Special July 4th Edition. 45 Years of Radio Bilingüe and Independence Day

FRIDAY, JULY 4
PROGRAM #10826 12:00 PM PT

Special July 4th Edition.

45 Years of Radio Bilingüe and Independence Day. 

Radio Bilingüe celebrates 45 years of broadcasting service. Over these decades, Radio Bilingüe has grown from a single community station into the nation’s leading network of Latino broadcasters, and the primary producer and distributor of Spanish-language programs for the country’s public radio system. This anniversary coincides with Independence Day, a day the nation celebrates constitutional freedoms and rights, which Radio Bilingüe chose as its birthday to highlight the importance of exercising free speech. This July 4th will be a national day when thousands plan to take to the streets in rejection of authoritarianism and the concentration of power. Is public protest an act of patriotism? What do the values enshrined in the First Amendment mean? What legal protections does it guarantee for public expression?

Guests: María Blanco, Civil Rights Attorney and Policy Expert, Former Director of the Immigrant Legal Services Center, and Former Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; Samuel Orozco, Director of National News and Information, Radio Bilingüe, Fresno, CA; Marco Vinicio González, Reporter, Radio Bilingüe, New York, NY; Araceli Martínez, Reporter, Los Angeles, CA; Jose Lopez Zamorano, Correspondent, Washington, DC.

Photo: Radio Bilinüe/Facebook

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