MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17.

PROGRAM # 6775 12:00 PM PT

VALLEY FEVER. Thousands of people in California, Arizona and the Southwest are being diagnosed annually with Valley Fever, and many thousands more have the lethal disease but find it hard to spot it. Some say the infection has swelled into epidemic proportions. Airing from the San Joaquin Valley, epicenter of the disease, Línea Abierta speaks with the mother of a patient, an epidemiologist comments on the problems doctors face to detect and treat the disease, and a journalist who has been covering the story reports on the fast rise of the number of cases and the widespread lack of awareness about Valley Fever. This program is produced in partnership with the Reporting on Health Collaborative.

Guests: Valerie Gorospe, Mother of patient, Delano, CA; Richard Ríos, Epidemiologist and Program Manager, Merced County Department of Public Health, Merced, CA, www.co.merced.ca.us; Yesenia Amaro, Healthcare reporter, Merced Sun-Star, Merced, CA, www.mercedsunstar.com.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18.

PROGRAM # 6776 12:00 PM PT

IMMIGRATION EDITION: FULL PARTICIPATION. How can immigrants fully integrate and participate in the democratic process? As immigration experts join forces at the National Immigrant Integration Conference, this edition takes a look at how to increase naturalization rates in an election year. Attorney Rosalba Piña hosts this edition from Chicago and answers listeners’ questions about the do’s and don’ts of residency and naturalization.

Guest: George Escobar, Director of Health and Human Services, CASA de Maryland, host organization, National Immigrant Integration Conference, Hyattsville, MD, www.casademaryland.org, www.integrationconference.org.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19.

PROGRAM # 6777 12:00 PM PT

TROUBADOUR VICENTE FELIU. A live interview with Vicente Feliú, one of the pioneers of the Cuban Nueva Trova movement, inspired by the Cuban Revolution. Feliú has eight personal albums and has performed all over the world. He tours this week through Washington, New York and San Francisco. He currently directs the project "Canto de Todos", or “Songs for Everyone.”

Guest: Vicente Feliú, Singer, Oakland, CA, http://vicentefeliu.blogspot.com/.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20.

PROGRAM # 6778 12:00 PM PT 

VOTER FORUM: WILL THE GIANT WAKE? As the November elections approach, some political campaigns are counting on mega-donors and super PACs. In contrast, others are anxiously awaiting the awakening of the “sleeping giant:” the Latino voting bloc. It’s still not clear though how many Latinos will actually turn out to vote. In the first of a series of community consultations, Línea Abierta holds a live two-hour forum in the Mission Neighborhood of San Francisco. In this first hour, political analysts discuss the importance of the Latino vote, and local voters have a chance to answer: What are the most crucial problems of the community? Who do they hold responsible for these issues? Who do they trust for a solution? The forum is broadcast live from the Eric Quezada Center.

Guests: Teresa Carrillo, Chair, Latino and Latina Studies Department, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, www.sfsu.edu; Isabel Gutiérrez, Vice President, Producer, and Co-Host of Hecho en California, KIQI, San Francisco, CA, http://hechoencalifornia1010.com. 

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PROGRAM # 6779 1:00 PM PT

SECOND HOUR OF VOTERS FORUM: In the second hour of a live forum to take the pulse of the Latino vote, in San Francisco's Mission District, political analysts, community organizers, and residents discuss the most important issues for Latino voters in California. Some state propositions have the potential to mobilize the Latino vote in the state, including the proposition that raises taxes on the highest earners to avoid more budget cuts, one that limits campaign contributions, and one that eliminates the death penalty, among others.

Guests: Belinda Reyes, Director of the César E. Chavez Institute and Assistant Professor of Raza Studies, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, www.sfsu.edu; Laura Melgarejo, Community Organizer, People Organizing to Demand Environmental & Economic Rights (PODER), San Francisco, CA, www.podersf.org.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21.

PROGRAM # 6780 12:00 PM PT

MEXICO EDITION.  Two months before Mexican President Felipe Calderón leaves office, citizens interviewed at random in Mexico City comment about his administration. The war on drugs splits opinions. Some think the intervention of the Mexican Army was necessary. Others deplore the bloodshed around the country. Some think fear was at the root of Mexicans voting to bring the old Partido Revolucionario Institucional back to power. On other matter, Dr. Azucena Rodríguez Sousset, comments on the role citizens play in governing, based on the theories of The Social Contract, by French philosopher Juan Jacques Rousseau. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this Voz Pública edition from Mexico City.

Guests: (Pre-recorded segments) Dr. Azucena Rodríguez Sousset, expert on the work of French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau, professor at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City; at random interviews: María Luisa Rentería, Araceli Jiménez, Ana Lilia Gam, Jorge Brizuela and Javier González, Ciudad Satélite, State of Mexico.

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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 Ford Foundation, The California Wellness Foundation, the James Irvine Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.