120 20 70359 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 28 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Harriet Tubman Avenue: City Council renames Harlems St. Nicolas Avenue in honor of famed abolitionist VTMBH Article: Author Donna Lamb VTMBH Article: Publication Black Reign VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body What's in a name? A lot, as the City Council meeting on July 10 showed. Several bills related to the renaming of departments and 13 different public places. One bill called for the changing of the name of the Organized Crime Control Commission to the Business Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission. Another asked that the Department of Public Health become the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. One of the renamed streets is Wheeler Avenue, between Westchester and Watson Avenues in the Bronx. It is now officially Amadou Diallo Place, named for the unarmed African immigrant who was cut down in a barrage of 41 police bullets in February of 1999. Another newly named thoroughfare is Harriet Tubman Avenue in Harlem, which runs from West 111th Street to West 141st Street on what was formerly St. Nicholas Avenue. Speaking in favor of this change was Harlem Councilman Bill Perkins, who said, This is the first and only major thoroughfare anywhere in the City of New York to be renamed for a womanespecially for a woman of African descent who is being acknowledged for having taken part in freeing enslaved Africans. <i>Editors note: Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed this City Council directional, 22A, into law on July 29, 2002.</i> VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-07-18 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 50 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 Harriet Tubman Avenue: City Council renames Harlems St. Nicolas Avenue in honor of famed abolitionis 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 40 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Jackson Heights is changing VTMBH Article: Author Prashanth Lakhihal VTMBH Article: Publication India Tribune VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Jackson Heights in Queens is changing. At least, the composition of its population is. This was reflected during the Diwali (festival of lights) celebrations held on 74th Street on Oct. 13 when in addition to the Indian Bollywood songs and dances, there were elements of entertainment from Pakistan and Bangladesh. Also, cuisine from Indias neighboring countries was offered to the thousands of South Asians packed into the narrow streets of Jackson Heights. The Jackson Heights Merchants Association (JMHA) which organized the Diwali Melaafter a years gap in memory of the September 11th tragedyacknowledged the slowly but surely changing population of 74th Street, once the sole bastion of Indian shops and food. It allowed at least two stalls out of 16 to offer Pakistani or Bangladeshi food and culture. On stage, film songs and dance from those countries were also performed. Otherwise, the Diwali Mela in Jackson Heights was the usual affairlots of goodies to eat, music and dance to lighten the mood and, of course, long-winded speeches. Present at the occasion were the Consul General of India in New York Pramathesh Rath, Congressman Joseph Crowley, State Assembly Member Ivan Lafayette and New York City Councilwoman, Helen Sears. Nitin Vyas brought an entertainment group comprised of musicians, singers and a comedian from Bombay. It regaled the audience for over an hour with Bollywood songs. The audiences response was excellent. I enjoyed singing in front of the Jackson Heights visitors, said Sangeeta Bijlani Leela, a singer from the Bombay group of entertainers. As at any community event in New York, its success depends on the weather. Mother nature has been smiling on us. The rain over the past three days stopped just in time and we had a tremendous response in terms of attendance, said Shiv Dass, JHMA president. The JHMA recognized the contribution of V.M. Gandhi of New York Gold; Nitin Vora, former FIA president; Peter Bheddah, president of the Gujarati Samaj of New York; Dr. Pran Chopra, ex-president of FIA and Deepak Bhardwaj of Apna Bazaar. Air India sponsored the colorful lights that decked up the 47 trees on 74th Street. The lights will remain through the series of festivals of Dushahra, Diwali, Id, Christmas and New Years. Till then, the sight of Jackson Heights will be a place to watch and visit. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-19 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 169 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 Jackson Heights is changing 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 26 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title City budget targets poor, middle class, while rich continue to evade taxes VTMBH Article: Author David Greaves VTMBH Article: Publication Our Time Press VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb The only way to straighten out the mess that is this years City Budget is by changing the way taxes are raised and by the electorate becoming militant and force the changes needed. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body With the budget deal done, politicians in the city have time to catch their breath after the election and post-election blur combined with the budget process. The freshmen on the city council saw what numbers look like in the real world, and were happy just to get through it, saving whatever they could, and promising to sort it all out further down the road. Well, theyve got a short run to a nasty stretch of the economic highway, and the only way to straighten it out is by changing the way taxes are raised and by the electorate becoming militant and force the changes needed. Mayor Bloombergs nickel-and-dime cell phone tax, cigarette tax, parking violations tax and others like them, are poppycock and a lot worse. These regressive taxes strike the middle class and the least among us the hardest. A $25,000-a-year smoker talking on a cell phone about the parking ticket he or she just found on the windshield will be paying a measurable percentage of their yearly income in new taxes. However, the impact on a billionaire like Bloomberg, whose $25,000 rate is measured in the sweep of the second hand, would be akin to removing a grain of sand from Riis Beach. The problem with the budget will not be solved by taking more and more from people who have less and less. It will be solved when the upper classes pay their fair share. This is something they avoid like a plague. The New York Times reports how the big accounting firms have private sessions with very wealthy people doing workarounds on the tax code. One example they use is someone with a $20 million paycheck on which he would owe $7.7 million in federal income taxestypically, an executive, professional athlete or entertainerwould delay the tax for 30 years, effectively reducing the tax to $1.4 million. Another example is someone selling a business for a $100 million profit on which there could be $20 million in federal capital-gains taxes alone could instead pay only about $5 million. And that money would go not to the government but to Ernst & Young, as a fee. Rich people play the system to pay less than their fair share. Yet they still demand every service, convenience and courtesy. People on a payroll dont have this luxury. Taxes are deducted both automatically from their checks, and then paid again at the point of purchase. In return, their relationship with city government usually involves long lines and waiting for the opportunity to have an emergency application for assistance placed on the eight-inch stack of applications waiting to be processed. And to add further insult, the ruling classesthose in the top 1 percent of wealthmake the middle and lower classes pay for the war machine they use to lash the rest of the world into line. You look at this elite, impervious to pleas, lacking even the common human decency of allowing universal health care, as in the rest of the industrialized world, or enough money for each student to have enriching and empowering school years, and you wonder what kind of people are these? The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, written by himself, provides us with an answer. When you see a slaveholders nature unrestrained by law or even civility, you see in highest relief, that curious streak that holds money more valuable than human lives. Brooklyn historian William Mackey, Jr. has written the introduction to a recent release of the narrative, and gave us a copy. To read Mr. Douglasss work is to be inside a slaves skin and finding it nothing like Gone With the Wind. The lives of the people Douglass describes are not much different than cattle, except more poorly treated. [Editor's note: <a href="http://www.ourtimepress.com"> read Douglass' speech by clicking here. </a>] For Douglass, the key to the doorway out of slavery was learning how to read. This was knowledge he had to steal, letter by letter, coaxing it out of the world around him. His efforts make this book required reading in any curriculum for African-American students, if not in school, then at home. And it is in the home that we will have to find and build others like Frederick Douglass: those with tenacious and indomitable spirits that will not be bound or held back. They have demonstrated throughout history that change can come. The Berlin Wall can be torn down, the Shah can be run out of Iran, the USSR can be broken up and the ruling elite in the United States can be taken down. As black and brown people and progressive and middle-class whites come together, they will find that their interests in war and peace, globalization, education and health care, all come together in a Gordian knot, requiring only a sword of fairness in the hands of a united people. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-07-01 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 90 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource City budget targets poor, middle class, while rich continue to evade taxes 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 16 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title Filipino-American leaders applaud Justice Department for helping undocumented immigrants after September 11th VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Filipino-Asian Bulletin VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body This week, Filipino-American leaders applauded the Justice Department's decision not to report to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) undocumented immigrants who lost their jobs or relatives to the terrorist attack on September 11 and now need private and federal assistance. Realtor Carmen "Chit" Bengzon, president of Jersey Toastmasters, said the decision of the Justice Department not to report illegal aliens to the INS was the right move to encourage them to come out and seek help. They [undocumented immigrants] have lost their jobs or, worse, lost relatives on whom they depended for their daily needs, Ms. Bengzon said. They don't need the fear of deportation hanging over their heads. They have suffered more than enough and should get the help they need. Manny Quisumbing, managing editor of the Filipino-Asian Bulletin and a member of Couples for Christ, called the Justice Departments move the most Christian thing to do for undocumented immigrants personally affected by the September 11th terrorist attack. Help should be extended to all terrorist victims, especially undocumented aliens who may not have many options available to them, he said. Some undocumented Filipino-Americans worked under the table at various restaurants and shops around the World Trade Center and at Windows on the World. The Justice Departments announcement that undocumented aliens would not be deported or reported to the INS will hopefully encourage them to come out and seek assistance from private and government agencies. Charles Miller, a public affairs specialist at the Department of Justice, said that the decision was really left to the department and we have had to work that through once the regulations of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund were made clear. These regulations established both how the assistance was to be disbursed and how much people would be awarded. Miller said that undocumented immigrants should feel safe going to any one of the Fund's seven claims assistance centers in the New York metro area, including one at 101 Hudson St. in Jersey City. The information we get is not going to be sent to the INS, Miller said. They're safe in that respect. The whole point of this program is to help people, not to make problems for them. 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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 19 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Albert Einstein, Paul Robeson and Israel VTMBH Article: Author William Loren Katz VTMBH Article: Publication Daily Challenge VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb At a moment when so much of the world decries the shockingly senseless, destructive militarism of the Israeli state and demands protection of the sacred human rights of Palestinian people, the historic relationship between Jewish people and Zionism requires re-examination. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body At a moment when so much of the world decries the shockingly senseless, destructive militarism of the Israeli state and demands protection of the sacred human rights of Palestinian people, the historic relationship between Jewish people and Zionism requires re-examination. Even when most popular immediately after World War II, Zionist ideas never enjoyed unanimous support from the world Jewish community. As late as 1988 a Los Angeles Times poll found that 50 percent of US Jews identified a commitment to social equality as most important to their Jewish identity, and only 17 percent cited a commitment to Israel. Jewish fear and even rejection of a Zionist state has a long history. In the United States where he had taken refuge from Hitlers Germany in the 1930s, the greatest scientific genius of the century and one of the worlds most noted philosophers, Dr. Albert Einstein, favored not a Zionist state but one in which Jews and Arabs shared political power. As the most admired Jewish American of the day, Einstein did not hesitate to express his political views. On the contrary, he tended to be an outspoken foe of fascism and racial discrimination, and he had struck up a friendship with Paul Robeson, African American peace and justice advocate and activist, a foe of fascism and anti-Semitism. In 1946 Robeson and Einstein served as co-chairs of a nationwide anti-lynching petition campaign, and Robeson delivered their collected petitions to President Harry Truman at the White House. Two years later Einstein and Robeson united to support Henry Wallace s Progressive party that opposed US government cold war policies that tolerated violations of civil liberties and repression of dissenters. Master of more than a dozen languages, Robesons musical concerts and records celebrated the gallant contributions of African Americans and other minorities, the heroism of union organizers such as Joe Hill, and paid homage to those who bravely fought fascism -- as in his powerful Yiddish rendition of the Song of the Warsaw Ghetto. In 1949 Einstein publicly announced his political preference for a socialist over capitalist system in the United States in the Monthly Review, a socialist publication. By then Robeson had been the worlds most admired American for more than ten years, surpassing even President Franklin D. Roosevelt. But in 1952 though the FBI was amassing a 1,500 page file on his progressive activities, the fanatical anti-Communists of the McCarthy era hesitated to challenge Einstein but waged a war against Robeson. His career was upended by government- sponsored hysteria: he was blacklisted, denied concert appearances, his income fell by 90 percent, the state department lifted his passport so he could neither leave the country nor make a living abroad, FBI agents tracked him and vacuumed his life. In a stinging public rebuke to this Cold War era mentality, in October, 1952 Dr. Albert Einstein asked his old friend to visit him at Princeton University. Robeson brought along a young friend, writer Lloyd Brown, who vividly remembers the meeting. It was a momentous time for Einstein because he had been invited to serve as president for the new state of Israel. The request weighed heavily on his mind when Robeson and Brown sat down to talk at his home. Einstein told them that while he had seen some merit in Zionism and wished the new state success, he had long opposed a Zionist state. Instead, he had always favored a reasonable agreement between Palestinians and Jews to share power in any state carved out of British-controlled Palestine. He brought out his book, Out of My Later Years [New York: Philosophical Library, 1950] and read aloud from an article he wrote in 1938 that asked that power be divided between the two peoples. Einstein was worried that once in their own state his people, like others, would abandon their idealism and spirituality, slavishly follow a narrow nationalism, and capitulate to a state apparatus concerned with its borders, building an army, demanding conformity and exerting repressive power. He could not encourage this course, so Einstein denied the new state his enormous prestige and declined its presidential office. In the course of the conversation Einstein told Robeson he would love to attend any concert he gave near Princeton. Brown pointed out that Robeson was getting few concert invitations, and the last time he sang in Boston police officers took down the license plates of attendees. That wont bother us, Einstein said with a twinkle, We dont have a car. When Robeson briefly left the room, Brown told Einstein it was an honor to meet a great man. Einstein sharply fired back, You came here with a great man. Einstein died in 1955 the sage of Princeton, committed to his people, still skeptical of the state of Israel, and like Robeson, still an advocate of justice and peace for the worlds people. Robeson died in 1976, still hounded by the FBI and other government agencies, and remains known to the world largely through his recordings, movie roles and a few books. One can only speculate about how Albert Einstein, who feared an aggressiveness Jewish state, would have reacted to the Israeli occupation and invasion of Palestinian territories in violation of United Nations resolutions. One can only speculate about how Robeson who sang the praises of anti-fascist freedom-fighters such as the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto would have reacted to the Israeli armys savagery against largely unarmed Palestinian civilians seeking liberty, sovereignty and justice. <i> William Loren Katz is the author of almost forty history books, and his website is www.williamlkatz.com. This piece appears with his permission. </i> VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-05-12 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 215 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 Albert Einstein, Paul Robeson and Israel 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. At a moment when so much of the world decries the shockingly senseless, destructive militarism of th Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-05-12 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 6 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Can we distinguish between reality in the Arab World and the future of the Arab/Muslim community in the United States? VTMBH Article: Author Dr. Mohrez El-Hussini VTMBH Article: Publication Al-Manassah Al-Arabeyah VTMBH Article: Original Language Arabic VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb There is an organic relationship between the Arab communities and the mother country that cannot be ignored. Let us face it: the Arab nations have failed to recognize that the Arab-American community represent a strategic depth in that most crucial of arenas, the American arena. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Every once in a while I meet with the Egyptian Consul General in New York, Mr. Mahmoud Alam. We discuss the latest events, especially those that touch on the lives of the Arab community. In our meeting after September 11, Mr. Alam said he is convinced that the future of the Arab community in the United States and the resolution of its predicaments fall squarely on its own shoulders. He said there is no room for any direct role from the mother countries. In his opinion, it is imperative that the community deal with the current situation in a flexible and objective manner and insist on collective action. The community should avoid looking to the mother country for aid and support, and look only periodically for direction. Otherwise, he said, the community will face a lot of obstacles that will probably derail its mission. With all due respect to Mr. Alam, I consider his vision to be only partly realistic. There is an organic relationship between the Arab communities and the mother country that cannot be ignored. Without this relationship, the Arab community will continue to be marginal to American society and vulnerable to threats. That will lead to the Arab communitys retreat (such as after September 11), when American anti-Arab and anti-immigrant pressures led to losses of freedom and limits on its ability to develop, grow and occupy its rightful place in American society. The points of disagreement between Mr. Alam and myself are the nature and depth of the home country-diaspora relationship. Whatever happens in the Middle East has a direct effect on the Arab community here and our ability to work, as well our interaction with American society at large. Let us face it: the Arab nations have failed to recognize that the Arab-American community represent a strategic depth in that most crucial of arenas, the American arena. The Arab nations must understand that the repercussions of September 11 necessitate developing a healthy relationship and balance between the diaspora community and the mother countries. We must open up dialogue and find ways to cooperate, or the Arab-American and Muslim communities will be totally polarized, isolated and eventually separated from the mother countries. It seems, from recent events, that the Arab community is marginalized by American society at large. We have had no input in any of the changes in national policy, in regards to foreign policy in the Middle East, or domestic policy, in regards to immigrants and detentions. Arab nations do not differ from other Third World countries; a sizable segment of their populations wish to emigrate, especially intellectuals and scientists. And the United States continues to attract us. We start new lives and pursue better futures; this means the waves of migration will probably continue for a long time. The Arab community is the operational and psychological environment that helped shape them. Due to this influence, it is hard to produce a wide range of able personalities who are capable of facing the new cultural, social and political challenges. A few overcome this cultural shock and start to acculturate to life in the United States, but these few tend to be isolated from the Arab community. Meanwhile, the majority carries on in semi-seclusion from mainstream American society. Many choose to live in isolated enclaves, maintaining conditions similar to the home countries in the name of preserving their identity. There are some common characteristics who reside in isolated areas in the U.S are: feelings of inferiority as opposed to the natives; fear of involvement in any political activity; distorted notions about freedom and democracy; inability for collective action; hesitation and fear when opinions are expressed boldly and frankly; envy of the success of others; love of leadership in the absence of qualifications; superficiality in dealing with diverse situations; no clear role definition; lack of confidence; suspicion towards leaderships in their goals and intent. In addition to many other inherited notions brought from the mother country. These demonstrate the basic role and responsibility of the mother country to prepare and build the citizens character for emigration to the West. A dangerous element of the Arab communities in the United States is regionalism. By this I mean having allegiances to particular countries, rather than the whole Arab world. This affects the nature of the collective Arab movement in the United States. In my opinion, this represents the biggest problem the community faces. Perhaps what explains some of the Jewish organizations success is their unity of purpose and goals despite varying tactics. Their main goal is Israels national interests, so they employ all resources to create harmony between Zionist goals and domestic and foreign US policy. In contrast, Arab nations and United States-based communities have not created an effective means of organization. The Arab nations have failed to create local media outlets or satellite networks to communicate with the American audience about Arab issues. Thus, our efforts to influence the American decision making process are marginalized and dissipated. On the other hand, Jewish organizations influence the media to shape the American publics opinions. The Arab community (both Christian and Muslim) felt this influence firsthand after September 11 as we became the target of public scorn, the main suspect, and the object of revenge. The Arab community personifies Arab reality (in the Middle East and North Africa) in that both suffer from the absence of leadership and role models. Ethnic and religious differences mirror the situations at home. Every ruler has his own vision, and every political force looks out for its own chauvinistic interests and goals. In the United States, we see there is a Moroccan enclave with its leadership, goals and vision; and there are the Egyptian, Sudanese, Jordanian, Lebanese, Yemeni, Iraqi, Syrian, Palestinian, and so on. Even the Islamic movement is not any different. There are the Sunni and Shiite mosques. There are further divisions, such as political Islam that espouses to the liberation; Hamas or Umma. There are those who differ on the strictness of interpretations, others who belong to the Muslim Brotherhood; independents and followers of Sufism and so on. The immigrant media is in no better shape. For the most part, it is superficial and disorganized. It lacks expertise and political and strategic vision. It too personifies the regional fragmentation. There are Egyptian papers, Jordanian or Syrian, and they differ from the Yemeni, Moroccan and Palestinian papers. In many instances they contradict the national and the immigrants points of view. We can contrast the positions of the Jewish and Arab organizations. The different trends in the Zionist movement in the United States have a least common denominator in goals and the different situations that require collective action. Arab interests primarily follow regional politics in a parallel fashion; our interests will not intersect. If it werent for the Palestinian Intifada with all its humanitarian, religious and nationalistic dimensions, and Muslims concern about the distortion of their religion, there wouldnt even be any semblance of unity at all. We will have instead a reflection of the different regional struggles and interests, even though we are thousands of miles away from those countries. These differences make collective action very difficult and diminish the attention paid to our communitys special interest within American society at large. There is a multiplicity of factors that make the Arab and Muslim community different from other minorities in the United States. The Arab and Muslim community here is very connected to geopolitical factors over which we have little influence. The United States has geopolitical interests in our area, and Israel (as of now) represents a lone strategic ally. Additionally, there are domestic political considerations that dictate taking into account the reactions of Jewish groups. We, the Arab community, live in a society controlled by aggressive forces sympathetic to Israel. Such forces promote its interests in the media sometimes against the United States own interest. The Arab community resembles the sacrificial lamb. Any crisis that affects the region has direct consequences on the Arab and Muslim community abroad. At the same time, this community realizes the impotence of those governments to intervene in an individual or collective manner to help the community as a whole, or even particular individuals, in times of hardship. The Arab community is connected organically to the fate of the Arab and Muslim nations. Individuals in this community have the right to express their opinions related to these nations, for they are the first to experience the repercussions of the actions of Arab rulers and other irresponsible organizations. When Arab and Muslim immigrants call for human rights and development for their compatriots, this is not interference in the internal affairs of these countries, nor an intellectual luxury. It is unjust to accuse their proponents of treason, insubordination and being extremely westernized. But these principles are initiated due to feelings of fear, isolation and weakness in the hope that the mother country will provide the necessary support. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-01-11 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 126 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 Can we distinguish between reality in the Arab World and the future of the Arab/Muslim community in 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 34 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Coalition for Latino health formed VTMBH Article: Author Jose Acosta VTMBH Article: Publication El Diario / La Prensa VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Hannah Emmerich VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body We have a health care crisis in the Latino community, and we are not going to be quiet about it. Politicians and elected officials who do not work to improve the poor health care conditions Latinos face, will not receive our help. Under this mission, a diverse group of organizations met yesterday in Suite 2925 of the Empire State Building to form the Coalition for the Defense of Latino Health. The same event was used the launch the report Good Intentions Are Not Enough, which documents the disparity between Latinos and other communities in health services. The report stressed that the Latino community, which makes up 27 percent of the citys and 15 percent of the states populations and has played a significant role in the social and economic development of the New York region, is suffering due to a health care crisis. According to the report, more than 36 percent of adult Latinos do not have health insurance, with devastating consequeces. For example, Latinos are at the highest risk for the asthma, Hepatitis C, cervical cancer, AIDS, and other serious illnesses; they are the twice as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes. The blame lies on the one hand with poor education, and, on the other, with insufficient access to health services, said Dennis DeLeón, president of the Latino Commission on AIDS and member of the new coalition. We need resources and we need action. Good intentions alone are not going to improve the conditions of health in our communities and for this reason we are launching the report and creating the coalition, added DeLeón. Moises Pérez, executive director of the Dominican Alliance, said that the coalition would try to push a Latino health agenda. If we are able to introduce a health agendasomething which has been lostwith the strong support that is here today, and introduce it in the context of our community, I believe that we will advance incredibly in favor of the well-being of our community, explained Pérez. Pérez also indicated that the health care crisis in the Latino community is reflected in the fact that Latinos have the lowest rates of coverage and access to health services in all of the country. The community has to wake up and demand its rights, said Pérez. Among those present were Serafin Mariel, president and CEO of New York National Bank; Elba Montalvo, executive director of the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families; Lorraine Cortés Vázquez, president of the Hispanic Federation; and Gerson Borrero, editor-in-chief of El Diario/La Prensa, who offered the coalition the newspapers health section to initiate an educational campaign in the Latino community. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-09-17 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 53 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coalition for Latino health formed 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 34 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Pataki snubs Harlem's black Republicans VTMBH Article: Author J. Zamgba Browne VTMBH Article: Publication Amsterdam News VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Harlem's black Republicans got a big snub recently from Governor George Pataki as they re-launched their organization in the community. Pataki failed to honor an invitation to the occasion, even though he assured the group that he would. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Harlems black Republicans got a big snub recently from Governor George Pataki as they re-launched their organization in the community. Pataki failed to honor an invitation to the occasion, even though he assured the group that he would. Instead, the governor designated his daughter, Emily Pataki, chair of People for Pataki, to represent him at the celebration held at the Studio Museum of Harlem on West 125th Street. In a letter from the governor, read by his daughter, he praised the work of those members who made the clubs revival possible. He said its presence is not only a symbol of our deep commitment to the people of this community, but it also demonstrates our commitment to fight for a brighter future for every New Yorker in every part of the state. Mayor Michael Bloomberg breezed through the event and said he had to leave in a hurry to catch the Liberty basketball game at Madison Square Garden. About 100 guests attended the affair. Assemblyman John Ravitz, chair of the New York County Republican Committee, said the revival of the Harlem Republican Club is a major focus of the Manhattan branch of the party, and something Pataki and Bloomberg have requested of him. The Harlem Republican Club was established in 1886 and served as a year-round, grassroots political headquarters until the late 1930s. The new club will serve as the central gathering place for several uptown Republican clubs, which have worked independently of one another for several years. For too long, Harlem voters have been taken for granted by the Democratic Party, in part because we Republicans failed to properly communicate on a grassroots level our message and our record of accomplishments uptown, Ravitz continued. He added that the Harlem Republican Club would consolidate the partys existing operations in the community, as well as enable party officials to talk about the extraordinary renaissance that has occurred in Harlem under GOP leadership in Albany and at City Hall. The Harlem Republican Club is expected to open shop this month at the Theresa Hotel, 2090 Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard at 125th Street. In addition to campaign activities, the club will hold community workshops and sponsor town hall meetings and local outreach programs so that it is a constant presence in the community and a helpful neighbor, Ravitz said. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-09-18 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 93 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pataki snubs Harlem's black Republicans 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 44 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title A Muslim sues Marriott International Inc., for discrimination VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Al-Manassah Al-Arabeyah VTMBH Article: Original Language Arabic VTMBH Article: Translator Amir Jalal VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body A communiqué from the Council of American-Islamic Relations, received by Al-Manassah Al Arabeyah, reports that a Muslim employee living in the state of Virginia is suing Marriott International Inc., a hotel company, for acts of racial and religious discrimination. In his suit, the young Muslim demands financial and moral compensation for an unfriendly work atmosphere his colleagues and supervisors imposed on him during his time at the company. The Muslim employee started as a cook at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel (which is owned by Marriott International) in Washington, D.C., in March 2002. His colleagues soon began to insult him in front of the managers, calling him a suicide terrorist and constantly asking him whether he had attended classes at some flight school like the other terrorists. The employee brought the claim to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a government committee in charge of monitoring acts of racial or religious discrimination at the workplace. The committee approved the claim, as did the Council of American-Islamic Relations, declaring that the Ritz-Carlton Hotel failed to set the suitable work atmosphere required by the law. The employee is asking for $700,000 for compensation. It is relevant to mention that Marriott International Inc., is one of the biggest international hotel companies, active in more than 60 countries around the world. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-15 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 A Muslim sues Marriott International Inc., for discrimination 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 44 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Deaths of two Indian subway workers in two days shocks community in New York VTMBH Article: Author George Joseph VTMBH Article: Publication India Abroad VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb According to union officials, the deaths of two subway workers could have been prevented had the MTA assigned flag workers to alert oncoming trains. Both Indian men had families in the U.S., who bid them farewell at funerals attended by hundreds of people. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The deaths of two subway workers, in two consecutive days in New York, have shocked the Indian community. The deaths of Joy Antony, 41, a signal maintenance worker on Nov. 21, and Kurian Baby, 57, a lighting maintenance helper, the next day, drew protests against the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) for ignoring the security of 2,000 track workers. Antony was hit by a train near the 96th Street and Broadway station in Manhattan at 11 a.m. Baby was struck by a train at the Canal Street Station in Manhattan just before 11 p.m. the next day. Both deaths could have been prevented had the transit authority assigned someone to watch out for trains while the workers were on the tracks, the Transport Workers Union Local 100 said. The deaths forced the agency to stop track work for 24 hours. When work resumed, agency officials agreed temporarily to allow a person to accompany track workers to flag in trains. The flag-in workers sole responsibility will be to alert train operators about workers in the track. We wanted this to be permanent, but the authorities are not agreeing to that, said Dave Katzman, a spokesman for Local 100. We have asked train operators to be extra careful. It is a shame two people had to die for such a rule, he said. The investigation into the cause of the accidents continues, a city transit spokesperson told India Abroad four days after the accident. Antony was part of a two-man crew performing a routine test of a track circuit when the accident occurred. While he was testing the circuit, a second man worked at the relay panel. He was in the middle of the two tracks and there was nobody to alert him about the oncoming train, relatives and union officials said. Baby was part of a five-member crew assigned to clean and repair fixtures. He was placing a flashing yellow light in the tunnel south of the Canal Street Station to warn train operators that workers were on the tracks when he was hit. The wake and funerals were attended by hundreds of people. Transit Authority President Lawrence G. Reuter, union members and others bid farewell to their colleagues. Antony, who came to the United States in 1993 from Thodupuzha in Kerala, joined the MTA in 1999. An electrical engineer, he bought a house in New City, Rockland County, six months ago. His wife Jessy is a hospital employee and they have two children, Alvin, 7, and Alan, 4. The note Alvin placed in his fathers coffin read: Dear Dad, I will be good to mom. I will be nice to Alan. School is going good. I will visit you at the graveyard. What is it like in heaven? Baby, who received his engineering degree from TKM Engineering College in Quilon, Kerala, worked with the Kerala State Electricity Board for 20 years. Even though his family in India owned a tea estate and he held a good job, Baby thought better opportunities could be at hand in America. He came to the United States in 1988 and began to work on the subway after a year of working odd jobs. The family lives in Queens Village on Long Island. His widow, Mariamma, works in a factory nearby. They have two sons Binu, 27, and Bijo, 18, who attends Brooklyn Technical School. After the funerals, union and agency officials discussed the safety issue. Roger Toussaint, president of Local 100, said each crew, no matter how small, should have a flagger. We want members to come back home safely. We want no more deaths. We have had 20 fatalities in 20 years, he said. John Samuelson, the Local 100 official who represents track workers, said Antony was between the uptown and downtown express tracks. No flag-in lights were in place to warn train drivers about the workers presence. He called the absence of such lights a violation of New York City transit safety rules. Under the rules, drivers are required to slow trains to 10 miles per hour from 35 to 40 miles per hour on seeing flag-in lights. A train passing at high speed creates a powerful air current in the tracks, particularly when trains are passing on both sides, he added. The 2,000 men and women who maintain New York Citys subway tracks are the only track workers in the state who are not covered by Federal Railroad Administration safety rules. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-12-06 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 93 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 Deaths of two Indian subway workers in two days shocks community in New York 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 20 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Hell on wheels: Woodside merchants up in arms as idle cabs block street VTMBH Article: Author Stephen McKinley VTMBH Article: Publication Irish Echo VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb To the casual eye, 61st Street simply looks bustling. But the merchants and traders of the block have said that their working lives have been made miserable by the constant stream of gypsy cabs on the street VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Under the tangled girders propping up the No. 7 subway stop in Woodside, Queens, there is a small block with a big problem. To the casual eye, 61st Street simply looks bustling. But the merchants and traders of the block have said that their working lives have been made miserable by the constant stream of gypsy cabs on the street, many of which stop on the block while waiting to pick up fares. The result: gypsy cab gridlock. The storekeepers say delivery trucks cannot get on to the block without honking and arguing with the cab drivers, who also sit in the cars with their engines idling, causing another problempollution. These were the complaints aired at a meeting in Shanes Bakery on 61st Street last Thursday. Shane Moynagh, the bakerys owner, who is originally from County Cavan, called the meeting because, as he put it, the situation has become a complete disaster. Attending the meeting were merchants and local residents, as well as local representatives, among them Councilman Eric Gioia and Assemblywoman Margaret Markey. As voices were raised in anger, Lincoln Towncar engines purred outside. It's like a wagon train, Moynagh explained to the group of about 15, many of whom nodded in agreement as he spoke. It's like a wagon train coming down 61st Street on to Roosevelt Avenue, then they split both ways, go back up to Woodside Avenue again, circle around on to 61st Street. They double park, he continued, and that leaves only one lane of traffic open. Often, he said, the street is at a complete standstill. What makes the block so attractive to the cab drivers is the confluence of the subway, the Long Island Rail Road and many bus routes, putting Woodside's 61st Street right at the heart of a major commuting hub. At rush hour, a stream of people come on or off the trains and buses, bound for work in the morning, or, in the evenings, for homes in parts of Queens that are not served by public transport. The cabs clearly have a ready market. The existing laws are not enforced, one resident said. The number one law being broken here is that these guys are not allowed to pick anyone up off the street. That's only for yellow cabs. But yellow cabs are rare so far outside of Manhattan, leaving the field free for the illegal Towncars and their drivers, and 61st Street has become their hunting ground in Woodside: it is illegal for such car services to solicit fares on the streets, according to city regulations. Merchants described how the drivers appeared to work in packs. When one car moves out, another is very quickly moved in to take its space, making 61st Street a kind of holding pattern for taxis. The merchants and residents threw suggestions out to each other. What if everyone put three or four calls a day into the precinct? asked one woman. If the police got 10 calls a day, or even 15, then they'd have to do something. Neither the police nor Taxi and Limousine Commission representatives attended the meeting, although the 108th precinct had earlier apologized that no one would be able to attend the meeting. Peter O'Donnell, who described himself as a local activist and long-time resident of the area, asked Assemblywoman Markey and Councilmember Gioia what they could do. Are we going to have to break the law ourselves? he asked. The law isn't being enforced. The 108th precinct has no concern. If the block became a no-standing block, would that be OK? asked Markey. The group talked among themselves and agreed that yes, that could be one solution. The meeting broke up with the resolution to draft a petition and seek to change the signage on 61st Street, making it a place where cars could park and trucks could deliver produce, but the taxis could not lurk. Across the street from Moynagh's bakery is Toucan Tommys bar, run by Tommy Markey. As the meeting broke up, Markey took up the complaint as well. We call the police department every now and then, he said, and they come along, and the cabs all go. But within 10 minutes, they're back. After the meeting, a police officer responded to the merchants concerns. If people didn't get into livery cabs at that location, the cabs wouldn't be there, he said, suggesting that even though prowling for customers is illegal, the cabs were clearly providing a necessary service. We are down on manpower, the officer went on to admit, especially since September 11. He added that because crime had been falling in the 108th precinct, manpower levels in policing tended to fall as well, in line with established New York crime-fighting practices: police resources are focused on areas where crime is high or rising. Responding to the 61st Street complaints for the Taxi and Limousine Commission, the commissioner and chair, Matthew W. Daus, said that the TLC was attacking the problem aggressively. We were in Woodside as late as yesterday, he said Tuesday, and we handed out 180 summonses and seized five vehicles. He also pointed out that the TLC uses the same crime statistics method as the police department, Compstat, which targets resources according to a rise in violations. Enforcement issues are ongoing, he added. For the city, deputy commissioner for Public Affairs Alan Fromberg said that the TLC was acting even as we speak. But he also pointed to a lack of manpower as a reason why the 61st Street merchants rarely saw a TLC representative on their block. We have a limited number of inspectors, he said. But we are attacking the issue from a number of different fronts. As an example, he said that the TLC had made the airport at La Guardia more amenable for yellow cab and livery cab drivers, suggesting that this would take cabs away from pressure points like 61st Street. For Tom Ryan and Heather Strafer, who both work at local community group Woodside on the Move, the response was woefully inadequate. The final resolution of the meeting held in Shane's Bakery was to start with a petition, which on Monday, Strafer said, 13 of the 16 merchants on the block had signed, and the other three had said they would sign as well. With this unanimous voice, Strafer said the petition would be sent to Markey and Gioia to reiterate the problems expressed at the meeting -- and the petition would call for the signage on 61st Street to be changed so that livery cabs would not be allowed to stop and wait on the street. We'll also heighten awareness, said Strafer, make people aware that hailing these cabs is illegal. Although prosecution is extremely rare, under TLC rules, it is illegal for a person to hail any taxi other than a yellow taxi in New York. Strafer said that the group who met in Shanes Bakery planned to meet there again on the last Tuesday of the month, and take their concerns to the Community Board, which would be meeting later the same evening. None of the cab drivers on 61st Street were prepared to speak about the problem, but Strafer said she had spoken to drivers in the past. Some are understanding, some are very nice, she said. Some really do feel sorry about the situation; others are like, hey, too bad. But some are abusive. I've even seen some of them urinating on the street. Hopefully with the petition there will be some action in the next week or two. A city official familiar with the habits of the TLC offered a gloomy prognosis. It can take upward of a year for them to change signage, he said. On Tuesday morning, there were fewer cabs on 61st Street than usual, but mornings are one of the quieter times of day. Across the street on Roosevelt Avenue, a police officer was taking notes but he refused to say whether he was inspecting the 61st Street situation. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-05-21 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File v20_n2.pdf VTMBH Article: Hit Count 141 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 Hell on wheels: Woodside merchants up in arms as idle cabs block street 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. To the casual eye, 61st Street simply looks bustling. But the merchants and traders of the block hav 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. 2002-05-21 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 25 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Governor Pataki, keep your promise! Many workers, accompanied by the Bronx ex-president Fernando Ferrer, attack the governor VTMBH Article: Author Ana Maria Ramirez VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Telesh Lopez VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The former Bronx Borough President, Fernando Ferrer, asked New York State Governor George Pataki to keep the promise he madein Spanishto Latinos. Ferrer was referring to the proposal the governor made last week about exempting companies with 50 or fewer employees from paying the increased minimum wage, contradicting some statements made by his spokesperson Mercedes Padilla on June 4 to Hoy, after the state assembly approved raising the minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.75 per hour. Padilla said, The governor will support whatever steps need to be taken to raise the minimum wage, since for a long time he has looked for a way to improve the wages of New York workers. Accompanied by members of the Working Families Party at City Hall, Ferrer said, The governor has not fulfilled his promise because 95 percent of the companies in New York wont need to raise the minimum wage if the increase is approved. Governor Pataki must say in English what he already said in Spanish, because some of us understand both languages and we will translate what he said in Spanish for everyone else, said Ferrer. Not even a raise of $6.75 per hour will pay for the rent, food or education of the children. As lawmakers in Albany discuss raising the minimum wage, Mexican workers like Roberto Aguilar wait for the bill to become a reality. I work six days-a-week at a supermarket in Manhattan and earn $250. I would like to have a better salary, said Aguilar. If the raise is approved, he will earn a salary of $324 a week. Roman Almonte, Aguilars co-worker, said if the minimum wage is raised, he would be able to send more money every week to Mexico. My dream of buying my own home would become a reality. Erika Bozzi Gomez, from the Working Families Party, said that whomever argues that raising the minimum wage would affect the economy is wrong, because many studies have shown the contrary. The last time the minimum wage was raised, unemployment went down and the economy prospered because workers have more money to spend. Bozzi Gomez pointed out that last Wednesday it seemed that the Senate would approve the law to increase the minimum wage. The governor prevented it because he has a lot of pressure from business owners. Eighty-one percent of New Yorkers support raising the minimum wage because $5.15 per hour is not sufficient. Gomez added, The information we have is that the governor proposed that 95 percent of the companies with 50 employees or less not pay the new minimum wage. Of 492,000 companies in the state of New York, 469,000 will be exempt. Another member of the Working Families Party, Dwight Loines, said New York has lagged behind in terms of raising the minimum wage as many states in the Northeast have raised their minimum wage. This is the best way of jumpstarting the economy, but the problem is that if companies are excluded, they are doing it with the majority of the workers, said Loines. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-24 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 136 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 Governor Pataki, keep your promise! 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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 40 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Crackdown against corporate bribes in the South? VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication New York Awam VTMBH Article: Original Language Urdu VTMBH Article: Translator Rehan Ansari VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb Many societies consider bribing immoral, and many countries in the West passed laws making bribing illegal. But Western multinationals are making use of the practice of bribing. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Bribes are as old as history. In the King James Bible, there is a passage saying that those who bribe will be destroyed. Unfortunately, we are not told when that will come to pass. Many societies consider bribing immoral, and many countries in the West passed laws making bribing illegal. However, international transactions are taking place that originate from the West and which make use of the practice of bribing. According to the Department of Commerce, multinationals spent $2 billion in bribes in 400 deals in the last six years The World Bank is try to blacklist companies that bribe and business people in the global South. Multinationals that receive World Bank contracts for work in developing countries are feeling the pressure from the Bank. A trial in Maseru, the capital of Lesotho, will have a ripple effect on the ways multinationals conduct business throughout the global South. A government official was jailed for accepting a total of $10,100,000 from 12 different Western companies. The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, composed of 12 wealthy countries, agreed in 1997 to consider making the practice of bribery a crime. How long will it be before multinationals and the wealthy countries in which they are based realize that bribes are not grease to a wheel but in fact impediments to world trade and development? A culture of bribery and taking sustains corrupt regimes in the global South. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-30 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 67 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Crackdown against corporate bribes in the South? 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. Many societies consider bribing immoral, and many countries in the West passed laws making bribing 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. 2002-10-30 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 26 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Memorial murals VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Highbridge Horizon VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Graffiti artists are often commissioned by Bronx community members to create tributes, in the form of murals, to loved ones from the neighborhood who were victims of untimely and often violent deaths. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body You might never think about graffiti in a spiritual context, but in Highbridge, in the Bronx, that is exactly the case. Graffiti artists are often commissioned by Bronx community members to create tributes, in the form of murals, to loved ones from the neighborhood who were victims of untimely and often violent deaths. Unique to major urban areas like the Bronx, these walls offer a place close to home for family members, friends and neighbors to gather, share stories and heal the loss of their loved ones. On Shakespeare Avenue near 167th street, a wall, with bright yellow and orange block letters that say SHORTY, stands in stark contrast to the surrounding brick buildings. The blue spray-painted wall features a large mural dedicated to the memory of a familiar and loved Shakespeare Avenue resident, Elmer de Jesus, a.k.a SHORTY, who fell victim to a neighborhood stabbing in 1994. Shorty was known and loved by everyone in the neighborhood, said Tyson, a Shakespeare Avenue resident. You could always find him at the bodega where he worked, which is where the mural of him stands today. Paid for collectively by neighborhood friends and family members, Tyson claims, giving Shorty a mural was a given. Its a tradition. Its a way to show your homies respect and love here. Tyson, along with other residents, friends and family hired the professional muralists Tats Cru to design the project. The roots of memorial walls can be traced to the Latino Catholic tradition of placing religious symbols, such as rosaries or crosses, at the site where an accident or death has occurred. Like the mural dedicated to de Jesus, these walls generally contain a striking portrait of the deceased along with religious imagery, such as a portrait of the Virgin Mary, or as in de Jesus mural, a large image of Jesus Christ pointing to a flaming heart. Also, similar to phrases on gravestones, a memorial mural may contain words such as the ones dedicated to de Jesus that reads, You will always be in our hearts, tus amigos de Cromwell 167. While many feel as though memorial murals are simply just vandalism on the wall, Mr. Ramirez, a Highbridge resident said, these walls are what make our community unique. They show that we are all connected to each other. Its no surprise that a memorial designed by graffiti artists would be present in Highbridge. The Bronx has been a leader in the worldwide explosion of graffiti. During the 1970s and 80s, kids from all over NYC and especially the Bronx, expressed themselves artistically on subway trains, walls and tunnels via the mighty spray paint can. In the Bronx particularly, kids had consistent access to four elevated subway trains that ran through their neighborhoods that constantly provided them a look at the newest trends. Separating those who tag-up carelessly, from the graffiti artists whose goal is to beautify the neighborhood with their murals, the Bronx can proudly boast of several famous spray-can artists, such as Tracy 168, Daze, Crash and Tats Cru, who have left an imprint in the Bronx with their innovative styles. Establishing their mural art as a professional full-time job was not easy for Tats Cru, which stands for Top Artistic Talent. Based in Hunts Point, they are a team of professional muralists whose work with aerosol cans has transformed graffiti critics into mural-art fans. While commissioned to produce advertisements for community-based businesses nationally, Tats Cru has completed many of the memorial murals that appear throughout NYC neighborhoods. Its actually a well-planned process, said NICER, Tats Cru Muralist commented on how memorials are produced. Once permission for a mural is granted by the landlord or storeowner who owns the wall, Tats Cru goes to work. The family brings us pictures, or images: anything to convey exactly who this person was and how they wanted to be remembered. The murals are not cheap. They can cost anywhere from $800-$2200, depending on the cost of supplies, the amount of time that is put into the mural, and the difficulty of the piece. Memorial walls offer a creative and spiritual way one can pay tribute to and mourn the loss of friends, neighbors and/or loved ones. They offer a sense of sacredness in an often-chaotic place. Next time you are walking through the streets of Highbridge, take the time to notice the life of someone like SHORTY, who played an important role to so many. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-21 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 164 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 35 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title The special relationship between America and Pakistan VTMBH Article: Author Ifti Nasim VTMBH Article: Publication News Pakistan VTMBH Article: Original Language Urdu VTMBH Article: Translator Rehan Ansari VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb The current Administration is rolling out the red carpet for General Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan. But Musharraf be warned: that carpet is red with the blood of Pakistani demagogues, each of whom quickly became irrelevant to American foreign policy. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body In one of her poems, Sylvia Plath talks of a foot that was trapped in a black shoe for thirty years, poor and white, barely daring to breathe or achoo. That foot is Pakistan, which has suffered for thirty years in the black shoe of American-sponsored military dictatorships. Similar American-bought black shoes have tramped over civilians in Latin America as well. Ever since the era of the Vietnam War American administrations have comfortably supported military dictators around the world. Such a policy allows them to wield influence in a country through one client instead of dealing with a multifarious public. Accordingly the current Administration is rolling out the red carpet for General Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan. The red carpet can be extravagant; Kitty Kelley in her biography of Jackie claims that Field Marshal Ayub Khan (the famously handsome American supported martial leader of Pakistan from 1958-68) had intimate relations with the First Lady. But Musharraf be warned: that carpet is red with the blood of Pakistani demagogues, who become irrelevant to American foreign policy. General Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq supported the American sponsored war in Afghanistan against the Russians. That was when Osama and the Taliban were designated freedom fighters by the U.S. government. When the Soviet Union withdrew, the Geneva Accords were signed, and General Zia seemed to be pursuing an independent policy in the region, he was assassinated. Afghanistan was a country abandoned by the United States. Wealthy Osama and the Taliban took over Afghanistan. Now a decade later, Osama and the Taliban pursue objectives no longer in accordance with American interests; they are also men with an American death warrant. And Musharraf, who was a usurper and called so by U.S. State Department officials when he staged a coup, is now a key ally. As for the Pakistani public, they see their constitution mangled by a dictator, a state whose coffers are full of dollars, (the Pakistani rupee is doing very well against the dollar). But they, the public, continue to face chronic inflation and unemployment. They also face war-like conditions with India, something else that happens whenever a military dictator comes to power in Pakistan. <i>Iti Nasim is a well-known humorist, Urdu poet and literary critic. </i> VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-09-25 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 80 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The special relationship between America and Pakistan 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. The current Administration is rolling out the red carpet for General Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan. B Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-25 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 26 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title A day in the life of Alejandra VTMBH Article: Author Liliana Martinez VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Telesh Lopez VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb It is estimated that in New York City there are 250,000 domestic workers, working for families with annual incomes of more than $100,000. Cleaning is hard work, and right now the wages are not adequate, Alejandra says. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body When called for a job, Alejandra Garcia gets up fully energized, earlier than usual. She wears sporty clothes and her most comfortable shoes. Alejandra, 34, cleans her employers homes before her own. She is a domestic employee whose weekly salary ranges from $50 to $200, depending on the number of clients who call her. It is estimated that in New York City there are 250,000 domestic workers, working for families with annual incomes of more than $100,000. But there are many who work for agencies, for $5 an hour. Cleaning is hard work, and right now the wages are not adequate, Alejandra says. Like any other professional, she controls her own hours. It is the clients who work around my days, she declares. She prepares breakfast and lunch baskets for her family, then she prepares herself to clean, mop, wash, and scour the homes of her clients. When she heads back home, she takes care of her own chores. Fortunately, she says, her husband is not that demanding. If I give him beans, he eats beans: if there are only eggs he eats eggs. She also counts on his financial support. If it werent for his job as a waiter, they would not survive. In getting to their modest apartment, two blocks from the Queensboro Bridge, one realizes what good shape Alejandra is in. The building does not have an elevator so one must climb five flights of stairs. In apartment 5D, everything is clean and in order. The floors of this friendly ladys house shine like a mirror. Walking through the sparkling hallway one sees her bedroom, filled with a collection of stuffed animals. Next door is her 14-year-old daughters bedroom, the walls covered with posters of Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys and other pop stars. After that is the living room, home to her husbands collection of toy cars of all models and sizes. The only place free from a collection of some sort is the kitchen, which is mostly white and clean. Like Alejandra and her husband, many other Mexican immigrants face heavy work loads every day. But Alejandra did not have such long hours in Mexico; there she use to take care of her baby and do pedicures and manicures in homes, for three dollars each. Here in New York, the nature of her job forces her to enter strangers homes. With some clients, she has established relationships and has unintentionally entered their private lives. Sometimes she serves as their carnalita (confidante). They speak to me about their husbands…if they are having affairs or not! She visits her favorite clients twice a week. First, she takes care of household chores, then of the beauty needs of the lady of the house, such as Mexican-style manicures and pedicures. Sometimes she even dyes their hair. Most, but certainly not all, of her clients are Hispanic. Some of them wait for her to share breakfast; others dont even offer her a glass of water. At some jobs she feels at home. I arrange things the way I want to and I do not think it bothers them since they do not tell me to stop. Others jobs are very unpleasant. Things are really dirty and you need to scrub. I do not know how they can live like that. I know they pay me to clean but there are some personal things that one must take care of she said. She remembers when her daughter was young, she use to babysit two babies and take the trash out of a six story building. I used to do everything really fast. When my husband came home, the house was clean, there was stew and I had even taken a shower, she said. After marrying her husband, Alejandra hopes to receive residency status and get a new job. But for now she will continue doing what she calls her heavy work load. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-07-07 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 74 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 in the life of Alejandra 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 28 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title Give us a chance to make our American DREAM come true in America, students tell lawmakers at press conference VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Korea Times New York VTMBH Article: Original Language Korean VTMBH Article: Translator Jeongwoo Han VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Fifteen Korean students lobbied Washington lawmakers to pass the DREAM Acta law that would encourage states to grant undocumented immigrant students in-state tuition and provide an opportunity for some undocumented students to obtain legal status. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Fifteen Korean students from New York lobbied Washington lawmakers to pass a law pardoning students who illegally overstay their visas Several immigrant rights groups, including the National Association of Korean-American Service for Education Council (NAKASEC), held a press conference in Washington D.C. on July 17 and announced their plans to begin actively lobbying Congress to pass The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, which would encourage states to grant undocumented immigration students in-state tuition and provide an opportunity for some undocumented students to obtain legal status. In the press conference held in front of the Capitol, Chicago resident Yoon-hi Yim represented Korean students as she called for the passage of the DREAM Act. In America, the so-called country of opportunity, it is frustrating to be an illegal resident. We are forced to overstay our visas because of our parents undocumented status, so we cannot get financial support or loans for college. And she also demanded that lawmakers help us make our dreams come true and contribute to America. Min, a student at Flushing High School, said that soon, Im going to graduate high school and go on to college, but I find that many of my seniors and peers have a lot of trouble getting into college because of financial reasons. I think its unfair to us, when we have done nothing wrong, that our future is put under such constraints. That is why I have decided to lobby for this law. NAKASEC President Sung-kyu Yun said that at the moment, the bill will allow undocumented students to apply for permanent residency has been brought before both the Houses and the Senate. But the Senate version is both more likely to pass and more beneficial. Senator Edward Kennedy will participate in the meeting and encourage his colleagues to support it. He will announce his support of the bill. Also I hope the DREAM Act will give them a dream, as its name means. After the press conference, around forty Korean-American students from several Korean-American Associations such as the Korean Resource Center (Los Angeles), Korean American Resource and Cultural Center (Chicago) and the Young Korean American Service and Education Center (New York) planned to lobby Congress members in groups. Around 200 minority students and people working in education attended the press conference. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-07-19 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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Fifteen Korean students lobbied Washington lawmakers to pass the DREAM Acta law that would encourage 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. 2002-07-19 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 3 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Why dont we blame America? Why dont we blame ourselves? VTMBH Article: Author Walid Rabah VTMBH Article: Publication Arab Voice VTMBH Article: Original Language Arabic VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb More dialog between American and Arab and Muslim is needed to address the causes of Sept. 11., especially about the conflict in Isreal/Palestine. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body No one doubts that the events of September 11 have created a radical shift in the thinking and psyche of the United States, from ordinary Americans to the top of the pyramid of power. This change is not necessarily a positive one, in many aspects, it is indeed negative. Listing those negatives and positives is beyond the scope of this piece; however, we do want to broach the issue of blame that is always leveled at the United States by the people in the Arab World in general. Reasons for discontent We in the Arab World blame others, rather than finding fault with ourselves, for several reasons. The first is colonialism. During the long period of colonialism, we often blamed all our ills on outside factors; even though occupation should not preclude self-reflection. The second reason is the absence of democracy. The Arab rulers, after a long period of injustice, could not get acclimated to the new climate, so they persisted in the dictatorships they inherited. At the same time, the US has self-interestedly supported these dictatorships, to fulfill its immediate goals. This has resulted in Arabs viewing America as the supporter of rulers who are self-serving and who utterly disregard the aspirations of their people. This is considered the main reason ordinary individuals suffer in the Arab World, which, in turn, has created a very negative view towards the powers that rule the US, but not the American people. Creation of Islamic Radical Groups With the passing of time, such mistakes in perception have accumulated to become chronic. Blaming the US for its support of these regimes helps these rulers to cling to power. The rulers institute policies that cost people their freedoms, lives and livelihoods, and cause people to become refugees and immigrants, in search for a better life elsewhere. This situation has produced a large number of radicals who insist that the United States is the main reason behind the bad conditions in their respective countries. They opposed the presence of the United States in their lands, as well as those who cooperate with the US. These radical groups suffered because of their views; they were repressed, jailed and exiled. Subsequently, they armed themselves to resist those regimes and the regimes supporters. Members of these groups also believe that the unlimited support the US extends to Israel is the reason the Palestinian people are still under occupation and are prevented from returning to their land. The US support for Israel persists, even though the time of colonialism has ended worldwide, except for the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. The United States also supports the regimes that repress the views held by the radical groups The Arab Perspective Clashes with the American Perspective In Arab and Muslim consciousness, the resolution of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict will result in the end of terrorism worldwide. This kind of thinking does not take into account the interests of the United States. The US sees Israel as an oasis of democracy, helps Israels development and growth, and supports the building of settlements. During this, the Palestinian people remain well short of reaching their own aspirations. Due to such American and Israeli behavior, these radical groups found a fertile ground for their ideological appeal. The radicalism is intensified because the US provides Israel with most of its armaments, in order to guard the oil fields that are the lifeline of the industrial west. These radical groups view the centrality of this conflict as cultural: a conflict between Islamic and Jewish cultures, and the U.S standing by the latter, supporting it with all its might, perhaps in fulfillment of a biblical prophecy. The need for democracy and fairness Democracy in the Arab and Muslim worlds will result in rulers accountability to their constituencies. This could mean discontinuing the flow of oil, or at least closely examining the prices at which the oil has been sold , as well as who is benefiting within the producing countries. Additionally, those Arabs and Muslims who reside in the US support Israel indirectly through the taxes they pay, rather than those taxes going to improve their own countries lot. We are at a time in which America has ignored all that Muslim civilization has contributed to humanity throughout history. The present is an extension of that history. Taking direction from it could result in a more balanced way in dealing with these cultures. What took place on September 11 is a criminal act against the United States. We can look for the underlying reasons, but no matter what those reasons are, they do not justify the criminal acts that cost the lives of innocent people who had nothing to do with the policies of the United States. There is no justification for the attacks. The American Media: Hawkish and inflammatory On the other hand, there are those who see the attacks as an extreme wake up call for the United States to be more evenhanded in dealing with the various protagonists worldwide. There are also many hawks, who call for the eradication of terrorism without looking at the underlying causes. The American media has played a role in perpetuating the views of such hawks in the administration, ignoring the balanced Muslim views which should also be heard in this debate. Those views can help in combating the notion that every Muslim is a terrorist until proven otherwise. We witnessed such views after the Oklahoma City bombing, when Americans started pointing fingers at Arabs from the first moments after the bombing. There were horrendous media blunders , with untold impact on ordinary citizens who lack the political sophistication to comprehend events of this magnitude. Another painful example of the medias role in perpetuating anti-Arab and Muslim feelings is that false report that Arabs in Paterson, New Jersey were joyous and dancing after the attacks. This lie was repeated for a week, until it was pointed out that the video that was shown over and over was of a wedding in Palestine that was taken a number of years ago. The media deliberately broadcast this tape to inflame feelings against Arabs in the US, and did so until a number of American officials, among them those in Paterson, intervened, calling the showings incitement. There is no such thing as Arab joy over the terrorist attacks. Points of Dialog The misunderstandings and the divide between the American on the one hand and the Muslim and Arab on the other, are the result of the absence of a dialogue that can clarify views on both sides. In our humble opinion, here are some points that might help us in resolving what seems to be an intractable problem: In agreeing that September 11 was a criminal act, we should not forget the underlying causes for it. This act should be investigated at the highest levels without any pre-judgments and prejudice. Accusing some of the Palestinian factions of terrorism will not solve the problem. The US supplies Israel with all the necessities of life, while ignoring the Palestinians. The civilian who dies as a result of a suicide bombing, and the one who dies as a result of aerial bombardment by an Apache helicopter or an F-16 both suffer the same fate. This is mutual terror. Eradicating terrorism cannot be achieved through military action alone. On the contrary, that can produce more terrorists, who will still justify their violent actions. Evenhandedness and just dealings with others is a more productive approach. In the end, ordinary American will be the one who will suffer, not the politicians. The innocent Arab and Muslim communities in the United States should not be punished for the terrorist attacks. Only those who were responsible should be punished. The medias assault against Arabs and Muslims is counter productive and unhelpful in this situation. Know that Arabs and Muslims are part of this unified society. Our community should be judged by its stance against the terror attacks. There is an old proverb that says justice is the basis of rule. It is still valid. Its implementation means that we dont have a double standard towards other peoples, otherwise we will lose our creditability in the defense of human rights worldwide. It would shows that as Americans we care about human rights. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2001-12-17 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 148 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Why dont we blame America? Why dont we blame ourselves? 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. More dialog between American and Arab and Muslim is needed to address the causes of Sept. 11., espec Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2001-12-17 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 41 VTMBH Article: Article Order 8 VTMBH Article: Title Impact in the Hispanic community VTMBH Article: Author Mariana Reyes Angleró VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Hillary Hawkins VTMBH Article: Section elec02 VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The unofficial results of the New York elections indicate that the Hispanic community gave its support to Gov. George Pataki. Lorraine Cortés Vázquez, president of the Hispanic Federation, emphasized the importance of what the governor, is doing to develop programs that are going to give support to the community. The massive Hispanic support for Pataki confirms a recurring pattern, that a traditionally Democratic-allied group is determined to elect a Republican. Democratic candidate Carl McCall carried the city, which usually happens. In spite of getting fewer votes, Pataki won 39 percent of the votes in the city, a new record for a Republican. Last year, 47 percent of the New York Hispanic electorate voted for Republican mayoral candidate Michael Bloomberg. In that election, the community rejected Democrat Mark Green. Many considered his primary campaign, against Puerto Rican Fernando Ferrer, offensive. The Democratic Party must provide more funds for the campaigns and understand the powers and influences that an incumbent candidate has, said Ferrer. McCall did not have sufficient funds to carry out an effective campaign, added the former Bronx Borough president. Al Sharpton accused the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Terry McAuliffe, of killing McCalls campaign. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-07 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 36 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 Impact in the Hispanic community 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 6 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title New Delhi to New Jersey: Indians on fast track. VTMBH Article: Author Sujeet Rajan VTMBH Article: Publication Indian Express VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Roger Chugh appointed Assistant Secretary of State in New Jersey, Seema Singh named Public Advocate. Their appointments mark the growing influence of the South Asian community in a state that is fast overtaking New York as Americas salad bowl. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Two small steps in the wide world of American politics, two big steps for the Indian community. Two Indian Americans, Roger Chugh and Seema Singh, were chosen to eminent positions in New Jersey: Chugh was appointed as Assistant Secretary of State in the Cabinet and Singh, the Public Advocate last week. Chughs appointment makes him the third most powerful official in New Jersey after Governor Jim McGreevey and Secretary of State Regina Thomas. Chugh, a Democrat who is also the chairperson of the Asian American Political Awareness group, will handle a $ 1.8 billion budget and have 2,000 people working under him. Singh will handle the Public Advocates position, reinstated after a gap of eight years. It is a $57 million, 975-person public agency. Their inspiration is diverse: Chugh 46, names Delhi Assembly Speaker Choudhary Prem Singh as his mentor, while Singh, 40, rewinds to her work in the leper colonies of the Burnpur-Durgapur belt in West Bengal, under the guidance of Mother Teresa. Their appointments mark the growing influence of the South Asian community in a state that is fast overtaking New York as Americas salad bowl. Last year, three Indian Americans had won elections in New Jersey. Upendra Chivukula became the third Indian American state legislator, George James and Parag Patel won Town Board elections. Governor McGreevey said of Chughs appointment, the voices of Asian Americans will be heard. Chugh, a graduate of Atma Ram Sanatan Dharam College in New Delhi, became the college union general secretary in the early 70s. He counts Congress Party leaders Lalit Maken, Priyaranjan Das Munshi and Ambika Soni among his friends and peers. Chugh even contested for the post of president of the Delhi University. He lost those elections obviously, his political stars were destined to shine some years later, in another country. I have been interested in politics right from when I was in Harcourt Butler School, said Chugh, who migrated to the US in the seventies. I wanted to be the monitor of my class! Chughs appointment seems to be a reward for the long years he has put in for the Democrats: he rallied the Indian community together for Al Gores presidential bid and more recently, steered a signature campaign involving 94 Congressmen, addressed to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, asking him to desist from war with Pakistan. I want to empower and unite all the Indians here. I want to see the Gujaratis and Punjabis mingle freely with the Bengalis and South Indians, says Chugh. Singhs priorities, on the other hand, are somewhat different. Her aim is to see Hindus here strengthen their identity. Hinduism is not about caste, curry and cow, she says. Singh will strive to lobby for more funds and awareness so that Hinduism is taught in more colleges in the United States. Born of Punjabi parents, Singh was raised in Asansol, West Bengal. I never wanted to take up the sciences, but I did it to please my parents, says Singh, speaking of her zoology degree from Calcutta University. Her sister Kiran, a teacher, brought her to New Jersey, and she later studied management and law. She graduated from Rutgers University in 1988 with top honors, receiving the William A. Raimond award for the highest GPA at the School of Business and later attended law school at Seton Hall University. She was previously working with the Princeton-based law firm, Pepper Hamilton. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-01-20 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 68 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 New Delhi to New Jersey: Indians on fast track. 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. Roger Chugh appointed Assistant Secretary of State in New Jersey, Seema Singh named Public Advocate. 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