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Description: Radio Bilingue's Linea Abierta program gathered a group of Spanish-speaking citizens from different walks of life for a recorded in-studio conversation on the meaning of U.S. democracy. Participants are residents of California's Central Valley, most are recently naturalized citizens and they respond to questions such as Does the system welcome newcomer citizens? Does the system encourage civic participation by newcomers? What are the incentives and barriers to democratic participation? Guests: Juan Benavente, retired farm worker from Visalia; Jose Cardenas, truck driver from Firebaugh; Raquel Mendez Laugesen, social worker in Fresno; Maria Calderon, pre-school manager from Merced; Ernesto Duenas, small businessman from Porterville and Sandy Lomeli, office clerk from Fresno.
Timing and Cues
Intro starts at 12:00 noon PT
Break: 12:30 p.m.
Off air at 59:00
Musical Works
For intro and outro
Song: RadioActive
Group: Steps Ahead
Break: El Pueblo Unido
Artist: Thomas Schultz
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Raquel Maria Dillon
Posted on February 26, 2004 at 01:08 PM | Permalink
Review of Immigrants and Democracy
Linea Abierta is a precious resource throughout "Aztlan". The Collaboration folks were smart to include Radio Bilingue. The round-table guests are articulate, insightful, and informed. I don't live in Cali anymore so I can't say how representative such opinions (Bush es un mentiroso, por ejemplo.) are in the Central Valley. I only wish there were more Spanish-language outlets for this kind of programming on the East Coast. !Si se puede!