looking for someone who's been unemployed for 18 or more months

I am a grad student at the University of Arizona and an intern at public affairs TV program that appears on PBS stations in the Phoenix and Tucson areas.

This week's program will be on termination of unemployment benefit program, and we are looking for someone from TUCSON, AZ who has been unemployed for 18 or more months for an on-camera interview for the program.

Preferably, it would be a non-labor worker.

Please, contact me if you are willing to give an interview.

Wow, I really hope someone from AZ will respond to this. thank you for posting! The long term unemployed need all the exposure we can get.

I made this topic a "sticky" to ensure that everyone sees it.

AZ residents please take advantage of this opportunity!!

Diana Sokolova wrote:Preferably, it would be a non-labor worker.

Why?

for whatever its worth, 31 and a half months and not entirely proud to admit, and currently a UI exhaustee as of yesterday, and basically in same position as was when began this in June '07 when initially unemployed, and officially UI recipient in Jan. '08.

mj33 wrote:for whatever its worth, 31 and a half months and not entirely proud to admit, and currently a UI exhaustee as of yesterday, and basically in same position as was when began this in June '07 when initially unemployed, and officially UI recipient in Jan. '08.

Thank you for responding! I can't send you PM yet, because I've just registered on this website. Could you send me your email please so I coudl contact you direclty?

Thank you in advance.

Iyar wrote:

Diana Sokolova wrote:Preferably, it would be a non-labor worker.

Why?

We are looking for a diversity in our program and we want to show a variety of professionals who are unemployed.

Sick & Tired wrote:I made this topic a "sticky" to ensure that everyone sees it.

AZ residents please take advantage of this opportunity!!

Thank you so much! Is there any way for me to send personal messages to the users of this forum even though I haven't had enough posts yet?

Diana,

What exactly is it your in search for with starting this thread? Just curious before I provide any type of personal info. out to other individuals. Hope you understand this and look forward to your response or PM.

mj33 wrote:Diana,

What exactly is it your in search for with starting this thread? Just curious before I provide any type of personal info. out to other individuals. Hope you understand this and look forward to your response or PM.

We are looking for a person who has been unemployed for at least 18 months and is still jobless.

Due to the unemployment rate drop, the federal benefit extension program will be terminated this Saturday. It means that AZ will only pay for 73 weeks instead of 99 weeks and we are looking for somebody who is going to be affected by this change to share their story on camera with the viewer. Just to share their personal experience and how this life is going to affect them, their lifes and families.

The program is going to be filmed this Friday from 11 30 to 1. It is possible to discuss time and date. The program is going to be aired this Friday.

thanx for response, good luck with your project. I reside in Ohio so don't think 'fit' your profile. This unfortunate set of circumstances has affected thousands of claimaints who have exhausted due to various reasons, ending various tier levels and not triggering/augmenting onto future extensions, for some time now, over a year and a half, and state legislatures, DC, and economists', and DOL, are fully aware of it. Hopefully you can generate the stat's and findings will reveal some consistent outcome that can be used to pursuade/influence the politicans in Arizona, and maybe even nationwide to expand the UI extension program in allowing for the rules and policies to fully benefit the claimants durign this terrible recession.

I love PBS and watch them regulary every week, from Charlie Rose to some others' and love what they do and represent and stand for.

mj33 wrote:thanx for response, good luck with your project. I reside in Ohio so don't think 'fit' your profile. This unfortunate set of circumstances has affected thousands of claimaints who have exhausted due to various reasons, ending various tier levels and not triggering/augmenting onto future extensions, for some time now, over a year and a half, and state legislatures, DC, and economists', and DOL, are fully aware of it. Hopefully you can generate the stat's and findings will reveal some consistent outcome that can be used to pursuade/influence the politicans in Arizona, and maybe even nationwide to expand the UI extension program in allowing for the rules and policies to fully benefit the claimants durign this terrible recession.

Thank you for reply. We really hope to find somebody for an interview.

IM quite certain you definately will, with all the traffic of members/readers on this site, being taht it originally was developed over 2 years ago. Its one of the better sites for professionals, in comparison to opencongress.org and washingwatch.com , which you need to be careful with as well as couple others in dealing with real people. Most of us have detailed storied backgrounds that would greatly benefit you, in your report and in sharing it with the general public and viewers.

The state Unemployment compensation rules and regulations also prohibit and restrict claimants from qualifying for extra insurance on benefit amounts that they would otherwise qualify for, but due to 'broken' rules that are ancient, and still not reflective to current times, we continue to struggle in that regard. So, in nutshell, its not just EB program that has limited the insurance/economy with regards to the unemployment insurance extensions, but also rules.

Diana Sokolova wrote:

Sick & Tired wrote:I made this topic a "sticky" to ensure that everyone sees it.

AZ residents please take advantage of this opportunity!!

Thank you so much! Is there any way for me to send personal messages to the users of this forum even though I haven't had enough posts yet?

Email is the only other way until you get enough posts. The post count is 25. If you look under a posters avatar you will see an email button you can click on if that person has it enabled in their preferences. Sorry for the inconvenience. Its in place to protect members from spam.

I really hope someone responds to this and does this interview! Dont be afraid or shy