4 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 43 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title City homeless program rewards bad landlords VTMBH Article: Author Heather Haddon VTMBH Article: Publication Norwood News VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Faced with a growing homelessness crisis, New York City is paying Park Avenue prices to some of the worst landlords to house people it cannot fit into its exploding shelter system. The result, tenant activists and housing advocates say, is a topsy-turvy system that encourages landlords to flout housing codes and drive long-time tenants out. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Faced with a growing homelessness crisis, New York City is paying Park Avenue prices to some of the worst landlords to house people it cannot fit into its exploding shelter system. The result, tenant activists and housing advocates say, is a topsy-turvy system that encourages landlords to flout housing codes and drive long time tenants out. The case of one tenant illustrates the pitfalls of a program intended to merely house the homeless. Rosaura Robles was placed in an apartment at 2234 Davidson Ave. with her five children through the scatter-site program. It exists as a temporary fix for a shelter system bursting at the seams. When she first moved into the cramped one-bedroom, which only had bunk beds, Robles slept on the floor. She was eight months pregnant at the time. While her social worker helped Robles get a couch (landlords are supposed to provide basic furniture in the program), her unit remains decrepit. The walls are covered with an overpoweringly foul-smelling mildew from perpetually leaking pipes. Yet this substandard shelter didnt come cheap. In the six months of putting up Robles and her familyincluding one son who is autistic and another whose leg was amputatedthe Department of Homeless Services (DHS) shelled out more than $18,000 to Buchanan Realty, despite the fact that the building has racked up over 300 housing code violations. Before placing homeless families in an apartment, DHS is required to make sure the unit is cleared of housing code violations. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), another city agency, has a website that lists housing code violations for every building in the city and is accessible to anyone with a computer. DHS also claims to conduct periodic visits to ensure standards. But tenants say this doesnt happen and that there is little if any communication between the two agencies. The Homeless Services Department and HPD dont talk to each other, said Yvette Smith, who was placed in the building through the scatter-site program. According to Barbara Flynn, chief-of-staff for HPD, 2234 Davidson Ave. is currently under review by her agencys anti-abandonment unitthe last stage for a problem building with an uncooperative landlord before HPD brings legal action. [DHS] doesnt tell us what buildings they are going into beforehand, Flynn said. If they were to say, What do you think of this building? we would tell them. Working with the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, tenant activists are beginning to organize to draw attention to the scatter-site programs failures. If [the landlords] are getting money from the city for us, we should be getting something for the building, said Marta Cruz, a long time tenant who is working on a multi-building organizing campaign with the Coalition. <i>Program started in 1983</i> The citys scatter-site programofficially known as the Emergency Assistance Rehousing Program (EARP)began in 1983. EARP paid stipends and bonuses to private and non-profit landlords to house homeless families in hotels and apartment buildings. Ineffective for its first 10 years, EARP only grew when landlords received, in addition to the bonuses, federal Section 8 subsidies for low-income housing. In 1994, a peak of 3,072 homeless families were placed in private housing according to a report issued by the Citizens Housing and Planning Council, a city public interest organization. Scatter-site has become the principal method of housing the homeless outside the citys overflowing shelter system. Homeless people placed in private housing jumped from less than 5 to over 40 percent between 1989 and 1997. As of February, DHS paid about 60 private entities to house the homeless. Scatter-site management companies account for 16. There are 14 scatter-site properties in the northwest Bronx, in Fordham, Kingsbridge Heights and Norwood, along with University Heights and Mount Hope. According to residents, the proportion of scatter-site tenants in these buildings has been increasing rapidly. Willia McKeiver, a resident of 1920 Walton Ave. for 24 years, remembers there were 12 scatter-site tenants in her building last year. Now, over a quarter of the 80-unit building is devoted to EARP. Doing the math explains why. A one-time bonus received by landlords to house a family starts at $2,000 and caps-off at $10,000 (for eight). Landlords also receive roughly $95 a day per family. To date, Buchanan Realty, management company for 2234 Davidson, has made an estimated $25,000 from the Robles family. Though a weathered apartments available sign is still tacked to 2234 Davidson Ave., permanent residents are far less profitable than the 10 EARP tenants there. For instance, Buchanan Realty has received only half as much from permanent resident Anthony Holmes and his wife in their two years of occupying their apartment than it has from Robles in only six months. <i>A cash cow</i> The landlords have found a cash cow, McKeiver said. Most [landlords] in the area have found it . . . and its too hard for them to look away. Other area landlords who participate in EARP include Nick Haros, Barry Singer and Frank Palazollo, landlord of 3569 DeKalb Ave. in Norwood, another violation-plagued building where a fire resulted in the death of a boy last August. With EARP placement paying way above market rates, permanent residents worry that landlords are being rewarded for allowing poor conditions to fester, thereby encouraging those who can leave to do so in order to make room for the lucrative scatter-site placements. Sylvia Rodriguez said that she and her multi-generational familyfrom Rodriguez grandmother to her own daughterwere evicted after complaining about her apartments conditions. After seeking help from housing officials, they returned to the building. But the problems in her apartment are still legion. Tubs, cabinets and walls leak, and hot water is a rarity. The kitchen has one electrical outlet, so the stove must be plugged in with three extension cords running past the sink. Rodriguez, who shies from bathing her two-year-old in the leaking tub, fears she will be electrocuted in the kitchen sink. I could try to fix up the apartment for Christmas, said Rodriguez, who mops up excess water some 10 times a day, but whats the point? Buchanan Realty did not return a call seeking comment. Tenants, organizers, and housing experts say the way scatter-site has been implemented is a recipe for destabilizing buildings and neighborhoods. One main concern is that landlords have been filling vacant apartments exclusively with EARP placements. Increasing the density of homeless families to unsupportive levels becomes a dangerous environment to those living there before, according to Frank Barconi of the Citizens Housing and Planning Council. This is especially true if temporary residents are not getting the services they need from the program. Landlords are contractually obligated to provide support services like help with finding permanent housing. Too often that support is poor or non-existent, organizers say. The quality of support services [the homeless] are getting has always been an issue, Barconi said. Tenants say all this makes for strained relationships within already difficult buildings. The pushing of [scatter-site tenants] into buildings is making residents angry with each other, McKeiver said. Its not good for the community. While DHS officials did not respond to calls from the Norwood News, organizers who recently met with Mary Hall, director of EARP, were unsatisfied with the agencys regulations. Theres no contract with the landlords per se, said McKeiver after the meeting. Its just a handshake. Tenants are working to hold DHS more accountable. Organizers are drafting letters to officials detailing the buildings violations. And, as the Norwood News went to press on Tuesday night, tenants were scheduled to have a meeting with senior HPD and DHS officials at the parish hall of Our Lady of Refuge Church in North Fordham. <i>Lead paint and rats</i> Yvette Smith will tell you theres a lot at stake. Down the rickety stairs at 2234 Davidson Ave. and past the mailboxes, which no longer lock or receive mail, Yvette Smith lives with her four children. About a year ago, she accepted the EARP placement when her daughter got asthma after a three-week stint at the Emergency Assistance Unit. While an improvement, she remains unsatisfied. When Smith moved into her first EARP placement in the building, she discovered that the apartment had dangerous levels of lead paint. Now in a second apartment, there are still problems. My cats are scared of the rats, said Smith. She is even more fearful of the buildings environment where, according to many tenants, drugs and burglary are on the rise. Smith has her brother stay there during the day and as she said, I keep the phone near the bed. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-12-04 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 166 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 City homeless program rewards bad landlords 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 3 VTMBH Article: Title Personal enmity within the Pakistani community responsible for many arrests, according to a senior Pakistani Embassy official VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication News Pakistan VTMBH Article: Original Language Urdu VTMBH Article: Translator Rehan Ansari VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Imran Ali, second secretary at the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, D.C., recently spoke about the arrests and deportations of Pakistanis living in the United States. Ali, who is responsible for dealing with the arrests and deportations, said some surprising things. He attributed an alarming 30 percent of post-September 11th arrests to Pakistanis informing on each other. He cited an example of one woman who called the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) on her daughter-in-law. When at first the INS did not respond, she took her daughter-in-laws passport to the INS office. She succeeded. The official said that the deportation of 131 people to Pakistan in June occurred because of the embassys efforts. Otherwise, Ali said, the incarceration and deportation process could have dragged on interminably. The June deportees made statements to the Pakistani media about mistreatment in American jails and on the flight, but Ali said that he personally accompanied the deportees on the flight and there was no mistreatment. He said that they were fed seven meals, they were not forced to eat pork, they were allowed to use the bathrooms, and they were restrained with plastic handcuffs. Moreover, he said that Pakistanis who remain incarcerated will soon be deported to Pakistan, where they will not be investigated. Ali added that the rate of FBI and INS incarceration of Pakistanis has slowed. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-08-09 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 87 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 Personal enmity within the Pakistani community responsible for many arrests, according to a senior P 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 27 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Corporate scandals rock Ireland, United States VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Irish Voice VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb There are striking similarities between the recent financial scandals in Ireland and the United States which have made such a deep impact on both sides of the Atlantic. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body There are striking similarities between the recent financial scandals in Ireland and the United States which have made such a deep impact on both sides of the Atlantic. In Ireland, a group close to former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Charles Haughey that came to be known as the golden circle helped themselves to tax-free offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands looked after by a bagman of Haugheys, Des Traynor. Traynor himself moved far beyond the Haughey circle, and obtained funds from leading business and society figures for illegally stashing money in the offshore accounts. The Ansbacher affair, as it has come to be known in Ireland, has severely dented consumer confidence there, and may indeed be only the tip of the iceberg. In the last year alone, we have seen huge financial scandals engulf such major Irish companies as Allied Irish Bank and the drug maker Elan. There may well be more shoes to drop in the future. At a time when average Irish taxpayers were burdened by the highest income taxes in Europe, the elite were finding a way to satisfy their greed and desire to beat the system. Something similar has happened in the United States, where once again ordinary individuals have been shortchanged by the greed and power lust of many in corporate America. When one reads that the Oracle CEO made $780 million in 2001 alone, it becomes evident that the system is out of control and badly needs fixing. It is safe to say that on both sides of the Atlantic, far stricter rules are needed to restore the confidence of average investors and, indeed, the ordinary taxpaying public. The Ansbacher affair is just the latest in a series of financial scandals which have clearly proved that there is one law for the rich and another for ordinary Irish citizens. What would clearly work in both Ireland and the United States would be the sternest possible jail sentences for many of those caught up in these Ponzi pyramid schemes. It is only when such sentences are meted out that these high-flyers will finally stand up and pay attention. While no one doubts that the vast majority of businessmen and women in Ireland and the United States are honest and hard-working, there is little doubt that the explosion in the stock market over the last decades had allowed a highly unscrupulous group of operators to function almost without detection. The end result has been a major falling off in confidence in both countries, and harm to the business climate which, if it continues, will have dire consequences. Both Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and U.S. President George W. Bush have now made it clear that they believe those caught up in these scams should go to jail. For too long in both countries, white collar crime has somehow seen viewed as lesser than other types of criminal activity and jail sentences have been very rare. That must now change if confidence is to return to the system. This week, the two top officers of Irish drug company Elan, which has been caught up in the accounting scandals, resigned their positions. It is perhaps the first sign that these issues are finally being taken seriously by those in power. With the stock market in Ireland and the United States reeling from the weekly scandals, it can only be hoped that they will not be the last to lose their jobs. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-07-16 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 Corporate scandals rock Ireland, United States 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. There are striking similarities between the recent financial scandals in Ireland and the United Stat 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. 2002-07-16 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 35 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title Poll: No Jewish-GOP Surge; As elections near, Gallup survey shows little shift rightward post September 11th VTMBH Article: Author James D. Besser VTMBH Article: Publication Jewish Week VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body With midterm congressional elections only weeks away, Republican leaders continue to hope that President George W. Bushs strong pro-Israel positions and leadership in the war on terror will entice Jewish voters to the GOP side of the aisle. But a new Gallup Poll splashes cold water on those hopes. According to the survey, which examines party identification by religion, there was little meaningful change in the ways in which Americans of any religious leaning identified their basic political orientation after September 11th. That includes Jewish voters, whose identification with the Republican Party remains below 20 percent. Those numbers come only months after a surge of news stories describing an impending shift to the GOP in response to Bushs strong support for Israels campaign against suicide bombers and the growing pro-Israel zeal of congressional Republicans. Those reports also took note of the relative silence on Israel by congressional Democrats. In a series of polls combined because individual surveys do not include enough Jewish respondents to be statistically reliable50 percent of Jews surveyed claim Democratic affiliation, about one-third call themselves independents and only 17 percent identify as Republicans. That stands in sharp contrast to Protestants, with 39 percent identifying as Republicans and 32 percent as Democrats. The party identification of Jews appears to be remarkably stable, according to the Gallup report. An analysis of over 30,000 Gallup Poll interviews conducted from 1992 to 2001 shows almost exactly the same distribution of party identification among the Jewish population, as is the case in the most recent year and a half. The Jewish sample consisted of 408 respondents. Marshall Wittman, a senior fellow with the conservative Hudson Institute, said the data reflect what GOP leaders have known for a long time: Despite the media hype about a big shift, Jewish voters continue to cling to old voting patterns. Im not surprised by the Republican numbers, he said. Especially at the congressional level, the Jewish community is still a very tough nut to crack for the Republican Party. You hear many more positive things about Bush [among Jews], but that is unlikely to translate into votes for other Republicans. In data collected through 2001, an overwhelming majority of Jews73 percentdescribed themselves as moderate or liberal, only 23 percent as conservative. Forty-two percent of Protestants and 34 percent of Catholics claimed the conservative label. Bushs job approval ratings among Jewish voters surged after September 11th, but they remained significantly below the levels of Catholics and Protestants. According to the most recent numbers, 66 percent of Jews surveyed approve of Bushs handling of his job, compared to 81 percent of Protestants and 82 percent of Catholics. The poll, Wittman said, included one hopeful sign for the GOP: the surprisingly high number of Jews who identify themselves as independents. Jews have been overwhelmingly Democratic in identification over the years, he said. Any weakening of that identification has to be good for the Republicans. If you pushed most of these independents, they would still probably vote Democratic. Still, its a departure from the New Deal generation. A top political scientist agreed. The history of American party identification is that when groups are shifting from one party to another, they dont do it in one fell swoop, said Benjamin Ginsberg, a professor at Johns Hopkins University. Generally they do it through third party or independent phases. Republican politicians who have mastered the argot of the Jewish community and who have unimpeachable pro-Israel credentials may be able to tap that independent bloc, he said, citing the example of former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Still, any change is likely to be slow and incremental. There wont be any stampedes, Ginsberg said. Jewish Democrats were crowing about the survey. In a statement, the National Jewish Democratic Council said the Gallup analysis is particularly significant because of a recent Hillel survey of Jewish college freshmen showing that only 9.5 percent of those surveyed consider themselves conservative or far right. Viewed together, these studies take on the myths that American Jewish adults are moving towards the right, and that Jewish college students are doing likewise, said NJDC director Ira Forman. Matthew Brooks, executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, downplayed the significance of the Gallup numbers. We never expected a realignment of [voter] registration, he said. What is clear over the last few election cycles is a realignment of votes. There is undisputable evidence that more and more Jews are voting for Republican candidates across the board. Brooks also said that other surveys show that up to 48 percent of Jews would consider voting for Bush in 2004, which we see as the most encouraging aspect. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-09-20 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 71 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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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 3 VTMBH Article: Title Yes, there is discrimination in the NYPD, Latino officers say VTMBH Article: Author Marimer Navarete VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Telesh Lopez VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Anthony Miranda president of the Latino Police Association accused the NYPD of discrimination against Latino officers at press conference this week. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The president of the Latino Police Association charged that the Chief of Patrol, Nicholas Estavillo, lies when he says that the Police Department of New York City does not practice discrimination. To say that in the NYPD, Hispanics are not discriminated against is untrue, said Anthony Miranda during a press conference at City Hall. Miranda based his declaration on news published Wednesday in Hoy about Estavillos promotion to the Chief of Patrol in January. No Hispanic reached a rank this high before. In the same article, Estavillo said, I cannot say I was discriminated against because I got used to this society quite easily, which facilitated my career and my competition. He added, like in any other agency or career, one always tries to have a future in the NYPD, but we need to acknowledge that Hispanics have progressed very much in the last 15 to 20 years because there are many of us in high ranks. Miranda says he is not attacking Estavillo, but simply wants to clarify that his promotion is an isolated case, and does not mean that there are more Latinos in high positions in the NYPD. His declaration implies to let the public that everything is ok, which creates a false sense of security, that our community is fine, when it is not, said the Puerto Rican officer. Estavillo was promoted not only because of his skills, but because his ethnic origin. We want to clarify that it took about 150 years for this promotion to occur, and 33 years of Estavillos tenure at the NYPD. If there truly is no discrimination, Estavillo would not have to say that he was not discriminated against, Miranda. To explain his position, Miranda presented an extensive list of statistics about Latinos in the NYPD. For example, of the 20 assistants to the Chief of Police, only three are Latino. Of the 30 vice chiefs, only one is Latino. Of the 78 inspectors, 3 are Latino. Of the 133 deputy inspectors, only four are Latino. Of the 440 captains, only 12 are Latino. And when we see the Latinos who have been promoted, none of them have dark skin, so we can conclude that if they look more white, they have a better chance of being promoted, said Miranda. 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Anthony Miranda president of the Latino Police Association accused the NYPD of discrimination agains 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. 2002-04-01 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 29 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Korean-Americans protest U.S. military killing of two Korean girls and demand immediate withdrawal of American troops in South K VTMBH Article: Author Yong-il Shin VTMBH Article: Publication Korea Times New York VTMBH Article: Original Language Korean VTMBH Article: Translator Bo Kwon VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The families of Hyo Soon Shin and Mi Sun Shim, two 13-year old girls crushed to death by a U.S. armored vehicle last month in South Korea, are planning to visit the United States. We are promoting the victims families visit to let people know what really happened. Its not definite yet, but theres a possibility that the girls parents will be in the United States some time in August, said Sharon Ayling, the chairman of the Committee for the Withdrawal of U.S. Troops in Korea at the International Action Center (IAC). The IAC is an American organization that promotes the withdrawal of American troops from South Korea and urges President George W. Bush to publicly apologize for this incident. The Korea Truth Commission, a Korea-based organization operating in New York City, joined the IAC on July 31, in front of the U.S. army recruiting office located in Times Square. They demonstrated for an immediate withdrawal of the U.S. military in South Korea, and pledged to continue to expose the tragic deaths of the two girls. Rev. Kiyul Chung, secretary general of the Korea Truth Commission, spoke to the 20 Korean and American demonstrators at the gathering, saying, The U.S. army had the nerve to continue their military training even after the deaths of these children. Everyday, there are demonstrations in Korea, and young people are publicly burning the American flag. The American troops must withdraw. Other Korean-American organizations also participated in the demonstration, including the National Association of Korean Americans and the Congress for Korean Reunification. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-08-02 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 107 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-Americans protest U.S. military killing of two Korean girls and demand immediate withdrawal o 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 11 VTMBH Article: Article Order VTMBH Article: Title Foul play investigated by Pentagon VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Filipino Reporter VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb The U.S. Defense Department is considering foul play as a possible cause of the crash in the Philippines that killed 10 soldiers VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The U.S. Defense Department is not ruling out foul play in last week's crash of a special operations helicopter taking part in the joint RP-US military exercises in Mindanao, the Phillipines. The crash, off Negros Oriental, killed all ten soldiers on board. Foul play was being eyed as a possible cause, in the light of reports that an explosion accompanied the crash of the Chinook MH-47E helicopter, though it is still unclear if the blast occurred while the aircraft was still airborne or upon hitting the waters off Apo Island. "There was an explosion of some sort," Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke said. "What they didn't know as of yesterday [Feb. 26] was whether it was the result of hitting the water." "Since investigation was still underway, we just can't tell whether there was foul play," Clarke stressed. She added that misperceptions were not uncommon in disasters. A team of safety experts arrived Tuesday in Cebu City to conduct a probe. U.S. military officials initially ruled out hostile fire as principal cause of the crash. Witnesses have told the authorities they saw the helicopter plunge to the water in flames. The Chinook went down into the shark-infested Bohol Strait off Zamboangita town in Negros Oriental while on a night flight from Basilian Island in Mindanao to Cebu City. The bodies of three of the ten U.S. servicemen aboard were recovered by local fishermen who immediately responded to the accident. The remaining seven were still missing and given up for dead. The ill-fated chopper was flying in tandem with a second Chinook MH-47E when it went down some 30 minutes before its scheduled arrival at Mactan Airbase in Cebu. Tragedy struck just after the chopper shuttled between Zamboanga City and Basilian, ferrying U.S. troops and military equipment in preparation for the joint maneuvers viewed as the second front of Washington's global war on terror after Afghanistan. The U.S. special forces are about to complete an observation phase and will soon begin drawing up training courses for their Filipino counterparts. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-03-07 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File news48.doc VTMBH Article: Hit Count 56 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 Foul play investigated by Pentagon 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 U.S. Defense Department is considering foul play as a possible cause of the crash in the Philipp 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. 2002-03-07 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 41 VTMBH Article: Article Order 9 VTMBH Article: Title Filipino supporters blame Gonzalez defeat on lack of support from Fil-Am community VTMBH Article: Author Anthony D. Advincula VTMBH Article: Publication Filipino Express VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section elec02 VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Several Filipinos blamed Charley Gonzalezs lopsided loss to Hispanic Democrat Jose Peralta on the lack of support from the Filipino-American community. Gonzalez, who was a strong bet to be the first Filipino state Assemblyman for the 39th District in Queens, had unofficial returns of 2,020 votes (26 percent) against Peralta with 5,721 votes (76 percent). The truth is that we never really supported Charley to win in the race. Not because he is not competent to do the job, but we dont like one of our own kind to be known, to be successful in his political career said 66-year-old Gloria Mabalis of Forest Hills. This boils down to the crab-mentality of Filipinos. Gonzalezs supporters also added that very few Filipino-Americans made financial contributions to his electoral campaign. Of course, we didnt compel anyone to donate for a Filipino candidate. But this is just a reflection that Filipinos are not united and solid. Unlike the Hispanic community, where the spirit of oneness is very strong, said Armando de Leon, of Rego Park. De Leon, 49, said that Filipinos will always have a hard time producing leaders because of pride and jealousy between them.Lets face it. Filipinos somehow have a damaged culture. We prefer to support someone from a different ethnic background, if not an American, he said. Gonzalez, however, could not be reached for comment. Meanwhile, a Filipino-American voting organization said that the loss of Gonzalez, or of any other Filipino-American candidate in this election, can be attributed to several factors, and not solely to the lack of support from the Filipino community. Its a fallacy to say that we dont support Charley, or other Filipino candidates for this matter, said Milagros Nuyda, spokesperson of Filipino American Voters Association (FAVA). We should also look into the disparity of potential voters for Charley and his opponent. It is possible that there is a bigger Hispanic population in Queens that voted for Peralta than Filipinos for Gonzalez. The organization added that there may be more Filipinos in the Queens area, but they may not be legitimate voters. We should remember that neither permanent residents nor undocumented Filipinos can vote, said Nuyda. And most of the Filipinos are very much focused on how to earn money. Instead of going to the voting precincts, they rather prefer to proceed to their workplace and beef up their checks. 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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 15 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title Demonstration calls for end to Israeli occupation of Palestine VTMBH Article: Author Adrienne Haywood-James VTMBH Article: Publication Muslims VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords palestine, demonstration VTMBH Article: Body From 42nd Street and Broadway to 36th Street, protesters crowded together to demand an end to what they contend is Israels war against the Palestinians. Thousands of demonstrators from New York City-area mosques gathered in midtown Manhattan on April 12 to voice anger at Israels continued occupation of the West Bank. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-04-19 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File v15n4.doc VTMBH Article: Hit Count 118 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 Demonstration calls for end to Israeli occupation of Palestine 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 5 VTMBH Article: Title Tech layoffs leave immigrants with tough choice VTMBH Article: Author Stephen McKinley VTMBH Article: Publication Irish Echo VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Highly skilled immigrant workers in the U.S. who have been laid off during the recent economic downturn have fallen into a pit of legal uncertainty about their immigration status. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Highly skilled immigrant workers in the U.S. who have been laid off during the recent economic downturn have fallen into a pit of legal uncertainty about their immigration status. Many moved to the United States from Ireland and other countries training high-tech workers during the mid-1990s, attracted by higher salaries and a seemingly unending demand for their talents. The visa status of choice for American companies employing them was the L-1 visa or the H-1B. Both visas require foreign workers to remain employed by the company that sponsored their visa status. This presented problems when workers wished to leave for different jobs, but during the tech boom, companies were more than willing to soak up the high legal costs of recruiting foreigners and processing visas. Bigger problems began when workers were laid off in the tech slump of mid-2000 and found they had limited time to find new jobs before they were expected to leave the country. For those with mortgages and car paymentsnew lives in the new worldthe situation has been particularly uncertain. Nor, say immigration advice workers, has the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) been particularly helpful in clarifying the situation for foreign workers. "If an immigrant is laid off and entered the United States on H-1B status, the immigrant falls out of status immediately," said Kieran O'Sullivan of the Irish Immigration Center in Boston. "The law does not provide a grace period to persons in H-1B status who are laid off. However, in reality, the INS does provide a small amount of leeway to persons in H-1B status. If the immigrant submits an H-1B petition from a new employer within 30 days of their last day of employment, it is likely that the INS will accept the H-1B extension and change of employer. The immigrant begins accruing days of unlawful presence upon the expiration date on the immigrant I-94 attached to his or her passport." One Irish woman, whose case O'Sullivan said typified the fate of many, told the Echo that "things had been roaring along" until last year, when the economic slump hit. "My office went from about 170 employees to 50. Then by November 2000, it fell to 10," said Mary (not her real name). Then she herself was told she had been laid off. She described a complicated legal and immigration situation that left her confused, angry and at times frightened that what had started as a new life in the United States might come to an ugly end because of events beyond her control. "I'm not ready to go back and settle in Ireland," she said. "I've traveled out of a suitcase for years. I wanted to go buy a house and settle down." Her situation left her with 60 days to find a new job and begin processing a new visa. In the end, she was due to leave the United States on Feb. 1. She was rehired by her company on Jan. 28. She continued that her American colleagues were sympathetic but often had no idea what immigrants experience when their status becomes complicated or compromised. "They're completely free to come and go," she said. The fate of many high-tech workers has gone unnoticed since September 11th events have dominated the news. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-04-02 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File v14n5.doc VTMBH Article: Hit Count 76 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 Tech layoffs leave immigrants with tough choice 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. Highly skilled immigrant workers in the U.S. who have been laid off during the recent economic downt 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 38 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Councilman Alan Gerson works with several Chinese organizations to initiate an Asian American Art and Culture Center VTMBH Article: Author Florence Ng VTMBH Article: Publication Sing Tao Daily VTMBH Article: Original Language Chinese VTMBH Article: Translator Xiaoqing Rong VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Councilman Alan Gerson said that Chinatown must play a significant role in rebuilding lower Manhattan; to that end, he is petitioning the state government for research funds to investigate building an arts center in Chinatown. Local arts organizations, many of which are part of the planning, say such a center is badly needed. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body A special committee has been set up for economic recovery and improving the cultural atmosphere in the battered lower Manhattan, Councilman Alan Gerson announced yesterday. At the same time, he required the city, state and federal governments to allocate funds to build an Asian American Culture Center in the downtown area. The committee, CREATE, is composed of 13 cultural and economic representatives from Chinatown. Gerson, who was elected councilman in January, said that the development of Chinatown would play a significant role in rebuilding lower Manhattan. The development of Chinatown could bring multiple benefits to downtown Manhattan. And a new art and culture center would not only be an engine for the recovery of Chinatown, but also provide a cultural activity space for the whole community, said Gerson. I hope we could have an equivalent of Lincoln Center in Chinatown soon. Gerson emphasized that the new art and culture center would help encourage Chinatowns economy. The economy in Chinatown has been severely affected by September 11th. A new art and culture center here would stimulate tourism and bring commercial opportunities to this area, Gerson said. The proposal for the art and culture center is being developed. Gerson said he is going to petition the state government for $50,000 to fund the research phase of the plan. CREATE started to consider locations for the center. Among the possibilities is renovating the 141 Walker Street building, where a temporary September 11th assistance center was once located. The center would have plenty performance and exhibition space for Asian artists. The cost of the construction, Gerson said, would be covered by both government funding and community donations. He said he applied for funds from the state government and will conduct a community donation drive at a later time. The Chinese community is excited about the plan. Xiaoling Liu, chairwoman of theChinese Folk Dance Company, said a new art and culture center would be very helpful to arts organizations in the downtown area. We lack space for performances and exhibitions in this community. I hope the new center encourages more Chinese people to attend art and cultural activities, said Liu. Margaret Chin, deputy director of Chinese Americans for Equality, welcomes the new center. The only theater in Chinatown, New Voice Theater, closed. Now when the overseas art organizations visit Chinatown, for example, as the Canton Opera Troup did recently, we have to borrow the theaters of nearby middle schools for them to perform. It is very inconvenient. I hope we can change this situation soon, said Chan. The members include Director of Constituent Affairs at District One Tammy To; designer JK Mui; Deputy Executive Boardmember of the Asian American Art Association Lilian Cho; the Vice Executive Director of Asian Americans for Equality Margaret Chan, President of the Chinese Community Center Tingdian Ng; Asian American Bar Association member Rocky Chan; Executive Director of the Chinese Folk Dance Company Amy Chen; President of Asian American Business Development Center John Wang; Yin Gao from Chinese American Planning Council; Executive Director of the Museum of Chinese in the Americas Fay Chew; President of Chen and Dancers Dancing company, and a representative from Asian American Arts Center Zhenliang Ng. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-16 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 110 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Councilman Alan Gerson said that Chinatown must play a significant role in rebuilding lower Manhatta 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. 2002-10-16 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 45 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Black anti-war movement launched VTMBH Article: Author Donna Lamb VTMBH Article: Publication New York Beacon VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Well over 1,000 black, Latino, Asian and white people packed Rev. Herbert Daughtry's church to demand the U.S. government ''Wage War on Poverty and RacismNot on Iraq!'' Rev. Daughtry joined forces with Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) to hold one of the first major anti-war-on-Iraq events in New York's black community. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body ''Many churches call themselves House of the Lord,'' folks have said. ''But Rev. Herbert Daughtry's truly is the House of the Lord Church!'' That statement was sure lived up to on the evening of Thursday, Nov. 21 as the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Now Committee, founded by Rev. Daughtry, joined forces with Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) to hold one of the first major anti-war-on-Iraq events in New York's African American community. It was a beautiful sight to see well over 1,000 Black, Latino, Asian and White, older and younger people pack the main floor and balcony, as well as the lower level of the church, to demand of the United States government: ''Wage War on Poverty and RacismNot on Iraq!'' As Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney stated in her message, ''It is fitting, appropriate and just that we bring our activism for peace and against war to the Church. For it is in the Church where America's conscience resides.'' She spoke of earlier struggles in history where it was ''the Black church in particular which helped America find its soul.'' The evening's roster of powerful speakers began with ANSWER's Larry Holmes, who said, ''It is a kind of a war crime in and of itself that they're going to spend billions of dollars on this war at a time when they're closing senior citizen centers and limiting Meals on Wheels, raising tuition at CUNY and shutting down many homeless services. At the same time, there's all this money being wasted on murder! It's a crime!'' He spoke about the mass anti-war rally that the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Now Committee and ANSWER will hold in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Jan. 18, to mark Martin Luther King's birthday. ''King believed it was impossible to wage war on poverty while waging war on Vietnam,'' Holmes said. ''The same is true about Bush's war on Iraq. We must make our voices heard!'' Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark went on to spell out some of the almost inconceivable atrocities already committed by this country against the land and people of Iraq. For one thing, under George Bush Sr.'s initial assault, 110,000 bombs were dropped on them. ''That's one every 30 seconds, every minute, every hour, every day for 42 days,'' he said. It is the equivalent of seven and a half Hiroshimas.'' Clark explained, too, that by 1996, 575,000 children under the age of five had already died as a direct result of our manufactured and forced poverty in Iraq. And he said that this government manufactures poverty everywhere in the globeincluding in Brooklyn, upper Manhattan and all over the country. ''Some of the worst poverty in this hemisphere is on the Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota,'' he said. ''The only people more impoverished are people in Haiti, who are the poorest of any nation in this hemisphere because of us. We use our power to impoverish people all over the world. ''There's only one power left that can prevent another ungodly assault on Iraq,'' Clark stated. ''It's the power of the people. People have to stand up and take to the streets. We have to persevere until the government acts in accordance with the will of the people!'' Among the diverse speakers heard that night was the Rev. Paul Mayer from the New York City Forum of Concerned Religious Leaders. As a person who escaped from Nazi Germany, he said he's never before felt an atmosphere closer to the one that swept Germany during the rise of Fascism. He talked of the Total Information Awareness surveillance which, if it goes through, will result in the following: Every purchase you make with a credit card, every magazine subscription or book you check out of the library or buy and medical prescription you fill, every website you visit and e-mail you send or receive, every academic grade you receive, every bank deposit or trip you make and every event you attend will go into what the defense department describes as ''a virtual, centralized grand database.'' ''This is more than even the great dictators were able to carry out because they didn't have the tools necessary for it,'' he said. Jasmin Cruz, one of the people who helped organize the recent Youth Walk-Out in which tens of thousands of New York students walked out of school to protest the war, spoke on behalf of Student ANSWER. She talked of the key place youth hold in the struggle and of how crucial it is that young people make their voices heard. Importantly, Viola Plummer from the December 12 Movement spoke about the relation of the U.S. government's plans to make war on Iraq, and their desire to justify attacking Zimbabwe. She brought people to their feet as she ended with ''No war in Iraq! No war in Zimbabwe! Free the land!'' Councilman Charles Barron, too, brought down the house as he told the audience, ''I'm going to talk about terrorism. When you pay your tax dollars to a police force for protection and they shoot at you 41 times and hit you 19 times, that is terrorism. When a person can say to a city that your children don't deserve anything more than an eighth grade education and then be re-elected governor, that is terrorism. When you can see a grandmother, Eleanor Bumpers, just 30 days behind in her rent and they bring a shot gun as well as an eviction notice and murder her, that is terrorism. The fact that we can move into the 21st century and have Native American reservations, Black ghettos, Latino barrios and a mayor cutting social services like day care centers, that is terrorism.'' Barron also said that we all know that Black and Latino youth are going to be the cannon fodder for this war. ''It's a war for oil that has nothing really to do with Saddam Hussein. It's only going to create more enemies who hate us and an America that will not be safe for anyone,'' he stated. ''So we must stop this war at all cost!'' The entire evening, which was tremendously moving and educational, marked only the beginning of the collaboration of these two fine organizations. For further information, including the Sunday, Dec. 15 New York Area Anti-War Organizing Meeting from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the House of the Lord Church, call the MLK Jr. Peace Now Committee at (718) 596-1991 or NY ANSWER at (212) 633-6646. 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Herbert Daughtry's church to deman 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. 2002-12-05 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 3 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title FBI sets up Pakistan post VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Pakistan Voice VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Americas Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has set up a post at Karachi International Airport to monitor passengers going out of the country. The FBI, with the cooperation of the immigration wing of Pakistans Federal Investigating Agency, is planning to install computers in all of Pakistans international airports to monitor departing passengers. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Karachi: Americas Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has set up a post at Karachi International Airport to monitor passengers going out of the country. The monitoring program has been planned for some time but became more urgent following the 11 September attacks on America. The FBI, with the cooperation of the immigration wing of Pakistans Federal Investigating Agency, is planning to install computers in all of Pakistans international airports to monitor departing passengers. Reports from Karachi indicate the post there will be operational by 11 December. Particular attention will be paid to people traveling with forged documents. It is believed that experts from the US are already training Pakistani officials to use the new software. In the United States itself, the authorities are increasing checks on baggage on international flights. The checks affect airlines that are not supplying US customs with advanced lists of passengers for checking. Earlier this month, US Customs Commissioner Robert Bonner wrote to a number of airlines insisting they provide advance lists, the Associated Press news agency reported. Customs spokesman Denis Murphy said Pakistan International Airlines was one of 16 carriers that had subsequently contacted the US about supplying the lists. The Interior Ministry also confirmed that US equipment was being installed at all 18 exit and entry points in the country to maintain a record of passengers coming into and going out of the country. According to a spokesman of Ministry of Interior here Friday, the equipment was being installed at Quaid-i-Azam International Airport, Karachi, as first step of a scheme to modernize the maintenance of record of passengers coming into and leaving Pakistan. FBI launched a training program Friday to help Pakistani immigration officers detect suspected terrorists from Afghanistan at the countrys busiest airport, Pakistani officials and trainees said. Beginning Dec. 11, the immigration papers of all passengers flying out of Karachi will be processed under a new computerized system, trainee Pervez Jadoon said. At least 29 computers will be installed at the airport and linked to the FBI system, he said. The training is aimed at preventing suspected terrorists and those who protect them, including members of Osama bin Ladens al-Quaida organization and Afghanistans Taliban leaders, from leaving Pakistan after crossing the porous border from Afghanistan, officers said. Ali Uddin, director general of Pakistans Civil Aviation Authority, said the US-funded program will later be expanded to all international airports in Pakistan. Pakistani and US authorities fear that after the collapse of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, many foreign Islamic militants could try to use Pakistani airports to flee the region. Subsequently, similar facilities are expected to be set up at Lahore and Islamabad airports and ultimately, all 18 entry and exit points of the country would be covered. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2001-12-07 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 51 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 FBI sets up Pakistan post 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 1 VTMBH Article: Title The law and you: criminal justice in black and white VTMBH Article: Author Eric Adams VTMBH Article: Publication Our Time Press VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb When two young white brothers were convicted of murdering their father, the public reacted with outrage at the criminal justice system. When a young black boy killed his playmate, there were cries for stiffer penalties for juvenilesand the justice systems actions mirrored the publics call. We as a nation must ensure that the scales of justice are balanced and consistent in our criminal courts. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Two ethnicities, two crimes, two different responses from the judicial system and the public. That is the feeling that lingers over the African-American community as the comparison is made between how the Lionel Tate case was handled versus the crime involving twin brothers Alex and Derek King. Lionel, an African-American 16-year-old student, was convicted of murdering six-year-old playmate Tiffany Eunick. The incident occurred while he was imitating maneuvers he saw performed by wrestlers on WWF wrestling. Lionel was 12 years-old at the time of the incident. Alex and Derek, who are both white, were charged with murdering their dad with a baseball bat. An examination of both of these cases can give some insight on how justice is administered in our country differently based on ones ethnicity. For years, African-American criminal justice activists have pointed out how the federal courts give more severe penalties to those convicted of crack cocaine-related cases in comparison to those convicted for cocaine related offenses. It is no secret that African-Americans constitute the overwhelming number of arrests and convictions for crack cocaine, while whites are convicted at a substantially higher rate for cocaine. Examples of judicial inconsistency are why the two cases of Lionel and the King boys are important. Alex and Derek could have faced life in prison, but the judge overturned their jury conviction based on his belief that the prosecutor had presented a contradictory theory of the crime. His opinion had much to do with an earlier trial of the alleged accomplice of the boys, Terry King, who was acquitted of killing the boys father. After Derek and Alex were convicted, the public responded with outrage and horror. The response of the criminal justice system mirrored the publics demeanor. An overwhelming level of sympathy swept through the country after the conviction of Alex and Derek King. Although a recent ABC News poll showed that 55 percent of Americans believed juveniles convicted of violent crimes should be tried as adults, there was loud calls for leniency for these two boys. One protester outside the courtroom stated that when she looked at the faces of the two boys she could only see the innocence of childhood. The passion that was displayed even had actress/comedian Rosie ODonnell hiring two Miami lawyers in an attempt to replace Derek and Alexs current legal team. Following Alex and Dereks trial, advocates immediately started the process of attempting to change laws that require juveniles to be treated as adults. In contrast to the response for the King boys, Lionel invoked the public to call for stiffer penalties for juveniles convicted of crimes. This hypocrisy is not isolated to the state of Florida. Across the country, similar responses are displayed depending on the ethnicity of the person involved in a crime. How young people of color are depicted after a criminal act is different than others. The major news media use offensive adjectives to describe the criminal act and person. Yet when white youths are accused of committing similar crimes, softer terms such as juvenile, youth, etc., are used. Experts also attempt to identify and analyze why the white youth will perform an illegal act. This analysis is not carried out for children of color. It is immediately accepted that the child of color has a propensity for violence. Nathaniel Brazils case is an example of this. He was a seventh grade honor student who was convicted of shooting a teacher in Lake Worth, Florida. There was a clear distinction of how he was depicted in comparison to the two white youths who entered Columbine High School and killed 13 people and wounded 23. Although Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were found to have taken their own lives, there was no unfavorable adjective used to describe them or their actions. Instead, the medias slant was, Why do good kids go bad? Pointing out how crimes are treated and viewed by the criminal justice system and the public is not an attempt to justify criminal behavior. Any criminal offense against an innocent person is wrong. In order to find the proper balance on how we as a nation should respond to criminal behavior carried out by juveniles or adults, we must ensure the scale of justice is balanced and consistent. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-12-01 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 68 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The law and you: criminal justice in black and white 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. When two young white brothers were convicted of murdering their father, the public reacted with outr 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. 2002-12-01 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 43 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Bloombergs policy: wipe out the poor but not the poverty VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Bangla Patrika VTMBH Article: Original Language Bangla VTMBH Article: Translator Moinuddin Naser VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb Were in a fiscal crisis, and the government's measures seem focused on exploiting the poor. It is a great arrangement. Take the subway fare hikes and service cuts: Mayor Bloomberg, who travels by private plane, obviously would not understand why waiting an extra half hour for a train is a problem. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Did you know that the New York City government plans to eliminate 30,000 jobs? Do you know that your property taxes will go up very soon? Did you know that subway services may be reduced and the fare will be raised again? If you are waiting 15 minutes for a train now, you may be waiting a half an hour soon, because of service cuts. Did you know your economic and social opportunities are diminishing rapidly? An initiative is underway to privatize your Social Security benefits. Did you know that in New York alone 15 lakh [one lakh is 100,000] are unemployed? It is difficult to say whether the United States will remain a paradise for common people. The number of hate crimes has skyrocketed. Immigrants are being discouraged in many ways. Did you know that the American social paradigm changed after September 11th? Were still feeling the impact of that day, and the government's measures seem to focus on exploiting the poor. It is a great arrangement. The rich would not understand why waiting on the subway platform is a problem. Mayor Bloomberg, who travels by private plane, obviously would not understand that. Meanwhile, as common people are losing their jobs, top corporate executives are earning large amounts of money and the present job of many of these executives is to sketch out the ways and means of axing the average worker. The chief executive of Merrill Lynch David Komansky, got $42 million while laying off 17,400 workers. Lucent Technology distributed pink slips to 46,000 workersand former Lucent chairman Henry Schacht, who orchestrated the layoffs, got $22 million last year. And, the rich are still benefiting from tax cuts, while the poor suffer from layoffs. Besides, the government is considering imposing tolls on all bridges and tunnels. In this regard too, the rich are not affected in the ways the poor are. Bloombergs property tax increase will ultimately hit people next January. He wants to increase the property taxes as much as possible, to fill this years $1.2 billion budget deficit and next years $5.6 billion projected deficit. Do you know what else Mayor Bloomberg wants to do? He wants to give his friend Governor Pataki a gift of $450 million to fill out the state budget deficit. This would come from more taxes. Among the tax proposals are tolls on the bridges over the East River and a commuter tax on the workers who live outside New York City. Some of those resources would be used for the city Police, Fire and Sanitation Departments. Now, the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) director proposes a five percent expenditure cut by reducing services. This proposal includes reducing the number of trains and buses between the city and suburban areas. To make up the $663 million budget gap, they plan to increase the subway and bus fare to two dollars each way. Bus and subway fares were increased in 1995which obviously is a great hardship for the poor. Meanwhile, trade union leaders are busy disputing the layoffs by city authorities, which are coming almost daily since the election. The results of many civil service examinations held this year have not been published. Though examinations are scheduled for next year, in reality no one will be appointed, it is learned. Meanwhile, the city failed to close the deficit even with the proposed tax increases; now they are pondering ludicrous ways of taxing the nightlife of city dwellers. There is a saying that any place in America is open for dancing. Anyone can dance, but now the authorities are considering issuing licenses for any night club to have dance floors. For that matter, Bloomberg is thinking about changing the 76-year-old cabaret law. Bloomberg, as city father, is trying to develop the city. But he wants to push out the poornot the poverty. After the election, the matter has again been exposed. The poor, who are already suffering from job cuts, may be subjected to the humiliation of increased taxes at any time. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-22 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 61 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 Bloombergs policy: wipe out the poor but not the poverty 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. Were in a fiscal crisis, and the government's measures seem focused on exploiting the poor. It is a Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-11-22 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 26 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title Massive police operation against Bangladeshi credit card fraud, five million dollars stolen and 13 arrested VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Bangla Patrika VTMBH Article: Original Language Bangla VTMBH Article: Translator Moinuddin Naser VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Eight Bangladeshis have been arrested on charges of credit card fraud. The New York Police Department and United States Postal Service (USPS) inspection team jointly conducted the sweep, dubbed Operation Stars and Swipes. Those arrested were: Salam Bhuiyan, Naim Chowdhury, Anwar Haque, Shamshul haque, Abul Fazal Islam, Quiyum Shah, Mohammad Uddin nad sardar Uddin. The police have filed separate cases against all of them. Five more people were also arrested. Two were released, but three undocumented workers were handed over to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). The shops where the operation was conducted were the Rose International, located at 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, Totas Halal Meat and Mela Video at 5th Avenue and 71st Street, Bangladesh Fish Market and Bangladesh Supermarket, Dolphin Travel Agency, Dollar Express and Dollar Connection. The Queens district attorneys office told Bangla Patrika that the accused adopted fraudulent means to collect money from credit card companies. Among the most important were American Express, Chase, Citibank, Discover, First Data resources, First USA and Household Service. Police said that the accused stole five million dollars by abusing the credit cards issued by those companies. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-21 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 90 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 Massive police operation against Bangladeshi credit card fraud, five million dollars stolen and 13 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 38 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Learning multiculturalism through food VTMBH Article: Author Joon-Whan Lee VTMBH Article: Publication Korea Daily News VTMBH Article: Original Language Korean VTMBH Article: Translator Jeongwoo Han VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Through food we understand other multinational groups and learn about them. The Korean Presbyterian Church (Rev. Chang-gil Kim), the black Paterson United Presbyterian Church (Rev. David Sonton), and the mostly white Franklin Lakes Church (Rev. Jack Lore) collaboratively will publish a cookbook of more than 200 international recipes in December. Breaking Bread Together will include many recipes of Korean, black and white origin, background information and stories related to the foods. Five hundred copies of the first edition of this book will be published in both English and Korean. These churches began their relationship last year after September 11th, when they held several seminars on the subject of racial discrimination. The three churches have held joint masses and their choirs have toured the other two churches, strengthening the bond between them. They were fascinated by each others traditional foods and decided to compile this cookbook, and are now in the process of editing it. On October 6th, they displayed the foods that will be included in the cookbook after the joint mass at the Patterson United Presbyterian Church. From the three churches over 200 people attended and some 400 foods were prepared including Boolgogi (sautéed sliced beef), Jahpcheh (sweet potato noodles with vegetables), fried fish filet covered with egg, kimchi (spicy cabbage), bean sprouts and Mexican dip, seafood lasagna, and angel hair pasta. The New Jersey Korean Presbyterian Churchs cookbook committee, headed by Kim Myung Gee, chose 80 Korean dishes to be included. They plan to introduce the foods that the Korean community enjoys everyday: kalbi (spare ribs), jahpcheh, and kimchi, along with such foods for special occasions as duhk soup (soup with flour noodles) and GooJuhlPahn (pancakes), and the culture and history of the dishes. The history and culture of a people is contained in their ethnic food, said Gee, adding, the process of cooking and tasting the traditional foods of other ethnic groups will help us to understand them. The hope is that many ethnic communities will recognize, through this cookbook, that they are part of one brotherhood under God. Our three churches have and it is the greatest happiness, Gee said. The profits from this cookbook will go towards scholarships and events that encourage multinational cooperation, he said. The Paterson United Presbyterian Church, which many Hispanics and blacks attend, is truly a church that is graced by the presence of God, said Rev. Jack Lore of the Franklin Lakes Chuch. People will understand each other through their diverse foods, he added. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-08 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 59 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 Learning multiculturalism through food 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 39 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title Congress votes on Iraq VTMBH Article: Author Charles A. Brooks VTMBH Article: Publication Amsterdam News VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb In the Congressional vote on the resolution granting President Bush leeway to use the armed forces in Iraq, all of the Latino Democrats voted against it, as did all but four members of the Congressional Black Caucus. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives passed a resolution to grant President Bush the authority to use Americas armed forces as he deems necessary and appropriate to defend national security. In the House, six Republicans joined 126 Democrats in voting against the resolution. All of the Latino Democrats voted against the resolution, as did all but four members of the Congressional Black CaucusHarold Ford Jr., (D.-Tenn.), Sanford Bishop (D.-Ga.), William Jefferson (D.-La.) and Albert R. Wynn (d.-Md.) During House debates on the resolution, Ford said the risks of inaction and delay far outweigh the risks of action. He argued that he most compelling case for military action is the nuclear threat that Iraq poses. Although Ford acknowledged the lack of concrete evidence suggesting an imminent nuclear threat, he said: But what we do have evidence of is Saddams continued desire to obtain a nuclear weapon. And we know that should he obtain the raw materials, which may be available to him any number of ways, he could build a nuclear bomb in less than a year. Fors continued, Weapons of mass destruction in the hands of a cruel, reckless and misguided dictator pose a clear and present danger to our security. I couldn't vote to authorize military action abroad if I did not believe that Saddam Hussein poses a growing threat to our security, one that will not recede just because we hope it goes away. Meanwhile, dissenting Democrats provided their reasons for opposing the resolution, which sanctions what they call an unprovoked attack on Iraq: the lack of imminent danger to the nations interest, the economic impact on an already weak national economy, the diversion from the critical issues the nation currently faces and the strong possibility of more terrorist attacks in retaliation. Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D.-Texas) argued, While the United States must maintain its sovereign right to act in self-defense, I strongly believe that we cannot act without the support of the international community in this situation. I am deeply troubled that acting alone, without exhausting diplomatic options, could seriously harm global support for our war on terrorism and distract our nation from addressing its economic problems. Furthermore, I am concerned the administration failed to share with Congress any plans to stabilize and democratize a post-conflict Iraq. In addition, Rep. Charles Rangel (D.-N.Y.) argued, It just seems to me that we will never, never, never be in a position to chastise the governments of Pakistan and India, of North and South Korea, of Georgia and the [former] Soviet Unionthat we will never be able to tell them that they cannot take their subjective fears and strike against the other national without taking their complaint to the United Nationsbecause we are the ones that have said, that, yes we will go to the United Nations, but we are not bound by the United Nations. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) added, I rise in opposition to this resolution authorizing the president to commence war at a time and place of his choosing. It not only would set dangerous precedents and risk unnecessary bloodshed. It already has generated a grand diversion of Americas political focus as elections approach, and worse, it would create a grand diversion of our already depleted resources, so desperately needed for pressing problems at home. Conyers continued, Nor has any member of the Bush administration, Congress or the intelligence community shown evidence linking the al Qaeda attacks last year on New York City and the Pentagon with either Saddam Hussein or Iraqi terrorists. The two senators from New York, Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton, were amongst the 77 Democrats who voted in support of the Iraq resolution. Clinton said it was a difficult vote to cast and probably the hardest decision shes ever had to make, although she says she cast the vote with conviction. Clinton, who was subjected to protest outside her office, says perhaps her decision was influenced by her eight years in the White House. I want this president, or any future president, to be in the strongest possible position to lead our country in the United Nations or in war. I want to ensure that Saddam Hussein makes no mistake about our national unity and our support for the presidents efforts to wage Americas war against terrorists and mass destruction. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-23 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 72 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 Congress votes on Iraq 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 5 VTMBH Article: Title NYPDesi. VTMBH Article: Author Sujeet Rajan VTMBH Article: Publication Indian Express VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb According to unofficial figures, there are fewer than 20 Indian police officers in the New York Police Department and not a single Indian works as a firefighter. Here are recollections of two Indian NYPD officers working in Manhattan on September 11. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Captured on camera, NYPD Sgt. Stanley George would have seemed like a hero in a volatile action movie: On his first day at a new job, he was escorting prisoners to be arraigned in court at 8:45 am on September 11, when the Twin Towers which loomed above started exploding. After bundling the 100-odd prisoners into police wagons and driving them to a prison at breakneck speed, he returned just in time to watch the second tower explode in flames. Now when I think of it, I cant imagine how we drove right to where death was. I remember trying to tread carefully on the bodies but kept trampling on arms and legs as we tried to get closer to a building, he said. With another police officer, George barged into a building close to the Twin Towers he cannot remember which one and started evacuating terrified people. As a police officer I had been trained to deal with death but nothing prepared me for that day. According to unofficial figures, there are fewer than 20 Indian police officers in the New York Police Department and not a single Indian works as a firefighter. George, in fact, joined the police despite his family not wanting him to. But dealing with the WTC tragedy on the first day of work has taken its toll on him. I just realize how vulnerable we all are. When the second building exploded, I just felt like everybody else, the helplessness of the situation. Some people sat about crying; they had given up even trying to run away. All of us acted because others around us were doing so, he said, adding, I did not have time to recollect anything until days later. For Thomas Anthony, the memory of September 11 is one he cant wish away. A sergeant in the Special Operations Division at the time of the attacks, Anthony has nightmares about people falling from the windows of the Twin Towers. The worst part is that even the nightmares cannot beat the reality. On September 11, he was in Manhattan, near Harlem, driving around the block with another police officer. They reached WTC in time to see the second plane veering into the second tower. It was tough to do anything, as the air was exploding outside. Finally we tried to get some civilians to move away from the building, as we did not know if it would be safe for too long. But today that place where we stayed on on the South Bridge is the only place still intact. His biggest regret: I could not save a life. Rinu Rajan, a police officer with the Transit section, reported to the site of the disaster immediately after his shift, working there as part of a human chain removing rubble one bucket at a time for up to six hours. I worked three weeks straight, hoping to find a body of one of my colleagues, he said. And he doesnt want any recognition for what he did. I did it for myself, to make things all right for everybody. It was pure instinct. On lonely nights at the Brooklyn 34th precinct, when he is on subway duty, he sometimes senses the hate coming from passersby. They look at the color of my skin and I can hear their unspoken words, he said. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-12-30 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 71 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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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 43 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title Keio Academy New York boys soccer team wins state championship for third time VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Yomiuri America VTMBH Article: Original Language Japanese VTMBH Article: Translator Brian Byun VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body On Nov. 17 in Oneonta, New York, Keio Academys boys soccer team (Captains: Hirofumi Kinoshita and Junji Okawa) defeated veteran Byron-Bergen High School 1-0 to capture the New York State C Class Soccer Championship. Last year, Keio Academy shared the honors with Spencer-Van Etten High School, but this year, they walked away with the prize alone. Snow plagued the game throughout and made for less-than-favorable conditions. In the last 16 minutes of the first half, however, Katsuyuki Kobayashi scored the goal that would decide the game. The second half was a defensive fight with both keepers struggling to defend their goals. Keios goalie did an excellent job and ended up protecting the teams 1-0 lead. Keio won in the first round of the tournament 2-1. In the quarterfinals, they won again in overtime. In the semis, Keio found themselves losing 2-1 in the first half, but by the end of the second half, they had tied. In overtime, they fought to win an impressive victory. More than 200 schools from all over New York State competed in the tournament. More than 250 fansparents, students, teachers, and even the Headmaster, Takuji Odatraveled with the team to cheer them on in the finals. This years final match held special meaning beyond just a championship bid. Dave Symes, Keios soccer coach for the past nine years, died of heart failure in his home in early August of this year. The students had a great amount of trust and respect for Symes. The students, still in shock over the loss of their beloved coach, played with a hardened will that allowed them to take home the championship alone, as opposed to last year when they had to share it with another school. Co-captain Shuji Okawa said, Everything we did this season was for Coach Symes. We truly came together for him and played our hearts out. Goalie Eisuke Murakami added, I think Coach Symes was watching over us from heaven, and I bet he was smiling with pride when we won. Tom Brown, the new coach for Keio had this to say: The boys played a fine game today, passing the ball well even in the mud. Everyone played an aggressive game, 110 percent. I think it was a great game in the tradition of Keio Academys boys soccer team. 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