Alicia Zuckerman

Co-Host, co-Senior Producer of Under the Sun on WLRN

Alicia Zuckerman appears in the following:

Miami Haitian Community Still Feels Earthquake's Effects, 6 Months Later

Monday, July 12, 2010

Six months after a massive earthquake shook Haiti, Haitians and Haitian-Americans are still coping with the fallout.

Today, the director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Alejandro Mayorkas will be in Miami to try and clear up some confusion over immigration status for Haitians. Days after the quake, the U.S. government gave Haitians living here what's called Temporary Protected Status, but that applied to Haitians who were living in the United States on or before January 12th — the day of the earthquake. T.P.S. was not given to Haitians who came to the United States after the earthquake.

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Miami Haitians Dealing with Disaster

Thursday, February 04, 2010

The situation in Haiti has been front page news in the Miami area since the earthquake hit in mid-January. We find out how the Haitian community there is dealing with the disaster on a day-to-day basis. We look at how Haitians in South Florida are dealing with new temporary immigration policies.

Then we turn to artist Edwige Danticat, one of Miami’s most prominent Haitian-Americans.

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In Miami, 'What's Up With That?'

Monday, November 16, 2009

There are unusual things going on in every city – strange people, curious buildings and local lore. In Miami, public radio journalist Alicia Zuckerman is trying to get answers for the people of South Florida as she asks, "What's up with that?" She’s the co-host of “Under the Sun,” a new public radio series, and she takes story suggestions from listeners. Voting ends today on whether the next story will be about a naked carpet guy, a haunted hotel or rising ocean levels.

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