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 8 VTMBH Article: Title Protest against detentions by New York Taxi Workers Alliance, Coney Island Avenue Project, and 50 various organizations VTMBH Article: Author Mohsin Zaheer VTMBH Article: Publication Sada-e-Pakistan NY VTMBH Article: Original Language Urdu VTMBH Article: Translator Rehan Ansari VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The protest took place on June 15th on Coney Island Avenue, in Brooklyn, where high concentrations of people of Pakistani origin live. The crowd was large and diverse except that few Pakistanis attended. There were at most two dozen Pakistanis. Spokespeople from the Brooklyn Mela Committee, Pak-American Merchant's Association and Makki Mosque were among those who refused to attend the march, saying that protests in their own neighborhood bring greater risks of discrimination. Many speakers addressed American law enforcement authorities discrimination against Muslims, their harassment of Pakistanis, and human rights violations in Kashmir, Palestine, and Gujarat. Though not one Pakistani has been linked to the attacks of September 11th, scores of Pakistanis have been detained and deported. The speakers included Bhairavi Desai of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, Ahsanullah Bobby and Dr. Fahim Butt, among others. Protestors held aloft placards with slogans like, Stop The War, Racial Profiling is Racist, and Stop the Harassment of Immigrants. Many people voiced opposition to the policies of the governments of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Indian Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee. Some shouted slogans against ISI, the Pakistani intelligence agency. After the demonstration on Coney Island Avenue, protestors marched from Newkirk Avenue and to Beverly Road and then back. Many marchers shouted No Justice, No Peace. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-19 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 207 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 Protest against detentions by New York Taxi Workers Alliance, Coney Island Avenue Project, and 50 va 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-06-19