Finding a Common Path
is based on the Common Path documentary. It was broadcast live as a one-and-a-half-hour public forum about Florida’s peoples, culture and migration, October 16, 2000 on WMNF-88.5FM, the community radio station of Tampa, Florida.
Its “Document and Debate” format uses prerecorded discussion-prompts from experts and activists to spark live discussions, with
- a dozen participants
- a diversity facilitator, and
- listener call-ins. The audio streams below are organized with prompts on the left, live segments to the right.
Hear the related documentary at A Common Path.
Listen to the original Forum; and download the prerecorded tracks to spark your own forum-discussions.
PRERECORDED
LIVE DISCUSSIONS
Introduction
Participants
Part 1: Culture and In/migration?
Melting Pot or Mosaic?
Discussion
Americanization and Mass Media
English as America’s Official Language
Discussion
Culture of Democracy
Issue 2: Economy and In/migration
Costs Introduction
Discussion
Jobs and Wages
Blacks & Immigrants Discussion
Immigrant Communities: The Enclaves
Discussion
The Brain Drain
Discussion
Issue 3: Ecology and In/migration
Limits to Growth
The Floridian View
Discussion
Issue 4: Immigration Policy
Thoughts on Immigration Policy
Florida’s efforts to change immigration policy
A Sense of Fairness
Issue 5: Final Thoughts
Changes