KLRU-TV, Austin PBS » Access News http://www.klru.org Inspiring Austin Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:00:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Access News returns 9/23 http://www.klru.org/blog/2012/09/access-news-returns-923/ http://www.klru.org/blog/2012/09/access-news-returns-923/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:05:38 +0000 april http://www.klru.org/blog/?p=7192 more →]]> Access News returns for a second season on KLRU this month. Access News is a unique half-hour program hosted by Tamara Suiter-Ocuto. Tamara interviews congressional leaders, Nobel Prize laureates, law enforcement officials, New York Times best selling authors, community activists, and more. Each episode is presented in American Sign Language, English, and captioned! The civic-learning featured segments, called “A More Perfect Union” are hosted by Professor Don Miller. Both Tamara and Don are Deaf. The program is designed for total access-ibility. The issues discussed are engaging, topical, relevant, and important for all viewers Deaf and hearing alike.

Access News airs Sundays at 1 pm on KLRU. Here’s what’s coming up:

9/23
Lloyd Doggett, Congressional Representative 25th District

9/30
Jim Harrington, Civil Rights Attorney

10/7
Esperanza “Hope” Andrade, Texas Secretary of State

10/14
Donna Howard, Texas State Representative

10/21
Art Acevedo, Austin Chief of Police

10/28
Sanford Levinson, Author and Professor of Law at UT

11/4
Andres Tijerina, Author, Activist, Professor of History at ACC

11/11
Benjamin Gregg, Author, Professor of Government at UT

11/18
Robert Jensen, Activist, Author, Professor of Journalism

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