Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 42 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title The brutal reality VTMBH Article: Author Javier Castaño VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Hannah Emmerich VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb María is from Mexico and has lived in the Bronx for six years, her husband Carlos works in construction. Together they bring in just $400 a month more than their monthly expenseswith which they must support their two children. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Last week, I went into a coffee shop in Queens to try the Cuban sandwich advertised as the new menu sensation. It wasnt very good and I let the waitress, María, know. María is from Mexico and has lived in the Bronx for six years. She speaks very little English, just enough to hold down her job at the restaurant. The money she earns there, $400 a week, goes to help support her husband and two children. Carlos, Marías husband, works in construction and brings home about $300 a week. María and Carlos share an apartment with another Mexican family; their share of the rent is $800. Other expenses, like utilities, food, childcare and transportation add up to an additional $1,600 a month. This means that Carlos and Marías monthly expenses for the essentials needed to clothe and feed their family add up to $2,400 a month. Of the $2,800 a month they earn, $400 is left over to buy clothing, rent Mexican movies when they are homesick, and buy toys and other extras for the children. For this reason, it disgusts me when Mayor Bloomberg talks of budget cuts and tax increases while no one talks of raising the minimum wage or creating new social service organizations. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-15 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 64 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 brutal reality 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. María is from Mexico and has lived in the Bronx for six years, her husband Carlos works in construct Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-11-15