Oral History Archive

• 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 Florence Wapimewah
• in 2008

There is a growing concern over school overcrowding in New York City, hundreds of them are said to be facing this escalating issue. CNPI reporter, Florence Wapimewah recently sat down with New York State Assemble Member Micah Z. Kellner to talk about the issue and the organizing that parents, students and some elected officials have been doing to address the problem.

The interview was aired on WBAI 99.5FM.

• 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 Randi Lynn Gros
• in 2008

As hurricane Gustav made its landfall on New Orleans and other cities of the Gulf region, much of the media attention has focused on the never-seen-before evacuation organized by local authorities. But less has been said about victims who were unable to evacuate more than three years ago when both Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast and three years later are still struggling to rebuild their lives.

• 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 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.

• produced by Abdulai Bah
• in 2008

In celebration of workers' international day, CNPI reporters take a look at how Domestic Workers and Day Labors are being treated in their work place here in NYC.

• produced by Christine Lewis
• in 2008

Thousands of migrant workers are regularly brought into the Gulf Coast by US based corporations that exploit them and then threaten to deport them if they complain. In April 2006, more than 500 workers from India were lured into this country under false promises. Early this year, some of the enslaved Indian workers walked from New Orleans to Washington DC to protest their illtreatment. They recently came to NYC to express their support for other immigrant workers. CNPI reporter Christine Lewis spoke to one of them, Aby Reju.

• produced by Teresa Gonzalez
• in 2008

CNPI reporter Teresa Gonzales, a member of The Street Vendor Project, spoke with a lawful immigrant who's home was raided unlawfully by immigration and Customs Enforcement(ICE) agents. She asked her identity be concealed.

• produced by Donald Anthonyson
• in 2008

Not long ago, the home of Kathy McArdld and her husband Calvin, was raided by ICE Agents who detained and then deported Calvin back to his home country of Jamaica. He was never allowed to say good bye to his three year old son. Kathy, who has been forcibly separated from her husband by US immigration Officials, recently spoke to CNPI reporter Donald Anthonyson of Families for Freedom.

• produced by Abdulai Bah
• in 2008

CNPI reporter Abdulai Bah of Nah We Yone recently interviewed a gentleman who's home was raided by agents from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after they had claimed to be police officers. The victim asked his identity be withheld.

• produced by Donald Anthonyson
• in 2008

The home and work place of many immigrant families are being raided by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Recently, a New York City resident, whose identity is being concealed for security reasons, received an unwanted visit from immigration agents. CNPI reporter Donald Anthonyson of Families for Freedom recently sat down with the victim to find out what took place that early morning day.

• produced by Donald Anthonyson, Teresa Gonzalez, Abdulai Bah
• in 2008

CNPI reporters, Donald Anthonyson of Families for Freedom, Teresa Gonzalez of The Street Vendor Project and Abdulai Bah of Nah We Yone recently interviewed victims of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids that are becoming increasingly prevalent in many immigrant communities here in NYC and other cities across the country. These raids are not just leading to the arrest and deportation of immigrants, but they are also tearing families apart. The interviews were made into a radio story that recently aired on Making Contact.