Features

• produced by Alberto Hernandez
• in 2008

"La discriminacion en el trabajo al transcurir de los años parece ser que no a dejado de existir y tal parece ser que no va desaparecer. Asta que el ser humano se concientize de que todos somos iguales no importando lugar de origen, raza, color, idioma, religion, etc. Porque tan valioso e importante es el que trabaja como ejecutivo en una grande empreza como al que trabaja recogiendo la basura en la calle." Esa es la opinion de Alberto Hernandez, reportero por CNPI. En esta producsion, se encuentran claros ejemplos de lo que esta sucediendo en el ambiente laboral entre hispanos.

• produced by Rushil Shakya
• in 2008

Back in Nepal, one’s Maiti is where the support structure is. Here in a foreign land, that structure doesn’t exist. To help fill the gap, Adhikaar, has been running English classes for adult women. As CNPI member Rushil Shakya reports, the women coming to these classes have found their Maiti.

• produced by Julia Paul, Ravi Ragbair, Janis Rosheuvel
• in 2008

Immigrants are the fastest growing segment of the private prison system, but they often have the least access to legal counsel. With few legal options, many turn to fellow prisoners for help with their cases. CNPI reporters, Julia Paul, Ravi Ragbair and Janis Rosheuvel of Families for Freedom explore how these jailhouse lawyers can be a lifeline for those fighting deportation and criminal convictions.

• produced by Christine Lewis
• in 2008

Children of nannies and those raised by Domestic workers are calling on NY State lawmakers to pass a Bill of Rights first introduced to the state legislature in 2004. The bill was issued by Domestic Workers United, a membership-based organization fighting for power, respect, and fair labor standard for domestic workers. CNPI reporter, Christine Lewis was at the event to file this story for Free Speech Radio News.

• produced by Kristofer Rios, Jose Gomez
• in

Biased attacks on immigrants and Latinos have been on the rise in New York and across the country. Two recent attacks on Ecuadorian immigrants, one on Long Island another in Queens have reignited the debate around violence against immigrant workers and Latinos in America. CNPI reporters Kristofer Ríos and Jose Gomes filed this report for Free Speech Radio News.

• produced by Community News Production Institute
• in 2008

The Community News Production Institute [CNPI] in partnership with "Global Movements, Urban Struggles" aired its monthly show on WBAI 99.5FM at 10AM.

This month's show reflects on the historic presidential election through a mini documentary from People's Production House; the increasing homelessness in NYC combined with high food prices and difficult economic conditions forcing many New Yorkers to change plans for Thanksgiving; the stabbing of Marcelo Lucero, the Ecuadorian immigrant; and the sudden death of South African singer, Miriam Makeba, in Italy.

• produced by Kristofer Ríos
• in 2008

On Thursday October 23rd, Amnesty International organized a worldwide rally to support Troy Davis, the African-American man accused of killing a police officer in Savannah, Georgia.

• produced by CNPI
• in 2008

The Community News Production Institute in partnership with Global Movement Urban Struggles aired its monthly show on Tuesday October 28th at 10am on WBAI 99.5 FM. The hour-long show features Amy Gottlied of the American Friends Service Committee talking about immigration, an issue both presidential candidates have less addressed in their campaigns. Billy Wharton of The Coalition Against Privatization and Martin Holland of The Transport Workers Union address the privatization plan of GHI/HIP, two major health care providers servicing more than 4-million New Yorkers.

• produced by Christine Lewis
• in 2008

Next year, television broadcasters will move to digital broadcasting, automatically creating enormous unused spectrum between the channels. The unused spectrum, otherwise known as White Spaces, will allow the public to use it with broadband-enabled mobile devices that would significantly reduce the digital divide.

CNPI reporter, Christine Lewis of Domestic Workers United files this report for Free Speech Radio News.

• produced by Christine Lewis
• in 2008

CNPI reporter, Christine Lewis of DWU was recently in South Carolina for the commemoration of late Reverend Joseph Armstrong DeLaine, a Civil Rights Activist who led a crusade to desegregate public schools. Rev. DeLaine was one of the victorious plaintiffs in one of the cases that constituted the Brown decision, Briggs vs Elliot.

Christine files this story for Free Speech Radio News.

• produced by CNPI
• in 2008

The Community News Production Institute in partnership with Global Movements Urban Struggles aired its monthly show on Tuesday August 26th at 10 am on WBAI 99.5 FM. This month's show features Lynn Lewis, director of Picture the Homeless, Edgar DeJesus of District Council 37, Katrina evacuee Lena Beard, and Brumit DeLaine, the son of late Rev. Joseph Armstrong of South Carolina.

• produced by PPH Gulfcoast Trainees
• in 2007

It's Called Renaissance Village. But don't let the name fool you. It's the largest FEMA trailer park in the country. It's located about a hundred miles north of New Orleans in Baker, Louisiana.  RIght after Hurricane Katrina and Rita, thousands were sent to live there.  PPH trainees in the Gulf Coast produced stories that were aired by the nationally syndicated program Making Contact.

• produced by Christine Lewis
• in 2008

On June 26th, a judge sentenced a Long Island couple for the abuse of two Indonesian domestic workers. Christine Lewis (Domestic Workers United) files this report for Free Speech Radio News.

• produced by CNPI
• in 2008

The Community News Production Institute in partnership with Global Movements Urban Struggles aired its monthly show on Tuesday June 24th on Pacifica station WBAI, 99.5 on your FM dial. The show featured voices from the fourth-annual National Conference for Media Reform held in Minneapolis early this month, the first ever National Congress held by domestic workers in NYC, and the impact gentrification is having on drummers in Harlem.

• produced by Christine Lewis
• in 2008

Domestic Workers staged a protest in front of the home of an employer who is said to have abused her nanny. CNPI reporter Christine Lewis was there to compile these voices.