114 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 3 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title The Newsagent who does not want Israeli Customers VTMBH Article: Author Yaniv Chalili VTMBH Article: Publication Yedioth-Ahronot VTMBH Article: Original Language Hebrew VTMBH Article: Translator Jonathon Lincoln VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb After a Manhattan newsstand clerk made an anti-Isreali comment to a patron, she organized a boycott, and the newspaper became involved. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body One of the most distinctive characteristics of New York is that it is a microcosm of the world, a place full of people of different countries, races and religions. The residents of the city share one destiny. All that is necessary is toleration between peoples, even if the city is not standing complete. Last week the thin line of toleration in New York was broken. Navah Yakov, an Israeli who lives on the Upper East Side, went one morning to buy a copy of Yedioth Ahronot from her neighborhood newsstand. Ms. Yakov had bought newspapers from this store on a regular basis and, often, the owners and workers would greet her. That days paper had bad news, on the front page there were horrifying pictures of the terrorist attack in Afula, and Ms. Yakov had trouble looking at them. When the sales clerk asked her how she felt, she said that the pictures in the paper depressed her. Much to her astonishment the clerk said, its good that they are killing Israelis, they should kill all Israelis. The clerks statement was magnified when he repeated the abusive comment a second time. Navah explained, I thought I wasnt hearing correctly, because he said it in a normal tone of voice, as if it was normal to say such things. I asked for my money back, but he refused. I put the paper on the counter and said, eat the paper! When I returned to my building, continued Ms. Yakov, I was enraged. I decided to go back to the store in order to get more details. The clerk was not there but someone else was. When I asked him the address of the store, he began to make belly-dancing moves in front of me and refused to give me the exact address. An enraged Ms. Yakov explained what happened to the doorman who works in her building. In her neighborhood, there are a lot of Israelis and Jews. When some of them heard about the incident, they told Navah that they intended to boycott the store. A neighbor of mine thought that a boycott would not work and wanted to beat up the clerk who made these comments to me, she said. I was in shock. I shopped at this store for four months, and never did I notice even a hint of this type of behavior from the sales clerks. The local rabbi in the neighborhood said he would ask people at Friday prayers to refrain from buying from this store. It must be said that the two sales clerks whose actions are reported here were employees of the store. After the interference of the editorial board of Yedioth Ahronot, the manager of the store called Navah at home in order to apologize, however, she refused to speak with him. The store does not have a sign with its name outside. It is on First Avenue, number 1239, close to the corner of 67th Street. The distribution manager of this paper spoke with the owner of the store on the phone. He told me that were talking about an employee who is not especially clever, and promised to deal with the situation. The owner emphasized, I do business with everybody. We wanted to sever business ties with the store, but he asked that we reconsider because he did not want to stop doing business with Yedioth Ahronot. We made clear that as far as we are concerned he has two options: to dismiss the employee so that we can continue to work with him or we will take extreme measures against the employee. Two years ago, a dispute broke out between the billing department of Yedioth Ahronot and the owner of a store in Queens. The dispute came to an end when a clerk said to one of the billing agents, Hitler should have finished what he started. We cut off business with the store on the spot and only restarted our relations after the owner apologized, said the distribution manager of the paper. During the brief conversation that we had with the owner of the store on the Upper East Side, the owner said that as far as Ms. Yakovs complaints were concerned, there were no witnesses. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2001-12-07 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 106 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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After a Manhattan newsstand clerk made an anti-Isreali comment to a patron, she organized a boycott, 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. 2001-12-07 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 44 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title The changing nature of American society and ours 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 The death of Aimal Kansi marks the first execution of a Pakistani on American soil. Many Pakistanis, though horrified by Kansi's crime, are uncomfortable with the aftermath--yet the Pakistani community has remained silent on the issue. We as a community must give up our silent fears and our disconnectedness. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body In the wake of the Aimal Kansi's execution for killing a CIA agent, I see disturbing things about the relationship of Pakistani Americans to American society. Many are troubled by the fact that Kansi was not tried under Pakistani law even though he was arrested there. The government of Pakistan broke its own laws in giving up Kansi to American authorities. If the Pakistani government cannot follow the law of its own land, than who will? Kansi readily admitted his crime. Why then was he not tried in Pakistan? Instead, he was brought to the United States, tried and executed, and then his body was sent back to Pakistan. This affair has made many Pakistanis, who were horrified by Kansi's crime, uncomfortable with the aftermath; an aftermath which marks the first execution of a Pakistani on American soil. I went to Virginia, with many others from the media, to camp out in front of the jail where Kansi was held. I reported on television to Pakistanis an account of the 11 hours prior to the execution. I met 70-year-old retired Professor Saeed Mian, who has met regularly with Kansi for the past several years and was with him on his walk to the death chamber. I met those who administered the execution; they came out of the prison afterwards to address the media. I also met Kansi's two brothers. But I was especially moved by the 80 or so people who held a vigil outside the jail, in nasty weather, protesting the death penalty. There was not one Pakistani among them. How could there be with the incredible fear in the community of being seen to be associated with a militant? The cleric of the local mosque refused to read the prayer for the dead for Kansi, even though in Islam this rite is given to criminals. No matter how awful the deed, when the criminal dies, a prayer is said for the human being that he was. In this case, people were denied the opportunity for collective sorrow, regret and mercy. Aimal Kansi is certainly no hero of mine. He committed a terrible crime. He confessed to premeditated murder, as well as admitting that he was angry at U.S. policies. But I will pray for a criminal who confesses, and expressed his remorse to the relatives of his victims. As a community, we should confidently be able to do that in this country. Instead, the community is aloof, disinterested and numb. Of all of the Pakistanis in the area, only one retired professor and his wife, who were previously unknown to Kansi, kept him company for four years. Prison officials even allowed the couple to see Kansi before his death. No official has harassed them. The example of this couple shows that one can express one's opinion and behave according to the law. We as a community must give up our silent fears and our disconnectedness. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-12-04 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 60 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 changing nature of American society and ours 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 death of Aimal Kansi marks the first execution of a Pakistani on American soil. Many Pakistanis, 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. 2002-12-04 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 36 VTMBH Article: Article Order 5 VTMBH Article: Title Flushing has become the second-largest banking area in New York; deposits exceed $3 billion VTMBH Article: Author Chan Yek Kuang VTMBH Article: Publication Sing Tao Daily VTMBH Article: Original Language Chinese VTMBH Article: Translator Xiaoqing Rong VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Managers of both the international banks and Chinese-run banks agree that as more and more new Chinese immigrants and Chinese-run banks rush in, there is no limit to the potential demand for banking services in Flushing. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The United Orient Bank (UOB), a Chinese investment bank which has been in Manhattan for 19 years, recently opened its first Queens branch on Main Street, in Flushing. It joins the eight Chinese-run banks in Flushing and plays an important role in Flushings development and prosperity. The eight, including Bank of Asia, Bank of East Asia, Great Eastern Bank, Amerasia Bank, Cathay Bank, General Bank, Chinatrust Bank and The Chinese American Bank, plus Korean-run banks and some big international banks, have cemented Flushings position as the second-biggest banking area in New York City. According to statistics from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), total deposits in Flushing banks exceeds $3 billionan amount second only to the Chinatown area in Manhattan. Managers of both the international banks and Chinese-run banks agree that as more and more new Chinese immigrants and Chinese-run banks rush in, there is no limit to the potential demand for banking services in Flushing. By crossing the East River and stretching its arms to Flushing, the UOB made clear its high expectations of the Flushing market. UOB Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager Wenqin Lee said that Flushings rapid development in the last decade, and the surging crowds of Chinese as well as other Asian immigrants, are the major reasons UOB opened a Flushing branch. Lee admits that, as a newcomer, the UOBs Flushing branch faces intensive competition from the eight other American, Chinese, or Taiwanese-run banks. Competition and business is indivisible. The key is how to offer better service to your customers, he said. He added that the UOB will focus on Chinese customers, especially those immigrants from mainland China, who constitute at least 70 percent of the Chinese population in Flushing. We understand, for new mainland immigrants, the need to send money to their families still in China. Weve talked with the China Agriculture Bank and China Bank about the possibility of cooperating to provide faster and more convenient service on remittance. Bin Dai, the New York area general manager of the Cathay Bank, which based in Los Angeles, doesnt think competition among Flushing banks is intense. Dai said that in their Flushing branch, the fastest growing deposit catalog is the deposit from the mainland China immigrants. It means mainland Chinese replaced Taiwanese, who dominated this area ten years ago, as the majority in Flushing. More and more mainland immigrants are coming, and at the same time, more and more mainland businesses are investing in Flushing. The banking demand in Flushing continues to exceed the services. It is still a sellers market. Jianchang Zeng, vice president of the Flushing branch of the internationally renowned Chase Bank, describes Flushing as a diversified community which has the most potential for banking business. Zeng said that at his branch, Chinese are the biggest customer group, at 40 percent of its deposit base. Koreans, who comprise 20 percent, follow. The rest is shared by white, Hispanic and African American. It clearly shows that Chinese people are the major power for Flushing banks, said Zeng. Chase Banks Flushing branch set up a network with some other international banks in Flushing to provide net service for customers. As for the nine Chinese-run banks, Zeng said, they promote the prosperity of all the banking businesses, rather than bringing competitve pressure to bear on one another. The nine Chinese-run banks are clustered on Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue, and the Korean banks are on 39th Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue. They also contribute to the prosperity. Korean banks in this area include Nara Bank, Woori America Bank, Liberty Bank of New York, Chohung Bank of New York. The international bank HSBC has three branches in Flushing. Citibank and Chase Bank are only divided by 39th Avenue. According to insiders, the three international banks have drawn more than $2 billion in deposits from Chinese customers, again proving the significant role of the Chinese market in Flushing. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-09-17 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 148 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 Flushing has become the second-largest banking area in New York; deposits exceed $3 billion 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 32 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Ending abuse in Bukharian Jewish families VTMBH Article: Author Alice Sparberg Alexiou VTMBH Article: Publication Lilith VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Thirty Bukharian-Jewish women in Queens, N.Y., started a grassroots group, Beit Shalom, to combat domestic violence, a pervasive problem among Bukharian immigrants who began arriving in the United States from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan about 10 years ago, after the breakup of the former Soviet Union. Their community in Queens now numbers some 60,000. Beit Shalom has received two grants from the New York Womens Foundation, the latest to support educational projects such as workshops and lectures by mental health professionals. Topics include violence while dating, and the impact of family abuse on children and teenagers. When asked what made the Bukharian community particularly vulnerable to this scourge, Renee Banerjee, Program Director of the New York Womens Foundation, cited the problems specific to immigrants, such as language and cultural barriers, which cause stress in families. She also said that in New York, the sex roles of this traditional culture have been turned upside down. The women have to work. And the men seem to have a harder time finding jobs than their wives. Banerjee also said that the rabbis were still enforcing a very male-dominating ethos. At first, when people heard about Beit Shalom, said Rita Kluyov, the organizations executive director, they wouldnt come to the programs. Up to now, nobody talked about abuse, which happens a lot in our community, and includes physical, financial, and verbal, Kluyov said. In the Bukharian community, there is only your family. But now, Im telling you, its a big change. The Shalom Task Force Hot Line (718-337-3700) now has a Bukharian speaking volunteer, and the average lecture draws more than 200 people. Except for Kluyov and a secretary, Beit Shalom, located in a small office in Kew Garden Hills, is run entirely by women volunteers, who presently number 22. They are trying to build women leaders in the community, Banerjee said. Theyre thinking big, to build public awareness that domestic violence is a bad thing. For further information about Beit Shalom, call 718-575-1445 VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-09-01 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 Ending abuse in Bukharian Jewish families 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. 2002-09-01 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 25 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title A cash boost for immigrant groups VTMBH Article: Author Georgina Brennan VTMBH Article: Publication Irish Voice VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Speculation is mounting within the Irish community that the Irish government will invest significant funding into U.S.-based immigrant advice centers as part of a worldwide strategy to cater to the concerns of Irish citizens abroad. The U.S. branch of a task force set up by the Irish government in October, will submit a report this week to the government advising them that the needs of Irish communities across America are not being met with current resources. New York-based radio host Adrian Flannelly, one of the two members of the U.S. branch, told the Irish Voice that the immigrant community hoped their report would be received favorably. For years we as immigrant advocates have been working on a shoestring trying to bring information to those who left Ireland for various reasons, Flannelly said. One of these is to let people who left Ireland under forced immigration in 1950s, know that as Irish citizens they have entitlements they know nothing about, entitlements they do not have in America. These are retirement-age people who have things in Ireland they cannot get here. We are encouraging the Irish government to understand that while we appreciate all they have done, we need more money to facilitate more resources to inform the immigrant community about their status in the eyes of their country of birth, he added. Getting the Irish government to take such concerns seriously has been a major step forward for Flannelly and his fellow task force member Monsignor James Murray, founder of Project Irish Outreach at the Archdiocese of New York. Immigration advice for the Irish community has traditionally come from voluntary groups with small budgets and limited resources. Just getting them to realize they need to listen is huge, and we expect at the end of the summer at the very least, more funding to become available to the immigrant community, Flannelly said. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-07-02 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 A cash boost for immigrant groups 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. 2002-07-02 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 19 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title Flames of death in Hackensack90 percent of residents were Ecuadorian VTMBH Article: Author Franco Galecio VTMBH Article: Publication Ecuador News VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Hannah Emmerich VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb The families are calling for an investigation of the buildings fire and safety codes, and hope to win back in court some of what they have lost. We are Ecuadorians, we stand together in hard times, and we will fight to bring justice to the victims cause. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body On April 8 at 10:30 a.m. a fire in Hackensack, New Jersey, left more than fifty families, the majority of whom are Ecuadorian, homeless and in shock. Survivors reported that the buildings fire alarms did not work and blamed the loss of their homes on irresponsible management. Even though the Red Cross, Ecuadorian Consul Benjamín Villacías, and Patricia Zurita, president of the Patriotic [Ecuadorian] Committee of New Jersey, intervened on behalf about the families affected, they remain in need of aid. A bank account for donations to families has been established by the Red Cross and the Patriotic Committee. In the past few days we have heard stories from families affected by the recent disaster of safety hazards in the building, such as faulty smoke detectors and fire alarms. The families are calling for an investigation of the buildings fire and safety codes, and hope to win back in court some of what they have lost. The management company offered to return the families security deposits and last months rentmoney that does not even begin to make up for what the families have lost. Ecuador News traveled to the site to interview the victims of the fire, who watched from the park across the street as their homes burned. Luis Jara, who had lived in the building for five years, lost all of his savings and possessions. The Cuji, Patino Pacruco, Llivisaca, Cuvi, Lazo, and Munoz families were still in shock. These families fled from the fire with only the clothes on their back, some in their pajamas, and many have lost everything to the fire. In a previous conversation with Ecuadorian authorities in New Jersey, Consul Villacías it is was important that fire victims register with the Ecuadorian Consulate using their full names and places of birth to retrieve their legal documents and identification. At press time, the Consul has only a list of first and last names, which is not sufficient to prove victims Ecuadorian citizenship. Many of these families also lost their life savings in the fire, learning the hard way of the risks of keeping money in the house. We should all take this as a lesson that no one is safe from disasters like this one that affected many of our compatriots. Recently the Ecuadorian Consulate in New York has made available an identification card with which one can open a bank account, regardless of ones legal status in the country. For more information, call the Ecuadorian Consulate in New Jersey at (201) 985-1700. Mona Bookman, director of Emergencies and Disasters for the Red Cross, listed services offered to the families including shelter, food, medical supplies, clothing, and psychological counseling, and acknowledged that victims are still in need. People who want to help should direct their donations to the Red Cross of Hackensack in the name of the fire victims. Consul Villacías, besides meeting with Deputy Mayor of Hackensack Juanita Trammell and the president of the Lions Club, put in a personal appearance at the site to hear the victims stories first-hand. Some families are still waiting to re-enter the building to see what they can salvage, but so far it has been too risky for them to do so. They sleep outside in the park across the street, watching while bulldozers destroy what little is left of their former homes. Patricia Zurita, head of the recently formed Patriotic Committee of New Jersey, also visited the site and opened a bank account for the affected families. Zurita called on the citizens of Hackensack to notify the Red Cross or the Patriotic Committee of any vacant apartments, in light of the fact that many of these Ecuadorian families have been left practically sleeping in the streets. Zurita, a community activist, joined in the work at hand and devoted herself to securing the rights of her compatriots in distress. This is one of the objectives of the new Committee, inaugurated formally at festivities this past August. In times like these no one can be a spectator; we have to fight so that all of these people can get back at least some of what they have lost. We are Ecuadorians, we stand together in hard times, and we will fight to bring justice to the victims cause. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-04-16 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 226 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 Flames of death in Hackensack90 percent of residents were Ecuadorian 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 21 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title Redistricting wont affect Hispanic makeup of Senate District 28 VTMBH Article: Author Israel Torres Penchi VTMBH Article: Publication Siempre VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Erica Pearson VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb New York State Assembly District 28, currently represented by State Sen. Olga Mendez, will consist of only El Barrio (Spanish Harlem), Roosevelt Island and part of the South Bronx, leaving part of Washington Heights as another, newly established, predominately Hispanic district. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body New York State Assembly District 28, currently represented by State Sen. Olga Mendez, will consist of only El Barrio (Spanish Harlem), Roosevelt Island and part of the South Bronx, leaving part of Washington Heights as another, newly established, predominately Hispanic district. According to Rep. Adam Clayton Powell IV, the change will leave us the same. The district will continue to be just as Hispanic as before, and by unifying Washington Heights, there is the possibility of choosing two senators instead of one. According to a source close to Sen. Mendez, she sacrificed part of her district, just as she had done ten years earlier, for larger Hispanic representation in the state senate. Changing the electoral borders makes it possible to create another district likely to elect a Hispanic representative. But did radio host Falin Falus announcement of her plans to run against Sen. Mendez influence the senators position on the new boundaries of the district? Falu said she withdrew from the race because of the new boundaries, which now do not include the part of Harlem where she lives, making it too difficult for her to win in the primaries. Powell did not deny that this could have figured into the redistricting and the siting of the borders. In redistricting, the incumbent legislator has great influence on where the new electoral borders are drawn. Felix Rosado, also a candidate for the legislative position that Mendez currently holds, lives on a block cut out of District 28, but he is still eligible to run in the primaries. To Rosado, the redistricting of District 28 is both good and bad for the people of El Barrio. It is good because the district now has a greater number of Hispanic voters, but bad because Bronx voters may want to have their own candidate and divide the Hispanic vote, a threat that has always been present. A similar case is expected in Washington Heights, where two Dominican political adversaries are likely to announce their candidacy for the senate: Assemblyman Adriano Espillat and the ex-City Councilman Guillermo Linares. This could divide the Hispanic vote, which would benefit District 30 incumbent Eric Schneiderman, who may retain the right to represent the Democrats in November. Meanwhile, another predominantly Hispanic district was created in QueensDistrict 13-where Charlie Castro is running. This increases the number of districts with a Hispanic majority in New York State to 12. As for the Assembly district represented by Rep. Powell, it was hardly affected. The City Council district has not yet been established. The plan for the new districts was approved by Gov. George Pataki. The plan had been approved previously by the House of Representatives and the State Assembly. <i>What is redistricting?</i> The United States Constitution requires that the borders of congressional and state legislative districts be revised every ten years, reflecting population changes as recorded by the U.S. Census. This process is done by the state legislature. The Voting Rights Act requires that new borders be delineated in a way that provides minority communities with the opportunity to elect the representatives that they prefer. The new district borders for the U.S. Congress, New York State Assembly and State Senate will be in place for this years elections. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-05-20 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 451 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 Redistricting wont affect Hispanic makeup of Senate District 28 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. New York State Assembly District 28, currently represented by State Sen. Olga Mendez, will consist o 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. 2002-05-20 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 42 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Time for parade to act on NY Post VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Irish Voice VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb The New York St. Patricks Day Parade Committee enjoys a cozy relationship with the New York Post, but the committee seems utterly blind to the anti-peace process agenda of the Rupert Murdoch-owned, pro-British New York Post. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The New York St. Patricks Day Parade Committee enjoy a cozy relationship with the New York Post, allowing the paper to run a lucrative advertising supplement on March 17 in return for giving them the lineup of the march. In so doing, they deprive every other newspaper, except the Irish Echo, of what should be public information. The parade organizers have seemed utterly blind to the anti-peace process agenda of the New York Post, as if there is no connection at all between what they do and what the Post actually believes. So anxious to scrabble in the greasy till and make whatever pittance they can from the Posts big favor, the Parade Committee has ignored the most vicious anti-Irish agenda of any newspaper in America. It is unthinkable that any major Irish organization should put significant business the way of the New York Post. You can only imagine what Jewish groups would rightfully do if the Post suddenly began taking an anti-Israeli line. Yet the Parade Committee is seemingly still going along with lining the coffers of the Post come St. Patricks Day. It would be hard to find a more egregious example of an Uncle Tom organization, given the Posts hatred of the Irish peace process. Last Sunday, the New York Post ran yet another poisonous editorial which made very clear again their disdain for that peace process and for Gerry Adams, the architect of much of that historic undertaking. It is obvious that the Post has sold out to the British Information Service (BIS) on the issue of Northern Ireland. The editorial was a complete handout from the BIS, down to some of the ludicrous charges against the republican movement. None was more egregious than the fact presented that IRA booby traps were found in the West Bank scant months ago. What utter nonsense. That report is based on the musings of a British army officer who claimed he saw similarities between booby traps used in the West Bank and in Northern Ireland. You might as well say that if someone if killed by an American weapon in the Middle East, then the United States killed him. The editorial goes on to say about Irish Americans, The fools and fanatics who regularly send cash to the IRA should be ashamed of themselves. Let us explain a few facts to the Post. (A) There is a peace process in Northern Ireland. (B) The IRA is no longer operating. (C) There have been fewer lives lost this year so far in Northern Ireland than at any time since the troubles began in 1969. The Post also castigates Sinn Fein for calling for no war in Iraq. If that is to be the criteria, then well over half of the major political parties in every European country should be shunned. Where does the Post think the 400,000 demonstrators in Italy against war last weekend came from? The Post clearly has nothing but disdain for the views of many prominent Irish Americans who have helped Sinn Fein, the political wing of the republican movement, and who have had a huge influence in bringing about the peace process the Post has clearly never heard about. Towards the end of its editorial, the Post, owned by Rupert Murdoch, whose papers are legendary for their anti-Irish stories in Britain, makes its agenda clear. The United States has one wholly reliable ally on this troubled planet: Great Britain…to the extent that the rest of the world embraced Anglo-American values it would be a better place. Try telling that to the Nationalists in Northern Ireland. It is inexcusable that the parade honchos continue to do business with this newspaper. If there are any committee members with any pride at all in their Irish blood they should intervene. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-19 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 61 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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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 28 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Pataki trip to Haitian community hits a few snags VTMBH Article: Author Miriam Neptune VTMBH Article: Publication Haitian Times VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body New York Governor George Pataki visited Flatbush July 11 to receive an endorsement from the Haitian American Law Enforcement Fraternal Organization. Friends of Pataki, the Governors campaign arm, organized a breakfast at Café Omar on Nostrand Avenue. The event is part of the Republican governors effort to expand his base of support by reaching out to communities that usually vote for Democrats. Pataki was greeted with applause and complimentary introductions from local leaders, such as City Councilman Kendall Stewart, a Democrat originally from St. Vincent. No one has done more for the Haitian community than Pataki, Stewart said of the governors record on health care and education. Recently, Pataki has been under fire for his support of a State Supreme Court ruling setting minimum education requirements at ninth grade in New York. Pataki was also praised for his appointment of a Haitian community liaison, Jocelyn Mayas, last year. Some who were invited to the event, such as Claude Antoine, president of the Haitian American Republican Association, said that Pataki is doing what he can to reach the community. In the past we never had a voice. [Elected officials] didnt know about our problems, Antoine said. Pataki has done a good job for the Haitian community. There was no question-and-answer session at Thursdays event, which included a performance from Haitian singer Emeline Michel. Yet, while some enjoyed the festivities, other Haitian leaders wanted to know why Pataki did not reach out to all Haitian groups. Tatiana Wah of the Haitian American Alliance said her organization was not invited to the breakfast. Wah questioned the validity of an event that did not include more Haitian leaders from community organizations and churches. It would have been better if it were advertised as a forum for us to come and ask questions about the campaign, and Patakis position concerning Haitian American needs, said Wah, who added that the event was not planned by Haitians. Haitian American Alliance was invited to a forum held June 11 at Medgar Evers College by Democratic gubernatorial hopeful State Comptroller Carl McCall. Some attendees remarked that the Pataki visit is part of a rise in pro-Republican sentiment among some Haitian Americans who feel that the Democratic Party has neglected them. Antoine, who is running his wife Rolaines campaign for a Queens State Assembly seat, said, The mayor, the governor, and the president are Republican. If you dont decide to sit down and talk to them, you wont have a voice. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-07-23 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 120 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 Pataki trip to Haitian community hits a few snags 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 27 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Bitter taste: Kosher food company bucks government order VTMBH Article: Author Lehman Welsch VTMBH Article: Publication Jewish Week VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body In Hebrew, Tuv Taam means good taste. But many of the kosher food companys workers say its most important product is bad faith. Last week, the 10-month-old labor conflict at the Williamsburg-based appetizer and frozen food purveyor entered a new phase when Tuv Taams management let a government-set deadline slip without meeting two key conditions of a settlement with immigrant workers; they involve back pay and the posting of multilingual notices of organizing rights inside the plant. A rally marking the date featured both Jewish and Latino speakers active in support of the dissident workers, most of them from Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America. Groups included Jews for Racial & Economic Justice, the Jewish Labor Committee and the Greater New York Labor Religion Coalition, as well as the Puerto Rican Defense Fund, Latin American Workers Project and the Coalition for the Human Rights of Immigrants. Outside the Tuv Taam plant, protestors chanted Tuv Taam, pay your workers and Tuv Taam, not kosher. Everyone is interested in a negotiated settlement, Rabbi Michael Feinberg, director of the Labor Religion Coalition, told The Jewish Week. Its not an issue of ethnicity or religious belief. Simmering tensions between Tuv Taam bosses and employees over wages, overtime and working conditions came to a head last August with a series of firings, walkouts and lockouts. Then, Mexican workers who were fired or quit gave way to immigrant Polish hires, who have proven more pliant to management interest. In March, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) brokered a deal between managers and present and former Mexican workers. Though the back-pay part of the agreement totaled only $26,000 slated for 22 employees, the company had not written the check by the end of the six-month deadline. Luis Lopez, organizing director of Local 1102 of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, which has mounted a unionizing drive among Tuv Taam employees, alleged a long pattern by the company of union busting, pay cuts, surveillance, bribery and intimidation. Theyve been one of the most anti-union companies out there, he said. Now theyre going against the government. Reportedly, after months of locking its doors against dissident workers and public agencies, Tuv Taam is facing a fine of more than $1 million by the state attorney generals office and has sacrificed eligibility for valuable tax abatements. Tuv Taams president Aaron Nutovitch declined to comment on the allegations and the disputed NLRB agreement, citing ongoing legal proceedings. But he called Local 1102 an outside group with its own interests, showing up at his plant to brainwash his workforce. He asked if Tuv Taam were as harsh to its workers as adversaries claimed, Why do I have over 100 employees working for me now? Said Jews for Racial & Economic Justice member Sarah Eisenstein: Jewish tradition is as clear about respecting the rights of workers as it about not mixing meat and milk. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-07-05 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 129 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 Bitter taste: Kosher food company bucks government order 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 2 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title The Other Victims of WTC VTMBH Article: Author Rameen J. Moshref VTMBH Article: Publication Afghan Communicator VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb Many people do not realize how badly the tragedy of Sept. 11 affected Afghan-Americans. Silence will not heal our wounds. It shows no solidarity. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Many people do not realize how badly the tragedy of Sept. 11 affected Afghan-Americans. After losing almost two million people in 25 years of Soviet occupation and civil wars, our hearts bleed again for the loss of nearly 4,000 innocent lives in New York City, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania. Afghan-Americans and Muslim-Americans are so fearful of being targeted by racial profiling and hate crimes, they have become virtual prisoners in their own homes. My family urged me to keep a low profile and not speak out. But how can I stay silent when so many innocent lives have been lost?! What differentiates me from all of those brave rescue workers, volunteers, and activists who are free to speak their minds? Silence will not heal our wounds. It shows no solidarity. Those terrorists must know that their evil acts cannot divide America by race, culture or creed. We can not let them win! Here at the Afghan Communicator, we have made every attempt to ensure that our voices are heard. We gathered young people from our community and wrote a statement that condemned the terrorist attacks. We participated in rallies and demanded justice. We joined teach-ins to better educate people about Islam and the current situation in Afghanistan. We fear that a war with Afghanistan will cost lives those of innocent civilians and brave American soldiers. Terrorism must be rooted out, but carpet-bombing is not the answer. There is nothing to bomb in Afghanistan but half-starved civilians. Terrorists have already cowardly retreated to their well-stocked mountain caves. With neighboring countries closing their borders with Afghanistan, the civilians are trapped with nothing but grass to eat for nourishment. Afghanistan is mostly controlled by the Taliban, a zealot militia group that seized power in 1994, with Pakistans help. They are not a representative government and are mostly despised by the civilians they have pushed into poverty and fear. The Taliban draw support from over-zealous religious schools populated by boys who have been brainwashed by a fanatic derivation of Islam. Osama Bin Ladin and his al-Qaida terrorist network have been operating out of remote parts of Afghanistan with little restrictions by the Taliban. He is not a fugitive under the protection of the Taliban, as is widely believed. Bin Ladin has his own supply route, training camps and troops both inside Afghanistan and around the world. Meanwhile, Afghan-Americans and Muslim-Americans have to prove their loyalty to this nation. If we say we are against the war, we are seen as siding with the terrorists or being unpatriotic. Our accents, skin color and creed cause many to question our good will, our concern for our country, and our patriotism. Didn't we become Americans with full rights and privileges when we were naturalized? Does patriotism mean supporting the mass killing of innocent people, just because they happen to be in the same country that houses a network of terrorists? Will spilling innocent civilian blood avenge those innocent lives lost in the World Trade Centers? Will their martyred souls rest in peace afterward? Isnt it more patriotic to try to prevent American hands from being stained with innocent blood? America is our country too, and we swore allegiance to stand by it. Afghan-Americans and Muslim-Americans still honor this allegiance! We ask to be given a fair chance to serve America. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2001-12-30 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 100 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 Other Victims of WTC 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. Many people do not realize how badly the tragedy of Sept. 11 affected Afghan-Americans. Silence will 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. 2001-12-30 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 4 VTMBH Article: Title A Question of Loyalty: Korean-Americans face a dilemma as Korea challenges the United States in the World Cup VTMBH Article: Author Hyunsang Lee VTMBH Article: Publication Korea Daily VTMBH Article: Original Language Korean VTMBH Article: Translator Bo Kwon VTMBH Article: Section sports4 VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Some Korean-Americans are finding themselves in an awkward spot as they await the World Cup match between Korea and the United States on June 10. Although they will unquestioningly support Korea, most feel uncomfortable openly showing their desire for the defeat of their country of residence. Furthermore, some Korean-Americans who are U.S. citizens have responded to such concern by saying, Even though one cannot disagree with rooting for the mother country, Korea, it is unreasonable to regard the United States as the enemy. Such conflict is experienced mostly by Korean-Americans who work at American companies or do business with Americans, Korean-American parents with second-generation children, and those who have been naturalized as U.S. citizens. James Lee, 32, a 1.5-generation Korean-American who works at an accounting firm in Manhattan, said, ever since the United States defeated Portugal, which was considered the favorite, the World Cup has become the biggest topic of conversation at work, he said. Considering the atmosphere at the office, its difficult for me to publicly say that I want the Korean team to win. Mr. Yoon, 43, who owns a dry cleaning service in Long Island, said, I talk to the American customers a lot about the World Cup. But Yoon also confessed that he tries not to talk too much about the match between Korea and the United States. Furthermore, some Korean parents, although they consider Koreas victory against Poland as an opportunity to instill Korean pride in their second-generation children, think that it is educationally problematic to force their children to support the Korean team, since they have been born and raised in the United States. Frankly, Im worried that my children might get left out by their classmates because of the match between Korea and the United States, said Mr. Park, who has children in both junior-high and high school. Nevertheless, most Korean-Americans believe that, regardless of everything, Korea must win. Mr. Bae, from Brooklyn, said, Its crazy not to root for Korea just because youre intimidated by Americans. No matter what, Im praying for Korea to win. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-07 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 37 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 Question of Loyalty: Korean-Americans face a dilemma as Korea challenges the United States in the 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 9 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Bangladeshi New Yorkers meet to limit communal tensions in Bangladesh, New York VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Bangla Patrika VTMBH Article: Original Language Bangla VTMBH Article: Translator Moinuddin Naser VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Concerned about rising tensions in Bangladesh and New York, Bangladeshis formed a new group to combat communal violence and inflammatory rhetoric. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body At an Astoria meeting on Feb. 28, Bangladeshi citizens formed a new group to protest spreading communal conflict between religious groups. The effort comes after the U.S. branch of the Bangladeshi Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Council announced it would sue the government of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia unless it arrests those responsible for recent repression against minority communities. At the Feb. 28 meeting, Atiqur Rahman Salu, a main organizer, said the group would explore the extent to which the Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Councils decisions are tenable under the U.S. law. Acknowledging that Bangladesh is in a bitter crisis, Salu called the recent Unity Council meeting a bitter expression of communal sentiment, and urged people to oppose such divisiveness. At the Unity Council meeting, many Hindu Bangladeshis argued the Bangladeshi government has sanctioned the recent violence against Hindus. Twenty-five thousand Hindus have taken shelter in Kotali Para because they are afraid of repression. Village after village has been ruined, said Subrata Biswas. The Prime Minister and Home Minister are telling lies. How our elected government can speak against its own citizens is beyond comprehension. This government is communal, proved by Syedi (an elected official of the fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami party) saying he would not keep any idols. Biswas said Bangladeshi television station Ekhushey Television has documented the governments sponsorship of communal activities. Similar comments echoed throughout the meeting. At the Feb. 28 meeting, 100 Hindu and Muslim participants formed a new group, Probashi Bangladeshi Nagarik Committee (Bangladeshi Citizens Committee Abroad), which would work to counter communal conflict. Jahanghir Alam, a former student leader and Bangladeshi freedom fighter, proposed forming a liaison committee to talk with the Unity Council. Mahadev Sarkar, a Hindu leader and an organizer of the meeting, said the Unity Council did not represent the majority of the Hindus in Bangladesh. He added that Hindus had embraced Islam to protect themselves from the atrocities of upper caste Brahmins. He suggested that Hindu leaders, by now urging Muslims to return to Hinduism, are conspiring to bring them back within the repressive spectrum of Brahmins, and possibly to make Bangladesh a part of India. Sarker noted that Bangladesh has resources, and suggested that plundering those resources as a motive. He said that Bangladesh was for all, and the Hindus who live in Bangladesh must live with the Muslims in peace. The meeting was also addressed by General Secretary of the U. S. branch of the Bangladesh National Party (BND), Zillur Rahman, among others. The new group decided on Awlad Hossen Khan as the convener, Mahadev Sarkar as the joint Convener, and Ali Imam as its Member-Secretary. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-03-08 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File n1.doc VTMBH Article: Hit Count 91 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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Concerned about rising tensions in Bangladesh and New York, Bangladeshis formed a new group to comba 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. 2002-03-08 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 13 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title A coup against Nigerians abroad VTMBH Article: Author Chukwu Eze VTMBH Article: Publication African Abroad VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb $200 million in remittances buys little influence back home for Nigerians living in the USA. They are now barred from running for office in Nigerian elections. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Princess Ijenwa, a Nigerian-American resident in New Jersey rooting to run for the Nigerian Federal Legislature in 2003. Ijenwa is a well-educated, urbane and articulate lady who wants to occupy the Ika Federal Constituency of Delta state in the House of Representatives. Ijenwa symbolizes the ambivalence Nigerians living abroad provoke back home. They are loved for their American dollars, but feared in the political arena because they could disrupt to the status quo. In a little-noticed law passed last month, the Nigerian Legislature disqualified all Nigerians holding dual citizenshiplike Ikenwafrom contesting for any political post in Nigeria. To show its contempt for Nigerians living abroad, the legislature also prohibited an absentee ballot proposal that would have allowed Nigerians in the USA, Canada and Europe to vote in the countrys national election. The legislature did this without consideration for the estimated $200 million that Nigerians in the USA alone sent home last year. I have instructed my lawyers to challenge this undemocratic law in the courts in Abuja, Ijenwa told African Abroad during her hugely successful fundraiser in Irvington, New Jersey. Ijenwa said that as a Nigerian, she is eminently qualified to run for any office in Nigeria. There is so much suffering and want in Nigeria, and I am ready to liberate my people from bad government. If the law goes unchallenged, a lot of Nigerian-Americans hoping to contest for governorship or senatorial offices may have their hopes dashed. In this category are Professor Olayiwola Adedeji of Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn NY, who wants to run for the governorship of the state of Ogun under the auspices of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Otunba Tai Balofin, publisher of the US African Eye who wants to run for Ondo state governorship under the PDP; Dr. Dairo, who wants to lead Ogun state under the Alliance for Democracy (AD); and Chief Jumoke Pgunkeyed, chair of the NY-based United Committee to Save Nigeria, who is a leading candidate for Osun State governors lodge. Those who have escaped the hammer include Elder Amadin Omede, chairman of the NY-based Sammed Protective Services, who is running for Chairmanship (Mayoralty) of the Oredo local council of Edo state. Omede is a permanent resident of the United States. The constitution of Nigeria appears to support the position taken by the legislature. According to chapter iv, section 66 (1) of the constitution, No person shall be qualified for election to Senate or the House of Representatives if, (a) subject to the provisions of section 28 of this constitution, he has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a country other than Nigeria or, except in such cases as may be prescribed by the National Assembly, has made a declaration of allegiance to such a country. For the position of governor, section 182 also disqualifies any Nigerian who holds dual citizenship, while such people cannot also contest for the Presidency of the country. Ironically, chapter 111 of the Nigerian constitution allows for dual citizenship. provided citizens are Nigerians by birth. Section 28 (1) states that, Subject to the other provisions of this section, a person shall forfeit forthwith his Nigerian citizenship if, not being a citizen of Nigeria by birth he acquires or retains the citizenship of Nationality of a country, other than Nigeria, of which he is not a citizen by birth. The move to disenfranchise Nigerians with dual citizenship has kicked up a storm in the United States, where many are gearing up to return home to contest for the various polls in 2003. Polly Ubah, chairman of the New Jersey PDP chapter, condemned the move. How do you ask Nigerian professionals to return home to help in reconstruction, while at the same time downgrading them to the position of second-class citizens? asked Ubah. According to a political analyst, the ban on dual citizens political participation will backfire as many become disillusioned and give up on the country. President Olusegun Obesanjo raised the hopes of Nigerians living abroad when he formed the Nigerians in the Diaspora Organization (NIDO) in Washington, D.C., last year through Professor Jibril Aminu, the countrys ambassador to the United States. Apparently, the Nigerian Legislature and the constitution do not share Obasanjos enthusiasm about luring Nigerian professionals in North America and Europe back home to help in the rebuilding process. Sources told African Abroad that two different groups are also headed to the courts to challenge the new electoral law. The first group is led by Professor Aluko, chairman of the Washington, D.C.-based Nigerian Democratic Movement (NDM), who has contacted Attorney Olisa Agbakoba, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The second is Chief Jumoke Ogunkeyed, of the NY-based United Committee to Save Nigeria. Both have promised to put their efforts toward changing the electoral law ousting Nigerians with dual citizenship from the political process. Additional reports by Ifiemi Ombu. <i>African Abroad covers news of Africans in the United States and the African continent from Brooklyn. </i> VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-03-15 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File v13n1.doc VTMBH Article: Hit Count 234 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 coup against Nigerians abroad 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 35 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Groups take up maids campaign: Migrante International backs Manliguez lawsuit VTMBH Article: Author Emelyn E. Tapaoan VTMBH Article: Publication Filipino Express VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body On Sept. 4, an international alliance of migrant Filipino workers vowed to support the plight of a domestic worker who has accused her former employers of making her a slave. Elma Manliguez alleges that she was abused by former employers Martin and Somanti Joseph of Queens for nearly two years, when she worked for six cents an hour and ate leftovers. We will launch an international campaign for her in order for the world to know that Filipino domestic workers should not be treated like a slave, Poe Gratela, secretary general of Migrante International, said in an interview with The Filipino Express. The migrant workers organization claims a membership of more than 100,000 around the world. We salute Elma and the Philippine Forum-Filipino Workers Center for their courage and willingness to stand up for the rights of Filipino domestic workers in New York. We will also stand beside them in this time of need, Gratela said. As foreigners, our overseas compatriots fall easy prey to abusive foreign employers. They become scapegoats for crimes committed by local residents. They get arrested or deported, sometimes for simple offenses. But more often for no wrongdoing, Gratela said. Many employers confiscate their passports so they cannot leave or transfer to another job. They also suffer racism, discrimination and physical abuse. He said close to 4,700 Filipino workers have died overseas and sent home in caskets for burial in the Philippines between 1990 to 1995, citing reports from the Philippine Overseas Workers Welfare Administration. Statistically, this means that almost three Filipinos died abroad every day from various causes, usually under mysterious circumstances, he said. The Philippine Forum-Filipino Workers Center in New York has launched a massive campaign for Manliguez. This campaign serves to give authentic account of abuses of Elma and of the countless numbers of Filipino men and women as well as other immigrants of color, who are the fodder of the much-vaunted material progress of the United States, said Robert Roy, executive director of the Philippine Forum. Roy said Manliguezs case brings to light the widespread assault and abuses on the basic rights and dignity of domestic workers. Its high time for all abused Filipino workers and all other immigrants to come forward and end domestic slavery, Roy said. Manliguez has shown the courage and willingness to stand up for her rights. Her case is the first ever heard by U.S. courts. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-09-15 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 Groups take up maids campaign: Migrante International backs Manliguez lawsuit 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. 2002-09-15 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 13 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Queens School District 26 is popular among Korean immigrants VTMBH Article: Author Hyun Sang Lee VTMBH Article: Publication Korea Central Daily News VTMBH Article: Original Language Korean VTMBH Article: Translator Sunkyu Yun VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body District 26, including Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck and others, has high test scores and is generally considered one of the best educational environments in New York City. The New York City Board of Education released its Year 2000-2001 Report on March 28. According to the report, Korean students who have been in the U.S. fewer than three years are well represented in the district. Out of 20 elementary schools, 13 schools have heavy populations of recent Korean immigrants. PS 46 has the highest percentage of recently arrived Korean students, 5.4 percent of the total student body. Out of all students at PS 213 and 221 who have lived in the United States for a longer period, over half of them originated in Korea. In District 25, which includes Flushing and Whitestone, 11 elementary and three middle schools have high numbers of Korean students who immigrated to the United States less than three years ago. Of five middle schools in District 26, threeconsidered among the best schoolshave high percentages of students who arrived recently. At IS 188, average test scores are above 90 percent in both English and math. The percentage of students receiving free lunch is only 12 percent (in New York City, the average is 74.7 percent) and all teachers are licensed and employed full time. Because of the sudden influx of Korean students, some schools are experiencing overflow. PS 94 is already 28.8 percent beyond capacity. PS 26, 31 and 162 are also experiencing overflow, with ten percent more than their capacity. <i>The Korea Central Daily News is the U.S. edition of JoonAng Ilbo.</i> VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-03-28 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File v13b1.doc 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 Queens School District 26 is popular among Korean immigrants 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 38 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title Protesters accuse Bloomberg of racism VTMBH Article: Author José 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 I was able to survive, thanks to my mother and my church, but many people dont have mothers, churches or anyone to turn to for help, said Dominican Severina Evangelista as she addressed the crowd in front of the Human Resources Administrations (HRA) offices while struggling to cover her son from the freezing winds that gusted through Lower Manhattan yesterday. Evangelista was not there to receive benefits, rather as part of a group of over 100 demonstrators whose shouts accused Mayor Bloomberg of being racist, unlawful, and untrustworthy. The demonstration was organized by the group Mothers on the Move (MOM), which is accusing the Bloomberg administration of failing to honor a year-old legal settlement reached under Ramírez vs. Giuliani that granted immigrants seeking food stamps the right to translation services. These people are being discriminated against; their needs are not a priority to the Mayor, who worries more about the new building for the Board of Education than providing basic services to immigrants and their children, said Michael Friedman, co-director of MOM. MOM brought the case of Ramírez vs. Giuliani against the city a year ago with the support of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund and New York Legal Assistance. In a written declaration of their demands, protesters accused the city of failing to meet the Oct. 1 deadline to provide translations of notices pertaining to food stamps and bilingual caseworkers to more than one third of food stamp recipients. According to the declaration, 77 percent of the citys welfare centers did not provide adequate bilingual information to Latino immigrants and 65 percent failed to post informational material in the centers about the availability of free interpretation services. Due to the lack of these services, many recipients benefits have been cut off. The Mayor is discriminating against the 24 percent of New Yorkers who dont speak English, said Yorelis Vidal, one of the protests organizers. They close our cases because we dont understand; its very difficult to live like that, added Evangelista, who has become active in MOM over this issue. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-15 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/. 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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 8 VTMBH Article: Title City Techs valedictorian delayed college for seven years to care for siblings and daughter VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Our Time Press VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Cheryl Sparkes love of learning took a hiatus when she joined her parents in Canarsie, Brooklyn in 1990, after finishing high school in her homeland of Jamaica. For seven years, she put off college to take care of her daughter Eleithea as well as her younger siblings. It was a personal choice. I wanted the others to have their chance even though I was older, she explains. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body While growing up in Jamaica, West Indies, Cheryl Sparkes was often told by her teachers and family that education was the key to achieving goals. That was fine with her; she hated missing school so much that she cried when she had to be absent. But her love of learning took a hiatus when she joined her parents in Canarsie, Brooklyn in 1990, after finishing high school in her homeland. The second-oldest of six children, she realized that having half the family attend college at the same time would have been too great a financial burden on her parents. For seven years, she put off college to take care of her daughter Eleithea as well as her younger siblings. It was a personal choice. I wanted the others to have their chance even though I was older, she explains. I didnt want to be selfish. I said, `Let them go ahead and do what they have to do. I knew my time would come. When the opportunity to earn a college degree came, Sparkes grabbed it. All her sacrifices and hard work paid off, as she was named valedictorian of New York City Technical Colleges Class of 2002. Because of her genuine love of people and the realization that family was important, she chose to earn a bachelor of science degree in human services, with a concentration in children and family services. I believe that the family is at the core of any society, and if one can effect positive changes in the family, this will create a ripple effect on other systems as well, Sparkes says. During her college career, the 29-year-old Sparkes branched out from her family to effect positive change in her community. She currently volunteers at the Refuge Temple Apostolic Church in Brooklyn as a Sunday schoolteacher and as director of the junior choir. This semester, she completed an internship at Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), an organization of volunteers which advocates for abused and neglected children. She also has been a part-time child-care worker at the Brooklyn Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (BSPCC), and a classroom counselor with the Greater Flatbush Beacon Program, where she created a volunteer manual for its after-school program. In addition, she has made her mark at City Tech as student representative to the colleges Strategic Planning Committee, a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, the student member on the board of directors of the City Tech Alumni Association, a student mentor and a member of the Human Services Club. My only regret is that I didnt have time to share my athletic abilities in volleyball and track by participating on sports teams, Sparkes notes. Sparkes says she achieved her dream of going to college by working part-time for an auditing company and receiving some support from her mother during her first three semesters. Federal work-study placements in the City Tech human services department and such scholarships as the University Student Senate Scholarship and the Phi Theta Kappa National Deans List Award for the New York Region, enabled her to continue on as a full-time student. After receiving an associates degree in human services with honors in 1999, she immediately went on for a bachelors degree and graduated with a 3.9 grade point average. While delaying college those seven years involved some sacrifices, Sparkes says there were also benefits. I gained maturity and realized the importance of setting goals and organizing myself in a way so that Id be able to achieve those goals. Taking time off after high school should not be a deterrent for anyone who is considering going to college. Of course, being a student again was not always easy, she admits. Being out of school so long made me worry about fitting in and I was afraid I wouldnt be able to grasp new ideas in my courses. But Sparkes flourished, and she gives a lot of credit to her friends and spiritual family, as well as her biological family. Everyone pitched in to help take care of my daughter, who is now ten, and gave me emotional and financial support so that I could continue my studies. Sparkes is currently looking for a job in the human services field that will allow her to work with children and families. Not surprisingly, education is still on her agenda. She is already researching scholarships and universities in order to obtain a masters degree in social work or a masters in applied psychology. My goal is to be a social worker or a counselor working with children and families, she says. Five or ten years down the road, I envision being involved in community development, particularly those aspects dealing with policy issues. I want to effect change on a large scale. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-30 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 95 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 City Techs valedictorian delayed college for seven years to care for siblings and daughter 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. Cheryl Sparkes love of learning took a hiatus when she joined her parents in Canarsie, Brooklyn in 1 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. 2002-06-30 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 30 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title Where new immigrants rushed in, median income dropped: Chinese communitys median household income slid in the last decade VTMBH Article: Author Qianxiu Lim VTMBH Article: Publication World Journal VTMBH Article: Original Language Chinese VTMBH Article: Translator Xiaoqing Rong VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb TriBeCa and Chinatown are divided by only one streetBroadway. However, the disparity between rich on the west side of Broadway, and poor on the east side of Broadway, grew in the last decade. Professor Andrew Beveridge, of Queens College, analyzed the data. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body TriBeCa and Chinatown are divided by only one streetBroadway. However, the disparity between the rich on the west side of Broadway, and poor on the east side of Broadway, grew in the last decade. According to a newly released scholarly analysis of census data, the median household income in TriBeCa increased $20,000 in the last 10 years to about $90,000. In contrast, Chinatowns median income dropped $3,000 in the same period, to only $20,000. The same trend was observed in Flushing, Bayside and other areas where new Chinese immigrants dominate. This conclusion is from the analysis of Andrew Beveridge, a sociologist at Queens College. Professor Beveridge based his analysis on data released by the Census Bureau recently. The census, which covered all of New York, didnt specify neighborhoods, such as TriBeCa, Chinatown, Lower East Side, Flushing and Bayside. Professor Beveridge re-cataloged the data by these neighborhood units, making the trend more apparent. During the interview, Prof. Beveridge that said that, as some sociologists predicted, New York City has a pyramid-shaped economy. In this model, well-educated, high-tech people are at the top. Their income is much more than that of less-educated laborers, who occupy the bottom. There is almost no middle area in the pyramid. The poor only work to improve the lives of the rich. Most residents in TriBeCa work in finance or high-tech industries, and most residents in Chinatown work as low-skilled laborers, said Prof. Beveridge. The neighborhoods of TriBeCa and Chinatown are a typical example of the pyramid social structure. The Census Bureau released its data on Aug. 5. Before that, similar data had been circulating among Prof. Beveridge and other sociologists. The most confusing fact was the decrease in median household income over the last decade. In his analysis, Prof. Beveridge found that the locations of the sharpest decreases were neighborhoods where new immigrants rushed in. Those areas brought the entire citys median household income down. But, Prof. Beveridge said, if there had been no immigrants, the population of New York City would have decreased. In other words, New York is mixture of new arrivals from abroad and U.S.-born people. Compared to that of new immigrants, the native-born Americans professional skills are higher. This also explains why average household income slid in those areas where new arrivals are replacing old residents. According to Prof. Beveridges analysis, during the last ten years the average household income in Chinatown decreased $3,309 to $20,344. In Sunset Park, it rose $409 to $30,151. At Flushing, it increased $305 to $30,1676. However, even in these areas, Asian residents incomes largely shrank. Asian residents average household income in Chinatown and Sunset Park decreased $2,996 and $8,318 to $18,629 and $28,202 respectively. In Flushing, the Asian residents average household income is $30,907. Although it is the highest among the three Chinese areas, it dropped $2,113 in the last decade. The prosperous underground economy in Chinatown, in which people do business with cash, partially contributes to Asian residents comparatively low income. However, as Frank Lang of Asian Americans for Equality pointed out, even if some Chinese people didnt claim all of their income, most Chinese have more family members working than the average New York household. This is because low-income Chinese laborers often share a single room with a couple of people to cut expenses. In this situation, the average household income is still so low. No doubt that Chinatown is at the bottom of the economic ladder, said Lang. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-08-08 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 138 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 Where new immigrants rushed in, median income dropped: Chinese communitys median household income sl 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. TriBeCa and Chinatown are divided by only one streetBroadway. However, the disparity between rich on 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. 2002-08-08 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 ?Que pasa Miguelito? (What's up, Mike?) VTMBH Article: Author Fernando F. Rojas VTMBH Article: Publication Resumen VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Luisa Pinto VTMBH Article: Section budget VTMBH Article: Blurb Miguelito, what hurts most of all is that you are calculating your gains and losses like a street vendor, rather than a mayor. New York is not a product, to sell for a profit. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Miguelito: Forgive me if I call you Miguelito; it's the Spanish nickname for Michael. Calling you Miguelito allows me to speak to you with greater confidence and ease. When you, disguised as a Republican, won the election by outspending Mark Green, I was fine with it. Though I knew that you were a liberal multimillionaire, a friend to the Clintons whose wallet was always open for the Democratic Party, I believed that you would work harder than Green. After all, Green has spent his entire life aspiring to elected office while letting those around him do all the work. But Miguelito, from what I can see, you have started to show your claws. The first sign was your story about the deficit and, then, your proposed budget cuts. What about the people whose livelihoods depend on their city jobs, especially now, at a time when jobs are scarce? Then, something repugnant occurred to you, prompting you to suggest increasing penalties for traffic violations and towing, removing existing tolls from bridges and tunnels and creating tolls where there were none previously. It has also occurred to you to suspend recycling; cut street cleaning; reduce garbage collection; limit overtime hours for firefighters and police officers; slash funds for children, homeless and the arts; and reduce the hours of libraries, museums, zoos, cultural locations and other places of interest in the city. Miguelito, what hurts most of all is that you are calculating your gains and losses like a street vendor, rather than a mayor. How did you manage to find a multibillion-dollar deficit in the city?s budget when President Bush and practically all of the senators who have visited this city have promised us $21.5 billion in aid? What is wrong, Miguelito? Are we not to spend the $20 billion on reconstructing and maintaining the city? Why don?t you mention those billions when you cling to cuts in the services and aid the very poorest receive? Miguelito, remember that a major source of income in this city is tourists, whom you frighten with your cries of poverty and your cuts in public services such as firefighters and police officers. The tourists will decide not to vacation here in New York City. You should also remember that Giuliani, by keeping a strong and active police force and reducing crime, brought in a significant flow of tourists, which has given us a strong economy. Well, Miguelito, before I end this letter, I would like to tell you to be more careful in what you say and do. This city is not one of your radio stations. It cannot be managed like one of your businesses. New York is not a product, to sell for a profit. Affectionately, Fernando F. Rojas VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-02-28 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 82 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 ?Que pasa Miguelito? (What's up, Mike?) 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. Miguelito, what hurts most of all is that you are calculating your gains and losses like a street ve 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. 2002-02-28