Week # 12-97, Air Date 3/16/1997 - 3/22/1997

Segment #1: Iowa Churches Defies INS. Mark Moran reports from Des Moines on some Iowa churches offering sanctuary to undocumented immigrants due to be deported. 5:47

Subject Types: Immigration

Locations: U.S. Regions - Midwest; States - Iowa

Segment #2 Human Rights Abuses in Oaxaca. Latino USA's Franc Contreras reports on allegations of human rights abuses by the Mexican army in the state of Oaxaca. 4:06

Subject Types: Human Rights

Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Mexico

Segrnent #3: Writer Julia Alvarez 2-Way. Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa speaks with Dominican writer Julia Alvarez, author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents and her recent follow up novel, Yo! The piece is self contained. 5:45

Subject Types: Arts - Literature

Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Caribbean; Caribbean Countries - Dominican Republic

Segment #4: Cincuentañera Commentary. Writer Barbara Renaud-Gonzalez has some thoughts about women turning fifty. She thinks it's an occasion to celebrate, 3:08

Subject Types: Youth