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On March 21, 2001 AIROS will be celebrating the International Day for the Elimination of Racism by broadcasting the Annual Voices Without Frontiers - North America, between 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. ET.

The campaign is a co-production between the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) and community radio stations worldwide.

Voices Without Frontiers is being broadcasted live on the internet by the World Radio Network (WRN), and by the American Indian Radio On Satalite (AIROS) in North America. Listen to the AIROS streaming audio live, by way of RealPlayer.

North America is participating this year with a live broadcast from Radio Centre-Ville in Montreal. Highlights include a live feed from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) conference from San Francisco, a live indigenous panel on indigenous self-determination hosted by Native American Calling (NAC), and a live radio feed in Inuktitut and French from Iqualuit, Nunavut.

10:00 p.m. UN live feed (New York-headquarters) on "Empowering Youth to Fight Racism" (English)

11:00 p.m. Live feed between Montreal and Paris on discrimination (French)

12:00 p.m. NFCB live feed (San Francisco) on "The Racialized Nature of Criminal Justice Systems" (English and Spanish)

1:00 p.m. Native American Calling live feed on "Indigenous Self-Determination" (English and Spanish)

2:00 p.m. Pre-produced program from Feminist International Radio Endeavor (FIRE) "Mujeres Negras de Centroamérica: formas sutiles de negar el racismo" (Spanish) FM Trinidad live feed (Paraguay) panel on discrimination (Spanish) Brazilian contributions (Portuguese and French)

3:00 p.m. Latin American programs on discrimination (Spanish)

4:00 p.m. Live panel with testimonies "Migration and Discrimination in the Global Economy" (Spanish)

5:00 p.m. Various North American pre-produced programs on discrimination (English, French, Spanish and other languages) Live feed (Iqualuit, Nunavut) on racism against Inuits in Canada and discrimination in Nunavut (Inuktitut and French)

6:00 p.m. Various North American pre-produced programs on discrimination (English, French, Spanish and other languages) Joint closing remarks from the 3 hubs for Voices without Frontiers (Vienna, Montreal and Johannesburg)

7:00 p.m. Finish

For more information visit AIROS Programming Specials or AMARC-VSF Radio.