MONDAY, JULY 12.

PROGRAM # 6156     12:00 PM PST

SOCIAL NETWORKING FOR CHANGE. From texting to tweeting to facebooking, Latinos are making waves on the internet, campaigning with their fingers to stop the deportation of a Harvard student, protesting the Arizona law SB 1070 with the logo “Do I look illegal?” and building networks to send out the latest news on immigration reform and other issues.

Guests: Roberto Lovato, Co founder, presente.org; New York, NY, www.presente.org ; Martha de Hoyos, Communications Director, Brave New Foundation, Culver City, CA; Mario Rodas, Political Science Student, Harvard University Extension School, Boston, MA

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TUESDAY, JULY 13.

PROGRAM # 6157    12:00 PM PST

MEXICO AT THE SMITHSONIAN: MUSICIANS FROM THE HOTLANDS. A continuation of Radio Bilingüe’s special coverage of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, this edition includes a conversation with Los Verdaderos Caporales de Apatzingán, an ensemble of big harp music from the hotlands of Tierra Caliente, Michoacán. This program also offers interviews with artisans and indigenous leaders from other regions of Mexico.

Guests: Don Ricardo Gutiérrez, Manuel Pérez, Isidoro Morfín and Leonel Mendoza, Los Verdaderos Caporales de Apatzingán, Michoacán, Mexico; Felipe Serio Chino, Secretary, Francisco González, Treasurer, and Eleuterio de la Cruz, President, Unión de Centros Ceremoniales, Wixarika Community in Jalisco, Durango and Nayarit, México; Lucio Ramón Aranda and Rogaciano Clemente García, Musicians, Chinelos de Atlatlahuacan, Morelos, Mexico.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 14.

PROGRAM # 6158    12:00 PM PST

FINANCIAL REFORM. A bill awaiting a vote in the Senate is meant to overhaul the nation’s financial regulatory system and give consumers more protection against abusive loans and other fraudulent practices. What are the possibilities for this bill to pass? What’s at stake for Latino credit cardholders, loan recipients and consumers? 

Guest: Diana Tejada, Spokesperson, Office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Washington, D.C., http://reid.senate.gov; Aracely Panameño, Director, Latino Affairs, Center for Responsible Lending, Washington, D.C., www.responsiblelending.org; Graciela Aponte, Legislative Analyst, National Council of La Raza, Washington, D.C., www.nclr.org

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THURSDAY, JULY 15.

PROGRAM # 6159     12:00 PM PST

VACANT HOMES. As the door-to-door counting stage of the census draws to a close, census officials announce that 5 million homes were found to be vacant nationwide. Linea Abierta puts the spotlight on one of the hot spots of foreclosures, El Centro, California, where more than half of homeowners owe more on their homes than what they are worth, to discuss with foreclosure experts, homeowners, and census officials how the census will count those who lost their homes.

Guests: Arturo Vargas, Executive Director, National Association of Elected Officials, Washington, D.C., www.naleo.org; Juanita Zamora, Unemployed, Brawley, CA; Leticia, Community Liaison, El Centro, CA; Eric Reyes, Executive Director, Institute for Socio-Economic Justice, Brawley, CA, www.sociojustice.org; Amalia De Aztlan, Spokesperson, Census Bureau, Palm Springs, CA, www.census.gov

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FRIDAY, JULY 16.

PROGRAM # 6160     12:00 PM PST

ARIZONA CASTS SHADOW OVER CENSUS. Just as census takers began knocking on doors in cities all over the country to count those who didn’t mail in their forms, Arizona passed its immigration law SB 1070, which makes it a crime to be undocumented. Census workers and local government officials expressed concern that the law would raise fears and make it harder to count everyone in the 2010 Census. This edition takes a look at the latest participation rates both in Arizona and across the border in California’s Imperial Valley, to see how SB 1070 might have affected the count. Also, as major operations of the Census wind down in July, Latino groups are encouraging those who have not responded to call into a multilingual toll-free hotline through this month.

Guests: Valeria Fernandez, Reporter, Radio Bilingüe, Phoenix, AZ; Michael Nowakowski, Vice Mayor, Phoenix City Councilman, Phoenix, AZ, http://phoenix.gov/district7/index.html#a2; Lydia Hernandez, President Cartwright School Governing Board, Phoenix, CA  

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Funds for Línea Abierta are provided in part by The National Endowment for the Arts, The California Endowment, the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the James Irvine Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.