Raúl Dorantes.

Segmento del programa Sin Papeles transmitido al aire el 21 de julio del 2011 en el cual Raúl Dorantes, escritor y dramaturgo inmigrante platica con Servando Cadenas, Víctor Alan Lozano y Gerardo Vázquez del equipo de Sin Papeles y lee parte del libro “…Y nos vinimos de mojados, cultura mexicana en Chicago” el cual escribió junto con Febronio Zatarain y fue publicado por la Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México en 2007. Dorantes es originario del estado mexicano de Querétaro y reside en Chicago desde 1990. La parte que Dorantes lee al aire, es un extracto de ‘El quien soy del inmigrante” un texto contenido en el libro citado arriba. La crónica hace referencia al doble entierro que se le hace a un inmigrante al irse de este mundo, primero en este país y después a la llegada de su cuerpo en su país natal. “…el inmigrante intuye que sólo con la muerte se puede poner fin a la pregunta que no buscó: ¿quién soy?”

Raúl Dorantes y el doble entierro del inmigrante by Sin Papeles

Para hablar acerca de las elecciones legislativas de la semana pasada 2 de noviembre invitamos a Neza Leal de la organizacion – The San Francisco Organizing Project.

Después de seis años Ricky Martin reaparece con un nuevo libro, disco y mas honesto que nunca. Tras dos entrevistas muy reveladoras Andrés Duque (Blabbeando) y Pedro Julio Serrano se unen a la conversación de esta Ricky Manía No.2!
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Tune in to 90.5fm WRTE from 6-7pm to learn what you can do to improve your chances of landing that “dream job”. From your appearance to resume writing, we’ll have the tips and tricks to help you during your job search. It doesn’t guarantee that you’ll get the job, but it will help you take steps in the right direction. We will also have the voices of many young people letting us know why having a job and an education is so important to them.

Believe it or not, there’s a strong correlation between education and incarceration (aka prison). A study by  Northeastern University in Boston found that male high school dropouts were more likely to end up in jail.

In 2007, a study by Teachers College, Princeton, amd City University of New York, estimated that society could save over $200,000 in prison and other costs for “every potential dropout that could be helped to complete high school.” This same study also indicates a strong link between education, or lack of, and rates of employment.

The report analyzes unemployment rates for 2008 and finds that 54 percent of dropouts between the ages of 16 and 24 were unemployed, compared to only 13 percent unemployment for people with a college degree.

A formal education can help keep young people out of trouble, and improve their earning power in the long term (more info. about this will be discussed during the show).

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Host/ Producer, First Voice

“I overheard doctors in the hospital saying, “God must really want him here. He’s lucky the train didn’t kill him,” Jose Luis says remembering his ordeal. Jose Luis, however, was not the only lucky one. In his hometown in Honduras, with a population of slightly over 2,000 people, there are 69 others who shared his fate.

After days, with no food or water, of making the journey “train hopping” to the U.S., Jose Luis’ American dream became a nightmare. Weakened, he fell from a train which severed his leg, and arm. The pain was so excruciating he tried to use his other arm to pull at the leg which had been caught by the train– his hand was almost entirely crushed. He had made it to a small town in Mexico.

In the beginning, Jose Luis wished he had died. Not only had he lost his limbs but he felt, instead of helping his family, he would be a burden.

Nostalgic Jose Luis says, “All I could do was cry like a little boy… The doctors would sedate me to calm me down”.

He spent two years in a hospital in Mexico rehabilitating himself. The hospital donated the prosthetic on which Jose Luis now walks, and he is grateful to the man who helped him the moment of the accident, but Jose Luis doesn’t stop at just gratitude.

“My mission is now to let others know that it is not necessary to immigrate to reach your goals.” Jose Luis works to warn others of the dangers of crossing borders undocumented. Sharing his story with young people, he hopes to motivate them to reach for their dreams, and search for opportunities in their homeland. Radio Progreso, in Honduras, helps Jose Luis spread his message.

When questioned about his future, Jose Luis is not shy in saying that he likes to sing, and he wants to continue to share his story in the hopes of helping others, but there is another dream that he wants to fulfill. Jose Luis requires specialized reconstructive surgeries for his hand, which can only be done in the United States, and a new prosthetic as his has become worn from use and age.

Jose Luis ends by saying, “I had everything, and I could’ve done a lot of things, but I did not do them, and now I regret it.”

*****If you know of an institution or individual that may be able to help Jose Luis Hernandez, here in the U.S., please visit WRTE.ORG, and post the information to Radio Arte’s Facebook or Twitter. You can also leave your comments and/or information on this blog. Part of this story is available on www.vocalo.org/explore in Spanish audio format.