CIO
MAKING NEWS
December
6, 2009
Refugees and Immigrants Today, Citizens
and Leaders Tomorrow
The Center for Intercultural Organizing in Portland
helps immigrants and refugees find ways to impact
their community and have a say in state and city
politics.
The
Oregonian
December
2, 2009
How the Immigrant and Refugee Community
Boosts Portland's Economy
Guests Joy Margheim from the Oregon Center for
Public Policy (OCPP), and Ronault "Polo"
Catalani from Portland's Office of Human Relations
discuss a recent report that shows immigrants
and refugees boost the local economy.
CIO's
Common Sense Radio Show - KBOO 90.7 FM
November
4, 2009
Basic Rights Oregon and the Immigrant
Community
Hosts Lucilene Lira and Grassia Melendez speak
with Jessica Lee and Ernesto Dominguez from Basic
Rights Oregon about the overlap between the immigrant
and refugee Community and the Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Trans
and Differently Gendered Communities.
CIO's
Common Sense Radio Show - KBOO 90.7 FM
October
28, 2009
Employment Help for Immigrants & Comprehensive
Immigration Reform
Hosts Lucilene Lira and Grassia Melendez speak
with Loretta Gallegos of the State of Oregon Employment
Department, who discusses the resources available
for immigrants and refugees, how the community
can access them and what to expect from WorkSource.
They also speak with Francisco Lopez, CAUSA Immigrant
Rights Director, about the status of Comprehensive
Immigration Reform, the recent Day of Action in
Santa Clara, CA when Homeland Security Secretary
Janet Napolitano spoke, and the introduction of
Representative Gutierrez's Immigration Reform
Bill, HR 1645 and CAUSA's Action Plan.
CIO's
Common Sense Radio Show - KBOO 90.7 FM
October
21, 2009
Immigrant Issues in Our Schools
The topic is our educational system, and how it
does (or does not) relate to the Immigrant and
Refugee Community. Hear three Portland Public
School teachers with years of experience in English
as a Second Language (ESL) programs talk about
their experiences, both with the school system
and with their students.
CIO's
Common Sense Radio Show - KBOO 90.7 FM
October
14, 2009
Multi-Ethnic Movement Building
Lucilene Lira and Grassia Melendez from the Center
for Intercultural Organizing talk about the problems
and experiences immigrants often have when organizing
for solidarity and social change.
CIO's
Common Sense Radio Show - KBOO 90.7 FM
September
16, 2009
Health Issues in the Immigrant and Refugee
Community
This show covers community health and what organizations
and community members are doing to close the gender,
race and economic status disparity gaps. Panelists
included John Joo from the Asian Pacific American
Network of Oregon (APANO), Sade Onadeko, a community
health analyst from Lutheran Community Services
NW, Johnell Bell from Multnomah County Health
Services and Midge Purcell from the Urban League
of Portland.
CIO's
Common Sense Radio Show - KBOO 90.7 FM
September
9, 2009
Women of Color in Leadership Roles
Common Sense Talk Radio Show hosts invite four
local women of color -- Jeri Williams, Lisa Reed
Guarnero, Dawn Jones and Lucilene Lira -- to discuss
the leadership roles that women are playing in
movements for social justice.
CIO's
Common Sense Radio Show - KBOO 90.7 FM
September
2, 2009
Introducing "Common Sense"
Join the conversation in a new Talk Radio Show,
Common Sense, aimed towards presenting
the immigrant and refugee perspective on issues
that are under-represented in our mainstream media.
Today's guests are Baher Butti and Murad Nuryagdiev
from the Center for Intercultural Organizing.
They talk about immigrant and refugee issues in
Portland, and how The Center for Intercultural
Organizing supports diversification.
CIO's
Common Sense Radio Show - KBOO 90.7 FM
August
20, 2009
Staving Off Eviction
Living between two worlds: African refugees battle
cultural isolation as they try to adapt to their
new home in Portland.
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