2 20 486 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 34 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title Sold out VTMBH Article: Author Hilary Russ VTMBH Article: Publication City Limits VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Haggling on his cell phone with Citibank over exorbitant fees, straddling a pile of bills, and helping customers all at the same time, David Ramnauth holds court outside his parents hardware store. He constantly nods hello and gets patted on the shoulder by men walking past. Ramnauth seems to know everyone on Bedford-Stuyvesants Fulton Street. With good reason: Hes been working in the area since 1979. His parents now own the building and store he stands in front of, and his brother owns Rose, a beauty supply business down the street, right next door to a health food store that a Ramnauth cousin runs. Ramnauths family didnt always have so much real estate. When they started out, they were licensed street vendors, selling fragrances and costume jewelry. (It was the disco era, so we sold big pearls and medallions, he recalls.) By juggling street sales, college and his mothers office cleaning job for over two decades--one Ramnauth would watch the tables while the others were occupied--they built three small businesses and began investing time, money and love into the neighborhood. Now, they are vendors, residents, customers, shopkeepers, building owners and small business operators, all in one family. We were in the right place at the right time, says Ramnauth. Yet the Ramnauths arent reaping many benefits these days. Rents are up on Fulton Street, but business is down--way down. And according to Ramnauth and scores of other small merchants o Fultons main commercial strip, its plummeting because of a measure that was intended to help local merchantsgetting street vendors off the sidewalks of Fulton Street. In May of 2001, the city, using police on horseback and in helicopters, with metal barricades and special task force teams, removed all street vendors--whether they were licensed or not--from Fulton Street. As with most vendor crackdowns, the city was responding to complaints from residents, commuters and real estate groups to Brooklyns Community Board 3. According to District Manager Lewis Watkins, local business owners wanted the vendors out too, but were too afraid to come forward. Store owners complained under their breath--we were getting a lot of complaints from people who never had a face, says Watkins. Then-City Councilmember Annette Robinson lobbied hard for the vendors removal, which was implemented as part of a $3 million Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and city Department of Business Services revitalization project called Fulton First. But on Fulton Street, its difficult to find a single retailer who will acknowledge supporting the campaign for the vendors eviction. Shop owners satisfied with the outcome are just as scarce. When the crush of vendors along Fulton Street sidewalks was swept away, Ramnauth estimates, all businesses out here lost 20 percent of their sales. The street vendors, it turns out, were one strand in the web of relationships that snared customers and sustained Fulton Street. In interviews up and down the strip--from Bedford to New York avenues--almost all small merchants say the same thing. While a few shop owners report that removal of the vendors did not affect their profits one way or another--Im not waiting for vendors to bring us business, says record store owner Charlie Rawlston--even they have to admit that business did not improve. And its not just the crashing economy, they say. The majority date the local slump to the vendors removal, after which business instantly dropped, contends Roberto Mader, who has worked on Fulton Street for seven years. Then, he adds, 9/11 finished it off. Over and over, vendors and merchants alike mutter phrases like Just look, gesturing with a wave of the hand to point out the obvious: deserted streets, abandoned storefronts, empty marketplaces. Inside the narrow Rose beauty store, Ramnauths niece Tina, a cherubic 17-year old, lists benefits that vendors brought to the area, and, in turn, to her parents corner store: variety, crowds, liveliness, and music that made you feel wanted, like you belong. Caribbean people like to have some music to bop their heads to, she explains, herself of Guyanese and Indian descent. Without the vendors, says Tina, its just dead. Outside, Tinas mother Rose notes that zero visibility restrictions have also limited their ability to pay their $6,000 rent every month. Enforced at the same time as vending crackdowns, these city regulations, which prohibit shops from cluttering street sightlines by displaying their wares outside, have the same goal: pristine, merchandise-free sidewalks. Yet most stores along Fulton Street put inventory outside--in a way, becoming vendors themselves--even though they risk fines of up to $1,000. Sitting in the midst of her T-shirts and handkerchiefs, Rose explains: If you have high rent and no foot traffic, $800 feels like $8,000. If I didnt do this, I couldnt pay the rent. Visible goods--whether a vendors or the stores--equal sales. While some merchants still think vendors constitute unfair competition, others see them as threads of the same commercial web. Mader has worked for seven years in a store that sells everything you would expect to see at vendors tables: hats, scarves, beaded sandals, trinkets, bags, and more. But business didnt improve with vendors out of the way. In fact, when they were out on the sidewalks en masse, I wouldnt be sitting down on a Saturday, says 27-year-old Mader from his tiny chair. A few doors away, his mother, Pamela, a Trinidadian vendor of incense, had drawn up petitions in support of vendors remaining on the street, giving them to then-Councilmember Robinson. Now, her sons store is losing out. They made a big mistake for everyone, says Cobra, an aspiring photographer who works in a small photo and gift shop on Fulton Street, close to Nostrand, the epicenter of the Bedford-Stuyvesant shopping strip. Fulton Street is not what it used to be, sighs the 23-year-old philosophically. Ask anyone. Across the street from Cobra, in a houseware store literally stuffed to the rafters with towels, sheets, curtains, and other home goods, an attractive, quiet man estimates that without the vendors in front of the shop, theyre losing $400 per day, $700 a day on Saturdays. They had to lay off one staff member, and those who remain work fewer shifts. (Because most of them were violating vending or zero visibility laws, vendors and many merchants were afraid to give <i>City Limits</i> full or even first names.) It wasnt just sales that deteriorated, either. Two weeks after vendors were removed, says Pamela, an old lady was mugged of $200 at the bus stop across the street. While some people say crime was worse with the crowds and the vendors, Tina says, If somebody was in trouble, theyd be the first ones there--even before the cops. Before, you couldnt have stolen something and gotten more than two feet, before being caught, says Cobra. Everyone looked out for each other. Now, everyone looks out for themselves. <i>For the rest of this story, please see citylimits.org.</i> VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-09-01 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 77 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 Sold out 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 Bay Ridge Muslims reach out to the 68th Precinct VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Aramica VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The 68th Precinct paid a visit to the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge on the evening of Nov. 8. At a previous meeting held at the precinct for Imams, the council of the mosque invited members of the department to communicate with members of the Muslim community. Almost 1,000 people were in attendance. Commanding Officer Deputy Inspector Matthew Pontillo was introduced by Dr. Rimawi. Pontillo began by acknowledging the Ramadan month and expressing the precincts commitment to ensure that attendance at evening prayers goes smoothly. The precincts Community Affairs Director Robert J. Pinnisi also attended. He and Pontillo listened to the communitys fears and problems, including: bias and profiling by some police officers, hate crimes and the medias portrayal of Muslims. Both Pontillo and Pinnisi responded in detail to each of the questions asked, reiterating their commitment to keep the lines of communication open with the community. Some attendees asked if the police could communicate with the media to express concerns about the medias distortion of the Muslim community and how this affects them. Officer Pinnisi explained that police have also been the target of biased stories in the media and that they overcome this by developing personal relationships with community members, and allowing their good work to show that the way theyre portrayed in the media is false. One suggestion offered by Pinnisi was to arrange a meeting between the community and local media outlets so that they could communicate directly with members of the press. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-25 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 79 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 Bay Ridge Muslims reach out to the 68th Precinct 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. 2002-11-25 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 27 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title New Jersey cleaning company hangs Polish students out to dry by reneging on promised summer work VTMBH Article: Author Karolina Kowalska VTMBH Article: Publication Nowy Dziennik / Polish Daily News VTMBH Article: Original Language Polish VTMBH Article: Translator Lukasz Bulka VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb For the first few weeks in July, three Polish students wandered around New York after a New Jersey-based company, which promised them work and a place to live, left them with nothing. The students have been saving money by barely eating, while their would-be boss claims he didnt promise them anything. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body For the first few weeks in July, three Polish students wandered around New York after a New Jersey-based company, which promised them work and a place to live, left them with nothing. The students have been saving money by barely eating, but the companys boss claims he didnt promise them anything. Maciek Gapski, Marcin Drwecki and Daniel Furmankiewicz study law at the Lublin Catholic University in Poland. They are 23 years old. Like many of their peers, they were tempted by the work and travel offer of a Polish company called Student Center. Student Center charged them a lot of money to arrange their visas, travel, employment and accommodations in the United States. The then-happy students signed a contract promising them work accommodations with Prime Cleaning Company of Ridgewood, NJ. On July 3, they arrived at New Yorks JFK airport and, from the Arrivals Hall, they called the telephone number in the contract. The voice on the phone was rude. The man refused to tell us his name. He said he didnt have to. He also told us we couldnt speak to the boss because he was out of the office, Maciek said. He was surprised, though, that we called before the long weekend, because everyone is on vacation and we couldnt count on anything before Monday. There is nothing about an inconvenient time to call in the contract, added Daniel. We thought we could arrive whenever we wanted and ask for the job and apartment due to us. That is what they told us in the office in Poland. To the voice, they mentioned the apartment Prime Cleaning had guaranteed for $200 per month. The voice told them there were no more rooms and they would have to manage on their own. Then the man hung up. It was late in the afternoon. Tired and with loads of luggage, the students stood in the middle of the Arrivals Hall, figuring out what to do next. At first, we wanted to go to New Jersey but we realized we had no address. The contract listed only a post office box and telephone number. We had no other choice but to stay optimistic and wait until Monday. At the airport hotel information desk, they asked for a cheap place to stay. They were directed to the Pennsylvania Hotel in Manhattan, at the bargain rate of $45 per night. Two days later, they found spaces in the Greenpoint YMCA for $27, including breakfast. We asked ourselves why [the information desk clerks] sent us to Pennsylvania Hotel, and not a cheaper place. Then we understood that Americans think Manhattan when they hear New York City Maciej explained. They lived at the YMCA all weekend, looking for work and believing things would get better by Monday. We called the NJ office at 9 a.m. This time, the boss picked up the phone. He told us he had no work for us and we should call tomorrow. Maybe then hed know something. He also told us he had no apartment for us, Marcin reported. The students had already checked out of the YMCA, but were considering returning. We will wait until tomorrow. Maybe something will happen, Maciek said. In fact, we decided to wait until Friday. If we dont find a job, we will just return to Poland. We are running out of money, but we must pay for the hotel even though the rates are pretty high. We skimp on food, Daniel explained. Paul Hajduk, who owns Prime Cleaning, claimed he has no obligation to secure work for the students. I only made them an offer, he told Nowy Dziennik. The contract doesnt exactly say they would work for me. I only promised to give them a job or apartment should these be available. Meanwhile, there are 10 people from Poland, Hungary and Slovakia living in the apartment now. There isnt even room to swing a cat. I dont think this will change in the next few days, Hajduk said. He didnt want to say why he misinformed the Poles by not telling them start looking for work and lodging in New York. Maciek, Marcin and Daniel didnt give up hope nor lose their wits. We called our parents, the students said. They told us not to worry but to eat and not to dehydrate. They also told us to find a shelter and not to sleep outdoors because it may be dangerous. They are searching the classified ads in the Polish newspapers to find jobs. Marcin has the right approach. I believe we will have to stay. If we dont hear about the job for us by tomorrow, we will find one on our own. Anyway, we are strong and healthy with a permit to work in United States and we know English. We will manage somehow. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-07-09 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 130 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 Jersey cleaning company hangs Polish students out to dry by reneging on promised summer work 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 25 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Who killed Vincent Chin? VTMBH Article: Author Jung-sook Sung VTMBH Article: Publication Korea Daily VTMBH Article: Original Language Korean VTMBH Article: Translator Jeongwoo Han VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb On the day Korea beat Italy in the World Cup, the New York Times recognized 25th anniversary of the murder of Vincent Chin. Only greater Asian political power cn allow us to say with confidence that those days are gone. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body On the day Korea beat Italy in the World Cup, the New York Times was dealing with 25th anniversary of the death of Vincent Chin. Two white workers, fired by Chrysler Motor Corporation, killed Chin by beating him until his brain ruptured. Chins last words were Its unfair. Anti-Japanese sentiment rose as the United States began to lose automobile business to Japan in the early 1980s. The two workers misidentified Vincent Chin, who was Chinese-American, as Japanese and took their anger out on him with a baseball bat. But Ronald Evans and his stepson, Michael Nits, who killed Chin, got a light sentence, only three years probation and a $3,780 fine plus court expenses. It was unfair verdict. A decent, 27-year-old Asians life cannot be worth so little. Despite Asian Americans arguments that the murder was a hate crime, the judge decided that Chins death was the result of a tragic fight. All Asians and Asian-Americans were outraged that Evans and Nits killed Chin because he was Asian. Vincent, born and raised in the United States, was a U.S. citizen. His father was a veteran who fought for the United States in World War II. Vincent himself was working in the U.S. automobile industry as a draftsman. Despite the fact that he was working in the same field as his attackers, they killed him just because he had an Asian appearance regardless his actual nationality or origin. It is now 25 years since Chins murder, and since then, a lot has changed with the effort end racial discrimination. Thinking about the American governments internment of Japanese in internment camps, isolation of Asian communities and seizure of Asian property during the Yellow Peril fears of World War II, can we say with confidence that those days are gone; that those are old stories? Can the problemthat Asians have been always more alien than European immigrantsbe solved without changing Asian features through intermarriage? It is a tragedy that immigrants cultures are fading and becoming Americanized (just as Indian culture has been disappearing). New immigrants have always suffered abuse from the better established, earlier immigrants. Even relative late comers to this country, such as Irish, Italian, and Jewish immigrants, are now equal members of American society and centerpieces in the American mosaic. Though it is hard to predict the extent to which Asians will be accepted by society because of their appearance, we can expect that Americans recognition of Asians will improve as Asians roles in the world increase. I want to believe so. It was great to show to the world Koreas amazing development overcoming the previous stigma of being a war orphan export country by beating Portugals soccer team, and by that win, allowing the U.S. team to proceed in the World Cup. It is a dream that Korea is now fighting for quarterfinal-qualification. It shows the energy of Korean people, who accomplished a Han River miracle. Using this passion and energy, let us, the Koreans in America, build our dream. Improving our political power is the fastest way to enhance our status. Voting, political participation and fostering elites are the most urgent things. We are actively campaigning for voter registration and political participation, but fostering talented men is still not happening. There are many competent one-and-a-half or second generation Korean-Americans in U.S. society, but they are not well-connected within Korean society in America. The saying, a book that remains shut is but a block is immediately appealing to us. We should search for the men of ability and look after them. I look forward to seeing an Asian-American cabinet member, representatives, Supreme Court judge. Lets wish for Asians to be influential in this society. The title Who killed Vincent Chin? a documentary by Korean-American Christian Choi asks a desperate question. The answer is, Vincent Chin was killed by Asians inability to advocate here in American society. If we cannot make our voice and corral political power, who knows when Asians will again become a scapegoat when the economy goes bad? Who knows when Asians will again be stigmatized when white Americans are laid off? VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-19 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 239 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 Who killed Vincent Chin? 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. On the day Korea beat Italy in the World Cup, the New York Times recognized 25th anniversary of the 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 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 14 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Pakistani woman wins sexual harassment suit VTMBH Article: Author N.C. Srirekha VTMBH Article: Publication India Post VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb In a rare display of courage, a young Pakistani woman complained about sexual harassment by her supervisor, resulting in a $25,000 settlement. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body In a rare display of courage, a young Pakistani woman complained about sexual harassment by her supervisor, resulting in a $25,000 settlement. On March 27, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a settlement in the employment discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against Dollar Bright, Inc., the operator of a retail discount store in New York City, and the New Jersey-based U.S. Dream, Inc., which provides management services to Dollar Bright and many other stores. The EEOC charged that Samera Khalid, a former cashier at Dollar Bright, was subjected to grabbing, sexual touching, and other inappropriate and unwanted physical contact as well as sexual comments from her store supervisoran Indian by birthand that Dollar Bright fired Samera after she complained about the harassment. Samera worked there for about five months last year, during which time the supervisor harassed her verbally as well as physically, said Sunu Chandy, the trial attorney. When Sameras father complained to the top management, they said that the supervisor was an important employee of the organization and so they would not take any action against him. And they suggested Samera should leave the job. All of this conduct violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin and protects employees who complain about such offenses from retaliation. According to the U.S. Southern District Court of New York, the company has agreed to take active steps to provide for greater protection from workplace harassment, including training regarding discrimination and harassment for all supervisors, managers and employees and implementing a comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Policy and Complaint Procedure at over 40 stores where U.S. Dream provides management services. Additionally, the companies will compensate Khalid $25,000. Chandy said that normally the EEOC, a government body, does not hear individual cases. But, since Sameras case involved making a point about the issue in the South Asian community, they decided to take it up. The most significant aspect here is that is that the EEOC does not make inquiries into the immigration status of complainants. All employees everywhere in America are entitled to work in an environment free of sexual harassment, said EEOC New York District Director Spencer Lewis. We are also particularly pleased to see that people from traditionally underserved communities, such as Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders, are coming forward with discrimination claims, Lewis said. It is vitally significant that Asian-American and Pacific Islander women are becoming aware of their rights under federal employment discrimination laws, and a key protection is their right to be free from sexual harassment in the workplace. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-04-05 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File v14n2.doc VTMBH Article: Hit Count 189 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 Pakistani woman wins sexual harassment suit 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. In a rare display of courage, a young Pakistani woman complained about sexual harassment by her supe 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. 2002-04-05 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 37 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title First Muslim Bangladeshi in run for N.Y. State Senate: Muslims must get involved in politics in order to be heard VTMBH Article: Author Jehangir Khattak VTMBH Article: Publication Muslims VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Giash Ahmed has the distinction of being the first Asian Muslim and Bangladeshi immigrant to run for the New York State Senate. He is running for the State Senate from District 13 on a Republican Party ticket, the first ever to have been awarded to an Asian Muslim. His constituency, comprised of Jackson Heights, Elmhurst and Corona, has a diverse population of 328,000 people (over 100,000 voters), of whom 48 percent are Hispanic, 19 percent Asians, about ten percent are white and nine percent are African-Americans. The election is Nov. 5. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-04 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 First Muslim Bangladeshi in run for N.Y. State Senate: Muslims must get involved in politics in orde 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. 2002-10-04 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 22 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Korean-American store owners actively engage in soccer marketing VTMBH Article: Author Hyunsang Lee VTMBH Article: Publication Korea Daily VTMBH Article: Original Language Korean VTMBH Article: Translator Bo Kwon VTMBH Article: Section sports4 VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body As the excitement of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea-Japan heats up, marketing strategies targeted at World Cup-related demands are actively unfolding. Some Korean-American business owners, predicting their employees tardiness and absence after staying up all night to watch live TV coverage of the games, have pushed back their work schedules. Seoul Plaza, in Flushing, Queens, plans to install a wide-screen TV in its Crystal Ballroom so area Korean-Americans can watch the games together and support the Korean team. Bridge Enterprise, an advertising firm, designed commemorative World Cup t-shirts that being sold to Korean-Americans and Hispanics. The World Cup is an opportunity to strengthen ties with my neighbors, so I am going to provide room for everyone to watch the games together and offer some light refreshments as well, said Mr. Lee, an owner of a dry cleaning service in Bayside, Queens, who recently installed cable TV in his store to watch the ESPN coverage of the World Cup. Since the World Cup is taking place in Korea, it will help create a good image for Korean-American businesses, he remarked. Stores that are open 24 hours are also installing cable or satellite TV one after another. One grocery store owner said, I installed cable TV so that the employees working an early-morning shift, as well as the customers, can watch [the games], adding that he expects Hispanic customers who cannot watch the games at home, to drop in. Tae-kyung Yoon owns Saturn Electronics in Flushing, Queens, which handles the installment of satellite TV and the Dish Network. Usually, there are one or two subscribers per day, but since last week, the number of subscribers increased dramatically to 10 per day, Yood said. About half of the customers want to install [satellite TV] in their businesses, even though most of the live coverage of the games take place in the early morning. Time Warner Cable, another carrier of ESPN, is also experiencing a similar increase in subscription orders. In addition, employers who are concerned with employee lateness or absence are adjusting work hours. Mr. Park, an owner of a sewing factory, said that he pushed both the opening and the closing hours back by two hours, in consideration of soccer fanatic Hispanic employees to avoid of a setback in the factory production. Meanwhile, Korea Tourist Service plans to place a commercial on CNN during the World Cup to encourage tourists to visit Korea. The commercial will broadcast 185 to 285 times in New York City and 13 other major cities across the United States. The Tourist Service also inserted a banner advertisement, Tour2Korea.com on the CNN and New York Times websites. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-05-30 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 Korean-American store owners actively engage in soccer marketing 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 1 VTMBH Article: Title Round three: Arrests begin again VTMBH Article: Author 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 Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) have started a third round of arrests of Pakistanis. In the last four weeks 12 Pakistanis have been picked up from their homes in early morning raids. Of those arrested, many have been issued deportation orders. On April 19, Naeem Sheikh, a limousine driver, was stopped in Manhattan by the police. They checked his immigration status on a computer in the police vehicle and arrested him for being in violation of a deportation order issued in Chicago in 1989. Naeem Sheikh said that he came to America in 1990 and has never visited Chicago. He is now in Hudson County Jail, still awaiting a decision after three weeks. Naeem's brother, visiting from Pakistan, is now looking after his family. On May 1, a beauty parlor on Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn was raided. Though the person the authorities were looking for, a former tenant, had left the building sometime ago agents persisted in checking the immigration papers of everyone in the building. In raids in Staten Island, Nadir Malik, Aslam Khan, Shahid Butt, and Khwaja have been arrested. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-05-17 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 128 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 Round three: Arrests begin again 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. 2002-05-17 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 27 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Weve been threatened: The Workplace Project in Hempstead advocates on behalf of Latino day laborers VTMBH Article: Author Rodolfo Castillo VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Telesh Lopez VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Angry because we support the workers claims to be paid, the contractors have gone to the extremes of threatening us with bats and guns, said Nadia Marin-Molina, director of the Workplace Project, located in Hempstead, Long Island. Every Wednesday evening, the Projects Day Laborers Coordinator Carlos Canales meets with workers who visit the Project saying they are tired of personally collecting their money from their bosses, who made them work long shifts and without paying them. Rafael Cornejo, Freddy Arreaga and Giovanni Arevalos are some of those workers. Last Wednesday, they filled out forms with which Project staff use to call and send collection letters to the debtor contractors. If the phone calls do not work, and they do not respond to the letters that we send them, we will begin a more direct plan of action, Canales said. We post flyers with their names and telephone numbers in their churches and other places they may frequent, so that people will call them. Sometimes these kinds of pressure tactics work, Canales said. Contractors negotiate their debts with the Project, promising to pay the total amount, usually in a couple of payments, and by showing good faith in fulfilling their obligations. Other contractors pretend not to know what is going on, and then we must protest in front of their homes to make them feel ashamed, he added. Many times, we have been threatened with bats and guns, but fortunately the police protected us and arrested the aggressors, said Marin-Molina, showing pictures of the violent contractors in handcuffs. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-07-05 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 106 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 Weve been threatened: The Workplace Project in Hempstead advocates on behalf of Latino day laborers 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. 2002-07-05 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 22 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Clinging to hope and memories, relatives of September 11th victims face uncertain future 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 The last steel column from Ground Zero was removed May 30, but many immigrants may not even get to see the remains of their loved ones as they are pressured to pack up and leave the land that gave them so much happiness, and finally, death. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The last steel column from Ground Zero was removed May 30, but not the misery of those who lost everything on September 11th. Many immigrants may not even get to see the remains of their loved ones as they are pressured to pack up and leave the land that gave them so much happiness, and finally, death. Shefali Agarwala went to New Delhi with the remains of her husband in February. When she returned April 4, the Immigration and Naturalization Service cancelled her H4 visa. Their reason: she was in India when her husband Alok, an employee at the Cantor Fitzgerald in the World Trade Center died. The H4 visa was valid till 2003, Agarwala said. But the INS officials at Newark airport did not want to see it. They said I have no right to come back to the United States, and I am not eligible for any compensation. At the airport, she and her eight-year-old son were detained for five hours. The immigration officials finally allowed them out, but after confiscating their passports. The INS later issued her two tourist visas, valid for six months, for $195 each. The officials also asked her to leave the country before the visas expired. They said she was not eligible for the Patriot Act, which allowed the spouses of those killed on September 11th to stay on till September 11, 2002. How could one know in advance that the WTC will collapse before going to India? Agarwala asks. Fortunately, the federal agencies have agreed to pay her compensation. She currently lives with her friend Sonia Ladkat, whose husband Ganesh was also killed. Ganeshs body is yet to be identified, and Ladkat, who is also on an H4 visa, is unsure about her future after September 11, 2002 will they ask her to leave before they hand over her husbands remains? Of the 2,823 people who died on September 11, the remains of only 1,092 have been identified. The authorities say it will be years before the city medical examiners office finishes with the 20,000-odd body parts that have been recovered. A bigger and better tower should be built at the site, said Meena Jerath, who lost her husband Prem. Prem, whose remains are yet to be identified, was a structural engineer with the Port Authority. He loved the Towers, Jerath said, and believed nothing could destroy them. The fire force personnel and police who died there are lionized by everybody, said Jerath, who is yet to apply for compensation. But the officials and society are not paying much attention to the civilians who died. In a New York cemetery, a little space is marked out for Valsa Raju. She was an employee of the Carr Futures on the 92nd floor of Tower One. A cross marks the grave of the 39-year-old mother of two children. But there are no body parts interned here. Instead they buried the soil from Ground Zero, her brother Salil Joseph said. Vinod Kumar Parakkatt, 33, left home that fateful day promising his pregnant wife Jayashree he would be back early to take her to a gynecologist. He never came back. And Parakkatt, now mother of two-month-old Kripa, has not received his remains. Like Ganesh and Alok, Vinod was on H1 visaand, so, Parakkatt too is not sure what the future holds for her. Their only hope is Senator Robert Torricelli, who has introduced a bill that would grant green cards to the spouses of the victims. For the family of Shaheed Mohammed Salman Hamdani, his remains were needed to prove his innocence and heroism. Till those were identified March 21, there were rumors he had links with terrorists. A Howard Hughes Medical Institute employee at the Rockefeller University, the 23-year-old left his mothers home in Queens at 8:15 a.m. that day. A trained emergency medical technician, he is believed to have rushed to the WTC when he heard the newsand perished there during rescue efforts. Hamdani came to the United States from Pakistan as a one-year-old. That Sal would rush to the site that horrible Tuesday morning to help his fellow New Yorkers was not a surprise to his colleagues at the university, Universitys Acting President Thomas P. Sakmar said at a memorial service. At his funeral, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly praised his courage, calling him a true hero. His mother Talat has initiated a scholarship in his name at the university, for Pakistani-American students to keep her sons memory alive. And thus do relatives of September 11th victims seek normalcy in the face of uncertainty, clinging on to memories, and hope. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-07 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 139 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 Clinging to hope and memories, relatives of September 11th victims face uncertain future 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 last steel column from Ground Zero was removed May 30, but many immigrants may not even get to s 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. 2002-06-07 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 44 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title A constantly evolving identity VTMBH Article: Author Keren Lentschner VTMBH Article: Publication France-Amerique VTMBH Article: Original Language French VTMBH Article: Translator David Ronis VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb For over roughly half a century, Haitians have fled to America to escape the dictatorship and misery of their homeland. The still-young Haitian community in the United States, divided over its attachment to its homeland and ambivalent about the model of American life, continues to search for an identity. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Over roughly a half century, more than two million Haitians have either found refuge or were born in the United States. America is the first place Haitians turn to as they flee the dictatorship in and misery of their homeland, the poorest in the West. Although the Haitian community has been established in the United States since the 1960s, its racial roots on the continent date back to the 18th century. Wealthy French merchants, who regularly traveled to the American colonies Louisiana, South Carolina, New Orleans customarily brought their Haitian slaves with them, some of whom decided to stay. Later, after the Haitian Revolution in 1804, many Haitian servants chose to join their old masters in America. Massive immigration to the United States did not begin until the 1960s, when refugees fled Jean-Claude (Papa Doc) Duvalier and his regime of persecution. Doctors, lawyers, teachers, agronomists, and accountants began to settle on the East Coast. In New York, they chose to live in Harlem, around Columbia University. A middle class Haitian immigrant community gradually formed. New York was the promised land of milk and honey, recounted a smiling Garry Pierre-Pierre, editor-in-chief of the Haitian Times, New Yorks only English-language Haitian news weekly, who arrived in the United States at the age of eight and later married an American. Back home, photos circulated of those who had succeeded here. They were dressed in the American style, proudly posing in front of their cars, symbols of their social status, said the journalist, trying to convince those who had not yet taken the step to emigrate. Yet in the 1990s, immigration became more difficult. This is when the first boat people reached the American coast, a phenomenon that continued up until Oct. 29, when 229 people requesting political asylum landed in Miami after an eight-hour voyage in precarious conditions. At the same time, the economic profile of those who immigrated grew poorer, with country farmers increasingly being the ones who wanted to get to America. Community centers, which didnt exist in the 1980s, multiplied in response to the demand, providing help for new immigrants filling out official forms and adapting to the American way of life. At schools during recess, children of first-generation Haitian immigrants made fun of newcomers. Likewise, the gap widened between those who were born here (more than half) or arrived as young children and had been Americanized by virtue of the educational system, and the others, who often still considered themselves in exile, expecting to return to their country. Such a return has proved more and more difficult given the current bogged-down state of affairs in Haiti. Since 80 percent are American citizens, out of necessity, the Haitian community has seen to it that its people have become more sophisticated, explained Pierre-Pierre, so that they better understand the country where they live and the way their community functions. A few years ago, if I went to a local hairdresser, for example, and encouraged him to apply for American citizenship in order to vote, he didnt understand. Today I see that theres been a lot of progress and its going to continue. Its inevitable. It is the mission of Haitian Times, explains the journalist, to be the bridge that connects directly into the heart of the Haitian-American community. As in all diasporic communities, the goal is to achieve a balance between attachment to ones native country and its traditions, which can be very strong for recent immigrants, and integration into ones adopted country. And, taking into account the uniqueness of the Haitian community, he says we must create for ourselves a new identity. We are black but we speak French. This makes us exotic but also certainly odd. Added to this are the thorny problems of relations between Haitian-Americans and African-Americans. There is peaceful coexistence in New York but relations are tense in Florida, where Haitians dont hesitate to make their voices heard, and are frequently compelled to bring up immigration problems. Between 1990 and 1999 the Haitian population there has more than doubled, growing from 385,000 to approximately 820,000. Divided, essentially, between New York (approxamately 841,000), Florida, New Jersey (133,000), and Massachusetts (78,000) and extending south, particularly to Texas (24,000) and west to California (10,300), the Haitian community is still very close-knit. Like most ethnic groups, it has its restaurants, stores, numerous shops for religious articles and media outletsthree French and one English-language weekly newspapers, several radio stations broadcasting in Creole and French and local television programs. But, more and more, its tending to open itself to the outside world. Everyone knows one another, explains Garry Pierre-Pierre. With our community centers, our churches as well as our media, we have many occasions to be together. But in our progression from being a community of exiles to one of immigrants, we are taking steps towards more interaction with non-Haitians. When our children go to school, we must meet the principal… In this way, daily life obliges us to go outside of our community. Proof of this is evident in the socio-professional distribution of the Haitian community. There is a significant Haitian presence not only in health-related fields, the most respected professions in this culture, but also in education and financial services. In New York State, Haitian doctors represent one third of all black doctors despite the much larger number of African-Americans. On the national level, Haitians account for almost 5,000 doctors and more than 10,000 engineers. Today 41 percent of Haitian nationals between the ages of 25 and 60 have university degrees. According to analysts, that figure should grow considerably over the course of the next 20 years. In politics, Haitians are not idle, with several elected representatives in the northeast and in Florida: Marie St.-Fleur has been a state representative in Massachusetts since 1999, and Philip Brutus has been a state representative in Florida since 2000. As the number of political participants from the heart of the Haitian community increases, they are happily courted by Republicans and Democrats alike. Gubentorial candidates Carl McCall and George Pataki both made visits to Haitian-Americans in Flatbush, Brooklyn during the election campaign. This political courting can take place anywhere, even in church. There, Haitians, traditionally devout Catholics, find themselves en masse on any given Sunday in a place which offers spiritual as well as social nourishment. A community in which the slight majority vote Democratic, according to observers, Haitians seem convinced that this party is most favorable to them, particularly on matters of immigration. The images of boat people throwing themselves into the water upon arrival at the Miami waterfront last month was on the minds of many this past November 5th. Haitians are politically liberal and socially conservative, qualified Garry Pierre-Pierre, who regrets that few Haitians go to the polls. In order to heighten his readers awareness, his newspaper insists that, in voting, residents can demand accountability from their government on matters of education, housing, garbage collection, road repairs and hospitals. This lack of interest in American politics can be explained by a reluctance to adapt to the American way of life and its political system, but also by a certain firmly-rooted bitterness in the minds of many Haitians. Expressing his feelings regarding the isolation of this old French colony, wounded not only by history, but also by the chaos that currently reigns there, Pierre-Pierre laments, It took 80 years for the United States to recognize Haiti, the first independent black country, as a nation. Other countries didnt take as long to recognize us. And today, Israël Camille and Odatte Ronel, his colleagues at Radio Lakay, a radio station which broadcasts in French and Creole via the Internet, agreed with that sentiment, regretting that Western nations have punished Haiti by declaring a de facto embargo. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have, indeed, called for the establishment of true democratic process in order for economic aid to resume. For their part, in 2000 the United States suspended anallocation of US$500,000 which had been earmarked for multilateral aid. In a community where return to the homeland remains an ever-present objective, the French language continues to play a unifying role. If those who are more Americanized have somewhat neglected French in favor of English, the language of integration, and have worked hard to make their children trilingual, the language of Molière continues to be used, often mixed in with Creole and English in conversations among friends. The three francophone weekly newspapers (Haïti Progrès, Haïti en Marche and Haïti Observateur), the many radio stations that broadcast a large number of their programs in French, and the Haitian literature available in French bookstores contribute to keeping French language at the heart of the Haitian community. When I was in college, I was called Frenchy. The girls always asked me to speak in French, mused Garry Pierre-Pierre. For others, particularly those whose children were born and have gone to school in the United States, English has replaced French. However, memories of Haiti are never far away. Back home, the official language, French, is the language not only of the government but particularly of the elite, used by those in power in order to divide the classes, reminds Pierre-Pierre. If attachment to the French language seems at times far off, Haitians claim to have a state of mind close to that of the former colonists in their native land. To our way of thinking, we are French, analyzes the journalist very dogmatic, intellectualizing a lot, culturally very arrogant and proud of our way of viewing the world… Still young, the Haitian community in the United States, composed of four generations with different pasts, divided over its attachment to its homeland, its French language and ambivalent to the model of American life, continues to search for an identity. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-23 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 86 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 constantly evolving identity 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. For over roughly half a century, Haitians have fled to America to escape the dictatorship and misery 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. 2002-11-23 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 3 VTMBH Article: Title New Jersey? Its as sought-after as the Hawaiian Islands. Both states are the third most popular destination of new immigrants VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication America Oggi VTMBH Article: Original Language Italian VTMBH Article: Translator Katherine Sigelman VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb At 17.5 percent, New Jersey and Hawaii have the third-largest percentages of immigrants, Census figures show. The growing cultural diversity of New Jersey immigrants, and the New Jersey workforce, is forcing the casino industry to change. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Streams of newcomers continue to pour into New Jersey, where immigrants, mainly from Latin America and Asia, are settling down. According to the 2000 Census, New Jersey and Hawaii have, at 17.5 percent, the third-largest percentages of residents from overseas, just after New York and California. Census experts, such as James Hughes, dean of the School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, affirm that immigrants are drawn to New Jersey for its proximity to the ports scattered along the Atlantic Coast. New Jersey has always been an entrance point for immigrants, said Hughes. A hundred years ago they disembarked at Ellis Island, and now they land at the airports in New York City and Newark. From the end of the 19th century through the beginning of the 20th century, the majority of immigrants to settle in New Jersey were European. However, in recent decades, the immigrants origins shifted. According to the 2000 Census, among New Jersey residents born overseas, approximately 43 percent (1,476,327 people) are of Latin American origin, while almost 28 percent are from Asia, and only 24 percent are from Europe. According to Hughes, these changes began to take effect after immigration law reforms enacted in the 1960s, which facilitated immigration from Latin America and Asia to the United States. While most immigrants in New Jersey live in the northern and central parts of the state, two cities in the south, Atlantic City and Ventnor, have the highest percentage of residents born overseas. About 10,000 immigrants now live in Atlantic City, many of whom work in the casino industry. The workforce today is culturally much more diverse than it was 15 years ago, said Craig Keyser, executive vice president of human resources for the Trump casino. Years ago, it was not uncommon for casino staff to be from Mexico and Puerto Rico, Keyser said. Today, casinos employ immigrants from Honduras, Costa Rica, and Ecuador. These and other ethnic changes are creating a need for casinos to adapt themselves to the varied ethnic and cultural backgrounds of their employees. For example, Keyser noted that various casinos today serve special ethnic foods in the staff cafeterias, which also helps other employees to understand their different cultures. This helps us to create a better understanding of cultural diversity, he said. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-07-23 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 New Jersey? Its as sought-after as the Hawaiian Islands. Both states are the third most popular des 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 17.5 percent, New Jersey and Hawaii have the third-largest percentages of immigrants, Census figu 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. 2002-07-23 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 1 VTMBH Article: Title A fight between the U.S. and Canada over proposed U.S. visa rules; charges of racial profiling are aired VTMBH Article: Author Tony Best VTMBH Article: Publication New York Carib News VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb The government in Ottawa is charging that the Bush Administrations new security requirements to screen Canadian immigrants from many countries but not those from white Dominion areas are blatant racism and class warfare. Jamaicans, Trinidadians, Guyanese, Bajans, Grenadians, Antiguans and others are wondering about outcomes that can affect West Indians and Africans who have made Canada their home away from home. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Ordinarily, many of the disputes between the U.S. and Canada dont catch and hold the attention of West Indians living in the various provinces of the Dominion of Canada. But Jamaicans, Trinidadians, Guyanese, Bajans, Grenadians, Antiguans and others are sitting up and wondering about the outcome of a serious battle being waged by the two neighbors that can affect West Indians and indeed Africans who have made Canada their home away from home. Its a fight over who in Canada should be forced to secure U.S. immigration visas if they plan to enter the United States. The government in Ottawa is charging the Bush Administration in Washington with blatant racism and class warfare and emotions are getting charged with few people betting on the eventual outcome. The dispute centers on a plan by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to force some Commonwealth citizens, especially those from the black nations in the Caribbean and Africa to acquire U.S. visas before they can enter the United States. The proposed rule would apply to the West Indians and the Africans who are landed immigrants in Canada, meaning that they have acquired Canadian citizenship, or are permanent residents and have gone through a rigid screening process. I am annoyed by this, said Denis Coderre, Canadas immigration minister. I have to go to Washington on Nov. 15. I had several reasons to go and now I have another one. There is a perception, right now among Canadians that something is going (wrong) there, meaning between the United States and Canada. The minister is upset because the proposed plan, would apply to immigrants from the Caribbean, Africa, India and Pakistan, but would exempt immigrants from the white Commonwealth countries of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, along with Singapore and Brunei. Canadas Foreign Minister Bill Graham is also upset and plans to raise the issue with Colin Powell, the U.S. secretary of state, whose family tree has roots in Jamaica. Powell has been under fire in recent weeks from Harry Belafonte, the world-famous entertainer and civil rights advocate who compared Powell with a house slave. Grahams cabinet colleague, Coderre, has gone on record as calling the Bush Administrations plan a form of racial profiling, which would end up creating two classes of Canadian citizens: those who were acceptable to immigration authorities across the border and those who could be denied entry. And that, says Coderre, is unacceptable to Ottawa. Just the other day, the Canadian Foreign Ministry took the unusual step of issuing a travel advisory on its website urging Canadians born in Iraq, Iran, Libya, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to think twice before traveling to the United States for any reason. Earlier, Graham had intervened with U.S. officials and succeeded in getting Washington to drop a plan intended to force all Canadian citizens who were born in Iran, Iran, Libya, Sudan or Syria to be fingerprinted and photographed on arrival in the United States. While the Foreign Minister says the decision about Commonwealth citizens and visas was fundamentally a decision of the American authorities, he wants the United States to recognize that the immigrants in Canada are contributing to our economy and they may well be helpful by traveling to the United States for business and other reasons. That was why he is hoping to be able to persuade the American authorities that this measure isnt necessary. For its part, the United States said the proposed rules were designed to improve domestic security in the wake of the events of September 11th last year. But Canada has rejected that argument, saying that the permanent residents and landed immigrants from the Caribbean, Africa and elsewhere had already been screened and there wasnt a good reason to investigate them a second time. Caribbean diplomats and other West Indians in Canada are perplexed by the move. When you exempt some of the Pacific peoples from the continent of Europe, then it does make one raise questions as to really what is, in fact, the motive, said Vic Johnson, Barbados high commissioner in Ottawa. It is quite unfortunate that we are now categorized, even if inadvertently, as persons who are regarded as (security) risks. We dont know what the motives are and what the methodology was that the United States government used to determine the persons whom they have identified to be excluded from easy admission to the United States. But it does look a bit strange that the Caribbean, which does not have a history of terrorism, is being put together with those nations which the United States says poses a risk. West Indians living in Canada have been moving freely between their adopted home and the United States for decades, visiting relatives who live in New York, Detroit, Miami, Boston, California and other parts of the United States. They also travel to the United States regularly to attend social functions and to conduct business in the United States. Its more than passing strange that the immigrants in Canada, who are exempt from the U.S. visa requirement, come mainly from countries which are considered white, such as Australia, New Zealand and Britain, said a West Indian in Toronto. It smacks of racial profiling to me and it is important that the Canadian government seek a change of policy. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-12 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 121 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 fight between the U.S. and Canada over proposed U.S. visa rules; charges of racial profiling are a 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 8 VTMBH Article: Title Bench marked VTMBH Article: Author S. Ali VTMBH Article: Publication India in New York VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb In December, New York Citys unemployment rate jumped to 7.4 percent from 6.9 percent, as the number of jobs lost since the terrorist attacks passed 100,000. With the economys financial woes, Indian-Americans from all professions have not been insulated from cost-cutting and layoffs. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body It took him four months of sitting at home, answering advertisements and handing out his resumé, but Swaminathan Ramamurthy thinks he will finally get a new job. Ill know by next week for sure, the database management consultant said. Im hoping it goes through, because at least Ill get a break. Even though the contract itself is small initially set for only three months and the company isnt some cutting edge technology firm, Ramamurthy will gladly take it. In this economy, he said, there is little room for being picky, and he counts himself as being fortunate enough to have an opportunity. In December, New York Citys unemployment rate jumped to 7.4 percent from 6.9 percent, as the number of jobs lost since the terrorist attacks passed 100,000. Over 22,000 people have been cut from the citys famed banks and investment firms alone. With the economys financial woes, Indian-Americans from all professions have not been insulated from cost-cutting and layoffs. For some, it means living with less. Ramamurthy said he pared down his expenses to rent, groceries, telephone, basic cable and Internet. He has a car but hasnt driven it, because it needs repairs, and repairs cost money. My family and I have been living off our savings, which are now almost gone, he said with a sarcastic chuckle. For others, the uncertainty in the economy means constant worrying about whats ahead. I am just taking things day-to-day right now, said Kiran, a young analyst with JP Morgan. She explained that her term with the financial company would be up in six months, and that the rumor was a large layoff was being planned. If the economy was good, I could have been promoted to an associate. Now Ill have to find a new job, or go back to school. With a sigh, Kiran, 24, said the failing economy had been on her and her colleagues minds for so long, there was even a sense of apathy towards it. We had layoffs every week last year, she said. Everybody talked about it so much, but it takes something like the layoffs at Merrill Lynch to spark any discussion now. Things happen so rapidly. Were just rolling with the punches. Being an analyst, Kiran could at least make sense of why things were occurring, and what to expect. It is not just about market fundamentals, she explained. Investor confidence plunged after September 11. The revenues arent there. People are too apprehensive. And when people lose jobs, spending goes down. These things happen in a cycle. This has to be the worst in ten years. But some unlucky people, like Dipak Dasrao, didnt care for cut-and-dried explanations. Dealing with a recession was bad enough, but Dasrao has also been forced to stomach the disastrous effects of September 11. I have lost my job. I have lost my life, said Dasrao, 39, who worked as a server for four years in the World Trade Center Marriotts Greenhouse Café. Marriott decided to close the damaged hotel after the attacks, and laid off all its workers on October 5. Dasrao complained that the chain is opening new hotels in the city, but wont hire him back, because new employees will be paid the minimum for his old job, rather than his old salary of $40,000. In protest, he joined a picket line in Times Square, calling on his former employers to help him get a new job. All my bills, medical, rent, everything will have to stop, said the native of Sylhet, Bangladesh. I gave an important time in my life to Marriott… I lost my pension, medical benefits, insurance. Why did they cheat me like that? One woman, whose family owns restaurants in two major East Coast airports, complained about the difficulty in running the businesses during a bad economy and in a battered industry. Most people have cut back on their flying, and business travelers dont have the expense accounts like they used to, she said. My high days are now what my low days used to be before September 11. Passengers were just part of her clientele, she said. The cutbacks in the airline industry employment has fallen more than 21 percent in the last 12 months have also taken away many airline employees who were regular customers. There are also tough security measures that make running her restaurant a nightmare: for instance, one of her stores is in the secure area, so she must get deliveries and bring them back because only people with clearance or ticketed passengers can be there. Even UPS cant deliver a package to me, she said. And I cant use or give or give out knives. She said it was unfortunate that the store opened in August. I suppose timing is everything; we never expected such a thing to happen, she said, explaining that the sales in the new store were down 80 percent a month after the attacks, and 50 percent off in December. I see this now as a challenge: to get my stores numbers back to where they used to be, and to survive, she said. You have to take it day by day. Those people with jobs say they are sitting out a tough market in the hopes of finding better employment when things pick up. I want a higher position, something to do with middle management, said Shamael Khan, an information systems analyst and programmer in Manhattan. What he wanted was better pay and higher job responsibilities, two wishes that he knows arent going to come true soon. Lately, it has been very hard for anyone to find a job, and the computer industry itself has been shattered since the summer, Khan said. There is no way out, he continued. I see myself being jammed here in the same position, with the same salary, for at least a year, he said. Yet he assured India in New York that he was thankful to have a job, lest someone else were interested in it. I pray to God every night, no doubt, he said. I am sure I would have to compete with a lot of people right now for my job. One of my cousins graduated last January with a computer science degree from Rutgers University. Right now, he is working as a security guard. Ramamurthy chalked up the current woes of the computer industry to its need for constant training. There is no dignity of labor in this field, the 17-year veteran said with a laugh. Experience does you no good. You can learn about new software in one month, and be better off than a fellow with 10 years of experience who is not so cutting edge. He said the cost-cutting mentality would probably alter the industrys demands on its workers too. Companies are looking for people who can do more than one job, he said. If you were a programmer before, now they want you to do maintenance too. That way, they can merge salaries. Ramamurthy expected his coming interview would go well, because the match between his needs and the companys was a good one. These past months have been difficult, he said. But I am hopeful things will change. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-01-25 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 45 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 Bench marked 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 45 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title Can this union be saved? Ethnic riots dressed up in religion kill hundreds VTMBH Article: Author Kayode Ogunbunmi VTMBH Article: Publication African Abroad VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb The recent riots at the Miss World pageant in Nigeria have left even the most battle-hardened Nigerians wondering if the countrys constituent parts are dividing irretrievably. A national sovereign conference may be necessary to determine ways of unifying a Nigeria that is rapidly falling apart. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Nigeria went into convulsions again on Nov. 20, and by the end of the almost one week of unrest in Kaduna and Abuja over 200 lives, and property running into millions of Naira, had been destroyed. It was not Nigerias first crisis this year. According to government statistics, over 1,000 lives have been lost this year to various ethnic and religious conflicts all over the country. Yet, even the most battle-hardened Nigerians have found the latest bout of unrest unsettling. Many are wondering if this might not be proof that the differences between the countrys constituent parts are widening irretrievably. The immediate cause of the crisis was an article written by a reporter for Thisday newspaper, which was considered offensive by most Muslims. Even though many agreed that the reporter, Isioma Daniels, should have exercised better judgment in the article, the explosion that greeted the article made many wonder if indeed the rioting was due to the article. Moreover, Thisday has copiously apologized for whatever its transgressions might have been. At the heart of the anger was the Miss World Beauty contest, which Nigeria was hosting. While Christian and Muslims groups spoke out against the contest as sinful and ungodly, Muslims saw it as a slap on the face because the contest was billed to take place during Ramadan, their holy month. By the time the organizers realized the depth of the opposition and decided on a shift in date, it was seen as too little, too late. But does this justify the destructive rage? Nigerians have an unequally divided opinion over this. While many voiced condemnation of this incident, some felt that the rioters have a genuine grievance to express. Levi Obijiofor, a professor of communications, aptly captured the mood of many Nigerians in an article in The Guardian: On paper, Nigeria and Nigerians say they are a united entity. In practice, the various ethnic and religious groups that constitute Nigeria show deep hated (yes, hatred) for one another. They cannot live together in peace. They cannot resolve disagreements peacefully. The cannot engage in public debate without one group brandishing a gun or a rough-edged machete. Some ethnic and religious groups even feel the only way they can assert themselves in Nigeria is by attempting to eliminate people of other ethnic and religious backgrounds. The highpoint of this union of incompatibles is that political and religious leaders preach tolerance but practice intolerance. Street thugs in Kaduna and Abuja have just provided further evidence that Nigerian unity is a huge joke. On the other side, former head of state, General Muhammadu Buhari said although he found the activities of the rioters condemnable, it could be justified by the amount of provocation they were exposed to. One thing that mars any justification for the riots was the disconnect between protest and violence. Though the Nigerian constitution allows for protests, the orgy of destruction and loss of lives caused by the rioters have shocked most Nigerians. And because it has become a regular occurrence to attack Christians and Southerners any time there is a disturbance in the North, many Nigerians are wondering if now is not the time to hold a meeting of all stakeholders in the country. At the heart of this divergence of views is the sometimes diametrically opposed ideological and religious differences in the country. While most Nigerians are highly religious, a number of Muslim states in the northern part of the country have sought to fuse religion and governance into a common ideology. The extension of the Sharia legal code to include criminal adjudication by several states in the North, has agitated several Nigeriansespecially as judgments delivered by badly trained Sharia judges have continued to create image problems for the country. There is a feeling among Nigerians that the country should be working to resolve problems created by over 30 years of military misrule, rather than create additional ones. Among ways advocated for a resolution of the problems is a sovereign national conference, or a conference of ethnic nationalities. The call for a sovereign national conference has become a refrain in South-West Nigeria because of its immediate past experience under the military. Despite initial opposition, ethnic groups from the East and South-South have also joined the demand. This demand has gained added urgency in the wake of the Kaduna riots and matters were not helped by the public call for the murder of Daniels from the Deputy-Governor of the Zamfara State. The federal government has been resolutely against this. Both the executive and the legislature have always asserted that as elected representatives of the people, it is their responsibility to discuss issues affecting Nigerians and not other extra-deliberating assemblies. With the anger among Nigerians, it is safe to state, as Obijiofor said, that, Regardless of what politicians might say, Nigeria is simply clinging loosely and desperately on the precipice of disintegration. One source of angst has been the perceived kid gloves with which successive governments have treated perpetrators of violence in the past, especially for those that occur in the North. Afenifere, a Yoruba pressure group, is of the opinion that things go beyond the common belief that the riots were religious. It asserted that they had a political coloration. Afeniferes National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Dayo Adeyeye, said the group was concerned about the partiality of the federal government in dealing with cases of riots in different parts of the country. Afenifere, he said, is puzzled as to why the Kaduna and Abuja crises were treated lightly, whereas in other places such as Odi in Bayelsa State, Lagos State and Zaki Biam in Benue State, the federal government came with heavy hands. It appears as though the government is determined to address these fears. Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, has ruled out the usual practice of establishing a commission of inquiry to look at the riots. Talking to newsmen following the arrest of those alleged to be involved in the riots, Makarfi said his government is determined to prosecute the men to the letter. This has been supported by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. In his reaction to the carnage, he told journalists that we will do whatever is necessary to confront the situation. This situation has to be confronted. Those who instigated the crisis are callous and they must be brought to book. If this is not done, then Nigerians might be left to wonder what use is a country that could neither protect their lives or property. Then things might really start to fall apart. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-30 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 49 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 this union be saved? Ethnic riots dressed up in religion kill hundreds 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 14 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title First Democratic and Teaching Forum for the Salvadoran Community VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication La Tribuna Hispana USA VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Matt Corey VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body In the interest of fostering a more active political and economic exchange between the Salvadoran community living in the United States and their home country, the U.S. Salvadoran Chamber of Commerce will hold the First Democratic and Teaching Forum for the Salvadoran Community on April 21 at Nassau Community College in Garden City, N.Y. On hand will be three representatives of El Salvadors principle political parties: Party of National Conciliation (PCN), Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA), and Farabundo Martí Front for National Liberation (FMLN). The agenda of this conference seeks a new relationship with political and economic events in the country of our birth, in the quest to build active participation in the development of our community in the United States and our country, said Chamber President Emilio Ruíz. One of the most interesting aspects of this forum will be the participation of students representing the second generation of Salvadorans living in the United States. Among the discussion topics of concern to this generation is whether it is feasible to pass a bill giving the vote to Salvadorans abroad, as is permitted the citizens of other countries living in the United States. [See Colombian Congress elections held in Queens, in Voices 12.] The concept is not just political outreach, but business outreach as well, said Ruíz. One of our objectives is to incorporate Salvadorans from all generations into entrepreneurial life as a means of interaction between both countries. Invited to this years forum are Salvadoran Assemblymen Elizardo González Lovo, of PCN; Dr. Norman Quijano, of ARENA; and Ms. Iliana Rogel, of FMLN. The Chamber of Commerce says the forum is of central importance for the Salvadoran community with roots in the northeastern United States, in particular for the youth of Salvadoran origin who currently attend colleges and universities in the area. Many of them have demonstrated great interest in participating. The presence of Salvadoran politicians creates the possibility of establishing a dialogue and a closer relationship in which members of the Salvadoran community in the United States, many of whom have been the primary economic support for their country in the past two decades, can make their voices and concerns heard and begin to open the doors to the establishment of a more active and decisive participation in the future. Members of our community send over $1.7 billion a year to our country in order to sustain the families who stayed there, said Ruíz. In contrast to what happens in the U.S., the country that we have adopted as our new home, economic power has not been transformed into political power. And its time to make it happen. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-04-02 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File v14b2.doc VTMBH Article: Hit Count 100 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 First Democratic and Teaching Forum for the Salvadoran Community 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. 2002-04-02 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 40 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title Suit filed against school for discrimination VTMBH Article: Author Enrique Soria VTMBH Article: Publication El Diario / La Prensa VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator SEIU 32BJ VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body SEIU Local 32BJ filed a sexual discrimination lawsuit against the Chapin School, a private school, on behalf of two women workers. The union is up in arms because the women were intimidated and dismissed from their jobs for attempting to join the union. María Alemán and Elsa González said yesterday that at the end of the vacation period the school informed them they no longer had jobs. They fired us because we signed a card to join the union. Thats the only reason, because they werent giving us any other reason, said Alemán, who worked for several years as a cleaner at the Chapin School, located on the Upper East Side. José Asiar and Cristian Cedeño are two other workers facing the same misfortune, although school Principal Sandra Theunick let it be known, through a letter, that the schools position was not to oppose unionization. In the letter, the principal says she recognizes the workers right to seek union representation through National Labor Relations Board-supervised elections. Local 32BJ said that in a different case, it is charging the school with violating of several basic regulations, such as holding illegal captive meetings with its workers to ask them about their participation in the unionization effort; questioning them about their intention to join the union; threatening supportive employees; offering rewards if they reject the unionizing drive; and printing and distributing intimidating letters in connection to the campaign. Regarding the discrimination lawsuit filed by Alemán and González, the union points out that while in June 2002 González and Alemán made $8.47 and $9.42 an hour respectively, most of the male cleaners doing the same type of work made anywhere from $11.29 to $16.24 an hour. The union underscored that the lawsuit for sexual discrimination includes the charge that The Chapin School never offered the two women full-time work when, in fact, the school could have used their help. 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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 1 VTMBH Article: Title Korean supermarkets struggle for survival as another Han Arem Market opens in Flushing VTMBH Article: Author Eunsook Lim VTMBH Article: Publication Korea Daily News VTMBH Article: Original Language Korean VTMBH Article: Translator Bo Kwon VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb As Han Arem Market, one of the biggest Korean food retail stores in the United States, prepares to open its new branch in Murray Hill, Flushing, many Korean supermarkets have begun a bitter struggle for survival in this heavily Korean-populated area. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body As Han Arem Market, one of the biggest Korean food retail stores in the United States, prepares to open its new branch in Murray Hill, Flushing, many Korean supermarkets have begun a bitter struggle for survival in this heavily Korean-populated area. Indeed, cutthroat competition seems unavoidable. Han Arem plans to launch a large promotion at the end of this month, when its Han Arem Asian Market in Murray Hill opens. And Han Yang Super Market and Assi Plaza are preparing to retaliate with major sales on summer merchandise. Heeyun Park, the general manager of Assi Plaza, said, Were taking measures to counteract the opening of the 15th Han Arem Asian Market. We will drastically lower the prices of summer merchandise and improve our services, so that we do not lose our customers. Accordingly, Assi Plaza has lowered the prices of summer mats, meat, vegetables, and barbecue supplies, in addition to beans and glutinous rice cakes, which are crucial ingredients for the bean ice flakes with syrup, a traditional Korean summer treat. Currently, the mats are 20 percent off, while barbecue supplies and ice creams are 10 percent and 50 percent off, respectively. Park also said that Assi plans to come up with various bonus prizes that will cater to the individual taste and needs of the customers. Han Yang Market, located only six blocks away from the Murray Hill Han Arem, plans to prolong its refrigerator giveaway, which originally started as a special World Cup event and has received favorable responses from customers. Starting at the end of this month, Han Yang also plans to enlarge its stock of camping and outdoor supplies and lower their prices. Jong-gun Oh, the director of Han Yang Market, said, Although some losses are expected from the opening of Han Arem Asian Market nearby, we will fight back with better quality products and high-class services. Meanwhile, Han Arem Asian Market is finishing up its interior construction and plans to launch a major publicity campaign to commemorate the grand opening. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-07-12 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 157 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 Korean supermarkets struggle for survival as another Han Arem Market opens in Flushing 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. As Han Arem Market, one of the biggest Korean food retail stores in the United States, prepares to o 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. 2002-07-12 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 23 VTMBH Article: Article Order 6 VTMBH Article: Title Wounds reopened between Haitians and African-Americans VTMBH Article: Author Macollvie Jean-Francois VTMBH Article: Publication Haitian Times VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Long-standing tensions between Haitians and African-Americans in Ashbury Park flared at a high school fight in April. Several students were charged, and school administrators and community leaders are again trying to build trust between the two sides. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Brothers Restaurant offers Haitian rice and beans and tassot, white rice and beef in okra sauce, chicken gizzards, and American treats like french fries, and macaroni and cheese on the same menu. While their foods go well together, it is a stark contrast to the reality of the relationship between Haitian-American and African-American children at the local high school and their parents. In March, a fight broke out between about a dozen African-American and Haitian students, a few days after a handful of African-American teenagers told some Haitian students who wanted to attend an off-campus party that they were not welcome. The Ashbury Park Press reported that four boys, ages 16 and 17, were charged with simple assault, disorderly conduct and rioting. A 16-year-old filed a complaint against a fifth boy, a 15-year-old, for a chair that was thrown at him. The 16-year-old had to get 10 stitches over an eye. Theres always been this tension between the African-American students and the Haitian population, said Antonio Lewis, school superintendent in Ashbury Park. It is based primarily on ignorance. A Panamanian man who has worked in Ashbury Parks school system for 10 years, Lewis said adults have a lot to do with the ignorance that has persisted through the generations. The superintendent said African-Americans viewed Haitians as non-blacks. Haitians, he said, tried to embrace African-Americans at first, but the younger generation has decided to treat the African-Americans the same way African-Americans treat them. In the towns one middle school and one high school, students would bring disputes from the streets to the classrooms. Herman Larose, vice president of the Coalition for Haitian-American Empowerment, arrived in Ashbury Park 17 years ago. He said African-Americans were jealous of the work, business, houses, cars and progress that Haitians were making and accused them of trying to take over the town. This week, as Haitiansboth those born here and those from Haitiproudly display their music, food, dress, dance and religion from across the United States, with flags wrapped around some parts of their bodies, so will Ashbury Park Haitians. The Coalition will present a cultural show and Flag Day parade May 18. The celebration will feature two youth contests; one for the best flag costume and another for best writing about Haiti. Jean Villa Saraison, president of the Coalition for Haitian-American Empowerment, said the contest is open to all because the coalition works with youth of all backgrounds to education them about each other. We try to tell them that were the same, Saraison said. If there is any advancement taking place in the town, its not only Haitians who will benefit. A Haitian doesnt go anywhere for nothing, Larose said. They go for work and to make money. George Wilson, a sociologist at the University of Miami, said it is common for Haitian immigrants to conflict with other groups as they settle in the New York metropolitan area. What might be going on is that the working class is coming into direct conflict and competition, Wilson said. The U.S. Census reports that there are 16,799 residents in Ashbury Park. Larose said about 6,000 of them are Haitian. He said counting those living in nearby towns Neptune and Ocean, there is a total of 10,000 Haitians in the area. A semi-industrial hamlet 50 miles south of New York City, housing construction, Caribbean and Mexican-owned businesses, and factories mingle along its main streets. The seashore town has changed since the mid-1990s when people visited the town for entertainment. Its famous boardwalk along the Atlantic Ocean and historical buildings are now decrepit, isolated or being renovated. In Bruce Springsteens Greetings from Ashbury Park, the musician sings about the fate of this once jewel of the Jersey Shore that started its trip downhill in the early 1980s, about the same time Haitians began settling here. Mark Moran, a former resident who grew up there during its heyday, wrote in Weird New Jersey, Whatever could go wrong in Ashbury Park, did. The economy crashed. The working class ran out of work and became the welfare class. The mental patients and druggies moved in. So did the prostitutes. Saraison said, This is an area that was run down that is now being rebuilt. Its mostly foreigners doing that. Saraison said one of the goals of the coalition is to organize the Haitian population in Ashbury Park into a strong economic and political force. Felix Estivaine, chef at Brothers Restaurant, said area Haitians could do more. Maybe they are afraid to go forward, said Estivaine. Theyre living, but there are Haitians in other places who are living better. Up until about a decade ago, many Haitian-Americans born in the United States kept their Haitian parentage a secret for fear of being targeted. Those who grew up here over the past 30 years tell stories of being chased, beaten and insulted with words. Rudolph Pierre, chairman of the citys Housing Authority, told the Ashbury Park Press that he and his brother got into fights with African-American students when they came from Haiti in 1965. We had to fight our way to acceptance because we spoke a different language, he said. Our culture was different. According to the Ashbury Park Press, community leaders have asked school administrators to help resolve the conflict between the students and that the school district responded by conducting two forums on Haitian and African-American relations during the months before the March fight. Students, teachers and parents demanded that those involved in the March brawl be expelled from the high school, Lewis said. Lewis put the eleven students involved, both Haitian and African-American, into an after-school and Saturday program that is held in one room. It has been a tremendous success, Lewis said. These youngsters are interfacing with one another. We have not had a problem since. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-05-21 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 181 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 Wounds reopened between Haitians and African-Americans 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 30 VTMBH Article: Article Order 5 VTMBH Article: Title Learning English in El Barrio VTMBH Article: Author Odalys T. Martínez VTMBH Article: Publication Siempre VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Hannah Emmerich VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb When the Aguilar Language Learning Center opened its doors six years ago, its students were almost exclusively Spanish speakers; in fact, 90 percent were Mexican. Since then, however, the center, as well as El Barrio, grew to include large numbers of African, Turkish, Pakistani, Nepalese, and Angolan visitors. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body When the Aguilar Language Learning Center opened its doors six years ago, its students were almost exclusively Spanish speakers; in fact, 90 percent were Mexican. Since then, however, the center, as well as El Barrio, grew to include large numbers of African, Turkish, Pakistani, Nepalese, and Angolan visitors. Brooks Emerson, director of the Aguilar Center, affectionately refers to it as the United Nations Center. People from different nations converge here daily, and though they may not share the same language or culture, they all have a common goal: learning English. Located in the Aguilar branch of the New York Public Library at 110th Street between Lexington and Third Avenues, the center offers its services to people older than 16 who do not attend school and whose knowledge of English does not exceed a fourth-grade level. With an average of 800 visitors a month and around 45 students a day, the center has experienced in a sharp increase in enrollment over the last two years; currently, there are 135 students actively enrolled. The center has 17 computers for both students and visitors with more than 100 literacy, pronunciation, and conversation programs at different levels. The center is also equipped with audio-visual programs and a large collection of textbooks and bibliographical materials. The center offers small reading and writing workshops conducted by volunteers. The eventual goal of these classes is for students to be able to write a letter or put together a résumé. Students in these more advanced groups enroll in a year-long course that meets twice a week. The Aguilar Center was born out of a community investment initiative by Banco Santander in El Barrio. The program has since been continued by the New York City Adult Literacy Initiative. Emerson, who started at the center as a volunteer in 1996 and became director in 1997, is a silent hero who has helped thousands of immigrants learn English. Last month, Emerson decided to the leave the center to teach English in Turkey. He said he wants to know first-hand the experience of living in a country without the full knowledge of the native language. This is what millions of newcomers to the United States must do in order to overcome their often minimal knowledge of English and get ahead. 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When the Aguilar Language Learning Center opened its doors six years ago, its students were almost e 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. 2002-08-26