Youth
Transgender Count. Also, DACA Renewal Deadline.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5 PROGRAM # 8171 12:00 PM PT Transgender Count. After public protests, the US Census Bureau is backtracking on its plans and will not remove a question on sexual orientation and gender identity from a national survey. A leading LGBT organizer comments on what this means. She also comments on legal challenges against […]
(Español) Líderes demócratas y activistas apelan al gobierno para que extienda plazo a DACA y para permitir votar por el Dream Act
(Español) Este plazo de vencimiento para admitir solicitudes de renovación de DACA es sólo para los poco más de 154 mil 200 recipientes del programa, que sufrirán una eliminación escalonada de sus permisos a partir del 5 de septiembre y hasta 5 de marzo de 2018.
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3 PROGRAM # 8169 12:00 PM PST. Immigration Edition. On the eve of the critical DACA renewal deadline, public calls grow to extend it and get Congress to act on a legislative remedy, while service providers mount a new effort to help Dreamers renew DACA. On other topic, raising constitutional and privacy questions, […]
Through Dialogue, Seeking to Inspire – Not Punish – Young Students
Tired of seeing classmates abandon their studies to end up in gangs or poverty, a young son of immigrants has returned to his hometown in impoverished rural California as a social activist determined to create change.
Restorative Justice in Rural Schools.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 PROGRAM # 8165 12:00 PM PST. Restorative Justice in Rural Schools. As a new jail is being built in neighboring Indio, sign of a jail-building boom in the state, youth advocates in rural Coachella are pushing for restorative justice programs in the schools as an alternative to punitive discipline such as expulsion […]
Town Hall Meeting on Future of DACA.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 PROGRAM #8160 6:00PM-7:00PM PST. Town Hall Meeting on Future of DACA. Radio Bilingüe and community organizations convene in a town hall meeting in Fresno to air public opinions about the humanitarian impact of President Trump’s ending of DACA. What’s Congress doing to bring relief to Dreamers? What are local authorities doing to […]
Town Hall Meeting on Future of DACA.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 PROGRAM # 8159 5:00PM-6:00PM PST. Town Hall Meeting on Future of DACA. Radio Bilingüe and community organizations convene in a town hall meeting in Fresno to air public opinions about the humanitarian impact of President Trump’s ending of DACA. What’s Congress doing to bring relief to Dreamers? What are local authorities doing […]
Helping DACA Recipients.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 PROGRAM # 8158 12:00 PM PST. Helping DACA Recipients. As tens of thousands Dreamers rush to meet the October 5 deadline to renew their DACA applications after Trump ended the program, a judge in Brooklyn calls on the federal government to extend the tight deadline. Grassroots groups, colleges, school districts and other […]
Of Fair Schools, Safe Walking. Also, Deals on DACA and State Sanctuary.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 PROGRAM # 8154 12:00 PM PT Of Fair Schools, Safe Walking. A group of Spanish-speaking mothers in Bakersfield, one of the most polluted cities in the country, got together, began exercising in a walking group and, with the years, they not only changed themselves, but the entire neighborhood. On other topic, after […]
DACA: Next Steps.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 PROGRAM # 8152 12:00 PM PST. DACA: Next Steps. A major university in California filed a lawsuit challenging the end of DACA, following on the heels of similar lawsuits by Dreamers and several states. Also, civil and human rights leaders ramp up pressure on Congress to pass the Dream Act without strings […]