18 20 486 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 25 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title Domestic abuse a problem for Greek Americans too VTMBH Article: Author Sophia Apessos VTMBH Article: Publication National Herald VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb The Greek American community is not immune to the problem of domestic violence, and although the issue of domestic violence isnt anything new, speaking out about it in the Greek community is. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body By the time you finish reading this article, at least one woman will have been abused. Every 15 seconds a woman is beaten by her husbanda staggering statistic on the prevalence of domestic abuse in America. Of the approximately four million women abused each year in the United States, four are killed by their partners every day. The Greek American community is not immune to the problem of domestic violence, and although the issue of domestic violence isnt anything new, speaking out about it in the Greek community is. The first step, social workers say, is acknowledging that domestic violence occurs within the Greek community. The second step is reaching out to victims and letting them know that they are not alone. What might be unknown to many Greek American women is that there are organizations, created for and by Greek Americans, which can help. The nonprofit organization Elpides, which means hope in Greek, was founded in New York in October 1993 as a resource and referral service for women who are in abusive relationships. Domestic violence is a disease that cuts across every ethnic group, in every socio-economic group and every educational group, said Elpides President Deana Balahtsis, an attorney with a masters degree in a clinical social work who practices family law. Balahtsis used as an example the recent murder of Carol Kotsopoulos, who, prosecutors say, was beaten and then shot dead by her husband, Nicholas Kotsopoulos. This latest incident in Long Island is just another example of that, Balahtsis said. Despite the sobering statistics, many Greek Americans believe there is no domestic violence problem in the Greek community, according to social workers at the national office of the Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society, who created the organization Dynamis to help Greek Orthodox victims come forward, get help, and break the silence that perpetuates abuse. Elpides was created when, at a panel discussion of a group of Greek women in New York City, one panelist stood up and talked about being molested by her father. This disclosure shocked the audience, because Greeks deny the existence of such behavior and/or do not publicly reveal family secrets, an Elpides fact sheet reads. During further discussion, some women echoed similar and/or other experiences. Balahtsis stressed that Elpides is a pro-family organization, despite criticisms by some in the community that they are home wreckers. These criticisms further emphasize the communitys reluctance to address the problem of domestic violence, opting instead to deny it exists and blame the victim for leaving a dangerous situation, Balahtsis said. Raising awareness is something we must continue to do at every level, said Balahtsis. Elpides will host a womens support group in the fall at its offices in Astoria, New York. Were trying to broaden the scope of what we do, said Balahtis. Weve had a law clinic, a health fair, and in the fall were planning a mental health clinic for depression. Elpides is also hoping to sponsor a childrens art class in the fall. While Elpides is mainly a referral agency which aims to help battered women, Dynamisthe Greek word for strengthwants to educate and empower Greek women in general. Created in collaboration with the New York chapter of the Hellenic American Womens Council (HAWC), Dynamis ultimate goal is to end domestic violence in the Greek American community. HAWC, headquartered in Washington, DC, is a national, nonpartisan organization that brings awareness to public policy issues and promotes women who want to take on leadership roles in their community, the nation, and in their professions. The social workers at the National Philoptochos stress that problems dont get solved by themselves. They have seen countless cases where women were told to endure the abuse and pray. The church plays a tremendous role in the lives of Greek Americans, said Paulette Geanacopoulos, a social worker who wrote a training manual on domestic violence for the Greek Orthodox community. Geanacopoulos led training for a group of Greek Orthodox priests at Hellenic College/Holy Cross in Brookline, Mass. She has conducted more than 20 domestic violence seminars for clergy, seminarians, philoptochos chapters, parents groups, court and law enforcement officials and other professionals. Although not every Greek Orthodox priest has gone through domestic violence training, the manual has been distributed to the clergy throughout the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Geanacopoulos said domestic violence is not a bigger problem in the Greek community than in other ethnic groups, but it does exist and needs to be addressed. Many times, said Geanacopoulos, an abused woman feels as if shes being punished by God. Many younger priests were in denial that there is a problem, said Geanacopoulos. But the important thing is how they walked out of the training, not how they walked in. Its important for a priest to help her understand that shes a victim and praying will give her strength to think through what she needs to do, but praying will not prevent the abuse. Among other issues, the manual deals with the influence of cultural attitudes and the religious beliefs on a victims silence. Ours is a patriarchal society, Geanacopoulos writes, in which men are the head of household and women keep the family together. Disclosure is considered shameful in the Greek community and a betrayal to the entire family, as Greeks are eager to defend family honor. But the victim must overcome the shame and put it where it belongswith the abuser. The majority of abusers, however, blame the victim. Were told that marriage is forever, said Geanacopoulos. A women is taught by her family to put up with the abuseher mother tells her that her husbands a good provider and to stick with him. Some statements that reflect our cultural and religious attitudes toward the problem of domestic violence, according to Geanacopoulos, include: Any other women would love to have him as a husband; How will you raise your children by yourself?; Nobody in our family has ever been divorced; Become a better wife (or mother or cook.) The truth is, according to Jean Sotirakis, director of HANACs child and family counseling program, that there is nothing a woman can do that is good enough for an abuser: there will always be something to instigate the abusers bad behavior. Sotirakis said that problem is with the abuser, who has a need to control and maintain power, stemming from a major lack of self-esteem. Women think theres a cause and effect, said Sotirakis, but there is no reason for it, despite the abusers statements that its because of heryou cant make the alcoholic stop drinking. Geanacopoulos suggests reframing these long-held beliefs that prevent some women from seeking help, and realizing that marriage requires mutual respect. Dynamis is funded by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. Getting something funded in the Greek community is very difficult, said Geanacopoulos, who wrote the grant application for the organization. Balahtsis said the founder of Elpides, Georgia Post, dreamed of creating a Greek American battered womens shelter. In order to fund something like that, it takes a lot of money, said Balahtsis. The Daughters of Penelope in Mobile, Alabama, created a shelter called Penelope House, the first and only Greek-sponsored womens shelter. One of my hopes is to start an Elpides chapter in major cities across the United States, said Balahtsis. But at this point were struggling as it is to run our program. Elpides services include: crisis and supportive counseling, safety planning, information and referrals to battered womens shelters and support groups, health and medical assistance, educational and vocational programs, immigration services, housing and relocation and access to legal options. I feel an ethical responsibility to do some pro-bono work, said Balahtsis, who notes that Elpides has even received calls for help from women in Greece. A big part of this effort is getting the whole Greek culture to say this is not okay, said Sotirakis. Geanacopoulos recalled one woman who had been abused during her entire 30 years of marriage. Only once she was hospitalized did she decide to leave. Her husband was a cantor in the church, said Geanacopoulos. Nobody believed her. When the woman confided to her priest, he told her to pray, said Geanacopoulos. Reverend Athanasious Demos of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Bethesda, Maryland, writes in the manual about clergy perspectives on domestic violence: When a couple come forward to be married in the Orthodox Church, they stand together as equals. It is said during the service, Demos stresses, that the woman is to be obedient to God, and notas some men like to interpret itobedient to their husbands. When a Greek Orthodox wedding reaches the point when this quote is read, there are some men who look at their wives as if to say, remember these words, Im the boss! Unfortunately, some battered women have bought into that and become more susceptible to accepting abuse, beatings and battering, with no recourse, Demos said. He adds that the roles of husband and wife are not to be crutches for one another, but to be respectful supporters of one another so that each may reach their full potential in life. Demos points to the bible to dispel notions that the church accepts male dominance and battering in the home. He refers to Ephesians 5:25-28 to describe a mans true role in marriage: Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up for her…So husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. He goes on to say that God intends for us to treat each other with dignity. Over time a battered woman loses her dignity, confidence and strength to walk away from a dangerous situation. Most abused women dont even recognize that they are in an abusive relationship, said Geanacopoulos. Some abusers disguise their controlling nature by convincing a woman that they want to spend every moment with her because they are so in love with her, or tell her to quit her job because its so hard on her and shell have more time and energy to raise the children. The abuser weaves a tighter and tighter web around the woman, she said. Many women fear for their lives or are too demoralized to leave their abusive husbands. After years of being abused and being told that theyre not good enough, they are broken down, little by little. They learn how to give in, said Geanacopoulos. She offers the following advice to women in an abusive relationship: Dont blame yourself; know that you are not alone; develop a safety plan; work with someone to decide what youre going to do. Women want the abuse, not the relationship, to end, said Geanacopoulos. The woman has to realize that she has choices, she said. Balahtsis said Elpides is updating its referral list, and invites lawyers, therapists, and social service providers to call Elpides if they would like to be a resource for battered women. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-02 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 294 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Domestic abuse a problem for Greek Americans too 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. The Greek American community is not immune to the problem of domestic violence, and although the iss Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-06-02 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 14 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title For prisoners children, a life of tragedy VTMBH Article: Author Lionel Rodríguez VTMBH Article: Publication Resumen VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Hannah Emmerich VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb Resumen has always stood by our prisoners through this and many other sufferings. We believe that those who disrespect the law must pay the consequences, but we must also respect the human rights of prisoners and look out for their children, who suffer tr VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body CLINTON, NJ. The number of women imprisoned, especially for drug-related offenses, has tripled during the last decade. Ninety percent of children who live in orphanages or foster care have at least one parent that has been, or is currently, incarcerated, according to a study presented by the Forum for the Aid to Children of Incarcerated Parents and conducted at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Clinton. The study was commissioned by Assemblywoman Mary Previte (D-Camden) with the support of experts, legislators, politicians, and community leaders to examine possible solutions to the serious problem of children of incarcerated mothers and fathers. Investigators for the study found that half of adolescents who are currently serving time at Edna Mahan are children of prisoners or former prisoners, and that children of jailed parents are at high risk for juvenile delinquency. The absence of the incarcerated parent often forces the child into foster or orphan care, increasing the likelihood of pregnancy or experimentation with drugs and alcohol. Some of the studys participants disagreed with this notion of manifest destiny; however, they found the data both relevant and worrisome. The study also addressed the Rockefeller Law and 1980s-era anti-drug legislation passed during intensification of the war on drugs. These laws impose harsh and lengthy sentences on first-time and nonviolent offenders without anticipating the possible effects on the children of these offenders. As a consequence of these laws and policies, the number of imprisoned mothers has tripled, remarked Previte. Two thirds of incarcerated mothers have children under age 18, many with children under the age of 10. When these laws were passed, no one took into consideration the repercussions they would have on the children of those incarcerated. Laws that were passed to protect out society are now, in fact, creating other problems, the worst of which is putting children in danger. The Forum concluded that the country can no longer afford, economically or socially, to continue to ignore the fact that politics within the judicial system generate conditions that put children of incarcerated parents at risk for delinquency themselves. The abandonment, often involuntarily, of these children can severely and irrevocably damage the childrens relationships with their families and communities. Finally, the Forum advocated that the government work towards a system which helps save children who must suffer the errors of their parents. They called for the reexamination of sentences for nonviolent offenders, more family visits and more just custody laws, and the institution of rehabilitation programs for incarcerated parents to ease the transition into family life. For more details about the Forum, contact Edgardo Cardinalli at (609) 292-7065. Resumen has always stood by our prisoners through this and many other sufferings. We believe that those who disrespect the law must pay the consequences, but we must also respect the human rights of prisoners. If not, punishment turns into torture, abuse, and sadism. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-04-02 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File v14e1.doc VTMBH Article: Hit Count 167 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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We believe that th Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-04-02 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 44 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Bushwick students buck military VTMBH Article: Author John Tarleton VTMBH Article: Publication The Indypendent VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb The much-touted No Child Left Behind Act contains a little-known provision that allows military recruiters to get the inside scoop on high school students. Some students are making their response to these aggressive campaigns very clear: Bring college recruiters, not military recruiters. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Luis Reyes is a senior at Bushwick Outreach Center in Brooklyn who wants to study journalism in college. He recently discovered that military recruiters had the inside scoop on him. They know my interests and everything, says Reyes, 19. Im already getting all kinds of letters and phone calls and whatnot. The militarys individually targeted appeal to Reyes hasnt worked to date. He still hopes to start college next fall at Hofstra University. However, the high pressure recruiting experienced by Reyes and many of his friends suggests what lies ahead for students as the military aggressively makes use of a little-known provision in the 670 page No Child Left Behind Act of 2002. The provision in the much-touted education bill requires high schools to provide military recruiters access to facilities as well as contact information for every studentor lose their federal aid. The military would choose to be in every school in every classroom in every community, if they could, because overkill is their way of doing things, says Rick Jahnkow, director of the Project on Youth And Non-Military Opportunities (YANO), a San Diego-based group founded in 1984. The military currently enlists 350,000 people a year. Its recruitment efforts have become increasingly sophisticated, and relentless, since it switched from the draft to an all-volunteer force in 1973 at the end of the Vietnam War. It spends hundreds of millions of dollars to advertise on television, radio, web sites, outdoor ads, and in youth publications. It also operates Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) programs in 3,500 schools, holds summer camp programs on military bases for disadvantaged youth, and provides guidance counseling, after-school tutoring and dropout recovery programs in some troubled inner city schools. Mobile recruiting stations also appear in shopping malls, at sporting events and inside theaters at showings of popular pro-military movies. In Bushwick, getting the message out also means calling prospective recruits as early as 6 a.m. and showing up at their workplaces and outside their churches, according to Reyes and Jesus Gonzalez, 17, a junior at Bushwick Outreach. Under the No Child Left Behind Act, students or their parents can sign an opt-out form to prevent information from being released. In late September, the citys Department of Education mailed the forms to parents of over a quarter million high school students, giving them an Oct. 15 reply deadline. Reyes says most Bushwick Outreach students were unaware of the forms and were barraged by recruiter appeals soon after the deadline passed. The students frustration at their loss of privacy boiled over on Oct. 23 when about 60 of them held a protest in front of nearby Bushwick High School. They demanded a reversal of the opt-out form, which would allow their information to be released only with their permission. Its for us to decide if we want to give them information, says Gonzalez, who along with Reyes is also an organizer for the Youth Power Project at Make the Road by Walking, a Bushwick-based community organization. If we want to sign up, we can walk down to the recruiting station on Myrtle Avenue. Commander Edward Gehrke, head of Navy recruiting in New York, poured more fuel on the fire by responding to the protest in a letter to the New York Daily News, stating that most Bushwick students were plagued by police and drug problems and wouldnt be eligible to enlist if they tried. Its clear what the high people in the Navy and the military think about people of color in poor neighborhoods, Gonzalez says. Captain John Caldwell, public affairs officer for the Marine Corps 1st Recruiting District, which encompasses New York City, says the military is simply trying to offer students another opportunity. They get tons of information from colleges when they are looking at going to school, he says. Were also providing information that would help them get an education and a job. Yet these promises of education and training are misleading, critics say. The present-day GI Bill is fraught with loopholes and stringent conditions that cause many soldiers to lose their educational benefits. Most soldiers train on equipment that is obsolete or has no civilian counterpart, or they perform specific functions on one or two machines, leaving them with few real world skills. Somebody who was a cook at McDonalds, who learns how to pick up a tray of prepared food, put in a heater, heat it up and wrap it, couldnt walk in the door of a regular restaurant and say I want to be a chef, says John Judge, a longtime anti-recruitment activist based out of Washington, D.C. The Bushwick action has since inspired other youth activists in the city. Youth Bloc, a citywide network of high school-age activists, has decided to launch a campaign against No Child Left Behind as well as JROTC, which is currently active in about 100 high schools across the city. Youth Bloc activists plan to visit a high school a week in each borough except Staten Island, giving presentations or leafleting outside. Its our generation thats going to be the cannon fodder, says Mike Gould-Wartoffky, a Youth Bloc member and senior at Hunter College High School. We want our generation to be in the front lines of the anti-war movement, not the war. The Bushwick students look to hold more anti-recruitment actions, but say their first priority is having more options in life than Army, Navy Air Force or Marines. Bring college recruiters, not military recruiters, Reyes says. F the military. These kids want to go to college. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-12-01 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 476 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bushwick students buck military 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 41 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Swamped with calls VTMBH Article: Author Lolita Long VTMBH Article: Publication Weekly Gleaner VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb The Weekly Gleaner was deluged with phone calls from the mainstream media and persons who wanted to verify that the Washington, D.C. snipers were Jamaican nationals. One international photography company was willing to pay any money for exclusive pictures from the Gleaner. Meanwhile, concerned Jamaicans were worried that this latest incident would again stir anti-Jamaican sentiments to the level of the Colin Ferguson/Long Island Railroad killings several years ago. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The Weekly Gleaner was deluged with phone calls from the mainstream media and persons who wanted to verify information sweeping like wildfire around the country and the world that the snipers were Jamaican nationals. Media houses such as MSNBC and ABC wanted reactions from The Gleaner. This could be the opportunity to appear on national television to answer questions and to promote your paper, said an ABC News representative. One international photography company was willing to pay any money for exclusive pictures from the Gleaner. He persisted in calling several times, in his attempt to get pictures. Several creditable news sources reported that the alleged snipers had Jamaican connections, but as the day progressed, only one turned out to have had Jamaican connection. The young man, John Lee Malvo was said to be a Jamaican, while his counterpart, John Allen Muhammad, 42, was reportedly from Antigua. Concerned Jamaicans were worried that this latest incident would again stir anti-Jamaican sentiments to the level of the Colin Ferguson incident several years ago. Then, Ferguson, a Jamaican national, went berserk during rush hour on the Long Island Railroad, shooting a trainload of passengers. Several persons died in that shooting rampage and others were injured. Ferguson later attempted to represent himself in the courts, and was eventually sentenced to life in prison. We really dont need this negative thrust in the news just now, not now when we are trying to keep our tourism alive, said one tourism official who requested anonymity. Only last week, newly appointed Air Jamaica President and Chief Operating Officer, Bruce Nobles, expressed concern about Caribbean/Jamaican tourism, especially in light of recent international events, like the threat of war, creeping U.S. economy, the fluctuating stock market, and increase cost in security. An appeal went out to the immigrant community in Washington, D.C., to assist in nabbing the snipers, and the assurance given by the Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose two days ago that their status would be regularized if they came forward. Now that the situation is under control, sentiments ran high that the immigrant community, especially Jamaicans, would once again be under the spotlight. I just have a suspicion that the immigration noose is going to be tightened further, said a worried woman, who said she was a student at Brooklyn College, NY. Immigration and Naturalization Service representative, Mark Thorn, referred the Gleaner to the Sniper Task Force for any immigration queries. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-06 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 119 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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The Weekly Gleaner was deluged with phone calls from the mainstream media and persons who wanted to Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-11-06 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 32 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title Janitors demand higher wages VTMBH Article: Author Rubén Dominquez VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Hannah Emmerich VTMBH Article: Section labor2 VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The SEIU 32BJ Youth Brigade marched in Newark yesterday to protest what the union is calling, the unfair treatment and low salaries of the janitors of this building, contracted by Planned Building Services, Inc. The protest took the form of street theater; 32BJ members dramatized the working conditions inside the building. According to union representatives, Planned Building Services located in Fairfield, New Jersey pays workers below the minimum wage and has violated workers rights as well as federal labor laws. In an official statement, 32BJ indicated that the company has engaged in unfair labor practices in order to discourage workers from joining the union, including intimidation and coercion. The Youth Brigade is made up of 30 young men and women between the ages of 18 and 22. Members come from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and take part in a six-week program to support the labor movement. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-08-12 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 94 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Janitors demand higher wages 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 16 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Venezuelan New Yorkers debate unrest at home VTMBH Article: Author Ana Maria Ramirez VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Telesh Lopez VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Many Venezuelans went to the consulate yesterday in midtown Manhattan some looking for information, others protesting Chavezs return to power. All agreed that the president and all sectors must seek reconciliation and dialogue to resolve the countrys crisis. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Venezuelans residing in New York disagree with the coup and restoration of President Hugo Chavez since last Thursday, which left a toll of 35 dead and more than 100 wounded. Hours after snipers opened fire on protesters and government supporters in the crowd, it was announced that Chavez had resigned under military pressure and that Perdro Carmona, president of the Venezuelan business association Fedecamaras, was to be first provisional representative. After two days of confusion, Chavez returned to power early Sunday morning. Many Venezuelans went to the consulate in midtown Manhattan yesterday; some looking for information, other protesting Chavezs return to power. But all agreed the president and all sectors must look for reconciliation and dialogue to resolve the countrys crisis. For Andres Prince, president of El Centro Civico Venezolano (The Venezuelan Civic Center), the solution for Venezuela is to hold a referendum so that the people can decide whether Chavez should remain in power. The assembly must conduct it, because we cannot wait; the country is lost and has lost its path, Prince said. The United Nations should send a committee to see if they are violating any human rights, he added. Chavez has divided the country and the social classes, which existed before but were united until now, said Karina Bolivar. Miriam Cordova, one of the owners of the Q Café, a Venezuelan restaurant on the east side, added that her friends felt that the recent events are quite sad. The President is a very emotional person and one cannot lead a country this way, she said. According to Luis Vielma, Chavez supporters and those who oppose him must come to an agreement. The President has not maintained unity. He is a populist; he must create more jobs and he must improve the education system and social security. A Venezuelan tourist visiting the Big Apple, Ernesto Gonzales, said Chavez is back in power because the military did not follow constitutional procedures. The coup detat is condemned from any point of view. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-04-15 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 105 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Venezuelan New Yorkers debate unrest at home 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. Many Venezuelans went to the consulate yesterday in midtown Manhattan some looking for information, Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-04-15 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 25 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title WBAI returns to Haitian programming VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Haiti Progres VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body For the first time in seven years, WBAI 99.5 FM, the New York affiliate of the Pacifica network, will begin airing radio shows dedicated to Haiti and its diaspora. At the end of June, three pilot programs spanning four hours will examine issues ranging from union-busting and free trade zones in Haiti to police brutality in New York, with healthy doses of Haitian music, such as konpa, rasin, and mizik angaje . Bernard White, WBAI's programming director, gave the pilot programs to a collective of Haitian grass-roots groups and media activists, with an eye to establishing a regular weekly program on Haiti. "Haiti hasn't been in the news lately, and most people have lost track of what is happening there," explained Christian Lemoine of Rezo Solidarite, one of the groups in the radio collective. "We hope to update people and bring a new perspective on developments in Haiti, and to draw parallels with what is happening in other countries, so that progressives and the activist community can draw lessons from that history." WBAI already hosts several regional programs such as "Our Americas," "Afrikaleidoscope," "Asia Pacific Forum," and the "Middle East Report." Presently, there are only two programs dedicated to news and analysis of specific countries: "Cuba in Focus" and "Radio Free Eireann," which examines Ireland. But "thousands of Haitians in the New York metropolitan area listen to WBAI because they are politically sophisticated and don?t care for the cookie-cutter news and disinformation dispersed by the mainstream corporate media outlets," explained Ray Laforest of the Haiti Support Network, another collective member. "Haitian listeners also played a role in fighting the coup that took over WBAI most of last year, just as we fought the coup in our own country." In Dec. 2000 and following months, much of the progressive staff of WBAI was fired after the Pacifica National Board moved to depoliticize the five-station network?s programming and explored selling off stations. Listeners revolted, forcing the resignation of many Board members, and the establishment of a new Interim board in Dec. 2001 entrusted with drafting new by-laws and returning the network to its original mission of "radio with a vision of peace, justice, and equity for all," according to WBAI?s website. The pilot Haitian programs are, in some way, the fruit of WBAI?s restoration. They will air from 10 to 11 a.m. on Mon., Jun. 24 and Tue., Jun. 25, and from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sat., Jun. 29. Other organizations involved in the Haitian radio collective include the Charlot Jacquelin Committee, MOKAM, and Haïti Progrès. The collective is bursting with creative ideas about future programming that would complement the mainstays of news, analysis, debate, and announcements. While there are several Haitian radio programs and stations broadcasting in Creole, this will be the only one in English, which the collective sees as an asset. "As an English speaking station, WBAI can be our link to talk to other communities," Laforest said. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-19 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 108 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 39 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Pakistani Christians stage protest in New York VTMBH Article: Author Ganesh S. Lakshman VTMBH Article: Publication News India-Times VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Christians from Pakistan, who comprise about three percent of the population, staged a demonstration outside the United Nations office in New York on Oct. 10 in protest against repression of the community by successive Pakistani governments, including the present Musharraf regime. Shouting let Christians in Pakistan live, the protesters, numbering about 50, held a three-hour demonstration outside U.N. Plaza on the corner of 1st Avenue and 47th street. They submitted a memorandum to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan seeking his intervention and were scheduled to march to the Pakistani Consulate and submit a similar memorandum. The protest was held by VIRSA (Valuable Inherited Religious and Social Attributes), a nonprofit organization of Pakistani-American Christians of New York, and several other groups. Victor Gill, chairman of the Philadelphia-based Christian Voice of Pakistan, charged that until last year, two to three Christians were killed every year. But this year, 36 Christians have been killed and over 100 injured. We are being exclusively targeted for revenge for September 11th after-effects. We want protection and equal rights. While one government took away our institutions, another gave us the Blasphemy Law. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-18 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 67 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pakistani Christians stage protest in New York 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 34 VTMBH Article: Article Order 5 VTMBH Article: Title The Madonna at Ground Zero, in a surge of religious and patriotic emotion VTMBH Article: Author Antonio Ciappina VTMBH Article: Publication America Oggi VTMBH Article: Original Language Italian VTMBH Article: Translator Katherine Sigelman VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Every year, for the past several years, the statue of the Madonna visited Frank Sinatra Park. This year, she paused, facing the park to allow those on the shore and those aboard the boat to exchange greetings. The benediction of the sea was held on the boat, just like in Molfetta, the small Italian city where the originators of this festival, trace their roots. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The Virgin is going to Ground Zero, said the devotees from the shore, as they spied the ferry carrying the statue of the Madonna of the Martyrs heading out to sea, rather than Frank Sinatra Park. Every year, for the past several years, the statue of the Madonna visited Frank Sinatra Park. This year, she paused, facing the park to allow those on the shore and those aboard the boat to exchange greetings. The benediction of the sea was held on the boat, just like in Molfetta, the small city in the Italian province of Bari where the Molfettese, the originators of this festival, trace their roots. Then, the boat returned to land at the end of Newark Avenue and was brought to the entrance of Frank Sinatra Drive, which winds along the riverside, where innumerable kiosks, booths, stalls, tents, and stands were lined up neatly on the two sides of the road leading to the park. In this area, the Madonnas journey ended with refreshment stands, games, and amusements, with carousels, roller coasters, and mini-car racetracks for innocuous racing contests. Everyone was startled by the rather noisy sounds of the fireworks when the Madonna was hoisted on boardwith properly cautious maneuversby her carriers, who were flanked by Italian sailors on leave from the National Association of Italian Sailors Group. On board was Monsignor Dominick Anthony Marconi, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark. As soon as the boat stopped at the dock near Ground Zero, he asked for silence and said a prayer for God, with the intercession of the Virgin, to grant New Yorkers the power to live without fear. He prayed that faith and good sense would prevail over those who, with demonic ingenuity, struck at a vulnerability that New York did not recognize in itself. This made New York a martyr of love, a victim of its own innocence. The city is like the Virgin, because it never fails in its mission, the invitation in the words of Emma Lazarus at the base of the Statue of Liberty. The attackers, individuals motivated by an irrational fanaticism, abused this generous invitation, eager for a revenge that finds no justification through its contempt and mockery for dignity and human life, bringing about a holocaust of innocents, said Marconi. In his prayers, Marconi asked God, with the intercession of the Virgin, to heal the hearts of those who still suffer the memory of irreparable loss, and give peace to those who reached Him prematurely. And to those that caused the end of an era of tolerance and initiated an era of violence, he asked that they realize that one never rectifies situations in the pursuit of vengeance. Nor can one redress real or alleged injustices with the distribution of worldly goods. Because only love can solve the problems that torment the world, everyone must try to hold hands … rather than clench [their] fists, Marconi said. This celebration was originally conceived as a religious outlet for the faith of the American Molfettese and a salute to their Madonna from the Atlantic shores. It has now turned into a celebration by Americans of every ethnicity of something even greater. Frank Sinatra Drive was full attractions for devotees of the Virgin, and visitors of every ethnicity were drawn in, fascinated by the spirituality and imagination of the people of Italian descent. The engineer Sal Scardigno, president of the Molfettese Federation of America, which is based in Hoboken, said that the crowds numbered up to 55,000 visitors in past years, for the four days of the festival of the Virgin and San Corrado, patron saint of Molfetta. How many attended this year with the yearning for peace that urged their souls to breathe prayers even more heartfelt, with a more intense spiritual ardor, suffering from crises of love and sorrow? For the record, two musical bands followed the procession. At the front, in addition to S. E. Marconi, were Reverend John Scarangella, spiritual advisor to the Society of the Madonna of the Martyrs, and Father Giuseppe De Candia, who came expressly for this purpose from Molfetta. Songs and hymns were sung while the procession moved on land and at sea. It ended with the patriotic God Bless America, sung passionately by everyone. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-09-10 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 53 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Madonna at Ground Zero, in a surge of religious and patriotic emotion 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 41 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Families of Flight 587 Victims Protest in Washington VTMBH Article: Author José L. Llanes VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Hannah Emmerich VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Dozens of families of Flight 587 victims convened yesterday in front of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as the first hearings began on the plane crash that claimed 265 lives last November in New York. Protesters arrived in Washington on a cold and rainy afternoon to demand that the hearings be moved to New York where the majority of the victims families reside. It is much easier for the NTSB to move its hearings to New York than it is for us to move all of our families to Washington. We demand that these hearings take place in New York, said one protest organizer Fernando Mateo, who is president of the group Hispanics Across America. Early in the morning, demonstrators boarded charter buses in Washington Heights and the Bronx for the journey to Washington. Hearings were scheduled to begin today in LEnfant Plaza and last until Friday. The Flight 587 Memorial Committee strongly criticized Mateos presence as a protest organizer. Committee President Rufino Hernández Lendof accused Mateo yesterday of opportunism. Not one drop of the victims blood belongs to Mateo, said Hernández Lendof to a different group of victims families who traveled to Washington to participate in the hearings. Others called for unity. The message, not the messenger, is whats important, said Héctor Algarroba, director of the HHS foundation, which works with Dominicans in the United States and in the Dominican Republic. What we want is unity. The important thing is not that the hearings take place in New York but that the NTSB hands over a complete list of the victims so that we can communicate among each other, explained Algarroba, who lost his parents in the crash. Disagreements among these organizations prevented the formation of a centralized movement that represents the interests of the victims families. I am here because I lost my only daughter and granddaughter to the crash. I want to know if this was the fate of God or something else, said Viola María Méndez, who traveled to Washington with Mateos group. Members of the group, which included Dominicans, North Americans, Venezuelans, Chileans and Uruguayans, criticized the NTSB for generally failing to make information available to victims families. The lack of information has characterized the investigation of Flight 587, say family members. Long Island residents James Monte and John Hartiarn, who lost their sister and step-daughter respectively, read about the protest in the newspaper and decided to take part. We hope to find out the truth about what caused the accident, but the NTSB has released very little information. The families dont count for anything in this investigation, said Monte, who became involved with the Flight 587 Memorial Committee. We need to establish ourselves as a unified force because it could take up to five years for them to release information. Demonstrators later traveled to the Washington, D.C. office of Senator Hillary Clinton, where they were met by Tamera Luzzatto, the Senators press secretary. Luzzatto informed the group that the Senator was working with Rep. Charles Rangel to compile a report of the hearings. That report will be presented in an open community forum in Washington Heights in an interactive discussion with simultaneous interpretation. At the protesters suggestion, the event will also be broadcast live in the Dominican Republic. This shows the success of our journey, said Mateo. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-29 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 133 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Families of Flight 587 Victims Protest in Washington 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 22 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title Protesters call for minimum wage hike VTMBH Article: Author Fabiola Newman VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Telesh Lopez VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body One cannot support a family in New York earning $5.15 an hour, said Sen. Eric Schneiderman, with Working Families Party and community activists who are fighting to raise the minimum wage by $1.60 an hour. The protest was held outside the doors of a McDonalds on the corner of Broadway and Dyckman, since this local place is paying its workers $5.15 an hour. But in states like Connecticut, where they have changed legislation, McDonalds pay $6.75 an hour, said community activist Ydanis Rodriguez. Actually the legislation to raise the minimum wage to $6.75 an hour is waiting for the approval of the State Senate, since it was approved by the Assembly and, unanimously, by the Senate Labor Committee. If approved, the quality of life would improve for the 700,000 families in New York State who live below the poverty line, according to the Working Families Party. In the meantime, activists are holding public demonstrations and collecting 50,000 signatures to show the authorities that New Yorkers agree. One of the principal arguments is that 74 percent of the those who earn the minimum wage are adults. They must work overtime or find a second job to survive, which takes away from the family, said Olga Sanchez, a domestic worker. I am a single mother of three young boys. To pay my bills, I work 12 hours and I do not have time to share with my boys, Sanchez said. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-05-20 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 113 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Protesters call for minimum wage hike 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 25 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Division among Latinos in Queens District 39 VTMBH Article: Author Elizabeth Mora-Mass VTMBH Article: Publication Resumen VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Hannah Emmerich VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb The creation of the largely Latino District 39 in Queens might have eased Latino under-representation in the State Assembly and Senate. However, a new rift in the Latino political community is practically paving the way for the re-election of former Councilman John Sabini. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The creation of the largely Latino District 39 in Queens is struggling to change Latino under-representation in the State Assembly and Senate. The district, made up of parts of Jackson Heights, Corona, and Elmhurst, is troubled by huge problems in education, health, housing, and crime. According to assembly and senate candidates, District 39 has the most overcrowded schools, a serious housing shortage, the highest rate of tuberculosis and one of the highest crime rates in the city. For years, Latino officials have warned that these problems, born out of poor representation in government, will only worsen. Traditionally, elected officials in the district are white and represent 14 percent of the community; Latinos comprise 54 percent, and of those, 86 percent are immigrants. Until recently, it seemed that all this was going to change with a new Latino representative. However, a division caused by Assemblymen Brian McLaughlin (Flushing), Adriano Espaillat (Upper Manhattan), Councilman Hiram Monserrate (Jackson Heights), and newcomer Assemblyman José Peralta (Queens), caused a rift in the Latino political community, and practically paved the way for the reelection of former Councilman John Sabini. The conflict began in 2000, when Colombian William Salgado, Dominican José Guevara, and Puerto Rican Hiram Monserrate made a pact to elect Monserrate as District Leader against James Lisa. Lisa is from an Italian-American family who occupied the district politically for generations and was endorsed by the Democratic Party. Monserrate won the election and, with help from the same coalition, won the position of City Councilman in November, 2001. The pact that we made was that we would support Monserrate for the City Council, and he in turn would support William [Salgado] for the Assembly, explained Guevara. However, at the beginning of this year, when the new District 39 was created, Monserrate broke his agreement with the coalition, and instead endorsed Salgados rival, Ivan Lafayette, for the Assembly, representing District 34. Under the new structure, District 34 fell under the jurisdiction of District 39. This was the motive behind supporting Julissa until a month ago for Assemblyman of District 39, said Bolívar Balcalcer, a Dominican involved in local politics. Balcalcer is referring to Julissa Ferraras, daughter of a respected Dominican leader who was to be endorsed by Monserrate. However, at the last minute Monserrate surprised his colleagues by cutting his ties with the group and aligning himself instead with Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin, who has powerful ties to labor unions, and Dominican Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat. Now, his candidate is José Peralta. He [Monserrate] chose José Peralta, a newcomer to local Queens politics, only to harm us. McLaughlin bought him with his union money. They are not interested in the community, only in power, said Guevara, adding, All McLaughlin wants is a puppet to take to Albany and turn into a loyal dog who does whatever he is told. The same thing will happen to Adriano [Espaillat], who is only interested in extending his power to Queens. But he [Espaillat] has never shown interest in the Dominicans of Queens. What they wanted to do, and what they did, was to destroy our coalition. Now we will lose our chances in the Senate. Monserrate, for his part, says that he has done nothing wrong and that, in politics there are things that must be done. Although he has made efforts to reclaim the friendship of the coalition that helped bring him to power, he has still not given them a satisfactory explanation for his betrayal, nor has he publicly explained pulling his endorsement of Ferraras at the last minute. For councilman, Monserrate endorses local politician Charlie Castro; the other Latino candidate is Néstor Díaz. Chances are slim that either of these men will triumph over Sabini. In six months, Monserrate lost the support of Colombian and Dominican community leaders as well as the Democratic Party. His critics say that Monserrate thinks so little that he still doesnt realize what he lost when he betrayed his old colleagues and supporters and rejected Ferraras as his candidate. Julissa Ferraras, Lafayattes candidate, was also looked upon favorably by Thomas Manton, as a young woman and a Latina, two identities that interest the Democratic Party to show diversity and attract young voters. Although Peralta denies being involved in the controversy, Salgado claims that he has a separate agreement with Monserrate. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-20 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 246 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Division among Latinos in Queens District 39 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. The creation of the largely Latino District 39 in Queens might have eased Latino under-representatio Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-06-20 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 5 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title Pakistani Store Set Afire VTMBH Article: Author Mohsin Zaheer VTMBH Article: Publication Sada-e-Pakistan NY VTMBH Article: Original Language Urdu VTMBH Article: Translator Haider Rizvi VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Syed Hamim Shah, a Pakistani immigrant and resident of Staten Island suffered a loss of over half a million dollars when two unknown white men burned down his grocery store a couple of weeks ago. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Syed Hamim Shah, a Pakistani immigrant and resident of Staten Island suffered a loss of over half a million dollars when two unknown white men burned down his grocery store a couple of weeks ago. Before throwing a bag full of explosives on the floor, the attackers verbally abused the sales clerk, yelling, You Muslims leave our country! Initially, the clerk didnt take their words seriously and kept doing his work, Mr. Shah said. But as soon as he heard the explosion, he ran out of the store along with others. A team of firefighters arrived at the scene within five minutes, but the entire store had already burnt to ashes. The police have not yet arrested anyone. Mr. Shah described the incident as a hate crime. He said he has been living in the United States for 22 years, and that he had been serving the Pakistani community without thoughts of material or immaterial gains. I had never thought of such a tragedy in my life, he said of his loss. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-01-03 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 58 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pakistani Store Set Afire 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. Syed Hamim Shah, a Pakistani immigrant and resident of Staten Island suffered a loss of over half a Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-01-03 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 32 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Raids on Pakistani homes and arrests are at their peak: 60 arrested from Queens and Brooklyn this week VTMBH Article: Author M.R. Farrukh VTMBH Article: Publication Pakistan Post VTMBH Article: Original Language Urdu VTMBH Article: Translator Rehan Ansari VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb The INS and FBI arrested 60 people in Queens and Brooklyn and charged them with immigration violations. The Pakistani communities are terrified, and many are fleeing Brooklyn. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The INS and FBI are raiding the homes of those whose country of origin, Pakistan, is Americas greatest ally in the war against terrorism. Within the last week, the agencies arrested 60 people in Queens and Brooklyn. They were all charged with violations relating to their immigration status. The Pakistani communities are terrified. According to numerous accounts, thousands of families are fleeing Brooklyn because it seems that the agencies are focused on this borough. People are moving to other states, Canada and Pakistan. Many travel agents in Brooklyn tell of Pakistanis going back to Pakistan on one-way tickets. Abid Rafay, who runs a travel agency and is also in the insurance business, says that Pakistanis previously issued deportation papers are now leaving for Pakistan to avoid being raided. Pakistanis are the main focus of the FBI and INS. The raids cause hardships that must be heard to be believed. A woman, residing in Long Island, heard from her husband four months after he was arrested in Pennsylvania. He has just now had a hearing. A woman whose husband is in jail has three kids and no means of livelihood was recently assaulted. Many Pakistani business are bing hurt. Officials in the Pakistan Embassy, who are responsible for detainees, say that Musharref simply is not talking about Overseas Pakistanis with Washington. Rep. Major Owens recently told the Pakistan Post that President Musharref made no effort to advocate against the raids. Musharref is coming to address the UN in the second week of September. But how can he be pressured to speak for leniency for Pakistanis living illegally in the United States? Officers from the Police Intelligence Units of the NYPD went to Pakistani businesses on Coney Island Avenue and asked for all kinds of information. They did not make any arrests but nor did they seem to question any of the neighboring Turkish, Mexican, or Russian businesses. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-08-28 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 514 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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The INS and FBI arrested 60 people in Queens and Brooklyn and charged them with immigration violatio Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-28 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 42 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title What General Musharraf and his government will not reveal about FBI surveillance in Pakistan VTMBH Article: Author Sufi Z. H Aziz VTMBH Article: Publication Urdu Times VTMBH Article: Original Language Urdu VTMBH Article: Translator Rehan Ansari VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb General Musharraf and his aides deny it, but it seems that the FBI is placing state-of-the-art surveillance cameras in airports, malls and other public places in Pakistan. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is placing state-of-the-art surveillance cameras in Pakistan, many of which will be put in Karachi, at the airport, hotels, malls and intersections of major streets. Pakistani officials routinely dismiss questions about surveillance cameras as they do al questions regarding FBI activity in Pakistan. Recently, General Musharraf, at an armament trade show in Karachi named IDEA 2002, commented that it was mere rumor that the FBI was active in Pakistan against Al Qaeda. He said that all operations against Al Qaeda were the work of Pakistani intelligence agencies. General Musharraf's statement is in keeping with his government's denial that there are American bases in Waziristan, Pakistan or that there are any FBI or Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operations in the country. In reality there is an American military base in Waziristan, and the FBI does have operational centers in Pakistan. At the airports in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi, newly installed surveillance cameras link the PISCES (Pipeline Intermodal System to Support, Control Expedition and Scheduling) system to the FBI database. When Inspector General of Police Syed Kamal Shah was asked about the cameras that have been set up in Karachi he argued that the police had set them up to record traffic violations! However, the cameras are very obviously several generations of technology ahead of anything that the police in Karachi use. The answer that stares us in the face is that the FBI is conducting its own surveillance. It is no wonder that right wing clerical parties did so well in the Pakistani elections, after running a campaign critical of American and Musharrafs policies. Obviously greater and greater numbers of Pakistani are tired of Musharraf's policies of self preservation. The Musharraf government was pro-Taliban and pro-jihad in Kashmir until after September 11th, when American pressured it into a 180 degree turn. Currently the government is allowing American armed forces and intelligence agencies leeway in Pakistan. Musharraf's policies have so little to do with the Pakistani public's sentiments that they are not even made public. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-07 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 62 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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General Musharraf and his aides deny it, but it seems that the FBI is placing state-of-the-art surve Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-11-07 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 46 VTMBH Article: Article Order 5 VTMBH Article: Title Aztec invasion in the Big Apple VTMBH Article: Author Maria del Carmen Amado VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Telesh Lopez VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Statistics show that the Mexican community is the third largest immigrant community in New York City. Janet Ortega, 29, belongs to a new group of Mexicans who chose the Big Apple as their new destination. She works in a restaurant on Second Avenue and 110th Street. She decided to come to the United States, "because here there is work and in Mexico there isn't." In the establishment, the faint lights mixed with music from Los Bukis, the smell of food and the residue of liquor filled the air, the clock marked 11 in the morning and Janet was already working. "I will have a double shift and I will continue until four in the morning, said the mother of five children whose salary for 15 hours will be $140. "Life here is very difficult here for Mexicans, she admitted. Mainly concentrated in the western part of the country, in the last 10 years, a large number of young people like Ortega, mainly from the Mixteca region, have veered their way toward New York and North Carolina. According to Consul Norberto Terrazas, head of legal aid for Mexican nationals at the Mexican Consulate in New York, the number of Mexicans is about 500,000 and 600,00 in the metropolitan area (including the five boroughs, New Jersey and Connecticut) and goes up approximately 10 percent a year. The Census, which could not count thousands of immigrants, registered 186,876. As the third largest community group in New York, this communitys situation is not one of the best, and, like any first generation of immigrants, their case is dramatic. They face health problems, housing and education, without escaping problems with the law (there are 367 in New York Citys prisons). Many are objects of discrimination, while their political participation is low. But our compatriots have a real good reputation and they are hard workers, said Terrazas. The biggest problem is their average income is between $13,000-$15,000 a year, the lowest in the city. In the consulate, we get visits from about 400 persons a day with various needs. The principal one being after immigrating, is the need for legal advice, said Terrazas. For Mexicans, who traditionally had a high rate of temporary stays, the situation has changed in the last decade, explained Robert Smith, a professor at Barnard College. Because of the rise of restrictions in crossing the border, their stay is permanent, because if before they came and left, now they can't. Nevertheless, they are not alone. The consulate and community organizations offer education, to prevent their migratory vulnerability to continue being objects of abuse, explained Terrazas. Many think because they are undocumented they have no rights, but they are protected by the constitution in case of arrests, searches and other penal problems. With an age range of 15 to 40-years-old, and because of separation from their families, many Mexican immigrants are prey to gangs and crimes that lead to prison. They are also objects of discrimination for Anglo and African Americans, whom, "for being larger think we are afraid of them," said Ortega. One more thing: because a high percentage of Mexican immigrants do not speak English, their assimilation into society is slower. But Mexicans are ready to face the difficulties, said waiter Celestino Sarmiento. We work hard to help our families progress and show that Latinos will get to the top, said the 23-year-old. Our community needs to organize and demand respect because we contribute to the economy, said Gerry Dominguez, director of an organization in El Barrio, which offers English classes and assistance finding jobs and help with immigration cases. Our fight is strong to help the poorthe majority being undocumented people who cannot get public assistance as other groups do." The Tepeyac Association, which yesterday concluded a journey of 45 days with the Guadalupan torch, are also trying to legalize the almost eight million undocumented immigrants, 50 percent of which are Mexican. " We want more support and compassion for immigrants, defending their human rights and from the abuses of labor," said Tepeyac Director Joel Magallan. Although there are 367 Mexicans in prison, immigration violations are not very high, and most are sentenced for drugs, homicides, robbery and fraud. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-12-12 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 113 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aztec invasion in the Big Apple 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-12-12 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 19 VTMBH Article: Article Order 5 VTMBH Article: Title International smuggling of Afghan girls increases, many end up in Japan and the United States VTMBH Article: Author Qurban Anjum VTMBH Article: Publication New York Awam VTMBH Article: Original Language Urdu VTMBH Article: Translator Rehan Ansari VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The destruction of Afghanistan, a result of the American military campaign, has been a boon from smugglers and their networks. According to the United Kingdom-based Daily Telegraph, six million Afghans are living under famine conditions. According to Oxfam, 17 percent of children under the age of five are starving. Many families are selling daughters at puberty to feed themselves. Rahim Dad, in the Siasang region, sold his 12-year-old son for $60. He received $40 right away. He has already married one of his daughters before she attained puberty. He is looking to sell his other two daughters. The man was devastated. According to the Red Cross Feb. 8th report, many families are selling their daughters in the western part of Afghanistan, including Herat and Farah, which has suffered terribly from bombardments. The price? 100 kilogram of wheat. There are also reports of children subsisting eating leaves. Project for South Asia reports that women from Asia, Europe and Africa are being smuggled into the United States by international mafias. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-04-25 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 103 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource International smuggling of Afghan girls increases, many end up in Japan and the United States 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-04-25 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 42 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Lets make Flushing clean: Korean-American Association of Flushing runs regular cleaning campaign VTMBH Article: Author Min-soo Lee VTMBH Article: Publication Korea Times New York VTMBH Article: Original Language Korean VTMBH Article: Translator Jeongwoo Han VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Korean-American Association of Flushing is leading a street cleaning campaign. On Nov. 13th, at 7 a.m. the Korean-American Association of Flushing started cleaning the area from Union Street at Northern Blvd. to Roosevelt Ave. They decided to clean the area on a regular basis, with help from Korean churches. To do this, the Association has hired a Korean and a Mexican cleaning crew. They will clean the areas of the Flushing Municipal Parking area covering most of Union Street from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Chang-hun Kim, chairman of the Korean-American Association of Flushing, said, Cleaning streets in the morning makes me feel refreshed and really good, especially on Union Street, where Korean shops are concentrated. I find it worthwhile to clean that area. He also added, I hope that with this campaign, Korean people will feel proud of themselves for serving the community, and other ethnic people will feel good about Korean businesses and Korean people. On this day of the street cleaning campaign, in addition to the Korean American Association of Flushing, The Council of Korean Churches of New York, Siloam Presbyterian Church, Young Nak Presbyterian Church, New Millennium United Methodist Church, The Church of Light and Salt participated in the campaign. Also, John Liu, city councilman, Suk-joo Kim of the Korean-American Association of NY, and Seung-yol Lee, chairman of the Korean-American Senior Citizen Association of NY, were among the 30 participants. The organizations were provided with $300 from the Kumgang San Restaurant in Flushing, to pay for the cleaning equipment and facilities from New York City Sanitation Department (NYSD), bread and drinks from Canaan Bakery and lunch from Sanhaeginmi Food. These businesses and the NYSD will continue to support the Korean-American Association of Flushing in the upcoming cleaning of this area. Voluntary members from Korean churches will engage in the cleaning campaign. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-14 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 72 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lets make Flushing clean: Korean-American Association of Flushing runs regular cleaning campaign 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-11-14 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 23 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Police enforcement of immigration law protested VTMBH Article: Author María del Carmen Amado VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Hannah Emmerich VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The Bush Administrations proposal to authorize local and state police to report immigration violations to Immigration and Nationalization Services (INS) faces opposition by immigrant rights groups. If it is approved by the Department of Justice, the proposal will put racial profiling into effect and is expected to aggravate relations between immigrants and police. The new laws will revisit the historic distrust between the immigrant community and the INS, said Raúl Izaguirre, president of the National Council of La Raza. The bill will debilitate the civil rights of millions of immigrants and cut short the work that we have done over years to improve this situation, Izaguirre added. He went on to say that legal immigrants and U.S. citizens will also be affected if they share similar ethnic characteristics as with those who are being persecuted by the complying INS agencies. Under the existing laws, INS agents conduct routine checks of prisoners legal status; however the state and local police cannot arrest or detain people based on suspected immigration violations. If the new laws passed, police officers will be obligated to investigate the legal status of both detainees and crime victims. We have worked for twenty years in the community to convince people not be afraid to report cases of domestic violence or abuse. Our work will be nullified in little time, and we, as police officers, will have to perform the duties of the INS, criticized Anthony Miranda, president of the Latino Officers Association. Miranda has helped to start campaigns to encourage immigrants to report crimes, without worrying that their status will endanger them. Our job is to help people, said Miranda. The co-director of the Jersey City Police Department, Edgar Martínez, said that his agency had not been notified by the federal government of the approval of the new legislation. Before we do anything, we must receive orders from the District Attorney of New Jersey, David Samson, said Martínez. If the police stop someone on the street without proper immigration papers, the department will notify the INS and they will advise us on what to do with the detainees. He added that upon receiving orders from the federal government to conduct investigations on the legal status of detained immigrants, we will have to do it. A recent poll of Latinos granted citizenship since 1995 revealed that 77 percent object to the police enforcing immigration laws. We all want to feel safe and for our country to be safe, but we also believe that the priorities of law enforcement officials should be to detain the real terrorist suspects, and these laws will only work against that goal, said Izaguirre. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-11 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 118 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Police enforcement of immigration law protested 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 29 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Study says Asian American voters faced discrimination VTMBH Article: Author Gasnesh S. Lakshman VTMBH Article: Publication Desi Talk VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb A recently released study by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund says that Asian American voters were discriminated against during the 2001 mayoral and city council elections. The report ennumarates that the problems, including barriers to language assistance, that prevented many Asian Americans from voting. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body A recently released report by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) on the New York City mayoral and City Council elections of 2001, says that there were several instances where Asian American voters faced hostile election workers and discrimination. According to the report, AALDEF monitored 35 polling sites during the rescheduled primary, runoff and general election of 2001 and found that problems encountered earlier remained. These included numerous omissions of Asian voters names from the list of registered voters and Chinese characters printed so small that they were unreadable. The report said new problems that surfaced included poll workers seeking identification of Asian voters, poll workers who obstructed language assistance, confusion over polling site locations and police interference in election administration. Additionally, the report said, Korean-American voters also encountered barriers to language assistance and unequal treatment. These problems resulted in numerous Asian American voters losing their right to vote. The 35 polling sites inspected by the AALDEF team were in the Manhattan Chinatown, in QueensFlushing, Elmhurst, Floral Park and Richmond Hill, (Queens), and in BrooklynSunset Park and Homecrest. Here are some of the findings and observations of the team, as listed in the report. Numerous Asian voters names were missing from the list of registered voters, resulting in voters being turned away when affidavit ballots were not offered. Second, poll workers obstructed the right to vote by exhibiting hostility toward Asian voters, requiring identifications, or being unfamiliar with election procedures. Third, Chinese-language assistance was thwarted due to problems with Chinese-interpreter training, poll workers who interfered or would not allow interpreters to assist voters, poll workers who disregarded translated materials, and Chinese characters on ballots being too small to read. Fourth, Korean-American voters in Flushing experienced a host of discriminatory barriers, including a shortage of Korean interpreters, poll worker obstruction of language assistance, and unequal treatment by poll workers. Fifth, there were other problems such as confusion over polling sites in Chinatown, broken voting machines and undue police involvement in election administration. The AALDEF report observed that these problems resulted in denying Asian Americans their right to vote. Glenn D. Magpantay, a staff attorney with AALDEF, told Desi-Talk that there were many instances of discrimination against South-Asian and Indian-American voters. While the problems with Chinese and Korean voters were related to language, South Asian voters complained that they were being treated differently, like they were asked to produce identification papers when they are not required to do so by law. The problems faced by the Asian-American voters, including Indians, Chinese and Koreans were because they were foreign-born and are immigrants, he said. The report listed some instances of discrimination against South-Asian voters. At Newtown High School in Elmhurst, a voter complained that a certain poll inspector at ED37/AD34 was not only hostile, but also would not give affidavit ballots to Asian voters who were not listed in the book. Similarly, At P.S. 20 in Flushing, 43 voters described poll workers as hostile. We also observed that the attitude of poll inspectors toward Asian and white voters differed. Poll inspectors were less polite and occasionally curt toward Asian voters and were cheerful and accommodating toward white voters, the report said. At a polling site in Richmond Hill, where voters were mostly Indians and Indo-Caribbeans, poll inspectors made improper demands for identification of Asian voters, the report said. Indian-American voters in Floral Park also faced a similar problem. In all, during the general election, nearly 350 Asian voters reported that identification was required of them. At J.H.S. 189 in Flushing, a voter reported that the poll inspectors ignored him, even though he was standing in front of them, and that one elderly woman poll inspector was sleeping. Similarly, At P.S. 55 in Richmond Hill at ED 49/AD32, a South Asian voter complained that the inspector told him to pull the vote-casting lever too early, so he lost some of his votes. Likewise, At St. Pauls Church in Richmond Hill, voters commented that poll workers dont know their job(s) and exhibited poor behavior. One voter complained that poll workers talked about him while he was completing a paper ballot. According to the report, at P.S. 55 in Richmond Hill, a police officer threatened to arrest a frustrated South Asian voter who had been erroneously shuttled among several different polling sites to vote. The report made recommendations as well as complained to the Board of Elections of the City of New York regarding some of the instances of discrimination. On the basis of our complaints, the services of six poll inspectors were terminated and another 20 of them were issued letters of reprimand, said Magpantay. Apart from demanding that hostile or discriminatory poll workers be reprimanded and removed from their posts, the AALDEF report concluded that poll inspectors need better training in affidavit ballot procedures, voters rights to language assistance, and the boards own language assistance program. Among the other recommendations of the AALDEF report are: Enlarging Chinese characters on the ballot by using a large Chinese-language font size. The board explore ways to remedy the problem that Asian voters names are missing from the list of registered voters. The board provide Korean interpreters and translated ballots, voter registration forms and voting machine instruction signs. The board must better inform the public, particularly non-English-speaking voters, about polling site changes. The board must inform the New York Police Department supervisors about the proper role of police officers on election day. With reference to the voting rights of Asian Americans, AALDEF, in a separate press statement, said that the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate have passed election reform bills, which are now before a House/Senate Conference Committee, whose members will reconcile the differences and produce a final bill. With regard to the provisions of the bill, the AALDEF has opposed the requirement for first-time voters to provide identification. This provision will have a chilling effect on eligible voters who are newly naturalized, young, minority, and limited English-proficient. The ID check could also lead to discriminatory enforcement and violate the privacy of voters. A signature or attestation is already used in many localities to deter fraud. The ID check will just create another barrier to registering to vote, the AALDEF statement said. The AALDEF has also called for supporting expanded access to the vote for limited-English proficient voters. It has also supported those provisions in the bill that will improve the administration of elections, and has sought provision of matching funds for states to buy new voting machines as well as setting minimum standards to prevent under-voting or over-voting on machines. <i>Are you registered to vote?</i> This years primary elections will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 10. The general election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 5. To vote in primary and general elections, you must register by Aug. 16. To vote in this years general election only, you must register by Oct. 11. In New York City, call toll-free 1-800-VOTE-NYC. Or visit the <a href=http://vote.ny.us Board of Elections website.</a>Outside the City of New York, call your county election office or log on to <a href=www.elections.state.ny.us> www.elections.state.ny.us</a>. There is no need to register again, if you are registered already. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-08-02 VTMBH Article: Thumb desi-resized2.jpg VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 153 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Study says Asian American voters faced discrimination 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. 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