Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 5 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title American Muslims are eager to participate in political life VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Arab Voice VTMBH Article: Original Language Arabic VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Muslim Americans would like their communities to be more fully engaged with the political process, according to a recent survey. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Muslim Americans would like their communities to be more fully engaged with the political process, according to a recent survey. Ninety-three percent of those surveyed encourage such engagement and participation. Fifty-two percent said that members of their community have been discriminated against since September 11. Most surveyed (77 percent) agreed that Hollywood does not do justice to the image of Muslims. Zogby International and the Project for the Study of Muslim Participation in Public Life at Georgetown University polled 1,781 Muslims in the United States. A key findings was that 67 percent of those polled said the best way to combat terrorism is to change the U.S. policy in the Middle East. They asked about party affiliation: 40 percent consider themselves Democrats, 23 percent Republicans, 28 percent independents. Seventy-nine percent are registered voters and 85 percent of them intend on voting in elections. As far as political tendencies go, 36 percent consider themselves liberal, 21 percent conservative. Ninety-three percent want the government to take a more active role in fighting poverty and providing better access to healthcare. As mentioned above, 93 percent encourage increased engagement in American political life, and 96 percent of those support participation in American civic institutions. Seventy-seven percent of them are already active in institutions that provide help and assistance to the poor, elderly and the infirm. Additionally, 71 percent of American Muslims are active in mosques and religious establishments, and 69 percent are active in schools and youth programs. Forty-six percent are active in institutions that provide vocational training. On the other hand, the study points to the decline of Muslim American participation in public affairs organizations by 33 percent. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-01-05 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 American Muslims are eager to participate in political life 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. Muslim Americans would like their communities to be more fully engaged with the political process, a Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-01-05