José Manuel es un joven productor en "Papers", el documental que está en preparación y que trata de la historia de jóvenes sin papeles y los retos que enfrentan cuando cumplen 18 años y pierden su estatus legal.  Junto a Dunetchka Otero-Serrano, productora asistente de la cinta, nos hablarán del proyecto y de los próximos eventos en el Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center y en el Hollywood Theater el sabado 7 de marzo. www.papersthemovie.com/

Tom Becker hosts this program about human costs and human needs in these tough economic times.  How can essential public services be funded in Oregon?  How can immigrant workers be protected from draconian laws enforced by states like Arizona?  And how can home foreclosures be stopped?  Tom takes on the idea that we are becoming a socialist nation.  To hear the whole show, use the arrow at the top of this page.  To hear individual pieces, follow their links below:

1.  Michael Leachman from the Oregon Center for Public Policy talks with Bill Resnick about how to keep the State of Oregon solvent.

2.  Are we all socialists now, as Newsweek imagines?

The notorious humiliation of immigrant workers by Sherrif Joe Apaio in Arizona's Maricopa County is only part of the story of how local law enforcement is being given increased power to enforce federal immigration law.  The Old Mole's Denise Morris tallks with Elena Machuca of Jobs With Justice about these issues and about organizing for immigrant rights.  For more about the issues go here and here. 

In February, APA Compass critically discussed the Clint Eastwood folk Gran Torino, which features Eastwood as a cranky old veteran living in a neighborhood with an influx of Hmong immigrant neighbors. Aslo, an interview with one of the film's stars, Hmong actor Bee Vang.

People of color and especially immigrants have faced attempts to blame them for the economic crisis and to shift even more of the suffering onto their backs. Well-read Red Frann Michel  exposes these attacks in this commentary.  You can read it and find many links to her sources here. 

Este viernes nos visita Christopher Anders, abogado del Immigration Counseling Service(Servicio de Consejería de Inmigración)

para hablarles sobre la misión y el trabajo