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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