Immigration

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Rural Organizing for Immigrant Rights

Airs at: Tue, 09/30/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Two  regressive ballot measures will  be voted on in November, measures that target immigrants.   The Rural Organizing Project is working to defeat them.  Marci Westerling talks with the Old Mole's Denise Morris.  See their website for  all the details.  Read more

Interview, Jean Phaelzer author of Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans

Airs at: Tue, 09/23/2008 at 5:00pm
 Host Linda Olson-Osterlund interviews author Jean Phaelzer about her book Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans. From the Gold Rush in the 1840's through the Civil War and into the early 1900's Chinese faced brutal purges and roundups throughout the Pacif... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 8, 2008

Airs at: Tue, 09/09/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Hosted by Luz María Gordillo, this show deals with issues affecting Mexican-Americans as well as immigration.  We also learn about saving the planet, our city, and our neighborhoods by changing the way we landscape and garden in our yards.  You can hear the whole show by cl... Read more

Immigration Organizing

Airs at: Tue, 09/09/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Community Organizing is going on around immigration issues in the Willamette Valley; two such activists are Amelia Cates and Amy Dudley.  They talk with Old Mole Denise Morris about their work with PCASC (Portland Central American Steering Committee), PACT (Portland Allies ... Read more

Chicana Succes: Self and Community

Airs at: Wed, 09/10/2008 at 3:30pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Dr. Rusty Barceló is the Vice President and Vice Provost for Equity and Diversity at the University of Minnesota and a nationally-recognized leader in the field, with more than 30 years of experience in equity and diversity in higher education.  She is also a Chicana with d... Read more

Miae Kim interviews Lul Abdulle

Airs at: Wed, 07/23/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Radio Beyond Borders
On Radio Beyond Borders it's "Meet Your Neighbor," Miae Kim interviews Lul Abdulle with the Somali Women's Association and Program Coordinator for Southeast Uplift. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 18, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 08/17/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel hosts this program which features an explanation of what's going on between Russia and Georgia (and the US); a review of the documentary about a high wire exploit at the World Trade Center in 1974; and an introduction to Los Angeles's Thai Town.  Last week, Bil... Read more

Achieving Thai Town, L.A.

Airs at: Sun, 08/17/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
What is the importance for the Thai community in Los Angeles to have their neighborhood designated "Thai Town"?  Chanchanit Martorell, excecutive director of the Thai Community Development Center in L.A., talks with the Old Mole's Sudarat Musikawong.  Read more

Deserted: Immigrants in the Desert

Airs at: Wed, 08/20/2008 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
  For years, people used to migrate into the united states through the cities. Then in the early 1990’s trade policies began to effect patterns of immigration, . The US began building walls, and sealing urban areas, pushing immigration routes to isolated and more desolate ... Read more

Civil Liberties Watch: Violations at NW Immigrant Detention Center

Airs at: Sun, 07/20/2008 at 5:00pm
The Seattle University School of Law and the non-profit One America relaease reportor on Human Rights violations found at The Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma Washington. The report follows an eight month study on the 1,000 detainnee facility used to hold people awaitin... Read more