109 20 70360 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 27 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Weve been threatened: The Workplace Project in Hempstead advocates on behalf of Latino day laborers VTMBH Article: Author Rodolfo Castillo VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body VTMBH Article: Line Breaks VTMBH Article: Date 0000-00-00 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 5 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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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 3 VTMBH Article: Title Union members demand employment protection VTMBH Article: Author Marcin Szczepanskion VTMBH Article: Publication Nowy Dziennik / Polish Daily News VTMBH Article: Original Language Polish VTMBH Article: Translator Lukasz Bulka VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb SEIU 32BJ members protested in front of City Hall on June 13. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body SEIU 32BJ members protested in front of City Hall on June 13. The doormen, porters and elevator operators demanded a three month employment safeguard after a buildings ownership changes. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-14 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 112 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 Union members demand employment protection 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. SEIU 32BJ members protested in front of City Hall on June 13. 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. 2002-06-14 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 10 VTMBH Article: Article Order VTMBH Article: Title Protesting "miscarriage of justice" in Louima case VTMBH Article: Author Herb Boyd VTMBH Article: Publication Amsterdam News VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body It didnt take long for two of the most prominent civil and human rights activists to respond to last weeks decision by a federal appeals court to overturn the conviction of police officers in the Abner Louima case. On Sunday, the Rev. Herbert Daughtry, pastor of the House of the Lord Church, led a group of protesters from his church to the federal courthouse where the officers were originally tried and convicted, vowing to keep the pressure on until there is justice. "Fighting against this criminal justice system is pretty close to being hopeless," Daughtry told the press. "But at the same time, we will continue to fight against the system and, in particular, this decision. We will not quit, we will not give up, we will not falter, we will not fail," Daughtry insisted. Meanwhile, on Monday, the Rev. Al Sharpton, with a number of notables, met with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. Sharpton expressed his outrage at the decision and voiced his position on the possible reinstatement of Thomas Bruder and Thomas Wiese, who were acquitted of obstruction of justice charges. "It is no question to anybody that they lied," Sharpton said of the two officers, "and that should be the basis for them never to be police officers again." When asked what he wanted to be done, Sharpton said, "I want the guilty to pay." "Abner wanted to go on with his life, putting all this behind him," said attorney Sandford Rubenstein, Louisma?s counsel. "Now, he will have to testify again, which he will do." Louima?s brother, Jonas, said that if the police officers are reinstated, "we will never be able to begin the healing from this tragedy." Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the issue was matter of law. "There is a procedure that calls for fact-finding and a hearing," he said. The mayor was reluctant to add any further comment. Kelly was equally reticent, but did say, through a press release, that he could not offer an opinion one way or the other, because "I may have to make a decision on the issue later." The commissioner has the last word on the reinstatement, after reviews are completed by the police boards. "This could have happened to me or any one of us," said Ed Lewis, publisher of Essence magazine, who has been very outspoken about the appeals court reversal. "I grew up in the Bronx, so I know what?s going on." Sharpton told the press that his next action would be on Capitol Hill, where he will continue to complain about this "miscarriage of justice." VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-03-07 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 86 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 Protesting "miscarriage of justice" in Louima case 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. 2002-03-07 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 37 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title A Pakistani writes from an American jail VTMBH Article: Author Azeem M. Mian VTMBH Article: Publication Pakistan Post VTMBH Article: Original Language Urdu VTMBH Article: Translator Rehan Ansari VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb A friend of the editors of Pakistan Post received a letter from Zubair Hanafi, which has been forwarded to me and I am including in this column. The letter bears an Aug. 15 postmark, meaning the letter has taken almost two months to get to me. Let us hope that Zubair is safe, either released in the United States or deported to Pakistan. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body A friend of the editors of Pakistan Post received a letter from Zubair Hanafi, which has been forwarded to me and I am including in this column. Zubairs address is the Brooklyn Detention Center. His prisoner number is 67898053. The letter bears an Aug. 15 postmark, meaning the letter has taken almost two months to get to me. Let us hope that Zubair is safe, either released in the United States or deported to Pakistan. Zubair writes to Afaq, a man he doesnt know: <i>Dear Sir, I know you are well connected in the community and have contacts with the media. Perhaps you will be able to get me help. I am from the Memon community of Karachi and living legally in the US. I have a green card. At 7:00am on 29th May the authorities raided my apartment. They did not produce a warrant. They arrested my brother Sajjad Ahmed, my roommate Ali Reza, and myself. As they were leaving with us, my neighbour Salahuddin Qureshi, unfortunately opened his apartment door in response to the activity in the corridor and they arrested him as well. Two of the men have been already deported, I am still in detention. I can be freed on bail. I have made phone calls to people I know but nobody is stepping forward to help me. Please tell my story in the media and to the many organizations and please write to me to let me know if you can help.</i> I have written back to him but have not received a phone call. I find myself upset with our community leaders, who have their photographs taken with the Pakistani ambassabor and visiting politicians from Pakistan but make no moves to help those who are in suffering terrible ordeals. I also possess the legal papers of another case involving a Pakistani-American. Ahsan ul Haq is in danger of having his American citizenship revoked. Due to his arrest after September 11th, his files have been opened and combed for misstatements he made in his application for naturalization. There are millions of cases of naturalized citizens who, knowingly or unknowingly, made false statements in their application of citizenship. Since September 11th, it is Pakistani-Americans and other Muslim-Americans who are targeted. In the case of Ahsan ul Haq, he made his way to California from Pakistan without a visa in 1984. He then applied for political asylum and was denied in November 1985. His appeal was rejected in 1988. He received a letter demanding that he surrender himself to the authorities. He did not and applied for legal status under the agricultural workers program. It was accepted. He received his green card and applied for citizenship in 1997, and received it in 2000. His wife and children are also American citizens. His arduous but not untypical journey to American citizenship seemed to have ended. He had a successful construction business and things looked good. After September 11th, he was arrested for false statements he made in his application for naturalization. He had not revealed that he had been rejected for legal status previously. Ahsan is now out on bail but very worried. Ahsans case shows that even Pakistanis who are naturalized Americans cannot be secure. Their American citizenship can always be investigated and revoked given the current political circumstances. These circumstances are not affecting any other community besides Pakistanis and other Muslims. I am not arguing that Pakistanis and Muslims should be allowed to get away with breaking the law, just that the law be applied equally. Racial profiling is also against the law. There are any number of people of Mexican and Latin American origin, and from India and Southern Europe who are not targeted, whose naturalization files are not reopened. This is unfair, particularly when not one Pakistani has been charged with terrorism. I still hear of raids and arrests in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Houston, California and Florida. Our Pakistani community leaders are not organizing, and6 people are too afraid to speak up. There is still no credible forum in the community, where we can address the difficulties that Pakistanis face now and will face in the future. This is a time that tests our inner strength and conscience. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-09 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 132 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 A Pakistani writes from an American jail 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. A friend of the editors of Pakistan Post received a letter from Zubair Hanafi, which has been forwar 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. 2002-10-09 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 3 VTMBH Article: Title The media and the U.S. government VTMBH Article: Author Ahsan Jehangir VTMBH Article: Publication News Pakistan VTMBH Article: Original Language Urdu VTMBH Article: Translator Rehan Ansari VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb The relationship between the media and the U.S. government appears closer than ever. The media has become a place where the administration tests public reaction to a future policy, or where administration policies are "explained." And ties between the administration and the media are not simply closeboth act toward a common goal. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The relationship between media executives and the U.S. government has never appeared closer. More and more we are seeing the media propagating administration policies. It is so much the case that the media functions as either a "testing ground" for policymakingin other words, the media is where the administration tests public reaction to a future policyor a space where administration policies are "explained." Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO of Fox News, went even further in cozying up to the administration by advising President Bush on the importance of harmonizing with public opinion. After September 11th, he wrote a letter to President Bush arguing that the president must wed public opinion to his policies. This incident has been written about in a book about post-September 11th administration policies called Bush at War. Ties between the administration and the media are not simply closethey act toward a common goal. When Clinton was president, he counted among his closest friends Richard Kaplan, president of CNN/USA. Kaplan used to spend a day in the White House, every week, with Clinton. Is it too much to say that Clinton regularly briefed a senior executive of a major news outlet? An example of the common goals between the media and the administration is the build up and demonizing of Saddam Hussein of Iraq, and Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan. It is common knowledge that Saddam has committed terrible wrongs against the Iraqi people and neighboring countries. But the media does not point out that most of these crimes were committed while Saddam was an ally of the United States until 1988. Today Saddam is presented by the media as a villain who possesses chemical and biological weapons. This is because today it suits the administration to make war on him. In the case of Pervez Musharraf it is the opposite. Prior to September 11th, both the Clinton and Bush administrations were unhappy with the coup in Pakistan. In his trip to South Asia in March 2001, Clinton spent five days in India and five hours in Islamabad, during which he refused to have a photograph taken of his handshake with Musharraf. In those days, Musharraf was presented in the media as a military dictator presiding over a failed state. Post-September 11th, with Musharraf having sided with the United States, the man is now an ally of this country, with the New York Times repeatedly referring to him as "a benign dictator." Musharraf, who has introduced a democracy in Pakistan which is no threat to his presidency, and which has restored the same corrupt politicians from previous regimes, is presented by all media outlets as a "progressive" and a "moderate" Muslim. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-12-11 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 78 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 media and the U.S. government 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 relationship between the media and the U.S. government appears closer than ever. The media has 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. 2002-12-11 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 10 VTMBH Article: Article Order VTMBH Article: Title Authorities begin another round of crackdowns on undocumented in Pakistani community, VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Sada-e-Pakistan NY VTMBH Article: Original Language Urdu VTMBH Article: Translator Mohsin Zaheer VTMBH Article: Section VTMBH Article: Blurb FBI, INS and local law enforcement agencies began a second round of crackdowns on undocumented Pakistani immigrants. MORE. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and other federal and state law enforcement agencies began a second round of crackdowns on undocumented Pakistani immigrants for whom deportation orders have been issued. Two of the Pakistani immigrants who were rounded up include Mr. Anwar, who owns a Queens junkyard, and Mr. Saeed, a Brooklyn resident who used to sell hosiery goods in Manhattan. Law enforcement agencies picked them up from their apartments at midnight. INS agents raided three different places to detain Mr. Saeed before finding him in an apartment on East 10th Street, in Brooklyn. It is interesting to note that the INS ignored another Pakistani family overstaying their visas in the second apartment they searched. This shows a major change in the INS policy; now, rather than detaining every suspect, they are only after the people for whom deportation orders have been issued. During the last 20 years, the United States issued deportation orders against more than 300,000 people. Most people in this category have not yet left the United States. Law enforcement agencies have been given the task to ensure the implementation of said deportation orders. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks VTMBH Article: Date 2002-03-07 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File n1.doc VTMBH Article: Hit Count 2 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 Authorities begin another round of crackdowns on undocumented in Pakistani community, 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. FBI, INS and local law enforcement agencies began a second round of crackdowns on undocumented Pakis 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. 2002-03-07 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 2 VTMBH Article: Title False social security brokers on the rise: H Tour Company in Flushings Union Mall issues false social security cards VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Joo Gan New York News VTMBH Article: Original Language Korean VTMBH Article: Translator Sun-Yong Reinish VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb The sale of counterfeit social security cards and drivers licenses is big business for illegal brokers who prey on the fears of undocumented immigrants. Even crackdowns from the INS have not deterred these companies from selling fake IDs. These illegal brokers represent the underside of the Korean community and must be eradicated. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body In the aftermath of September 11th, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), in increased cooperation with the Social Security Administration (SSA), severely stiffened penalties for social security fraud and abuse. Since then, a growing number of innocentor foolishKoreans have been deceived by false social security brokers in New York. Koreans should beware! Illegal brokers are openly selling counterfeit Korean emigration passports and New York State drivers licenses on the streets. Authorities report over 100 incidents of lost or stolen passports or drivers licenses each month. To date, almost 1,200 cases have been reported this year. Undocumented Korean immigrants have paid the H Tour Company in Flushing between $1,000-$3,000 apiece for a counterfeit or altered stolen document. Illegal brokers earn large amounts of money by selling false social security cards and drivers licenses to the Korean community in New York. The Office of Homeland Securitys (OHS) task force in New York State has stepped up their interest in false social security cards. Arrests for the sale or purchase of false social security cards have increased; almost 300 arrests were made in the Queens area up to September. Despite the high number of arrests, the H Tour Company, located on the second floor of Flushings Union Mall, which recently came under investigation, has not stopped selling false cards to undocumented Korean immigrants. In November 2001, a Mr. L came to America from Korea, with another family member, with tourist visas. He innocently purchased what he believed to be two valid social security cards for a total of $3,000. After one year, Mr. L attempted to open a bank account with a Korean bank in Flushing, to deposit the savings he had accrued through working here, but was informed by the bank that his social security card was invalid. He was shocked. Mr. L went to the H Tour Company to protest their sale of illegal cards. The company responded by telling him that they had been issuing false cards for 10 years without any difficulties, and that he should not create any problems for them. Mr. L has been put into an embarrassing and difficult situation. The familys visas have expired, and they are unable to bring charges against the tour company for fear of government reprisal and ouster. They cannot take any steps to solve their situation. In a related case a few days ago, a Roosevelt Avenue driving school was shut down following a raid by the OHSs task force. Such illegal brokers prey on the anxieties and fears of undocumented immigrants seeking American identification documents. They represent the underside of the Korean community and must be eradicated! VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-12-06 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 111 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 False social security brokers on the rise: H Tour Company in Flushings Union Mall issues false socia 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 sale of counterfeit social security cards and drivers licenses is big business for illegal broke 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. 2002-12-06 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 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. A recently released study by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund says that Asian Ame 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. 2002-08-02 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 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 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 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 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. 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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 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/. Title A name given to the resource What General Musharraf and his government will not reveal about FBI surveillance in Pakistan 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. 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 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. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Raids on Pakistani homes and arrests are at their peak: 60 arrested from Queens and Brooklyn this we 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 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 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. 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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 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 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 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. 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. Every year, for the past several years, the statue of the Madonna visited Frank Sinatra Park. This 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. 2002-09-10 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 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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