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and participants at eight sites
across the United States.
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Three movies based on the award-winning public radio series Crossing East are now available on YouTube. Dmae Roberts, producer of the 8-hour series on the... read more
I enjoyed myself at the Third Coast Audio Festival sponsored by Chicago Public Radio. The conference was well-run, sessions were informative and the food was... read more
The Alliance for Health Reform has published a toolkit on the uninsured designed for reporters covering health issues during the US presidential campaign. But, it... read more
The majority of Hispanic immigrants maintain ties to their native countries by sending money, calling or traveling to their homelands, but most see their future... read more
Berta and Francisco are the bilingual children of immigrants who don't speak English fluently. They frequently are called upon to interpret an adult world they... read more
Feet In Two Worlds, a project that builds partnerships between ethnic media and public radio, is looking for experienced radio producers in Washington DC and... read more
Watch a clip of Childhood in Translation, a documentary film by Robert C. Winn, that explores the language barriers faced by immigrant families, as seen... read more
This feature length documentary, With Wings and Roots, explores the relationship to culture and identity of children of immigrants from different ethnic backgrounds in the... read more
Maybe because I am not directly involved in a health profession this quote from the outreach campaign of a new public television series surprised me:... read more
The Bush administration has retreated into an "enforcement first" approach that ignores the economic and labor needs of the country writes Tara Magner, director of... read more
The Library of Congress and UNESCO will cooperate to develop a digital library of works from around the world. "The World Digital Library initiative will... read more
John B. Horrigan from the Pew Research Center offers this commentary about the importance of access to broadband Internet connections. Broadband users are far more... read more
“Bobby Jindal, a conservative Republican congressman from the New Orleans suburbs and the son of immigrants from India, was elected Louisiana’s governor Saturday . .... read more
Jennifer Luden, of All Things Considered, reports on highly-skilled immigrants trying to obtain professional work that they are trained for. the story highlights a small... read more
The public radio program Weekend American recently launched a new series, One Thing, by award-winning independent producers Kara Oehler and Ann Heppermann.
Here's how the... read more
The administration is quietly relaxing visa regulations because farmworkers are in critically short supply. Read the entire story in the LA Times.
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Doctors who write about medicine tend to dwell on the big themes: life, death, suffering, hope and the rest. Dr. Vincent Lam, a Toronto physician,... read more
Imagine what might be possible!
Imagine you were a volunteer at a community radio station in Minneapolis who produced programming in Somali, or a manager... read more
How I See It is the latest campaign in the California Council for the Humanities' acclaimed statewide initiative California Stories. Youth Digital Filmmakers is the... read more
Center for Social Media to Screen the New Documentary Made in L.A. - Part of the 2007 DC Labor Film Fest. Meet filmmakers and leaders... read more
In many towns that have enacted laws to target illegal immigrants, the local economyies faltered as immigrants left. Business has worsened for everyone. And some... read more
As we finalize our 8 New Routes grantee projects, we, in the National Program Office (NPO) would like to extend our hearty thanks to our... read more
Hundreds of thousands of undocumented-immigrant youths could become eligible to join the military to offset shortages of qualified recruits under a bill pending in Congress.... read more
Meatpackers union, representing employees of six Swift & Co. meatpacking plants where a massive illegal alien raid was conducted last year, is seeking an injunction... read more
South Asian youth who were 10 years old at the time of the World Trade Center attack, now work with DRUM (Desis Rising Up and... read more
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