internet access for all.Guest: TBA
PROGRAM # 2613 - IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón comments on issues headlining the immigration beat. He also talks with listeners about concerns on visa-processing paperwork.Guest: Carlos Spector-Calderón, El Paso, TX
September
2, 2000
ORGANIZED FARM WORKERS CONVENTION. The United Farm Workers of America is holding its 15th Constitutional Convention this year in Fresno, CA. The union, founded by Cesar Chávez and led by Arturo Rodríguez, is currently battling in the strawberry fields of California, is calling for pesticide control, and is expected to endorse key candidates for the November elections. The gathering takes place on the heels of the declaration of the César Chávez holiday in California. This is a special two-hour, gavel-to-gavel live broadcast.
September
4,
2000
PROGRAM # 2414 - HEALTH EDITION - DR. ELMER HUERTA. A regular commentator, Dr. Elmer Huerta brings news developments in the medical science field. He also answers questions from listeners on health and wellness. On occasion of Labor Day, this pre-recorded edition focuses on occupational health. Workers moving repetitively their hands (in computers, assembly lines or packing houses), face a number of ailments, including carpal tunnel syndrome and tendonitis. Few Latino workers report their disabilities. This program provides advice on what to do to prevent workplace injuries.Guest: Dr. Elmer Huerta, Oncologist, Washington Hospital Center, www.prevencion.org
PROGRAM # 2515 - THE BATTLE IN THE FIELDS. Tape-delayed broadcast of a segment of the coverage of the Constitutional Convention of the United Farm Workers of America in Fresno, CA.Guests: www.unitedfarmworkers.com
September
5,
2000
PROGRAM # 2516 - THE BATTLE IN THE FIELDS (II). This is a follow-up edition to the live coverage of the gathering of organized farm workers in Fresno, CA. This program was also taped previously at the site of the United Farm Workers of America Convention.
PROGRAM # 2517 - "QUIEN CANTA? This is a pre-recorded program hosted by Cruz Mejía, from Radio Educación in Mexico City. This edition of the series "Quién Canta?" features music and a conversation with Maru and Coco. Singer Maru Enríquez and composer Coco Bueno record music for children, including jazz and blues tunes.
September
6,
2000
PROGRAM # 2518 - ROSARIO IBARRA DE PIEDRA. This is a live conversation with tireless Mexican human rights advocate Rosario Ibarra de Piedra. Mrs. Piedra is the leader of Comité Eureka, an organization for the rights of political prisoners, exiles and disappeared dissidents. She is the mother of Jesús Piedra, a young activist who "disappeared" in 1975. She ran for president in 1994. Mrs. Piedra talks about the feasibility of a Truth Commission and prosecuting crimes against humanity under the new administration. She also talks about a newly-passed law in Mexico City, making forced disappearances of persons a crime.
PROGRAM # 2519 - BILINGUAL EDUCATION. Recent Standardized Test Scores in California seem to show that immigrant students are doing better in most subjects, two years after bilingual education programs were barred. These results are fueling anti-bilingualism movements in Arizona, Colorado, Massachussetts and New York. In Arizona, voters will decide in November the future of bilingual education programs, after a measure similar to the one in California qualified for the ballot. This program features a debate on the issue.Invited guests: Delia Pompa, National Association of Bilingual Education; and a spokesperson for English for the Children, Phoenix, AZ.
September
7,
2000
PROGRAM # 2620 - 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 # 2621 - 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
September
8,
2000
PROGRAM # 2622 - IMMIGRATION EDITION - AMNESTY EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón comments on issues headlining the immigration beat. This edition features testimonials from undocumented residents striving for an amnesty program.Guest: Carlos Spector-Calderón, El Paso, TX
PROGRAM # 2623 - LOS JORNALEROS DEL NORTE (The Day Laborers of the North). An interview with members of this mariachi-style band. This is a group of Central American musicians who sing ballads about raids by la migra and rancheras about their homelands. The group usually performs at political rallies, sweet-fifteen parties and street corners. They are releasing their first CD ("Canciones sin Fronteras") this month. This is a special Latino Heritage Month program.Guest: Pablo Alvarado, former day laborer, lead coordinator for CHIRLA's day laborer project, co-founder of Los Jornaleros del Norte. Also, Omar Sierra, musician. www.chirla.org
September
11,
2000
PROGRAM # 2424 - HEALTH EDITION - HEALTHY HOMES. This is a two-hour live broadcast from the site of the Agricultural Worker Health, Housing and Empowerment Conference in Sacramento. Guests talk about how housing conditions shape the health of farm worker families. They also discuss efforts to provide housing for seasonal field workers and low-income rural residents, common injuries in the fields, regulating transportation in the roads to the fields, and immigration barriers to health care and housing.
PROGRAM # 2525 - FARM WORKERS HOUSING. This is a continuation broadcast of the Agricultural Worker Health and Housing conference in Sacramento. This segment includes live speeches by farm worker Antonio Antúnez, California Endowment's Mario Gutiérrez, and William French, CEO, Rural Community Agency Corp. It also includes commentary from advocates attending the session.Guests: www.rcac.org
September
12
2000
PROGRAM # 2526 - HOMERO ARIDJIS. A live conversation with writer Homero Aridjis, leader of Grupo de los Cien, an environmentalist organization in Mexico. Aridjis comments on the recent sentencing of two environmentalist farmers in the state of Guerrero. In what is widely seen as a politically-motivated case, the activist farmers are being charged with possession of guns and drug trafficking activities.Guest: Homero Aridjis
PROGRAM # 2527 - PRO-VOUCHERS INITIATIVE. A school initiative in California proposes to take millions from public schools and provide them to parents. Parents would then use these vouchers to choose the preferred school for their children. Proponents claim Proposition 38 will bring a new renaissance to education in California. Opponents respond that this initiative will abandon the public school system and its students, in favor of private schools.
September
13,
2000
PROGRAM # 2528 - ANCESTRAL COOKING RECIPES. Mexican cuisine, along with French and Chinese cuisine, is among the most diverse and renown in the world. In this program, anthropologists, writers and experts talk about the nutritional values and the cultural wonders of the Indian, Mestizo and African cooking in Mexico. They comment on recipes recently published in a collection of fifty books on the cuisine of deep Mexico.Pre-recorded interviews: Anthropologist José Yturriaga; columnist Marco Buenrostro; author Laura Esquivel; Alfredo Delgado.
PROGRAM # 2529 - NEWS REVIEW. Ricardo García, general manager for KDNA in Granger, WA, joins this edition to discuss news developments in the U.S. North West.ALSO, PAISANO MEASURES. Gerardo Albino, national coordinator for Mexico's Paisano Program, announces measures to facilitate the flow of vehicles into Mexico in this pre-taped interview. The Mexican government plans to establish offices in the U.S. to help apply for temporary car importation permits. Paisano Program was created to protect Mexican émigrés visiting their home country.
September
14,
2000
PROGRAM # 2630 - 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 # 2631 - 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
September
15,
2000
PROGRAM # 2632 - EL TEATRO CAMPESINO. Organized at the height of the farm worker movement in Central California, El Teatro Campesino is celebrating this month its 35th anniversary. The theater began in the fields and is now in the big screens of Hollywood. This program reflects on 35 years of Chicano performance.Invited guests: Danny and Luis Valdez, founders, El Teatro Campesino
PROGRAM # 2633 - IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón comments on issues of direct interest to immigrants legalizing their status or requesting family reunification visas. Spector-Calderon gives also advice on citizenship procedures.Guest: Carlos Spector-Calderón, El Paso, TX
September
18,
2000
PROGRAM # 2534 - HEALTH EDITION. Dr. Elmer Huerta, a regular contributor to this edition, brings news developments in the medical field. He also answers concerns from listeners about health and wellness.
PROGRAM # 2535 - EL GRITO. Mexico and Central Americans celebrate the birth of their nations on September 16. Mexicans who are settling in the U.S. heartlands are bringing with them the traditional ceremony of "El Grito," the cry of independence. A distinguished academician talks about his research on the first Mexican settlements in Wyoming - dating back 250 years, and a newly arrived Guatemalan describes how a fledgling Latino immigrant community in Iowa marks Independence Day.Guests: Dr. Antonio Rios-Bustamante, founding director, Center for Chicano Studies at University of Wyoming; Oscar Argueta, editor, El Heraldo, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
September
19,
2000
PROGRAM # 2536 - PONCHO SANCHEZ. Conga virtuoso Poncho Sanchez, leader of one of the world's best known Latin jazz bands, shares his beginnings as a young aspiring musician -- first in his native Texas, and then in Los Angeles. In this pre-taped interview, Poncho talks about the exhibit displaying his drum at the Smithsonian Institution and his latest release, "Latin Soul."ALSO, SUSANA BACA. Known as "The Soul of Black Peru," singer-dancer- teacher Susana Baca speaks about her efforts to restore the African musical roots in the coastal lands of her native Peru. Baca is cofounder of the Instituto Negrocontinuo (Black Continuum) in Lima. This is part of a pre-recorded conversation.
The above programs celebrate Latino talent on the occasion of National Latino Heritage Month.
PROGRAM # 2537 - APPLE PICKERS. Striking apple pickers from the state of Washington are taking their case to Mexico, a top consumer of Washington apples. Organized farm workers say apple growers are violating terms of the North America Free Trade Agreement, by paying their workers unreasonably lower wages.ALSO, Listeners are encouraged to call in to comment on pressing issues and news stories of the week.
September
20,
2000
PROGRAM # 2538 - CAMPAIGNS 2000. High-ranking representatives from both the Al Gore and the George W. Bush presidential campaigns join this edition to discuss issues of interest to Latinos. Jobs, health insurance, bilingual education, school vouchers and general amnesty are among the issues.Guests: Janet Murguia, spokesperson, Al Gore for President Campaign; Sonia Colin, spokesperson, George W. Bush for President Campaign.
PROGRAM # 2539 - LOCKED MEN, LOOSE DISEASES. AIDS, TB and other communicable diseases are rapidly spreading among the growing incarcerated population in California. Critics say that correctional officials are doing little to contain the epidemic. This program is broadcast in conjunction with KQED, San Francisco's public radio.
September
21,
2000
PROGRAM # 2640 - 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 # 2641 - MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism's foremost advocate, is the program host. He offers this weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series "Voz Publica," a call-in program airing from Mexico City.HOST: Francisco Huerta, www.vozpublica.com
September
22,
2000
PROGRAM # 2642 - IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector- Calderon 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-Calderon, El Paso, TX
PROGRAM # 2643 - ACCESSING COLLEGE EDUCATION. The end of affirmative action in the University of California system has brought fewer numbers of students of color to the top campuses and careers. To encourage those students to apply, college officials are reaching out. Dr. Alex Saragoza talks about this, as well as a law expanding the Cal Grant program, which offers to pay tuition for low- and middle-income students.Invited guest: Dr. Alex Saragoza, Vice President of Educational Outreach, UC Berkeley
September
25,
2000
PROGRAM # 2544 - CHICANO FOLK MEDICINE. On occasion of Latino Heritage Month, this health edition discusses how Mexicans, Central Americans and Puerto Ricans pass on traditional knowledge about local herbs, roots, seeds, flowers, and leaves to help maintain their families' health in check. From cactus to mesquite to mint, local plants have traditionally helped families to remedy headaches, insomnia or nutritional needs. This program discusses the promises and challenges of natural medicine.Guests: Dr. Efraín Rodríguez Malave, President of Puerto Rico Association of Naturopathic Physicians, eframnre@caribe.net; Mirna Brenners, Natural medicine and Shiatsu Practitioner (born in Guatemala's Mayan lands); Patricia Chao, Herbalist Maestra, Tepoztlán, México.
PROGRAM # 2545 - JUAN RULFO: LETTERS TO CLARA. The late Juan Rulfo, one of the greatest Mexican writers, talks about his family, the Catholic Rebellion, and his celebrated literary work in this interview recorded in 1977. Also, in a recent interview, Clara Aparicio tells about her life with her husband Juan Rulfo. This program is to commemorate Latino Heritage Month.
September
26,
2000
PROGRAM # 2546 - PRESIDENTIAL RACE: THE HEALTH AGENDA. Democratic congressman Xavier Becerra (Los Angeles) and Republican congressman Lincoln Díaz-Ballart (Miami) represent presidential hopefuls Vicepresident Al Gore and Gov. George W. Bush in this debate on the Latino health agenda. This program is a repeat and focuses on issues such as universal health care, children health insurance programs, restoring benefits for legal immigrants, general amnesty and Medicare benefits.
PROGRAM # 2547 - GUEST WORKERS BILL. The Republican majority in Congress is pushing for legislation that may allow farmers to import unlimited numbers of foreign guest-workers. Unions and pro-immigrant groups oppose this measure.Invited guests: Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, others TBA.
September
27,
2000
PROGRAM # 2548 - SOPRANO MARTHA JULIANA AYECH. An interview with soprano singer Martha Juliana Ayech. Born in Querétaro, México, the young Ayech is living in Rome, Italy, where she has performed with top opera singers. She was a finalist at the Vincenzo Bellini festival, a prestigious international competition for opera singers. Ayech was interviewed after a Fiestas Patrias concert where she interpreted songs by popular icons Agustin Lara and Maria Grever.ALSO, PROFR. ELIADES ACOSTA MATOS. Director of Cuba's National Library, Professor Matos was recently at the University of California, Berkeley to exchange invaluable book and art collections. In this interview, Profr. Matos discusses issues like the posters tradition in Cuba and Mexico, the cultural exchanges between Cuba and the U.S., the Cuban embargo, the Miami lobby and more.
PROGRAM # 2549 - ELECTIONS 2000. This program features a roundtable discussion with potential voters. Spanish-speaking voters of diverse background are being invited to discuss issues relevant to the presidential race, including health insurance, HMO reform, Social Security reforms, prescription drugs under Medicare, and others.
September
28,
2000
PROGRAM # 2650 - 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 # 2651 - 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
September
29,
2000
PROGRAM # 2652 - THE HEALING POWER OF THE MOTHER TONGUE. It is widely known that Latinos' sense of family and community plays a major role in their health and life expectancy. But, what role does Latinos' mother tongue plays in helping them live longer and healthier? This program celebrates Latino Heritage Month.Invited guests: Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, executive director, Center for the Study of Latino Health, UCLA School of Medicine; Dr. Juan Ramos, Associate Director for Prevention, National Institute of Mental Health.
PROGRAM # 2653 - 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.
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