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 NAACP vital amidst terror war VTMBH Article: Author Charles Brooks VTMBH Article: Publication Amsterdam News VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb While the Bush administration is engaged in its global war against terrorism and implementing measures that threaten civil liberties, the NAACP is holding its 93rd annual convention this week, where the theme this year is Freedom under Fire. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body While the Bush administration is engaged in its global war against terrorism and implementing measures that threaten civil liberties, the NAACP is holding its 93rd annual convention this week, where the theme this year is Freedom under Fire. Julian Bond, NAACP chairman, said that freedom is shrinking as fear expands. With the events of September 11th, we realize we have not yet achieved either victorynot yet against tyranny abroad, not yet against racism here at home. Just as this enemyterrorismis more difficult to identify and punish, so is discrimination a more elusive target today. And just as we know a lot about discrimination, we know a lot about terrorism, too, Bond said. Kweisi Mfume, NAACP president and CEO, said, This years convention theme, Freedom Under Fire, reaffirms the fact that our work continues, even in the aftermath of the tragic events surrounding September 11th. During this convention, we will work to increase public awareness of the need for election reform, and many other issues, to ensure that the right to freedom and justice is enjoyed by every citizen. During the convention, the NAACP addressed several issues, including affirmative action, electoral reform and voter registration, as well as business opportunities for Blacks and other minorities in the hotel industry. Mfume and Bond also issued sharp criticism of President George W. Bush and his administration. Even though Bush addressed the NAACP convention during his run for the White House in 2000, he has declined invitations from the group since attaining the tainted presidency. Mfume said that he doesnt like Bushs presidential practice of divide and conquer when it comes to Black organizations and Black people. You cant be the president of all people when you only want to deal with some of the people, Mfume said. Bond declared, We have a president who owes his election more to a dynasty than to democracy. When he spoke to our convention in Baltimore in 2000, he promised to enforce the civil rights laws. We knew he was in the oil businesswe just didnt know it was snake oil. We have an attorney general who is a cross between J. Edgar Hoover and Jerry Falwell. And, too often, one political party is shameless and the other spineless. Bond pointed out that theres a right-wing conspiracy operating out of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Office of White House Counsel, and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. He went on to cite the Bush administrations failure to uphold voting rights as only one example of broken promises. It is part of Attorney General Ashcrofts failure to uphold his sworn duty to enforce the civil rights laws. We know he is offended by naked justice. Bond told the audience that the NAACP must continue to monitor judicial nominees and work to defeat those nominees who are unacceptable. But with less than four months left before the 2002 elections, which will feature critical congressional and state-level races, Bond says that the NAACP has to address felony disenfranchisement while working to ensure massive voter turnout. One hundred thirty-one thousand Black men in Texas alone cannot vote because of felony convictions21 percent of the Black male population in this state. And weve got to ensure a massive voter turnout of minority voters in this years electionsour future is on the ballot in every state. If we dont vote, we lose, and our children and grandchildren will lose, too, Bond said. The NAACP called on the Congress to adopt election-reform legislation because the lack of a federal election-reform bill is apparently stalling election reform at the state level. The civil rights group says that its especially important to move quickly on this issue because of the planning time required for voter education and registration. According to a report released by the NAACP, only five governors signed notable election-reform legislation, while several states began the process of replacing punchcard machines, no state explicitly prioritized the replacement of the oldest machines in their states; and the nations governors remain silent about felony disenfranchisement. The report also points out that more than 5 million Americans who have completed their punishment remain disenfranchised. Dr. Ronald Walters, who served on a voter-empowerment panel, told AmNews that its important for the local NAACP branches to organize on a local level to ensure electoral fairness. There is a real need to organize the local communities and train people in order to address significant electoral issues so that what happened in Florida doesnt happen again, Walters said. He said that while on the panel, he addressed the need to get young people more involved in the political process. There must be a targeting strategy that gets young peoplethe hip-hop generationinvolved, but more importantly, to address the lack of civic education, because our young people today dont know how political participation can address their issues and concerns, Walters explained. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-07-16 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 NAACP vital amidst terror war 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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