At Agenda Hispana, we explore the opportunities and challenges for advancing the Hispanic community, and promote mutual understanding between Latinos and the diverse communities that make up our region. Join host Federico Feldstein for Agenda Hispana. Agenda Hispana airs on GPB Radio Sunday mornings at 7:30am after NPR's Latino USA.
Consumer Protection: Identity Theft
Wilson Cabrera, criminal investigator with the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA), talks to us about strategies to prevent and remedy abuses to consumers. Cabrera underlines the recent increase of cases dealing with identity theft and other issues particularly affecting Hispanics. Moreover,
he reviews the services offered by this state office (http://consumer.georgia.gov).
Health and Education: Learn more about the Down Syndrome
Viviana Fernandez, member of the National Down Syndrome Congress visits us to talk about available resources to learn about this condition. Viviana shares with us her experience as mother of a child with Down Syndrome, tells us about the stereotypes and most common missunderstandings. Moreover, she explains to us how to find information thru the National Down Syndrome Congress and the services offered by this organization. (www.ndsccenter.org)
Personal finances: tips for taking care of your money in times of crisis:
Beatriz Juliao Mauersberg, financial education specialist with Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS) joins us to explore how to take care or our finances in times of crisis. We also analyze when and how to select an organization that offers credit counseling. Moreover, Beatriz briefs us on the most common challenges that consumers are currently facing.
Consumer protection: Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs:
Criminal investigator Wilson Cabrera, joins us and explain to us what we can
so to avoid being victims of abuses. Cabrera also tells how his office helps
consumers who have already been victims of crimes such as identity theft and
fraud.
Link: http://consumer.georgia.gov/
Colombianitos Foundation: helping young victims of the internal conflict in
Colombia:
Angela Patricia Janiot, anchorwoman of CNN en Español, journalist and
co-founder of Colombianitos (www.colombianitos.org/) joins us for a
conversation about the assistance that her non-profit organization offers to
more than 4,000 children, victims of the internal conflict in Colombia.
Moreover, she shares her personal experiences during the formation of a
non-profit organization and her perspective on other current issues.
Tips to better manage your money:
Agenda Hispana Agenda Hispana is joined by Beatriz Juliao Mauersberg, financial education
specialist with Consumer Credit Counseling Service who explains how to better make use of your money and improve your personal finances. Also, we discuss the credit rating system within the United States.
Link: http://www.cccsatl.org/
Opportunities to learn and use services from the Better Business Bureau:
Agenda Hispana is joined by Erendira Casas with the Better Business Bureau (BBB) who explains the services the BBB offers and how to protect yourself as a consumer. We also talk about consumer challenges that are prevalent among Latinos.
Available May 24 – 30, 2008
Real Estate Market Challenges and Opportunities; Diabetes among Latinos:
Agenda Hispana is joined by Billy Leopold, mortgage specialist with Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Division for a discussion about challenges and opportunities in the current market conditions. We are also joined by Daniela Casas, from the Emory University Latino Diabetes Education Program for a discussion on this health condition, its impact in Georgia and, in particular, among Latinos.
