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Producers of the show: Chris Lang: 266-4005 and Peter Munoz.

Additional information: Centro Hispano of Dane County website 

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Guests: Kristin Hoffschmidt, BadgerCare Plus, Sarah Valencia, BadgerCare Plus and Claudia Cotota, Investigator, Dept. of Civil Rights

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2007 SEASON

• "Community gardens and Brisas del Peru"
  Guests: Janet Parker, Community Gardens, Sayra Jayo, Brasas del Peru and Akemy Tanabe, Brisas del Peru
• "Emergency Management in Dane County and Donating Blood"
  Guests: Carmen Pine and Edgar Galindo, Dane County Chapter of the Amercian Red Cross
• "Organ Donation and Madison-Cusco Sister City"
  Guests: Mati Munoz, organ transplant recipient, Maria Armacanqui and Numa Armacaqui, musicians
• "Centro Hispano and LUCHA"
  Guests: Tomy Tepepa and Melissa Gombar, Centro Hispano, and Salvador Carranza, LUCHA
• "Centro Hispano's Internship Program and Latinos United For Change and Advancement" Guests: Tomy Tepepa and Melissa Gombar, Centro Hispano, and Salvador Carranza, Local Businessman
• "UW Center For Global Health"
  Guest: Dr. Christina Monraz Delgadillo and Lori DiPrete Brown, UW Center For Global Health
• "Center For Global Health Latin American Partnership"
  Guest: Lori DiPrete Brown, Assistant Director of the Center for Global Health and the UW School of Medicine and Public Health
• "Health Care"
  Guest: Dr. Carolina Gonazales-Schlenker
• "Madison School's Bilingual Program and Rape Crisis Center"
  Guests: Amy Christianson and Sylvia Romero-Johnson, Madison Metropolitan School District and 
  Manuela Pena, Dane County Rape Crisis Center
• "Centro Hispano Music Makers Program and Local Women Issues."
  Guests: Christina Thompson, Miss Madison and Professor Araceli Alonso, Ph.D., UW-Madison Woman's Studies Department
• "The Importance of a Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language Programs."
  Guests: UW Professor Antonio Noguera and Amy Christianson, Madison Metropolitan School District
• "Centro Hispano"
  Guests: Kent Craig, Ruth Ruiz and Jacqueline Suarez-Sacramento
• "Wisconsin Association on Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse and Affirmative Action and Civil Rights Compliance."
  Guests: Pam Beam, Director of WAAODA and David Lopez, Director of Affirmative Action and Civil Rights Compliance, Department of Health and Family Services, State of Wisconsin
• "Latino Chamber of Commerce and  New Regional Economic Development Entity Program."
  Guests: Rafael Carbonell, Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce and Noemi Mendoza, Vice-President of Latino Chamber of Commerce
• "Madison's New Bilingual Charter School"
  Guests: Gary Diaz Zehrbach, Principal of Nuestro Mundo, Rigoberto Gallegos, 2nd grade teacher, Isioma Enwemnwa, 2nd grade student and Melissa Perez, 2nd grade student
• "School Safety and Centro Hispano Youth Programs"
  Guests: Luis Yudice, MMSD Security Coordinator and Juan Alvarez, Youth Programs, Toki Middle School

2006 SEASON

• "Living and Working in Madison and Music of Mexico"
  Guests: Mario Mendoza, Madison Mayoral Assistant and Mario Barcena, Madison bussinessman 
• "Insurance and Diversity"
  Guests: Jorge Gomez, Wisconsin Commissioner of Insurance and Gladis Benavides, President of Benavides Enterprises, Inc.
• "Legal Issues Facing Local Latinos and MATC Office of Diversity and Community. "
  Guests: Victor Arellano, Local Attorney and Maria Banuelos, MATC Office of Diversity and Community 
• "Unidos "
  Guests: Rachel Rodriguez, Unidos Executive Director 
• "OMAI"
  Guests: Willie Nay, UW office of Multicultural Arts Intiative (OMAI)
• "Palace Latin Club and Tobacco Prevention"
  Guests: Martin Palacios, owner Palace Latin Club and Tina Rivera, Health Program Coordinator for UMOS
• "Opportunities for Latinos and Latino Life in Dane County."
  Guests: Ana Zambie and Erika Mader, from MATC Educational Programs Fabiola Hamdan  and Salvador Carranza from Latin Delegation
• "Latino Rights and Director of UNIDOS"
  Guests: Alfonso Zepeda-Catistran, Member of the Community and David Duran, Director of UNIDOS
• "Dane County Branch of the National Alliance on Mental Illness and Madison's Department of Civil Rights"
  Guests: Beatriz Zahn-Cantelmo of Dane County Branch of National Alliance on Mental Illness and Lucia Nunez, Director, Madison Department of Civil Rights
• "Centro de Derechos Trabajo y Departamento de Salud Pública de Madison y Dane County"
  Guests: Saul Castillo, Defensor de Derechos y Claudio Selva, Defensor de Derechos
• "Impuestos y Cuba"
  Guests: Mimi Gonzales, Especialista de Impuestos, Ricardo Gonzalez, Asociación Madison-Camaqüey
  
  

2005 SEASON

• "Centro Hispano Youth Programs and "Grupo Candela"
  Guests: Judith Rosario, Centro Hispano Youth Programs, Gilma Arenas, Centro Hispano Youth Programs, Roberto Ringel, Bandleader "Candela" and Pavel Polcano-Safadit, Musical Director "Candela"
• "Immigration Law and Ethnic Studies at Edgewood College"
  Guests: Glorily Lopez, Immigration Attorney in Madison and Dr. Manuel Caro, Assistant Professor, Edgewood College
• "Hospice Care and Centro Hispano Youth Programs"
  Guests: Romilia Schluetter, Director of Volunteer Services, Hospice Care, Inc., Hector Alvarez, Centro Hispano and Judith Rosario, Centro Hispano
• "Politics in Madison and Teen Star Performers"
  Guests: Santiago Rosas, Concejal Distrcito 17, Uriel Hernandez, LaFollettee High School and Stephanie Herrere, Memorial High School
• "Protección al Consumidor" and "Centro Hispano Nuevas Rutas"
  Guests: Sol Carbonell, Especialista en Desarrollo y Servicios Comunitarios del Departamento de Agricultura, Comercio y Protección al Consumidor de Wisconsin, Rafael Carbonell, Cordinador de Desarollo Económico de la Cámara de Comercio de Madison Gran, Natacha Finol, West High School, Christian Sanchez, West High School
• "Fiesta Hispana and Latino Soccer League of Wisconsin"
  Guests: Willey Ney, Program Director, Fiesta Hispana, Alfredo Razo, President, Latino Soccer League of Madison and Mario Cano, Centro Soccer Program Coordinator
• "Amigos en Azul" (Friends in Blue)
  Guests: Madison Police Department's  Amigos en Azul Gloria Ben-Ami and Erik Dalma
• "Ballet Folklorico de Mexico"
  Guests: Jesus Avila, Ballet Folklorico de Mexico and Eduardo Moreno, Ballet Folklorico de Mexico
• "Income Tax Information" and "Access to Financial Resources"
  Guests: Omar Rodriguez VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Maria Watts, WHEDA
• "La Movida" and "Madisalsa"
  Luis Montoto, Program Director, La Movida, Lupita Montoto, DJ and Sales Executive, La Movida, José J. Madera, Madisalsa
• The Role of Religion and Aging in the Hispanic Community
  Guests: Romilia Schlueter, Director of Centro Guadalupe; Rev. Pedro Suarez of Bethel Lutheran Church, and Yolanda Salazar, North/Eastside Senior Coalition
  

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Special Presentations:

Centro Hispano's 16th Annual Banquet:  Celebrating Our Youth:  Our Future:  November 4, 2005