119 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 16 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Questioning another crime against Palestine VTMBH Article: Author Marco Arteaga Calderon VTMBH Article: Publication Ecuador News VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Erica Pearson VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb No. It isnt another crime against Palestine. What is happening now is simply the continuation of crimes started more than five decades ago. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body For those who have ears and want to hear, hear this… For those who have a mind and want to think, think about this, reflect, and act… No. It isnt another crime against Palestine. What is happening now is simply the continuation of crimes that began more than five decades ago. The call to exterminate the Palestinian people began after the United Nations, under pressure from the oil lobbies of France, England and the United States, created the state of Israel. Since then, everything has been validated by the maintenance of security in the Middle East, just as Truman declared at the end of World War II. The Palestinian people have long suffered as pariahs in their own land. They have spent years surviving an absurd situation of social, spiritual and intellectual instability. How can they know if their houses will still be standing tomorrow; if their harvests will still be there; if their families will stay together; if some will go to prison, into exile, or die? The past decades have also been years of defense as the Palestinian people tried in vain to live in peace. When the tank and the cannon have attacked, the gun has responded; when the gun has attacked the knives have responded; when the knives have attacked, the stones have responded; when the stones have attacked the cries of mothers and children have responded. Today, human bombs have been the method of resistance to organized attack on Palestinians. The bombings have been a last resort to assert a faith in the future life of the Palestinian people. Over more than fifty years, the Palestinian peoples permanent disadvantage has not been an obstacle in their righteous fight for justice, liberty, and well-being in their own country. Where is the terrorism when someone defends their family or way of life? Would you let others invade your home, kill members of your family, and then just accept being called a terrorist for trying to stop, in any way, this outrage? Wasnt terrorism born in the Middle East when, in May 1948, the state of Israel was formed, usurping part of the Palestinian territory? Didnt terrorism persist when Ben Gurion, already leader of Israels government, declared that Israel did not have limits because the countrys borders were changeable? Besides this, was there was not the political will and disposition to continue taking someone elses land? Why, in contrast, is there no political will or disposition today to establish peace? Arent the thousands of dead, on both sides, enough to stop the spilling of innocent blood? What more does Sharon want, if Israel is already recognized by Arabs and Palestinians, in general, something that right-wing Israelis and the Likud party wanted so strongly? Is it that they dont really aim to live in peace, with Palestinians and Israelis living in separate states, but instead plan to continue carrying out the collective homicide of the Palestinian people? And what has become of the moral, political and cultural struggles towards the establishment and development of separate states during so many years? What of Anwar Sadats and Yitzhak Rabins assassinations? Hasnt Mr. Bushs recent anti-terror initiative been, judging from what the world is witnessing, a mere pretext to unleash international fascism, following the whims of a decadent and mortally wounded empire? With fetishistic phrases, Mr. Bush, a clumsy extremist triumphantly holding a position to which he was not elected, is he not? And has he not declared an axis of evil, whose leaders, Iraq, Syria and Iran, should be liquidated? And this not the same Mr. Bush who now supports the genocide of the Palestinian people? The so-called friendly European nations are practicing <i>tortugismo </i> (are dragging their feet). Even the United Nations gives just lukewarm declarationsit looks like General Secretary Kofi Annan receives orders only from the North. Is the UN waiting for the last Palestinian to disappear before acting? Are Islamic and Arab nations finally going to agree to stop manipulating the Palestinian cause in their own interests, be they ideological, oil-related, or political? Will they do as they did before, and become united in the effort to create a Palestinian state with the boundaries it has always had, free and sovereign, whether the United States (and its partner in war, Israel) likes it or not? Dont you think that the time for the big to decide for the little has ended? Not only should Israel stop shooting and threatening the Palestinian people, but it should obey UN Resolution 1402 ordering them to withdraw the military forces from Palestinian territory. Above all, everything needs to return to the political and territorial conditions that existed before 1967. To defend the Palestinian cause, now more than ever, means to defend a real democracy of freedom and justice! VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-04-15 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 Questioning another crime against Palestine 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. No. It isnt another crime against Palestine. What is happening now is simply the continuation of cri Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-04-15 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 18 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title Subterfuge and deception VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Irish People VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb Last week, when the U.S. House International Relations Committee convened its hearing The IRA in Colombia: The Global Links of International Terrorism, it facilitated an exercise in subterfuge and deception that spans two hemispheres. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Last week, when the U.S. House International Relations Committee convened its hearing The IRA in Colombia: The Global Links of International Terrorism they helped facilitate an exercise in subterfuge and deception that spans two hemispheres. The contrived and clumsy attempts to tie the three Irish nationals arrested in Colombia last August to a global network of terrorism and the drug trade was apparent to even the causal observer. The agenda of the Colombian government is clear. In recent months they have collapsed the peace process in their country and seized the territory they had ceded to the FARC rebels. They are now seeking a green light and blank check from the United States in their war with the rebels. Because the Bush administration has drawn a distinction between nationalistic or territorial disputes and global terrorist networks, Colombia is trying to portray the civil war in Colombia as the festering breeding grounds of global terrorism. They are trying to use the presence of three Irish nationals in rebel territory to justify their claims. Most disturbing of all, however, are those representatives in Congress willing and even assisting in this endeavor. Colombias role is the transparent part of the scenario. Less clear, much less clear, are the roles played by British intelligence and anti-Sinn Fein elements within the U.S. Congress and administration. It became known some time ago that British representatives were pushing for a Congressional hearing on the Colombia incident. And of course there remain committed anti-Irish Republican elements in the halls of Congress. For example, Cass Ballinger, the 75-year-old Southern fundamentalist, is cut of the same cloth as Jesse Helms, the senator from his home state of North Carolina, who thankfully is retiring. We can only hope that Ballinger will do the same in short order. Irish republicanism could not be defeated in war. Now, every attempt is being made by the enemies of Irish independence and justice for Ireland to defeat republicanism in peace. These attempts will fail. Irish republicans are prepared and are poised to deliver the long-sought prize of freedom and independence to their nation. Justice, equality and reconciliation will truly only manifest themselves once Ireland is whole. Much was lost the many years of war, many sacrifices made, but much has been learned. The perseverance and valor of the IRA and Sinn Fein will see them through a bit of dirty politics and British obstruction. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-05-04 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 158 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 Subterfuge and deception 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. Last week, when the U.S. House International Relations Committee convened its hearing The IRA in Col 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. 2002-05-04 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 21 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title About adopting a child from India VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Desi Talk VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body In India, the rules for adoption vary for different communities. Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains are allowed to adopt under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. But Muslims and Christians can only be appointed guardians to the child. Indians living abroad and foreigners who apply for adopting an Indian child, are granted guardianship by courts in accordance with the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, following which they are allowed to take the child back home with them. Then, they are required to adopt the child as per the laws of the country where they live. A child has to be rejected by at least three Indian families before it can be offered for foster care abroad. As far as people living abroad are concerned, they have to approach placement agencies in their own countries. Their applications are matched with the names of children with Indian agencies, then the embassies of both countries coordinate and submit periodic homestudy reports to the authorities. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-05-24 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 435 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 About adopting a child from India 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. 2002-05-24 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 32 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title A day of hope: Farmingdale day laborers earn diplomas for learning English and their rights as laborers VTMBH Article: Author Rodolpho Castillo VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Telesh Lopez VTMBH Article: Section labor2 VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The situation for two day laborers from Farmingdalewho were nearly killed two years ago when two white men attacked themseems to be looking up. Thanks to the hard work of activists like Irma Solis of the Center for Labor Rights (CDL), about 15 day laborers from Farmingdale have received diplomas after finishing courses in English and labor rights. They celebrated their triumph at Eisenhower Park with a barbecue and music in the company of the activist from CDL. But some of the people defending the laborers want to go further. We dont want the workers to waste their time while waiting for someone to hire them, said Gabriel Martinez of the organization HOLA. We want them to learn a trade such as carpentry, plumbing and others so they can have more opportunities to progress. The organization HOLA is run by a group of professionals dedicated to helping the day laborers of Farmingdale. They helped designate a single location where many laborers wait for contractors to hire them to do some yard work, construction and other activities. HOLA is working with members from Citizens For Viable Solutions who considered finding the site a great triumph. About 150 laborers use the site, avoiding protests from the neighbors. This is a great victory, said activist Janet Liotta, who worked with Patricia and Leo Marcotte, Mari Zirkal and Michael Grillo to advocate the laborers rights to Farmingdale Mayor Joseph Trudden. Last year, groups that oppose the presence of day laborers in Long Island organized anti-immigrant meetings in California, Chicago, Pennsylvania and other states, demanding that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) raid laborers waiting on corners for work. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-08-21 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 63 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 day of hope: Farmingdale day laborers earn diplomas for learning English and their rights as labor 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. 2002-08-21 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 33 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title September 11th investigation marred by arbitrary detentions, says Human Rights Watch VTMBH Article: Author Ela Dutt VTMBH Article: Publication News India-Times VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb An immigration violation should not give the government license to rip up the rule book, said Jamie Fellner, director of Human Rights Watchs U.S. Program, after his organization released a new report listing arbitrary detentions, due process violations, and secret arrests among the human rights violations since September 11th. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The United States governments investigation of the September 11th attacks has been marred by arbitrary detentions, due process violations, and secret arrests, Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch) said in a new report released on Aug. 15. The Department of Justice has misused immigration charges to dodge legal restraints on its power to detain and interrogate people as it pursues its terrorist probe, said Human Rights Watch. An immigration violation should not give the government license to rip up the rule book, said Jamie Fellner, director of Human Rights Watchs U.S. Program. By restricting judicial oversight and blocking public scrutiny, the government has exercised virtually unchecked power over those it has detained. The 95-page report, Presumption of Guilt: Human Rights Abuses of Post-September 11 Detainees, is based on the rights groups interviews with scores of current and former detainees and their attorneys. The report provides an analysis of the Justice Departments treatment of non-citizens swept up in the post-September 11th investigation. The rights group said it found that the U.S. government has held some detainees for prolonged periods without charges; impeded their access to counsel; subjected them to coercive interrogations; and overrode judicial orders to release them on bond during immigration proceedings. By restricting judicial oversight and blocking public scrutiny, the government has exercised virtually unchecked power over those it has detained. In some cases, the government has incarcerated detainees for months under restrictive conditions, including solitary confinement. Some detainees were physically and verbally abused because of their national origin or religion, Human Rights Watch asserted. About 1,200 non-citizens have been secretly arrested and incarcerated in connection with the September 11th investigation, the report said. The vast majority of those detained are from Middle Eastern, South Asian and North African countries. The report describes cases in which random encounters with law enforcement agencies or neighbors suspicions based on no more than national origin and religion led to interrogation about possible links to terrorism. At least 752 men were held on immigration charges while the government continued to investigate them, Human Rights Watch said. Turning the presumption of innocence on its head, the Department of Justice kept them in detention until it decided they had no links to, or knowledge of, terrorism. None of the 752 men were indicted for terrorist-related crimes and most have been deported, the report said. Using immigration law violations to detain these men while they were criminally investigated enabled the Justice Department to deny non-citizens their rights under U.S. criminal law for example, the right to court-appointed counsel and the right to be promptly charged after arrest, Human Rights Watch noted. The U.S. government has failed to uphold the very values that President (George W.) Bush declared were under attack on September 11th, said Fellner. It has ignored basic restraints on a governments power to detain that are the hallmark of free and democratic nations. Human Rights Watch also criticized the U.S. government for blocking the publics right to know what its government is doing. Secret arrests and secret hearings are incompatible with core democratic values of openness, government accountability, and the rule of law, it asserted. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-08-30 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 55 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 September 11th investigation marred by arbitrary detentions, says Human Rights Watch 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. An immigration violation should not give the government license to rip up the rule book, said Jamie 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. 2002-08-30 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 25 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Fuzhou Province immigration increasing, rivaling Cantonese. Immigrants moving to Eighth Avenue, Brooklyn VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication World Journal VTMBH Article: Original Language Chinese VTMBH Article: Translator Wendy Szeto VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb In the year 2000, Eighth Avenue experienced another changean increasing number of Fuzhou immigrants moved into the area, and, as a result, the areas real estate values doubled. <b>With a sidebar, Language barriers and lower education levels of Fuzhou immigrants challenge schools, by Shu-Bing Huang, World Journal, 20 June 2002. Translated by Wendy Szeto.</b> VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body In the mid-1980s, the number of Chinese immigrants with Taisan and Guangzhou background outnumbered North Eastern immigrants. They moved to Sunset Parks Eighth Avenue, successfully establishing the third Chinatown. In the year 2000, Eighth Avenue experienced another changean increasing number of Fuzhou immigrants moved into the area, and, as a result, the areas real estate values doubled. Currently, there are still a number of immigrants in search of real estate property in the Eighth Avenue area. Mr. Jung Sun Mui, who moved to Eighth Avenue about 16 years ago, said, I would expect the number of Fuzhou Chinese to surpass Cantonese residents in this area within three to five years. Mr. Kwok Sui Tam, manager of a real estate brokerage firm that has been involved in Eighth Avenue development for the past 10 years said, Due to the saturation of housing in the Chinatown area of Manhattan, and Fuzhou immigrants preference in living in the Chinese community, the Eighth Avenue area became a preferred neighborhood for them. About five years ago, this area began experiencing an influx of Fuzhou immigrants, which has reached its peak in the past two years. I believe the number of Fuzhou residents in this area is already equal to the number of Cantonese residents. Mr. Tams clientele consists of 80 percent Fuzhou immigrants. A two-family home was valued at roughly $300,000 two years ago, but the price now has reached to over $500,000. Mr. Tam said, Fuzhou residents have a slightly different approach to home buying compared to Cantonese residents. Once they find a house they like, they are willing to pay a higher price in order to buy the property. Currently, there really arent any available units in the Eighth Avenue area. As soon as a property hits the market, it is sold. Long time residents are unwilling to sell their properties, as well. The most well-liked area among Fuzhou immigrants is between 50th to 62nd streets, from Seventh to Ninth Avenue. Most new home owners split homes into multifamily style, to rent portions to several families to create a cash flow for their mortgage payments. Even though they prefer to purchase houses, there is still a high market for house and apartment rentals. In the past two to three years, rental fees have risen nearly 30 percent. Mr. Tam expects that within three years, this area will be predominately Fuzhou-owned. According Mr. Jung Sun Mui, a long time resident of Eighth Avenue, even though there is a high increase in the number of Fuzhou immigrants moving into this area, most businesses are still owned by Cantonese residents, especially in the busiest blocks between 50th to 60th streets. There are many long time residents, like Sun Mui, who have been living in this area for years and are not willing to move out. Businesses owned by Fuzhou immigrants are mostly located between 40th to 50th streets. Because of the influx of Fuzhou immigrants, this area has experienced some community changes, but most residents are not opposed to the newcomers. Actually, with the newcomers into this community, Mr. Mui said, we see new business opportunities. In the past, all the shops on Eighth Avenue close by 10 p.m. on, but with the late night spending of Fuzhou immigrants, there are at least 6 to 7 restaurants that remain open until 3 to 4 a.m. Sixteen year-old Fuzhou immigrant Man Chi Lo and his family run a street vending cart selling snacks on Eighth Avenue. This is an example of how Cantonese and Fuzhou Chinese are able to mix with each others community. Man Chi has run his business for less than three years, and already speaks fluent Cantonese. He sells Cantonese fried fish balls, Fuzhou fish balls, and Fuzhou fried cakes. Because of the Cantonese market in this area, his family especially brought in Cantonese fish balls for their customers. However, there are some long-time residents who are worried about the increasing number of Fuzhou immigrants. Some residents complained that there are more gambling and prostitution houses on Eighth Avenue. Even though it is difficult to say that this is linked to the newcomers, other residents worry that this area will slowly become a red-light district. One long-time resident said if he does end up moving out one day, it will not be due to the high return on selling the property, but to the deteriorating community. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-16 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 204 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 Fuzhou Province immigration increasing, rivaling Cantonese. Immigrants moving to Eighth Avenue, Broo 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. In the year 2000, Eighth Avenue experienced another changean increasing number of Fuzhou immigrants 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. 2002-06-16 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 32 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title No sane New Yorker will eat in Chinatown? Customers and Chinese restaurants owners disagree VTMBH Article: Author Xiaoqing Rong VTMBH Article: Publication Sing Tao Daily VTMBH Article: Original Language Chinese VTMBH Article: Translator Xiaoqing Rong VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb It is crazy! said Enrique Calzada when he learned of a Health Department inspectors comment in The New Yorker magazine while eating in Chinatown. The comment offended Chinatowns regulars, irked restaurant owners, and provoked a response from Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields. The Health Department has since apologized. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body No sane New Yorker would eat in Chinatown? A New York City Department of Health restaurant inspectors comment about Chinatowns restaurants offended Chinatowns regulars and irked the restaurants owners. Nicolle Woods, a 33-year-old restaurant inspector, was quoted in The New Yorker magazine. The story, Everyone Lies by Elizabeth Kolbert, covers a whole day of restaurant inspection. All the restaurants they inspected, including a Chinese restaurant in Greenwich Village, had health code violations. While talking to Kolbert, Woods volunteered that she had sworn off Chinatown, noting that any sane New Yorker wouldnt eat there. It is crazy! said Enrique Calzada when he learned of Woods comment while eating at Jing Feng restaurant at Chinatown. I love Chinese food, and come here to eat every two weeks since I moved to New York four years ago. Ive never had a problem. I think its discrimination, said another New Yorker, Juan Real. Since Real and his Chinese wife Siew Lim met seven years ago, the couple has come to Chinatown to eat frequently. Frankly, if you go to see the kitchen, its possible that youll find health code violations. But its not only in Chinatown. I know a lot of restaurants in midtown that have violations as well, Real said. According to the Health Departments website, since the beginning of this year, there are 30 or so Chinese restaurants in Manhattan with violations. In Chinatown, there are at least 250 Chinese restaurants. The Health Department divides violations by two categories: critical and general. Only four or more critical violations, or five or more general violations, can make a restaurant fail the inspection. According to the website, no Chinese restaurants failed inspections this year. The Chinese restaurateurs said the Health Department does inspections twice a yearviolations mean heavy fines. But the strict health code is hard to follow, and some rules are not suitable to Chinese food. In the last inspection, an inspector required us to put a thermometer beside the oven and try the temperature of each dish, said Zhongxing Ho, the owner of Zhongxing Restaurant. Its true that if food is not cooked well, its risky. But Chinese food is all cooked very well. Sometimes we overcook the food to make sure its soft enough. Its ridiculous to require us to put the thermometer in each dish. Peisen Chen, the president of Sweet-n-Tart Restaurant, was concerned Woods comment would affect the business of Chinatown restaurant industry, which has been struggling since September 11th. A lot of tourists who dont know Chinatown restaurants well might be scared by her comment and wont come to eat here. Chen said. Actually, because the health codes are too demanding and no inspector wants to leave with empty hands, receiving violations are almost unavoidable. <b>Chinese community still angry at Health Department inspectors anti-Chinatown comment, Manhattan borough president calls Health Department, which apologized, by Xiaoqing Rong, Sing Tao Daily, 20 August 2002. Translated from Chinese by Xiaoqing Rong</b> The Health Department restaurant inspectors comment against Chinatown restaurants, after being disclosed by a story in Sing Tao yesterday, triggered more anger among Chinese community. Manhattan Borough President Virginia Fields also showed her concern by calling the Health Department yesterday. The Health Department has apologized for the inspectors comment. In a New Yorker story about restaurant inspection, Nicolle Woods, a city restaurant inspector, was quoted as saying she had sworn off Chinatown, and any sane New Yorker wouldnt eat there. Tammy Do, director of Constituent Affairs of District 1, said: This is really unfair to Chinatown. Do explained that the Health Department only has 66 inspectors, and they are in charge of the restaurants inspections all over the city. There are at least 200 restaurants in Chinatown. It is obvious that the inspector hasnt been to all the restaurants in Chinatown. I think her comment is irresponsible, Do said. Qingquan Chen, chairman of the North American Fujianese Federation, thought Woods comment was discriminatory. As more and more Fujian immigrants rushing to America and pursuing their American dream through Chinese restaurants, Chen has seen an increase in discrimination against Chinese food. He said, In the 70s, they said the MSG in Chinese dishes can give you cancer. But America never stopped importing the Japanese MSG. In the 90s, they said Chinese food contains more cholesterol than western food. In a TV program, they said one pint of Kung Pao Chicken contains more cholesterol than a quarter pound hamburger at McDonald. But one pint is 16 ounces and a quarter pound is four ounces. Of course the former contains more cholesterol than the latter. Now they are saying our restaurants are dirty. I think our community should get together and fight the unfairness. The boiling anger from Chinatown also drew attention from Manhattan Borough President Virginia Fields. Since September 11th, Fields has done much to help Chinatowns businesses recover. The Chinatown summer festival, initiated by Fields for the purpose of getting more tourists to Chinatown to eat Chinese food, just finished two days ago. During the three-day-long festival, the Chinese food booths as well as traditional performances attracted about 10,000 people. Fields said: Health violations exist in restaurants throughout all parts of all boroughs of New York City. It is disturbing the restaurants of an entire community would be generalized about in such a way. She called the Health Department in yesterdays afternoon to communicate her concerns about Woods quote and then told Sing Tao that the latter had profusely apologized about the quote and said the comment were not based on any quantitative research study that Chinatown restaurants would do any worse in health inspection than any other community in the city. The Health Department has sent a formal statement to Sing Tao at 5:30 p.m. yesterday. In the wake of September 11th, the Chinatown restaurant industry needs our collective support not irresponsible reporting, Fields said. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-08-19 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 271 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 No sane New Yorker will eat in Chinatown? 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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 27 VTMBH Article: Article Order 5 VTMBH Article: Title City settles brutality claim; transgendered woman, family, friends awarded $360,000 VTMBH Article: Author Duncan Osborne VTMBH Article: Publication Gay City News VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Four years ago, when JaLeas Lamots called an ambulance to their Bronx home, the police became violent upon learning that JaLea was a transsexual. The city settled this month for $360,000, but JaLea said, Its actually not behind me. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The Bloomberg administration settled a lawsuit filed by a Bronx transgendered woman and her family, who charged they were brutalized when the police arrived at their home in response to a 911 medical emergency call in 1998. While the settlement divided $360,000 among four members of the family they remain angry over what they suffered nearly four years ago. Its actually not behind me, said JaLea Lamot, the transgendered woman. We still deal with it every day... We still have the after-affects. The incident began when JaLeas mother, Nancy Lamot, called an ambulance to the Lamot home in the Bronx. JaLea, now 30, had taken some over-the-counter allergy medicine and laid down for a nap. Nancy, now 46, called 911 when she had trouble reviving JaLea. When police arrived on the scene they allegedly became violent upon learning that JaLea was a transsexual. When Nancy and her son, John Baez, tried to defend JaLea the officers allegedly responded with force and used pepper spray throughout the apartment. The police arrested Nancy, Ricardo Perez, a Lamot family friend, and Baez. All three faced multiple felony and misdemeanor charges. The charges were dismissed. JaLea was taken, handcuffed, by ambulance to a local hospital and kept overnight in a psychiatric unit. The suit, filed in 1999, named the city and 11 individual police officers as defendants. In a 1998 interview, a Bronx commanding officer defended the officers. Basically, they responded to help an emotionally disturbed person who was suicidal, said Captain Philip Van Gostein. The people there didnt think the person should be handcuffed to be taken to the hospital...Actually, [the officers] were trying to help that person. It is police practice to handcuff a suicidal person who is being taken to the hospital to prevent that person from hurting him or herself, Gostein said. He added that the officers had not made any reference to JaLea being a transsexual. The Lamots wanted more than money from the lawsuit. I wanted to speak out, JaLea said. I would rather stand trial so everybody can hear what these men did... They came and they did this to us and none of us can do anything. Thats always in our memory. We were taught to respect these people Both JaLea and her mother are still angry with the police. I had no problem with cops, Nancy said. My brother was a cop... I dont trust them. I would never call the cops again...I get anxiety attacks when a cop comes too close. I have to walk away. Nancy said she continues to have problems with her eyes resulting from the pepper spray and she now wears glasses. JaLea also harbors some bitterness towards Michael L. Spiegel, the attorney for the Lamot family. A lawyers a lawyer, she said. He gets more out of this than we do. I feel that we should have took it to trial...We were pressured. Out of the settlement, $150,000 went to JaLea, $105,000 went to Baez, $65,000 went to Nancy, and $40,000 went to Perez. Spiegel said that he received the standard fee of one third of each of the four settlement amounts. Nancy did not criticize Spiegel. What he did he did, she said. Ill just say Im happy with him. Spiegel declined to respond to the comments about him, but he said their feelings about the police and the settlement were understandable. I dont blame them for being angry at the police, he said. I think they have a right to be angry at the police. I think that any amount of money that people receive in these kinds of cases is not enough for what they endured. A mother called 911 for help and ended up with the entire family being assaulted... I think the settlement was ultimately in their best interests. Any lawsuit is only seeking to go back and, in some meager way, compensate them for what happened. Nancy feels that sentiment most keenly. Im not happy, she said. I dont feel it was fair that we had to settle and I also dont feel that its fair that the police officers didnt get charged with anything. They violated my rights, my familys rights, and they invaded my home... The money really has nothing to do with it. Its just the fact that they can do whatever they want and get away with it. Activists who have followed the case since 1999 were supportive of the Lamots. The civil suit process was never going to bring full justice to them, said Joo-Hyun Kang, executive director of the Audre Lorde Project, New York Citys community center for queer people of color. A call seeking comment from the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, another group that protested the police action, was not returned. <a href = "http://www.gaycitynews.com">The Gay City News</a> VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-07-18 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/. 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Four years ago, when JaLeas Lamots called an ambulance to their Bronx home, the police became violen 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. 2002-07-18 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 34 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Lawsuit against Korean employers for unpaid wage might be conditionally pardoned VTMBH Article: Author JooChan Kim VTMBH Article: Publication Korea Times New York VTMBH Article: Original Language Korean VTMBH Article: Translator Jeongwoo Han VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Korean greengrocery and deli owners who agree to abide by mimum wage, overtime and other labor laws will be pardoned from a suit brought by their Latino employees and their union, in a deal brokered by New York State Attorney General Elliot Spitzer. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The lawsuit between Korean greengrocers and deli owners and their Hispanic employees is predicted to end in a conditional pardon of the Korean greengrocers and deli owners. New York State Attorney General Elliot Spitzer is mediating the settlement of this lawsuit between the two groups. They are expected to announce a resolution by next week. The main condition of this pardon is that Korean greengrocers and deli owners must sign and agree to a Code of Conduct which includes related labor law provisions. They must also agree to pay their workers minimum wage, time-and-a-half for overtime, and unpaid or delayed wages and overtime. If these conditions are met, the Korean greengrocers and deli owners will be pardoned for their past faults. This Code of Conduct includes a labor law which states that after an employee has worked at an establishment for one year, they must be given one week of paid vacation time and sick leave. Ahn Sung Hyun, the Vice President of the Korean-American Association of New York, who participated in the negotiations along with Spitzer, the labor union representing the Hispanic workers, and the Korean owners, stated, If the Korean owners decide to sign the Code of Conduct and follow through with the current negotiations, they will receive clemency for their past errors. Ahn also explained that signing this Code of Conduct will be beneficial for the Korean owners as well, since by doing so they can avoid further investigations by the New York Attorney Generals office and protests by unions. If this is resolved in this manner, it will alleviate the trouble some Korean owners had with unpaid wage conflicts with Hispanic employees and the unionization of Hispanic workers. The president of the Korean-American Association of New York, Suk-joo Kim, met with Francisco Garcia, a Mexican senator and Chairman of the Association of Unions in Mexico, and talked over the methods of improving relations between Koreans and Mexicans in New York. I hope that the Korean and Mexican communities in New York will come to understand and help each other, Garcia said. Kim replied, Although there are some tensions between Koreans and Hispanics, an intimate codependent relationship exists between them. I see in the near future a time where the conflict between Korean owners and Hispanic employees will be resolved. 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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 15 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title ABC refuses $20,000 of Black community advertising on Like It Is VTMBH Article: Author James C. McIntosh, MD VTMBH Article: Publication Amsterdam News VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb ABC has turned down $20,000 of advertising for Like It Is, for the same reason Like It Is in endangered the first place: Black access to the airwaves, Black content and Black control. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body On Wednesday, March 27, WABC-TV account executives Steve Dilworth and Dan Donovan, and Committee to Eliminate Media Offensive to African People (CEMOTAP) co-chairs Betty Dopson and myself, held a long-awaited meeting regarding the purchase of $20,000 worth of advertising on Gil Nobles Like It Is program, which airs on Sundays. The meeting ended with an agreement to air the first of 12 one-minute commercials advertising community events on March 31. Dilworth and Donovan seemed ecstatic to have landed the sale. As Dopson, myself and the WABC-TV account executives agreed on March 29, a first installment check for $6,000 and a studio-produced one-minute commercial in Beta format were delivered to the station. The commercial had been professionally produced by Brother Babatunde and his associates at www.Africanstudios.tv, and featured a background of a world globe with South America and Africa in the foreground, on which the specifies regarding 12 African community events flashed sequentially for five-second intervals. In the background, Noel Pointers jazz violin undergirded my voice, explaining how on Feb. 2, over a dozen African organizations met with the Black community at the historic Bethany Baptist Church to raise money for the CEMOTAP Drum community billboard, now airing on Like It Is. By noon the same day, Dilworth and his boss, Donovan, were called into a meeting with high-ranking WABC executives and told in no uncertain terms not to air the advertisement. A dumbfounded Dilworth said he wasnt exactly sure why the execs pulled the ad. He said he was told that it was against ABC policy to air a paid community calendar. Dilworth, who had never heard of the policy previously, said the quality of the ad produced looked fine to him, that everything was fine with the money and the tape, but for reasons of which he was uncertain, a done deal was undone. Insiders say that WABC-TV General Manager and President Tom Kane had voiced concerns that community calendars are the sort of thing the FCC mandates the station to air for free. Kane felt the station would be demonstrably in violation of that mandate if it charged for a community calendar. How specious an argument could Kane come up with? The station has never been fearful of the FCC all these years that they failed to provide a free community calendar to the African community and therefore provided no public airwave access to the airwaves to grassroots community organizations. Should anyone believe that they have suddenly developed the fear that a now all-but-toothless FCC could prevent ABC from accepting a paid advertisement that results in actually granting the public access originally mandated by the FCC? After all, Kanes newly expressed fear never stopped WABC-TV from pressuring Noble to make his public affairs program Like It Is commercial. If the alleged FCC mandate for unpaid access suddenly applied to community calendars, why did it no longer apply to a public affairs show such as Like It Is? If fear of the FCC was the issue, Kane could have aired the commercials and returned the money. Dopson said she could not understand how Like It Is, supposedly on the brink of cancellation over monetary concerns, could be refused a paid advertisement to support the show. Dopson said, I can still remember Gils face at our tribute to him on Feb. 2. He was ecstatic that the community turned out in such numbers and had made such a substantial financial contribution to save his show. People are still sending in money, continued Dopson. Frederika Bey of Women in Support of the Million Man March and a group of ministers in New Jersey have already organized a follow-up meeting to pay for ads, after these first 12 to 13 covered by the money we collected. Dopson is certainly right; ABC has tipped its hand. Now it can be clearly seen that money was never the issue with the show after all. ABC has turned down $20,000 of advertising for Like It Is with many more dollars promised to follow. The real issue regarding this community commercial is the same one that endangers Like It Is in the first place: Black access to the airwaves, Black content and Black control. Some person or persons have decided that Black people are not supposed to talk unless they are dancing, shuffling, bouncing a ball, rhyming or saying something written by others. Organizers of the Feb. 2 tribute to Gil Noble began meeting immediately to plot the next course of action and urge that all supporters in the community stand at the ready. To see and hear the video version of the advertisement, complete with the music and voiceover as it was to have appeared on Like It Is, visit the Web site www.africanstudios.tv. As the Amsterdam News went to press, Kane, in an effort to resolve the impasse, had scheduled to meet late in the afternoon on April 3 with leaders from the following groups: Afrikan Poetry Theatre, African Heritage Sunday, CEMOTAP, National Association of Kawaida Organizations, United African Movement, New Black Panther Party, African Nationalist Pioneer Movement, Patrice Lumumba Coalition, Million Man and Women March Coordinating Committee of Queens, Kween Fuvi and the December 12th Movement. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-04-10 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File v15e1.doc VTMBH Article: Hit Count 208 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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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 2 VTMBH Article: Title 64 percent of South Asians in Queens dont have health insurance VTMBH Article: Author Priya Malhotra VTMBH Article: Publication Desi Talk VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb A New York Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training conference focused on cancer prevention and research.Asian Pacific Islander (API) health data that is collected on a national level often masks the problems that South Asians in New York City face, Nadia Islam told <i>Desi Talk.</i> VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body About 64 percent of South Asians in Queens have no health insurance, according to a study by the New York Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training (NYAANCART), the results of which were presented at a conference titled Asian Americans and Health: Meeting the Needs of Our Growing Community. The conference was organized by NYAANCART at the New York Hospital, Queens, on March 5. The results of the survey on health issues concerning the South Asian and the Korean community were presented by Simona Kwon, project director for NYAANCART, who said that 355 surveys were conducted at health fairs, cultural events, religious institutions and senior centers for South Asians. The mean age of the South Asian respondents was 41 and the average income was $20,000-$28,000. Kwon said the study indicated that 70 percent of the South Asians surveyed said that they had forgone needed health care because of the costs, during the past 12 months. The report stated that South Asian women who had lived in the United States for less than 10 years were less likely to have ever had a Pap smear than those who had lived here for longer. According to the report, 18 percent of South Asians surveyed believed cancer was contagious and 46 percent of them believed that getting cancer was a matter of fate. NYAANCART is a National Cancer Institute-funded project based at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. The main aim of the network is to broaden and expand community-based cancer control and prevention activities, as well as encourage greater participation by members of Asian communities in cancer research initiatives. A number of South Asians are members of the network, including Navneet Kathuria, Habibul Ahsan, Nadia Islam, Naseem Zojwalla, Anu Gupta and Kavita Mariwalla. The conference included a variety of presentations on health issues concerning Asian Americans, with a focus on cancer prevention and research. Asian Pacific Islander (API) health data that is collected on a national level often masks the problems that South Asians in New York City face, Nadia Islam, South Asian community outreach coordinator for NYAANCART, told Desi Talk. There are several reasons for this. First, South Asians are often not represented in national data. Second, most health research on Asian Americans is conducted in California, where the API community is quite demographically different than the community in New York City. For example, in comparing rates of health insurance among Asians, we found that more than 60 percent percent of our South Asian sample was uninsured in New York City. Data from California, however, indicates that only 11 percent of the Asian Pacific community is uninsured. It is very important, therefore, that more research is conducted in the South Asian community in general, as well as the New York City South Asian community in particular. A case study on New York City taxi drivers health, sponsored by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) and NYAANCART, found that 77 percent of them were uninsured because it was not offered through the job, the high cost and the perceived lack of need. The results of this study, which surveyed 183 drivers, were presented by Bhairavi Desai of NYTWA and Islam of NYAANCART. The study said that the 30 percent of the taxi drivers were Indian, 35 percent were Pakistani and 19 percent were Bangladeshi. Their mean age is 36 and 73 percent of them are married. About 23 percent of taxi drivers in New York City have never had a medical check-up and about 20 percent have not had a check-up within the past 12 months, the study found. The top health concerns for taxi drivers are lower back pain, heart disease, blood pressure, diabetes and smoking. The survey found that taxi drivers said they were under a lot of stress, with 52 percent of them reporting daily stress and 20 percent reporting stress a few times a week. In another presentation, Marcus Loo, clinical director of NYAANCART, said that cancer was the leading cause of death among Asian Americans under 50. Overall, however, Asian Americans had a lower incidence of cancer when compared to white Americans and African Americans. The incidence of cancer among Asian Americans was 279 per 100,000 people, while African Americans had a rate of 445 per 100,000 people and white Americans had a rate of 402 per 100,000 people, said Loo. He also said that lung cancer and smoking rates among Asian Americans were less than that of white Americans. Asian American women had the lowest breast cancer and Pap test screening rates compared with any other racial or ethnic group in the United States, noted Loo. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-05-10 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 118 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 64 percent of South Asians in Queens dont have health insurance 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 31 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title Fracas about deportation of a Bangladeshi: INS forced to bring him back during asylum application VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Weekly Thikana VTMBH Article: Original Language Bangla VTMBH Article: Translator Moinuddin Naser VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The INS was forced to bring back a deported Bangladeshi from Bangladesh after long battle surrounding the deportation. Mohammed Arif Rashid is the Bangladeshi man who is at the focal point of this bubble. Arif Rashid, 26, resident of Gendaria of Dhaka, arrived at the Los Angeles airport with a British passport just 11 days before the terrorist attacks of September 11th. Because his passport seemed suspicious to one of the airport immigration officials, he was sent to Lancaster Immigration Jail. He applied for political asylum from the jail, but it was denied. He made an appeal, which was also rejected last April. He then made an appeal for review of his case with the Ninth Circuit Court with the help of a family friend, Mehdi Hasan, who resides in Los Angeles. Mehdi Hasan told The Weekly Thikana that while different lawyers discouraged review of his case, attorney Garris Sarin gave him hope. Sarin was paid a four thousand dollar fee to handle this review petition. Sarin submitted the review petition by the April 29 due date. But Rashid was suddenly deported to Bangladeshwhile his review petition was still under considerationas a consequence of the INSs sweeping deportations since September 11th. Rashid was deported on June 22. Although Mehdi Hasan found out about Rashids pending deportation, he and Sarin, after many attempts, failed to stop the INS from deporting him. After that, Sarin sent a letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft challenging the decision of the deportation. The office of the attorney general asked the INS to show cause, but as the INS failed to give a good reply, the agency was asked to bring him back. As per instruction, the INS, on July 15, issued an order to bring him back and, accordingly, the INS arranged a first class one-way ticket at a cost of $1,952 on British Airways. But when Arif Rashid went to the U.S. consular office in Dhaka, with a copy of the order, the consulate officers started dilly-dallying in allowing him to re-enter the United States. According to Rashid, the consulate officers in Dhaka said this kind of incident had never happened in the consulates history. At this stage, the attorney contacted the INS, and Mehdi Hasan sent more supporting documents including the ticket provided by the INS. After a phone call from the deportation office of the INS, Rashid was finally allowed to re-enter the United States on July 27. He arrived in Los Angeles on July 28. An immigration officer was waiting for him at Los Angeles airport. Upon his return, he was again taken to Lancaster Immigration Jail, where he is currently being held. Yet Sarin and Mehdi Hasan are hopeful about winning his release as soon as possible. His attorney believes that because he was wrongfully deported, he might get a verdict in his favor. Immigration lawyers and other immigration related organizations think that the return of Rashid, which is against the normal behavior of the INS, was a very important incident. This case might set a precedent in other deportation cases. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-08-16 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 109 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 3 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title Bangladeshi-American Drops Mohammad from his name due to fears of discrimination VTMBH Article: Author Lablu Ansar VTMBH Article: Publication Weekly Thikana VTMBH Article: Original Language Bangla VTMBH Article: Translator Moinuddin Naser VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb The most painful thing hes done, a Bangladeshi-American in Tulsa, dropped Mohammad from his name. I have been compelled to take this step lead a normal life, said the man now named Reza Heyat. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Though regrettable, its true that one Bangladeshi-American has abandoned Mohammad from his name through an affidavit. The man, formerly named Mohammad Reza, changed his name to Reza Hayat, because, he said, he was victimized because his name was Mohammad. Mohammad Reza is 37 years old, and lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he is a successful businessman. Mohammad Reza came from an aristocratic family of Chapainababganj. He told this correspondent over telephone from Tulsa that there were many reasons he made this decision. The most formidable reason was the aftermath situation of the September 11. He said that a convenient store located beside his motel was attacked twice. The attackers also broke the signboard of my motel, and the owner of the store was also feeling distressed, he said. Reza owns two laundries, one motel and five houses. Mohammad Reza came to the United States in 1985. He was in New York until he received permanent residence status, then he moved to Oklahoma in 1994. As I like my motherland, I like America too, because what was beyond my imagination in my home country, I could achieve that here. … But September 11 has been made everything topsy-turvy. Most of the part of the day I have to use the telephone, due to my business. I have to mention my name to leave a message. I have not received a return of a single message after September 11. Even if some one is available on the other side, he or she suddenly becomes silent, just after listening my name. I have fallen into embarrassment regularly, he explained. So I went to the court at the advice of the lawyer. My affidavit had been completed at the Tulsa district court on December 5. Now my name is Reza Hayat. My father's (whom I give utmost respect) name is Abul Hayat. So, I adopted my fathers last name as my own. The respected judge Thomas Thornberg wanted to be sure that I was doing this because of my dissatisfaction with the behavior of the Americans. At one stage he said he regretted my decision. The learned judge accepted my petition as per rule prevailing on the state to change the name, he said. Reza Hayat said that his decision would obviously irk everyone of the community. Many would become annoyed with me. Many friends have already expressed their reactions. From Bangladesh, my elder brother and middle brother have already telephoned me to leave this permanently. I have been compelled to take this step lead a normal life, Reza Hayat said. Yet I would remain active to uphold the culture and tradition of my motherland. I would like to obey the religious rules in every step of my life. Abul Hayat, who retired as the teacher of Bangla language of Rajshahi College had 3 sons and 2 daughters, of whom Reza Hayat was the youngest. He secured seventh place in the combined merit list in the SSC examination held in 1979 under Rajshahi Education Board and 14th place in the combined merit list of Higher Secondary Education Exam held under Dhaka Education Board in the year 1981. After that when he was in honors final year he came to the U.S.A. He used to leave in Suryasen Hjall [of Dhaka University]. Big brother of Reza Hayat Nurul Kadir is the senior assistant Secretary at Bangladesh Secretariat and middle brother Anwar Zahid Ruben is a physician at the Chapainawabganj Hospital. Reza Hayat said, The most painful thing that I have got to do in my life was this work, which cost me only 479 dollars. He said that a total of about 8 to 10,000 Muslims, including 300 Bangladeshis, live in Tusla. No other incident of changing name has been reported in the United States because of Sept. 11. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-01-03 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 71 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 Bangladeshi-American Drops Mohammad from his name due to fears of discrimination 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. The most painful thing hes done, a Bangladeshi-American in Tulsa, dropped Mohammad from his name. I Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-01-03 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 23 VTMBH Article: Article Order 5 VTMBH Article: Title Foreigners Come to the NBA VTMBH Article: Author Aleksey Orlov VTMBH Article: Publication Novoye Russkoye Slovo VTMBH Article: Original Language Russian VTMBH Article: Translator Benjamin Sutcliffe VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb The NBA is gradually becoming international. For the time being, of course, it is long way from Major League Baseball or the National Hockey League, where foreigners play a leading role in many teams. But the agreement between the NBA and the players union does not provide for enough money to buy out the contracts of international players. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body In the agreement between the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the players union, there is a clause providing $350,000 for each team to buy the contract of a foreign player. Often this sum is not nearly enough. The NBA is gradually becoming international. For the time being, of course, it is long way from Major League Baseball or the National Hockey League, where foreigners play a leading role in many teams. However, within several years there will not be an NBA team without foreign players. One also should not doubt that in time more nations will be represented in the NBA than in the baseball and hockey leagues. It is not difficult to make such a prediction, since basketball is played in most countries. It is possible to precisely identify when foreign players increased in the NBA. It began at the end of the 1980s and the early 1990s, when the Communist empire in Europe disintegrated. Former Communist countries had the strongest basketball players; once they had the option, they headed overseas. Among the first were Lithuanias Sharunas Marchyulenis, Ukrainias Aleksandr Volkov, Croatias Drazhan Petrovich and Toni Kukoch, and Serbias Vladi Divats. During the same period, German player Datlef Schrempf played in the NBA. Unlike the players named above, Schrempf received basketball training in the United States, where he had come as an exchange student and then attended college. Today, dozens of foreigners play in the league. Some, such as German player Dirk Nowitzky and Serbian player Predrag Stoiyakovich, have become superstars. Now, for the first time in history, a foreigner, Spain's Pau Gasol, has been named the best rookie in the NBA. Perhaps next year China's Yao Minya or Georgia's Niko Tsitishivili will be chosen. Both will be among the first to be picked in the June draft. Foreign players bring certain problems that NBA teams must considernot counting language problems (although these exist) nor problems of skill. The problems are with the drafter players foreign teams. Most players have contracts with teams outside the United States, which the NBA must consider. Sometimes, but not often, time solves these problems. This was the case with Andrey Kirilenko, who finished an excellent season with the Utah Jazz. The Jazz picked him as the 24th pick in the 1999 draft. At that time, Kirilenko was playing with Moscows Central Army Sports Club, with whom he had a contract. The Jazz did not rush things, presenting Kirilenko with the opportunity to finish his contract with Central Army and then go to Salt Lake City. Kevin OConnor, the Jazzs general manager, waitednot because he foresaw problems resolving the question of Kirilenkos contract with Central Army, but because OConnor calculated that the Russian basketball player was not yet ready to play in the NBA. Very often, NBA teams draft foreign players with contracts but with the skill allowing them to play in the best league in the world. This is where there are problems. Such was the case with Gasol, who was playing under a contract with the Spanish team, Barcelona. He was chosen by the Memphis Grizzlies, whose management was sure that he could be in the starting five. But first there was the problem of releasing Gasol from his contract with Barcelona. In the contract between the NBA and the players union there is a clause providing $350,000 for each team to buy the contract of a foreign player. Often this sum is not nearly enough, if players of Gasols quality are considered. In this case, Gasols contract with Barcelona specified that the players could be released from the contract at a cost of $2.5 million. But the Grizzlies, having chosen Gasol, did not have the right to pay more than $350,000. They found the difference: Gasol paid the missing money out of his own pocket. The math is simple. As the number-three draft pick, Gasol had the option to sign a three-year contract for a total of $9.58 million. Even after paying off his former team, he would have made less than half this amount over three years playing in Spain. This was a unique situation. Only the NBAs top new players, those chosen in the first round, can count on three-year contracts exceeding $9 million. Raul Lopez, chosen 24th by the Jazz, could have signed a three-year contract for a total of $2.78 million. But Loped in with a contract with Madrids Real, could not follow Gasols lead; he didnt have the money. Lopez played this past season in the Spanish league, and no one knows whether he will play in the NBA next season. It is possible that he will never play in the NBA. David Bowman represents the NBA interests of many European players and has clients who plan to play in the league. Bowman said in a conversation with Darron Rowell, a journalist with ESPNs internet site, that much depends on the position of the European teams management. Bowman said that if all European managers and coaches with players desiring to be in the NBA supported them, as does manager Marusio Gerardini and coach Mike DAntonin from the Italian team Benetton, there would be no problems. But there arent many who act like them and their colleagues from the Barcelona. Usually we encounter opposition, Bowman said. Happily for the seven-foot center Tsitishivili, he plays for the Benetton and thus can hope that next season he will be playing in the NBA. The manager of his Italian team will find common ground with the manager of an NBA club. In the projected first- and second-round drafts, no fewer than 10 foreign basketball players will be chosen by NBA teams. How many of these can resolve affairs with their existing teams to enter the NBA is another question. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-07 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 162 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 Foreigners Come to the NBA 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 NBA is gradually becoming international. For the time being, of course, it is long way from Majo 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. 2002-06-07 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 24 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Homeland security debate delays immigration bill VTMBH Article: Author Ray OHanlon VTMBH Article: Publication Irish Echo VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb Congressional debate continues to delay the vital, and long-awaited, immigration provision 245i, which would allow undocumented immigrants to apply for legal status. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The congressional debate over homeland security is delaying progress on a bill that would see a limited return of immigration provision 245i. The provision, which would allow eligible undocumented Irish immigrants to apply for legal status, was revived last month in a bill drawn up by Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. But now the question is will the Senate manage to find time to address the immigration issue before the July 4 break, or even by early August, when Congress goes into summer recess. Consideration over the bill was delayed as a result of the debate over President Bushs proposal to merge various federal agencies into a new government department for homeland security, a congressional source said. One way or another, 245i has had a hard time separating itself from the shadow of the national security issue. An earlier move to include a limited return of 245i in a congressional border security bill fell short when the provision was pulled from the legislation. Supporters of the bill, including Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, considered that version of 245i to be overly restrictive and one that would not allow enough time for eligible undocumented immigrants to properly apply for relief. As the current law stands, an undocumented immigrant has to leave the US in order to have a chance of securing legal status. But by leaving US soil, the undocumented individual faces a ban from the US of up to 10 years. 245i would lift the threat of such a ban from individuals who qualify for relief as a result of job skills or family ties. The proposed revival of 245ithe measure lapsed from the legislative books in 1998 only to be briefly revived in the waning days of the Clinton administrationis contained in a Daschle bill called the United Families Act, 2002. The bill is being backed in the Senate by a number of leading Irish-American legislators, among them Sen. Kennedy, chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration. Kennedy has described 245i as a vital provision of U.S. immigration law. But even being vital doesnt guarantee an early vote in a Congress that has been drawn deeper into securing the nations borders in order to protect those living within them, the undocumented presumably included. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-25 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 463 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 Homeland security debate delays immigration bill 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. Congressional debate continues to delay the vital, and long-awaited, immigration provision 245i, whi 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. 2002-06-25 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 23 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Colorful SALGA parade kicks off Gay Pride Month VTMBH Article: Author Gloria Suhasini VTMBH Article: Publication Desi Talk VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association (SALGA), paraded the streets of Jackson Heights in Queens on June 2 to kick of the Gay Pride Month. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Several gay and lesbian organizations, including the South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association (SALGA), paraded the streets of Jackson Heights in Queens on June 2 to kick of the Gay Pride Month. It is also the 10th annual gay pride parade organized by the Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee, themed Pride Worldwide. True to the theme, marchers, performers and spectators at the event were of diverse cultures and ethnicities. 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South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association (SALGA), paraded the streets of Jackson Heights in Queens 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. 2002-06-14 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 39 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Workers fired over union contract VTMBH Article: Author Ana Ledo VTMBH Article: Publication El Diario / La Prensa VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Hannah Emmerich VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Five janitors say they were fired for pressuring their employers to conclude contract negotiations that are almost a year overdue with labor union SEIU 32BJ. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Five janitors say they were fired for pressuring their employers to conclude contract negotiations that are almost a year overdue with labor union SEIU 32BJ. The contracting company Mayco Building Services, Inc. fired workers Salvador Flores, Rosa Figueroa, José Valentine, Ramón Portillo, and Esperanza Velásquez on Oct. 9, after they were seen leaving pro-union flyers on car windshields in the company parking lot. The five Central American immigrants, who were employed at EAB Plaza in Hempstead, received their notices of termination from Mayco days after distributing the flyers. No union representative was present when we were fired, said Salvador Flores, 31, a Salvadoran immigrant. Ramón Portillo, 57, despite his 12 years of employment with the company, was never eligible to receive health insurance because of a five-hour minimum shift requirement. The most I worked at a time was four hours and 45 minutes. The company didnt let me work more than that, explained Portillo, who is also Salvadoran. Now, his most pressing concern is how he will pay for medication he must take for diabetes. Horacio Anchissi, 32BJ shop steward for Mayco workers, says that the contracting company has been violating workers rights for years. Two years ago we signed a contract which guaranteed salary increases for workers. Mayco violated the contract by providing raises they said were adequate, not those we agreed to in the contract, said Anchissi. Mayco also has contracts with Newsday and Lake Success. Georgina Hernández explained how workers were physically and verbally abused, forced to bear the snow in the winter without proper protection against the cold. They never paid us overtime and they made us work with broken vacuum cleaners that blew dust everywhere and made a lot of noise, Hernández said. Workers met yesterday at the Long Island Workplace Project to organize a plan of action against the company whom they say unjustly fired them. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-20 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 72 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Workers fired over union contract 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 24 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title 3 Indian-American aspirants for NY Assembly VTMBH Article: Author Gloria Suhasini VTMBH Article: Publication News India-Times VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The race for the New York State Assembly is gathering momentum with several aspirants, among them three Indian Americans, announcing their candidacy for the Sept. 10 primaries. Rene Lobo, a familiar face for many in the South Asian community, is the latest to announce her candidacy. A TV anchor and India Day Parade emcee for several years, Lobo, a Republican candidate and an employee of the Queens District Attorneys office, is running for the District 28 Assembly seat, which covers Rego Park, Elmhurst and Forest Hills areas. Lobo told News India-Times that she was aware of the tough job ahead, But I have a very good chance of winning. She cited two main reasons for her confidence. One is that several registered Republican voters reside in the constituency, which is the outcome of a recent redistricting. And the second: Governor George Pataki and I will be campaigning together, which will help me win. Describing herself, Lobo said, You can call me a liberal Republican with the conservative ideals of a Democrat. While Lobo has only one opponent, a Democrat, John (Prakash) Albert currently faces five rivals in New Yorks 22nd District (Flushing). They include Queens librarian and Democrat, Ethel Chen, who is hoping she will be fourth time lucky after three unsuccessful bids. Also in the fray are Democratic county designee Barry Grodenchick, businessman Jimmy Meng, Evergreen Chou of the Green Party and Democrat Richard Jannaccio. At a press conference organized by Danniel Maio, a Republican candidate from Manhattan, to introduce this years Asian candidates, Chen, who is still unhappy with the Democratic Party supporting a machine-picked candidate (Liu) last year, told News India-Times that she was confident she would win this time. Albert claimed My chances of winning are as good as the rest in the race. He said he was a young candidate, with the freshest ideas and best experience as a lobbyist in Albany. Another promising candidate is the Indo-Guyanese Dr. Taj Rajkumar, a Democrat who is running for Assembly from District 31 (Richmond Hill), which has a concentration of Indian and Indo-Caribbean voters. Currently, the priority of these candidates of Indian origin is to make their presence known in their districts while raising funds to battle heavyweights in the political arena. As these candidates get ready for the primaries, another Indian-American, Uma Sengupta, has been shortlisted as a candidate for a Democratic Party position. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-21 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 548 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 3 Indian-American aspirants for NY Assembly 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 46 VTMBH Article: Article Order 5 VTMBH Article: Title A new opportunity in a new city VTMBH Article: Author Georgine Yorgey VTMBH Article: Publication The Link VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Sonnia Lopez owned a farm in her native Ecuador. After immigrating to New York City, Lopez dreamed of continuing her life as a farmera dream she never imagined would come true. That was until Lopez found the New Farmer Development Project, which helps immigrants who were farmers in their home countries get a start here. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body In the biggest city in the United States, some new immigrants are pursuing a goal that seems at odds with the cement and brick realities of New York: theyre going to become farmers. They are part of the New Farmer Development Project, which helps immigrants who were farmers in their home country get a start here. One of those new farmers lives in Ozone Park, Queens, not far from East New York. Sonnia Lopez moved here from Ecuador two years ago with her sons Israel, David, and Daniel, who are now ages 17, 15, and 10. Sonnia owned a farm in Ecuador, but was forced to move here because of the political and economic situation there. She planned to start a farm in New York, but when she got here, found that it was much harder than she thought it would be. You come here with many expectations, but its very difficult, especially because of the language. You think that you will make a lot of money, but its difficult to find work, she explained in Spanish. She also said that buying land is very expensive in the United States. When she first arrived in the United States, she lived with her brother, working at fast food restaurants and in retail stores to make ends meet. She thought she would never be able to realize her dream of having a farm here. Then last year, she read about the New Farmer Development Project, and realized that the project was exactly what she was looking for. The New Farmer Development Project (NFDP) is jointly coordinated by Greenmarket and Cornell Cooperative Extension/NYC Programs. Greenmarket is a non-profit program of the Council on the Environment of New York City that helps farms in the state stay viable. Farmers markets have become very popular in New York in recent years because people appreciate the freshness and high quality of local farm products. Despite this, many small farms in upstate New York are struggling to stay in business, as farmers age and dont have anyone to take over their farms. Farms have begun to disappear because farmers who are unable to make a living give in and sell their land to developers who build houses on the land. Greenmarket helps address these problems by organizing farmers markets in New York City, giving farmers a place to sell their produce directly to the consumer. This helps farmers make more money because they dont have to pay a middle person to sell their products for them. Many immigrants in New York City have experience with farming, and would like to farm here because of the many benefits that farming offers. Those that farm have the ability to spend more time with their families and have the opportunity to be around nature. The New Farmer Development Project works to link these two groups so that a group of younger farmers can continue to care for the land and protect the open space for future generations. Sonnia is drawn to farming because of the lifestyle it offers. She knows shell never get rich farming, she says, but loves it because people need to eat and she is connected to the very basis of life. Being with my family is the most important reason to farm. If you work at another job, you have to stay apart from your family and you cant be together. I also want to live in a place thats quieter than New York City, a place that has less conflict. I like the country air. Here, its difficult to be cramped up in an apartment. Since she found the New Farmer Development Project, Sonnia has been busy. Shes still working and taking care of her kids, but shes also going to farming classes, learning English, working a piece of land in New Jersey, and selling at the Jackson Heights Greenmarket. She says that she has learned a lot. In Ecuador, she was more involved with the administration of the farm. Here, she has to do all the work of farming, too. But shes not alone. Her two older sons help her farm on the land, and nearby farmers give her support, helping her with maintaining the farm and giving her ideas about how to move forward. Her youngest son, whos not yet big enough to help with the physical work on the farm, has also found a way to be part of the family business. He proudly helps his mother at her stand at the Greenmarket in Jackson Heights, translating for Sonnia and helping her sell. Pat Malloy, the farmer who has the stand next Sonnia, has also been a great help, encouraging her and giving her seedlings and other supplies. Sonnias crops of tomatoes, peppers, flowers, and melons were a big hit at the market this year, and shes looking forward to next year. Shes eager to start with more experience, and she hopes to expand her farm. Selling at the market has been important, Sonnia says, because through working in the market I could see that it is possible to succeed, that people will buy what I grow. Shes still renting her farmland, and commuting from Ozone Park to New Jersey, but shes optimistic about the future and believes she will have her own farm soon. She has these words for other immigrants who might be interested in farming: Its hard work, but there is a way. I was given an opportunity, and there are many people to help me succeed. Those who want to know more about the New Farmer Development Project can call Rachel Dannefer, project director, or Maria Alvarez, project coordinator, at (212) 477-3220, or email Maria at mapyalvarez4@yahoo.com. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-12-01 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 189 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 new opportunity in a new city 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 41 VTMBH Article: Article Order 6 VTMBH Article: Title Korean-Americans have the highest voter turnout ever VTMBH Article: Author Jun-Whan Lee, Jong-Whun Kim VTMBH Article: Publication Korea Daily News VTMBH Article: Original Language Korean VTMBH Article: Translator Jeongwoo Han VTMBH Article: Section elec02 VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body On Election Day, the Korean-American voter turnout was the highest ever recordeda 50 percent increase since the last election. The Young Korean-American Service and Education Center (Chairman, Sokon Kim) provided translation services at voting sites and surveyed exiting voters. According to the data they compiled, over 100 Korean Americans voted in the voting sites such as Queens Flushing JHS 189, Flushing High School, RS Senior Center, and PS 69. These statistics show a 50 percent increase since the last election. Eun-joo Kang, a volunteer translator for Korean voters at the St. Sebastian High School in Queens, said, 20 Korean Americans voters were expected to vote here but 46 Koreans actually came to vote. It is obvious that a lot more Koreans voted this time, compared to previous elections. In the main election of 2001, 110 Koreans voted in the RS Senior Center, but now 170 voted. At the JHS 189 voting site, 250 people voted compared to around 100 voters last yeara twofold increase. In 1999, Korean voters who participated in these same voting sites totaled 50 persons. In only four years, this number increased eight times. Korean voting rates in Palisades Park, New Jersey were also high. There, around 900 Korean American cast absentee ballots, and 200 people voted in person. This totals about 84 percent of the eligible Korean voters, accounting for over 41.5 percent of the total voter turnout. At present, Palisades Park has 7,043 registered voters, among whom 1,300 (18.4%) are Korean, a 1.4 percent increase from the last election. It seems that the reason for the increasing number of Korean voters is that more Koreans have gotten American citizenship over the past several years and the get-out-the-vote campaigns by several Korean associations were effective. Yu Soung Mun, executive director of the Young Korean-American Service and Education Center, said that even though there were not many big issues which allude to the concerns of Korean Americans, nor was there a Korean candidate in New York. Nevertheless the reason why the numbers of Korean voters increased is that Koreans have finally begun to recognize the importance of voting and have confidence in participating in public affairs as American citizens. The chairman of the Korean American Community Empowerment Counsel, Yoon-Yong Park, also said Korean associations endless voter registration campaigns have had a large effect in this election, to good result. He added that this proves that Korean Americans firmly acknowledged that we are the subject in American politics and society. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-06 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 70 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 Korean-Americans have the highest voter turnout ever 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-11-06