69 20 70359 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 2 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title No Mans Land VTMBH Article: Author Karen Ochayon VTMBH Article: Publication Maariv VTMBH Article: Original Language Hebrew VTMBH Article: Translator Jon Lincoln VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb We didnt think we would survive. Now that we are at last in Israel, we are calling on all Israelis who remain in the United States to leave everything and return home at once. Since Sept. 11, the United States has changed completely. It is no longer the land of the free. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body <i>We didnt think we would survive. Now that we are at last in Israel, we are calling on all Israelis who remain in the United States to leave everything and return home at once. Since Sept. 11, the United States has changed completely. It is no longer the land of the free.</i> Such was the advice of seven workers from Our Van moving company who were arrested in New Jersey on Sept. 11 and held for nearly a month and a half as suspects in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. The workers described their treatment during their detention as harsh. The owner of their company disappeared soon after his own release on Sept. 12 and hasnt been seen since. As far as I know, he has not even paid the workers who were arrested, one said. I am sure he did not want to be connected to this complicated situation. Despite the large number of arrests since the terrorist attacks, hundreds and perhaps thousands -- of young Israelis continue to work illegally in the United States and hope for the best. Many have tried to prevent their friends from being incarcerated. We just want to help out young people like us, one of the Israelis who were arrested said last week. Dont come to America -- and if you are already here, go back to Israel immediately. This is not the same country. Since the dramatic events of Sept. 11, American immigration authorities have intensified their enforcement of laws against illegal workers. But what measures have companies taken to protect their employees? Maariv posed this question to the owners of several companies who employ large numbers of Israelis. G -- a foreman for a moving company who asked not to reveal his name said: We dont send them to work in high risk areas where there are not a lot of Israelis or places where there are few foreigners, so that they wont stick out too much. Its been a while since we sent people to North Carolina or Virginia -- places where people pay attention to race. Today we dont take workers there. S -- a dispatcher for a major moving company added: We try to arrange it so that we have legal workers mixed in with illegal ones. We would never send out a group without at least one guy who had papers. Y -- a dispatcher for a different company -- said: Israelis look like Latinos, so we try to make a team of both Israelis and Americans. S added: Workers are not coming from Israel any more. We got a lot of calls from parents pressuring and begging their kids to come home, and they generally managed to persuade them. It is clear that many Israeli companies -- travel agencies, Israeli TV, high-tech industries, taxi and car services, and others -- are growing more careful about illegal workers. We do not want to be connected with all of this, an owner of a taxi company said earlier this week. I worked hard for many years in order to get permission to work and a green card, and I wont allow myself to endanger the business with illegal workers. That sentiment holds true for high-brow business owners as well. One executive of a high-tech company said: We want to employ Americans. It is forbidden for us to employ workers without working papers and that includes Israelis. Indeed, many Israeli business owners who used to employ undocumented workers are starting to turn them away. The owner of an Israeli restaurant in Greenwich Village said: In the past, all of our waiters were Israelis. Now they are leaving because they are scared that immigration agents are out looking for them. For me, it is not easy. The fines for employing illegal workers are high and its just not worth it for me to endanger the business -- especially now that there are so many unemployed workers with papers. Yet, a manager at another restaurant not far away contended that she still hires undocumented Israelis and will continue to do so in the future. We told them that it is their responsibility, she said. We cannot organize papers, nor can we save them from arrest. Whoever takes this danger upon themselves, its their problem. Yet, Maariv found a number of young Israelis who were still prepared to do any type of work under any sort of condition. A reporter showed them the following quote from one of the mothers whose son was arrested after Sept. 11: Our kids also said that it would not happen to them, and look what happened. If it happened to them -- serious kids who finished their army service on their way to or after university -- it can happen to anyone. They replied as follows: Dani, a moving company worker: This is a waste of time. You have not succeeded in scaring us. In New York, it just cant happen; its not the same situation. Those workers from Our Van were arrested because they were suspected of a terror attack, not because they worked with a moving company. Yael, a waitress: I have not heard that they are searching Israeli restaurants. If they search all the restaurants, it will never end. I am doubtful that this will happen. Tami, a sales clerk: What can I tell you -- it is in Gods hands. If I need to be arrested, arrest me. The probability of that is very low. New York is not a mall in the middle of nowhere. Half the people here dont even speak English, so how much do I stand out? Moshe, another worker in a moving company: Scared or not, this is the situation. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2001-11-30 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 67 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource No Mans Land 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 22 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Wheres the mayor? VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Highbridge Horizon VTMBH Article: Original Language English and Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb In the 82 days we tracked his appearances, the mayor scheduled events outside of Manhattan on only 31 days--and he's come to the Bronx only seven times. Its like the mayor is afraid to leave Manhattan! VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Every morning when we get into the office, an e-mail message from the mayors press office is waiting in our inbox. Public Schedule for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg for… followed by the date. Basic details of the mayors public schedule appear in the text of the message, with the location of each event written in capital letters: MANHATTAN; QUEENS; BROOKLYN; STATEN ISLAND; BRONX; LONG ISLAND; WASHINGTON, D.C. Having rarely seen BRONX in those e-mails, on Feb. 15 we decided to start saving them. As of Tuesday, May 7, we have accumulated 82 messages. Only seven contained the word BRONX. None of those seven contained more than one Bronx event. Here are the seven events that brought our mayor, Michael Bloomberg, to our borough. February 28 Swears in members of the Bronx Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at a ceremony at Hostos Community College in Melrose. March 10 Marches in a St. Patricks Day parade in Throgs Neck, on the Bronx southeastern tip. March 26 At Van Cortlandt Park, declares a drought emergency. April 4 Attends the funeral of Police Detective Jamie Betancourt in Unionport, on the eastern half of the Bronx. April 13 Speaks at a luncheon of the New York Hispanic Clergy Organization in Baychester. May 3 Attends the funeral of firefighter Michael Lynch in Schuylerville, on the Bronx eastern shore. Heres the one we like most: April 5 The mayor is in the Bronx for the second day in a row, this time to throw out the first pitch before the Yankees first home game of the season. Three of those visits came while the mayor was on his way to an event or back from an event outside New York City. Staten Island has it worse, only being graced with the mayors presence six times since Feb. 15. Mr. Bloomberg has visited Brooklyn nine times and Queens 15 times. Add them up and subtract the six days when he visited more than one borough in a day, and heres the bottom-line: in 82 days, the mayor scheduled events outside of Manhattan on only 31 days. Its like the mayor is afraid to leave Manhattan! Half the job of being mayor is simply showing up. We need to see our officials in order to know they are working for us. Where is the mayor? In the first months of his administration a big deal was made over his weekend excursions out of the city. We suppose Mr. Bloomberg cannot be blamed for preferring to spend his weekends in Bali or the Bahamas instead of the Bronx. Wouldnt we all like to be there for a little R & R? Of course we would, but were not the mayor. His job is to manage the cityall five boroughs, all 8 million people. If he continues to neglect us now, lets not forget to neglect him when he runs for reelection. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-05-15 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 153 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 Wheres the mayor? 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. In the 82 days we tracked his appearances, the mayor scheduled events outside of Manhattan on only 3 Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-05-15 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 3 VTMBH Article: Title Chinese-owned long-distance bus carriers emphasize value; all buses are insured and safe VTMBH Article: Author Hoi Jeet Huang VTMBH Article: Publication World Journal VTMBH Article: Original Language Chinese VTMBH Article: Translator Wendy Szeto VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Flexibility, convenience, and cheap fares have helped Chinese-run long distance bus services flourish. Though customer service and arrival times still need improvement, these companies are in fierce competition with each other and their American-owned counterpartsincluding Greyhound, which has been taking notes. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Beginning in 1990, New York immigrants from Fuzhou moved to New York. Many of them worked outside of New York in various cities or towns in the Northeast. Chinatown bus line services began because of their transportation needs. When this business trend began, the most passengers were those who had found jobs through Chinatown placement agencies. Because of the success of the New York - Philadelphia line in 1995 and 1996, New York entrepreneurs joined this line of business, expanding service from one line (New York to Philadelphia) served by 15-passenger minibuses to the multiple city destinations served by 57-passenger tourist buses today. Though most passengers are still Fuzhou immigrants, passengers now include a sizeable number of non-Chinese people, especially students. The number of destinations, scheduled buses, and non-Chinese passengers are all growing. In fact, it is reported that non-Chinese New Yorkers ask their Chinese friends for information about these bus lines. There are five or six bus services that cover the northeastern region; in reality, all of these bus lines belong to two bigger firms, Golden Dragon and New Century. But as the Chinese-run long distance bus service grows, some New Yorkers doubt the safety of these cheap-fare buses. There are approximately 20 tourist buses that come in and out of the Chinatown bus stop. According to the owners, all the buses are 2001 or newer models, 100 percent fully insured, and inspected for safety. According to a representative of Golden Dragon Inc., their insurance policies cover $10 million in damages, including protections for all the passengers in case of an accident en route. New Centurys insurance policy is $5 million. Both companies buses are fully equipped with air conditioning, heat, television, VCRs, and bathrooms. According to both companies, drivers are required to take a two-hour break after each bus trip, to ensure that they have the energy to drive safely. Ms. Wong from New Century reports that they have seven tourist buses, and two minibuses; all are leased vehicles. Insurance policies are required for leases. Mr. Chan, who works at Massachusetts Transportation and Development Center, always doubted the safety of these bus lines. He contacted his friend, Myra Bulis, at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to check the validity of these bus lines, and received positive response. <i>Flexibility and convenience are reasons for success, but customer service is uneven</i> The success of the Chinese-owned bus service not only comes from the low fares, but its fast and convenient service, and flexible operations. When compared to Greyhound, Chinatown bus services offer better pricing and direct transportation to and from the Chinatown areas of each destination, eliminating the hassle of additional transportation from major bus terminals to Chinatown areas. In addition, bus service owners took into consideration Fuzhou immigrants schedules and culture when scheduling their bus trips. For example, most Fuzhou weddings take place on Sundays and Mondays; therefore, service on these two days is more frequent. And because most Fuzhou immigrants are restaurant workers (they make use of their off days to travel to New York City to visit and buy groceries), they tend to work late on Fridays, and so there are fewer scheduled runs on Fridays. All buses departing from New York are scheduled so that passengers arrive at their destination before restaurant business hours start. For buses arriving in New York from other cities, schedules are set approximately an hour after normal restaurant closing hours, so customers may arrive in New York at their earliest convenience. On the other hand, as the bus service companies make an effort to become more flexible, they have sacrificed customer service. On weekends and long holidays, buses do not run on schedule. Moreover, the tickets are oversold, and some ticketed passengers are unable to board the buses. Greyhound is paying close attention to the growing Chinese-owned long distance bus services. According to one of the bus services owners, Greyhound sends a market analyst to Chinatown almost every day to observe their daily operations and the number of passengers. One of the main bus stops in Chinatown is located at East Broadway and Division Street. At the beginning of this year, the businesses purchased bigger tourist buses to serve their customers; this news was featured in the Boston Globe and the New York Post, which helped services grow even faster. During the fierce competition for business, bus line owners began to change their image from semi-professional to a more structured, professional image. In addition to partnering with American bus services, companies hired security firms to ensure customers and drivers safety. Because of the competition, there have been reported cases of violent activities at the bus stop or on the bus; this reduced passengers' confidence in the bus service. Golden Dragon hired 7871 Bus Company to help with the New York - Philadelphia line. Mr. Cheng, manager of Golden Dragon, hired two security guards to be stationed at the Chinatown bus stop in an event of any violent disturbance. The two security guards will circle around the station in their jeeps to ensure all operations run normally. Security Guard Andy Wong reports that his job is to stop any violent activities. Orlando, a uniformed bus driver with the 7871 Bus Company is surprised at the number of passenger these bus lines carry. Because Chinatown has no delegated bus terminal to service these lines, at times there are five to six buses lined up on the neighborhoods busy streets, causing major traffic jams in the already packed vicinity. Orlando is surprised that the city government hasnt paid closer attention to this trend. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-07-20 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 970 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 Chinese-owned long-distance bus carriers emphasize value; all buses are insured and safe 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 34 VTMBH Article: Article Order 6 VTMBH Article: Title Profiling and pride: Arab American attitudes and behavior since September 11th VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Aramica VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body In May 2002, the Arab American Institute Foundation (AAIF) commissioned a survey of Arab American attitudes and behavior since September 11th. The May survey is compared to a similar poll commissioned by AAIF in October 2001, in the immediate aftermath of the terror attacks. On some variables a three-way comparison is made, including findings from a survey of Arab American attitudes taken in 2000. The findings of the May 2002 survey reveal that Arab Americans concern about how the aftermath of September 11th has affected their community has increased, but they continue to maintain strong attachments to their ethnic identity and pride. Among the findings: Nearly one in three Arab Americans (30 percent) say they have personally experienced discrimination in the past because of their ethnicity, nearly identical to the October 2001 survey. Forty percent of those surveyed know someone who was discriminated against since September 11th. Roughly one-fifth of respondents reported discrimination against themselves. Those who are young, Muslim and/or foreign- born are more likely to have experienced discrimination. Compared to October 2001, Arab Americans feel discrimination since September 11th is more prevalent at work (31 percent), less at school (21 percent), and about the same among neighbors and friends (25 percent); discrimination, they say, is more likely to happen in other places (20 percent) than it did last year. Seventy-eight percent of Arab Americans feel there has been more profiling of Arab Americans since September 11th. About two-thirds of those surveyed expressed concern about the long term effects of discrimination. Two in five respondents feel the events of September 11th have impacted the public display of their heritage, while nearly three-quarters (73 percent) say their pride in being Arab American has not changed, similar to results reported in 2001. Since September 11th, about two-fifths of respondents say they are more likely to speak to their friends and acquaintances about events in the Middle East, while another 43 percent were doing so to the same degree as before. Only 14 percent indicated they were less likely to engage in public discussion now. Roughly one in five who speak Arabic say they feel less comfortable speaking Arabic in public. When asked if they were reassured by President Bush's comments and conduct since the September 11th attacks, 54 percent of Arab Americans say they are reassured, while 35 percent say they are not reassured. This ratio is down sharply from the results of the October 2001 poll, when 90 percent of Arab Americans surveyed said they were reassured by the president's response. Eight out of ten Arab Americans surveyed said they responded to September 11th by either contributing to a victims' fund, displaying a flag, or donating blood. Overall, 89 percent of Arab Americans professed to be either extremely or very proud of their ethnicity. This is virtually the same as the percentage (90 percent) who claimed strong attachment in a January 2000 survey, and up slightly from the 87 percent recorded in the October 2001 poll. <b>Demographics and Characteristics of Sample</b> Three-fourths of those surveyed were born in the United States and 89 percent hold American citizenship. Eighty-one percent speak English at home. Sixty-three percent reported a Christian affiliation, 24 percent Muslim, and 13 percent of other or no religious affiliation (Figure 1). Occupational breakdowns are similar to census-based results, with 36 percent reporting some form of professional or managerial job. Able to ask even more detail than available in the census, the survey revealed that 10 percent of the respondents are teachers and 7 percent are homemakers. Twenty-two percent of those surveyed reported membership in a union, and 34 percent own or operate a business. Close to two out of three respondents reported household income in excess of $50,000, compared to 16 percent with annual incomes under $25,000. The ZI/AAIF survey probed the issue of primary self-identification by asking, How are you most likely to describe yourself? By nearly a two-to-one margin, more respondents describe themselves as Arab American (39 percent) than by their country of origin (21 percent). Approximately one in eight (12 percent) describe themselves as both Arab American and by country of origin. One in four uses neither choice to describe themselves. Those who were born in the United States (36 percent) are less likely than those born elsewhere (49 percent) to describe themselves as Arab Americans. Half of American citizens not born in the United States (51 percent) describe themselves as Arab American, while more than two in five permanent residents (44 percent) refer to themselves by their country of origin. To read the complete survey report compiled by the Arab American Institute, please go to: http://www.aaiusa.org/PDF/poll%20report.pdf. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-09-07 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 105 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 Profiling and pride: Arab American attitudes and behavior since September 11th 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 Latinos deceived by Bush's general amnesty stance VTMBH Article: Author Ana Ledo VTMBH Article: Publication El Diario / La Prensa VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Matthew Corey VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Representatives of the U.S. immigrant community pronounced themselves "deceived" by President George W. Bush's "unjust" decision last week to call off his general amnesty for immigrants in the United States. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Representatives of the U.S. immigrant community pronounced themselves "deceived" by President George W. Bush's "unjust" decision last week to call off his general amnesty for immigrants in the United States. The president's decision is inadequate, said immigrant rights groups in New York and Massachusetts, especially when "it is this country's immigrants who help the economy" by taking jobs that no citizen would perform. In any case, the various organizations indicated that the terrorist attacks of September 11th ratcheted up the anti-immigrant sentiment that may have influenced Bush's decision. "Before September 11, we [immigrants] had won a lot of sympathy around the country. But after, they started looking at us as if we were criminals. It doesn't seem right to me that they accuse us like this. The president's decision doesn't seem fair," said Esperanza Chacón, of Asociacion Tepeyac, in New York. "They argue [against amnesty] on the basis of the country's national security problems, but the census says there are 8 million undocumented persons in the United States. They work for small businesses and support the community," claimed Mónica Santana, director of the Latino Workers' Center of New York. She added that she doesn't place "much importance on the denial of general amnesty because this is a question of politics. They say one thing and do another. I definitely think they took the wrong path when they placed the responsibility for what happened on September 11th on immigrants. We could end up with a population of hardworking people who have neither rights nor protections," she asserted. For her part, Giovanna Negretti, executive director of the Massachusetts-based organization ¿Oíste? said she felt "greatly deceived" by this decision, and argued that President Bush doesn't "take seriously the political capacity of [Latinos] to remove him from power." "[Bush] knows he has to depend on the Latino vote in order to win in the coming elections, and many of the votes in these elections will come from Latinos. I think it's strange. It's very sad that the president of a nation of immigrants would decide to close the doors to [new] immigrants," Negretti said. She also spoke of anti-immigrant sentiment that the attacks have generated. "This country has always been anti-immigrant, but September 11th gave special license to the immigrant-bashers to do things that are simply incredible," Negretti said. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-03-15 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File news46.doc VTMBH Article: Hit Count 97 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 Latinos deceived by Bush's general amnesty stance 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. Representatives of the U.S. immigrant community pronounced themselves "deceived" by President George 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. 2002-03-15 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 4 VTMBH Article: Title Filipinos fear the INS invitation may result in arrest, deportation VTMBH Article: Author Emelyn Tapaoan VTMBH Article: Publication Filipino Express VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body How can we walk into the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) without fear, when people of color on the subway or in their homes were being questioned and arrested? This reaction was one of several Filipinos to the invitation from an INS official for Filipinos to go freely to the INS office to clarify doubts on their visa status or to inquire about immigration rules and policies. Dont be afraid of the INS, said Christian Rodriguez, the INS New York Public Affairs Specialists, who was one of the resource persons in a forum sponsored by the Philippine Independence Day Council, Inc. and the Philippine Consulate General in New York on Oct. 19 at the Philippine Center. Rodriguez said the INS has only 110 agents in New York to monitor millions of immigrants. But not all of them are bad, although we are the most hated agency next to IRS, quipped Rodriguez, adding that the INS gives out free coffee and doughnuts to people waiting in line. But the invitation was slammed by Lolita Compas, PIDC Vice President, saying how can one not have fear going to the INS, when local secret service agents can knock at ones door 6:00 a.m. and arrest non-citizens, without the benefit of legal counsel? Compas remark was received with nods of agreement from the Filipino audience, some of whom said, only a dummie would go walking at the INS office. Others murmured, we dont want your doughnuts. If the INS people are all like you, Mr. Rodriguez, then, perhaps, our fellow Filipinos can inquire freely at the INS, said Philippine Consul General Linglingay Lacanlale, but the consulate office has received numerous reports of interrogation and arrest without due process. After September 11th, its the liberties of non-citizens that have been most severely curtailed, said lawyer Reuben Seguritan, PIDC president. He said that in combating terrorism, the U.S. government has established a climate that erodes precious human rights to due process, equal protection, legal counsel, and a fair trial. The aftermath of September 11th has resulted in a backlash against Filipino communities, and other people of color, taking the forms of deportation and detention of hundreds of Filipinos by the INS and the FBI, he said. Sin Yen Ling, staff attorney of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), was also one of the panelists. She lashed at the so-called immigration policy change giving state and local police department the power to track down illegal immigrants as part of the effort to combat terrorism. Ling cited the case of an undocumented Filipino immigrant who was picked up by the New York Police Department (NYPD) because of a violation of immigration laws that has nothing to do with criminal laws. Ling, the nations leading authority on anti-Asian violence, also revealed that thousands of immigrants were swept up and disappeared into detention and secret trials; racial profiling turned from an increasingly discredited and offensive means of crime-fighting into a brazen national policy. She said the most egregious breach has been the preventive detention of thousands of Muslim, Arab and South Asian immigrants under an unprecedented veil of secrecy. She said some have been deported without yielding information about or connections to terrorism. Reports from the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights pointed out that the attorney general also changed the regulations that govern detention. By declaration, he expanded the period the INS can detain someone without charges from 24 to 48 hours, and added that in times of emergency, an unspecified reasonable period of time was permissible, giving agents leave to incarcerate first and then dig up minor immigration violations as justification. The LCHR said the majority of non-citizens detained by the government were long-term residents, business owners and taxpayers. Many are married to U.S. citizens and have U.S. citizen children. (The exact number cannot be known; the government stopped releasing its running tally in November at 1182). We as a community of immigrants should organize ourselves to have our rights and voices heeded, said Rebecca Thornton, one of the forums resource speakers and an Equal Justice Work Fellow at the LCHR. She persuaded those present at the forum to come up with strategies such as a letter writing campaign, lobbying, among others, to make your issues known. Several of those in attendance echoed Thorntons suggestion saying, it is high time for us to get organize and stir our tales to advocacy and action. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-03 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 144 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 Filipinos fear the INS invitation may result in arrest, deportation 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 40 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title Perception or paranoia: Alleged sniper ID has Black folks asking questions VTMBH Article: Author Nayaba Arinde VTMBH Article: Publication Daily Challenge VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb The Black community, including the Nation of Islam, feels targeted after the much-publicized arrest of alleged Washington, D.C. area snipers John Muhammad and John Lee Malvo. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Skepticism is not a trait unfamiliar to the Black community regarding any official word. The huge taskforce which has desended upon the D.C. area declared that John Allen Muhammad, (a.k.a. John Allen Williams) and John Lee Malvo, 17, his unofficial ward, were the snipers who terrorized the region for three weeks, leaving 10 people dead and three others seriously injured. They havent proved them to be guilty of anything. I wouldnt know the motivation if they were guilty, candid activist Father Lawrence Lucas told the Daily Challenge yesterday. Most of the terrorists in this country are white folks. I was surprised when I heard, because normally this is white peoples behavior, not ours. It shows the effect of integration that has really wrecked some Black folks to the extent that they are thinking and behaving just like white folk. This may give us the likes of the Ashcrofts, the Bushes and the Rumsfelds another excuse for racial profiling with regards to Black folk. When white folk blow up an Oklahoma building, they dont target folk in general. But, Im already hearing commentators talking about a link to Al Qaeda. Evidently, this extraordinary turn of events came from the two phone calls to the tip line. Pointing towards an Alabama robbery, one call is reported to have come in from Tacoma, Wash., and the other is said to have come from the sniper, angered that investigators were not taking him seriously. On Wednesday, Montgomery Police Chief Charles Moose announced that arrest warrants were issued for Muhammed and Malvo. Arrested at 3:30 a.m. on Thursday on Interstate 70 in Frederick County, Maryland at a reststop, the two men were asleep when a motorist spotted the parked blue Chevy Caprice, with the tag number that had been widely publicized the previous day. Were positive its these guys, an official told reporters. By early Thursday afternoon, authorities were all but beaming that they had cracked the case. But, last week, addressing a New York audience, Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan declared that the government, and President George Bush in particular was targeting him and his organization. The rounding up of Black Muslims in Oregon, on what he suggested were incredulous terrorism-connected charges, was just a part of the blueprint, said Farrakhan. Perception or paranoia? While the mainstream media has yet to engage in full-scale analysis of any Nation of Islam link with Muhammad, writer Saeed Shabazz told the Challenge that the not-so-subtle hints have already begun. Shabazz, a New York staff reporter for the Final Call said, This whole sniper thing has been very erratic. Why would a Muslim leave a tarot card? How do they catch you sleeping in a roadstop in a car they say they are looking for? The spelling of the name is vital. On Wednesday night, the news was spelling Muhammad with an O, a short while later they changed it to an U. Everybody knows that the Arabs dont use the U, that Nation uses the U. The Minister was very clear that the government would be working to divide Black Christians from Black Muslims, Shabazz said. Already they are trying to connect James Ujaama in Seattle with the six Muslims who were arrested in Portland, Ore., and now this John Muhammad, Shabazz continued. Suppose somebody now decides to attack someone in the Nation of Islam, what are we supposed to do? This plants the seed, thats what the Minister was talking about. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-27 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 88 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 Perception or paranoia: Alleged sniper ID has Black folks asking questions 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 3 VTMBH Article: Title Cash flow to campaign coffers VTMBH Article: Author Causewell Vaughn VTMBH Article: Publication Weekly Gleaner VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section VTMBH Article: Blurb Jamaicas Prime Minister J.P. Patterson has been here to raise money, so has opposition leader Edward Seaga. But they are not the only ones. Politicians from throughout the Caribbean have come here to increase cash flow to their campaign coffers.At home, people are just too poor, said one local politician. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Christian-right extremist Jerry Falwells comment that the Prophet Mohammed was a terrorist on 60 Minutes prompted a large protest of the CBS-TV offices on Oct. 8. Many in the media, as well as prominent ministers and rabbis, also expressed dismay at Falwell and CBS. Many Muslims have responded to the appeal by the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), and protested in front of CBS offices in Manhattan and Houston as well as by fax, email and telephone. On one hand, President Bush tells the public not to denigrate Islam or Muslims. He has called Islam a religion of peace. He has also said that the administration and the public should not be prejudiced against Arabs and other Muslims. On the other hand, Bush's friend and spiritual guide, Jerry Falwell, is busy defaming the prophet of Islam and Muslims. On 60 Minutes Falwell called Prophet Mohammed a terrorist and Islam a fraudulent religion. Since President Bush is silent on this issue we believe that he must agree with Falwell. Many Christian leaders have criticised Falwell, Pat Robertson, and Franklin Graham. Speaking to the protestors at the Houston CBS offices, Zulfiqar Ali Shah, president of ICNA, said that President Bush must stop associating with people who, like Jerry Falwell, are prejudiced. Naeem Baig, general secretary of ICNA, said that as part of their faith, Muslims pay respects to Prophets Moses and Jesus. He hoped that many in the Jewish and Christian communities will register their protest against the defamation of the Prophet of Islam. ICNA has said people should be respectful when they register their protests. People may call or fax CBS (phone: 212-975-3691; fax: 212-975-1893). ICNA also encouraged people to call the offices of the Washington Times and commend their wonderfully supportive editorial. Other organizations that protested include Pakistan Americans for Community Organizing, Council of Pakistani Organizations, Muslim League Voice, People's Party Voice and Pakistani Progressive Forum. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-16 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 3 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 Cash flow to campaign coffers 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. Jamaicas Prime Minister J.P. Patterson has been here to raise money, so has opposition leader Edward 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 16 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Questioning another crime against Palestine VTMBH Article: Author Marco Arteaga Calderon VTMBH Article: Publication Ecuador News VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Erica Pearson VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb No. It isnt another crime against Palestine. What is happening now is simply the continuation of crimes started more than five decades ago. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body For those who have ears and want to hear, hear this… For those who have a mind and want to think, think about this, reflect, and act… No. It isnt another crime against Palestine. What is happening now is simply the continuation of crimes that began more than five decades ago. The call to exterminate the Palestinian people began after the United Nations, under pressure from the oil lobbies of France, England and the United States, created the state of Israel. Since then, everything has been validated by the maintenance of security in the Middle East, just as Truman declared at the end of World War II. The Palestinian people have long suffered as pariahs in their own land. They have spent years surviving an absurd situation of social, spiritual and intellectual instability. How can they know if their houses will still be standing tomorrow; if their harvests will still be there; if their families will stay together; if some will go to prison, into exile, or die? The past decades have also been years of defense as the Palestinian people tried in vain to live in peace. When the tank and the cannon have attacked, the gun has responded; when the gun has attacked the knives have responded; when the knives have attacked, the stones have responded; when the stones have attacked the cries of mothers and children have responded. Today, human bombs have been the method of resistance to organized attack on Palestinians. The bombings have been a last resort to assert a faith in the future life of the Palestinian people. Over more than fifty years, the Palestinian peoples permanent disadvantage has not been an obstacle in their righteous fight for justice, liberty, and well-being in their own country. Where is the terrorism when someone defends their family or way of life? Would you let others invade your home, kill members of your family, and then just accept being called a terrorist for trying to stop, in any way, this outrage? Wasnt terrorism born in the Middle East when, in May 1948, the state of Israel was formed, usurping part of the Palestinian territory? Didnt terrorism persist when Ben Gurion, already leader of Israels government, declared that Israel did not have limits because the countrys borders were changeable? Besides this, was there was not the political will and disposition to continue taking someone elses land? Why, in contrast, is there no political will or disposition today to establish peace? Arent the thousands of dead, on both sides, enough to stop the spilling of innocent blood? What more does Sharon want, if Israel is already recognized by Arabs and Palestinians, in general, something that right-wing Israelis and the Likud party wanted so strongly? Is it that they dont really aim to live in peace, with Palestinians and Israelis living in separate states, but instead plan to continue carrying out the collective homicide of the Palestinian people? And what has become of the moral, political and cultural struggles towards the establishment and development of separate states during so many years? What of Anwar Sadats and Yitzhak Rabins assassinations? Hasnt Mr. Bushs recent anti-terror initiative been, judging from what the world is witnessing, a mere pretext to unleash international fascism, following the whims of a decadent and mortally wounded empire? With fetishistic phrases, Mr. Bush, a clumsy extremist triumphantly holding a position to which he was not elected, is he not? And has he not declared an axis of evil, whose leaders, Iraq, Syria and Iran, should be liquidated? And this not the same Mr. Bush who now supports the genocide of the Palestinian people? The so-called friendly European nations are practicing <i>tortugismo </i> (are dragging their feet). Even the United Nations gives just lukewarm declarationsit looks like General Secretary Kofi Annan receives orders only from the North. Is the UN waiting for the last Palestinian to disappear before acting? Are Islamic and Arab nations finally going to agree to stop manipulating the Palestinian cause in their own interests, be they ideological, oil-related, or political? Will they do as they did before, and become united in the effort to create a Palestinian state with the boundaries it has always had, free and sovereign, whether the United States (and its partner in war, Israel) likes it or not? Dont you think that the time for the big to decide for the little has ended? Not only should Israel stop shooting and threatening the Palestinian people, but it should obey UN Resolution 1402 ordering them to withdraw the military forces from Palestinian territory. Above all, everything needs to return to the political and territorial conditions that existed before 1967. To defend the Palestinian cause, now more than ever, means to defend a real democracy of freedom and justice! VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-04-15 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 120 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 Questioning another crime against 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 18 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title Subterfuge and deception VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Irish People VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb Last week, when the U.S. House International Relations Committee convened its hearing The IRA in Colombia: The Global Links of International Terrorism, it facilitated an exercise in subterfuge and deception that spans two hemispheres. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Last week, when the U.S. House International Relations Committee convened its hearing The IRA in Colombia: The Global Links of International Terrorism they helped facilitate an exercise in subterfuge and deception that spans two hemispheres. The contrived and clumsy attempts to tie the three Irish nationals arrested in Colombia last August to a global network of terrorism and the drug trade was apparent to even the causal observer. The agenda of the Colombian government is clear. In recent months they have collapsed the peace process in their country and seized the territory they had ceded to the FARC rebels. They are now seeking a green light and blank check from the United States in their war with the rebels. Because the Bush administration has drawn a distinction between nationalistic or territorial disputes and global terrorist networks, Colombia is trying to portray the civil war in Colombia as the festering breeding grounds of global terrorism. They are trying to use the presence of three Irish nationals in rebel territory to justify their claims. Most disturbing of all, however, are those representatives in Congress willing and even assisting in this endeavor. Colombias role is the transparent part of the scenario. Less clear, much less clear, are the roles played by British intelligence and anti-Sinn Fein elements within the U.S. Congress and administration. It became known some time ago that British representatives were pushing for a Congressional hearing on the Colombia incident. And of course there remain committed anti-Irish Republican elements in the halls of Congress. For example, Cass Ballinger, the 75-year-old Southern fundamentalist, is cut of the same cloth as Jesse Helms, the senator from his home state of North Carolina, who thankfully is retiring. We can only hope that Ballinger will do the same in short order. Irish republicanism could not be defeated in war. Now, every attempt is being made by the enemies of Irish independence and justice for Ireland to defeat republicanism in peace. These attempts will fail. Irish republicans are prepared and are poised to deliver the long-sought prize of freedom and independence to their nation. Justice, equality and reconciliation will truly only manifest themselves once Ireland is whole. Much was lost the many years of war, many sacrifices made, but much has been learned. The perseverance and valor of the IRA and Sinn Fein will see them through a bit of dirty politics and British obstruction. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-05-04 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 158 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 Subterfuge and deception 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 21 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title About adopting a child from India VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Desi Talk VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body In India, the rules for adoption vary for different communities. Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains are allowed to adopt under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. But Muslims and Christians can only be appointed guardians to the child. Indians living abroad and foreigners who apply for adopting an Indian child, are granted guardianship by courts in accordance with the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, following which they are allowed to take the child back home with them. Then, they are required to adopt the child as per the laws of the country where they live. A child has to be rejected by at least three Indian families before it can be offered for foster care abroad. As far as people living abroad are concerned, they have to approach placement agencies in their own countries. Their applications are matched with the names of children with Indian agencies, then the embassies of both countries coordinate and submit periodic homestudy reports to the authorities. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-05-24 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 435 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 About adopting a child from India 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 32 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title A day of hope: Farmingdale day laborers earn diplomas for learning English and their rights as laborers VTMBH Article: Author Rodolpho Castillo VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Telesh Lopez VTMBH Article: Section labor2 VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The situation for two day laborers from Farmingdalewho were nearly killed two years ago when two white men attacked themseems to be looking up. Thanks to the hard work of activists like Irma Solis of the Center for Labor Rights (CDL), about 15 day laborers from Farmingdale have received diplomas after finishing courses in English and labor rights. They celebrated their triumph at Eisenhower Park with a barbecue and music in the company of the activist from CDL. But some of the people defending the laborers want to go further. We dont want the workers to waste their time while waiting for someone to hire them, said Gabriel Martinez of the organization HOLA. We want them to learn a trade such as carpentry, plumbing and others so they can have more opportunities to progress. The organization HOLA is run by a group of professionals dedicated to helping the day laborers of Farmingdale. They helped designate a single location where many laborers wait for contractors to hire them to do some yard work, construction and other activities. HOLA is working with members from Citizens For Viable Solutions who considered finding the site a great triumph. About 150 laborers use the site, avoiding protests from the neighbors. This is a great victory, said activist Janet Liotta, who worked with Patricia and Leo Marcotte, Mari Zirkal and Michael Grillo to advocate the laborers rights to Farmingdale Mayor Joseph Trudden. Last year, groups that oppose the presence of day laborers in Long Island organized anti-immigrant meetings in California, Chicago, Pennsylvania and other states, demanding that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) raid laborers waiting on corners for work. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-08-21 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 63 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A day of hope: Farmingdale day laborers earn diplomas for learning English and their rights as labor 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 33 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title September 11th investigation marred by arbitrary detentions, says Human Rights Watch VTMBH Article: Author Ela Dutt VTMBH Article: Publication News India-Times VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb An immigration violation should not give the government license to rip up the rule book, said Jamie Fellner, director of Human Rights Watchs U.S. Program, after his organization released a new report listing arbitrary detentions, due process violations, and secret arrests among the human rights violations since September 11th. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The United States governments investigation of the September 11th attacks has been marred by arbitrary detentions, due process violations, and secret arrests, Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch) said in a new report released on Aug. 15. The Department of Justice has misused immigration charges to dodge legal restraints on its power to detain and interrogate people as it pursues its terrorist probe, said Human Rights Watch. An immigration violation should not give the government license to rip up the rule book, said Jamie Fellner, director of Human Rights Watchs U.S. Program. By restricting judicial oversight and blocking public scrutiny, the government has exercised virtually unchecked power over those it has detained. The 95-page report, Presumption of Guilt: Human Rights Abuses of Post-September 11 Detainees, is based on the rights groups interviews with scores of current and former detainees and their attorneys. The report provides an analysis of the Justice Departments treatment of non-citizens swept up in the post-September 11th investigation. The rights group said it found that the U.S. government has held some detainees for prolonged periods without charges; impeded their access to counsel; subjected them to coercive interrogations; and overrode judicial orders to release them on bond during immigration proceedings. By restricting judicial oversight and blocking public scrutiny, the government has exercised virtually unchecked power over those it has detained. In some cases, the government has incarcerated detainees for months under restrictive conditions, including solitary confinement. Some detainees were physically and verbally abused because of their national origin or religion, Human Rights Watch asserted. About 1,200 non-citizens have been secretly arrested and incarcerated in connection with the September 11th investigation, the report said. The vast majority of those detained are from Middle Eastern, South Asian and North African countries. The report describes cases in which random encounters with law enforcement agencies or neighbors suspicions based on no more than national origin and religion led to interrogation about possible links to terrorism. At least 752 men were held on immigration charges while the government continued to investigate them, Human Rights Watch said. Turning the presumption of innocence on its head, the Department of Justice kept them in detention until it decided they had no links to, or knowledge of, terrorism. None of the 752 men were indicted for terrorist-related crimes and most have been deported, the report said. Using immigration law violations to detain these men while they were criminally investigated enabled the Justice Department to deny non-citizens their rights under U.S. criminal law for example, the right to court-appointed counsel and the right to be promptly charged after arrest, Human Rights Watch noted. The U.S. government has failed to uphold the very values that President (George W.) Bush declared were under attack on September 11th, said Fellner. It has ignored basic restraints on a governments power to detain that are the hallmark of free and democratic nations. Human Rights Watch also criticized the U.S. government for blocking the publics right to know what its government is doing. Secret arrests and secret hearings are incompatible with core democratic values of openness, government accountability, and the rule of law, it asserted. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-08-30 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 55 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/. 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An immigration violation should not give the government license to rip up the rule book, said Jamie Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-30 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 25 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Fuzhou Province immigration increasing, rivaling Cantonese. Immigrants moving to Eighth Avenue, Brooklyn VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication World Journal VTMBH Article: Original Language Chinese VTMBH Article: Translator Wendy Szeto VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb In the year 2000, Eighth Avenue experienced another changean increasing number of Fuzhou immigrants moved into the area, and, as a result, the areas real estate values doubled. <b>With a sidebar, Language barriers and lower education levels of Fuzhou immigrants challenge schools, by Shu-Bing Huang, World Journal, 20 June 2002. Translated by Wendy Szeto.</b> VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body In the mid-1980s, the number of Chinese immigrants with Taisan and Guangzhou background outnumbered North Eastern immigrants. They moved to Sunset Parks Eighth Avenue, successfully establishing the third Chinatown. In the year 2000, Eighth Avenue experienced another changean increasing number of Fuzhou immigrants moved into the area, and, as a result, the areas real estate values doubled. Currently, there are still a number of immigrants in search of real estate property in the Eighth Avenue area. Mr. Jung Sun Mui, who moved to Eighth Avenue about 16 years ago, said, I would expect the number of Fuzhou Chinese to surpass Cantonese residents in this area within three to five years. Mr. Kwok Sui Tam, manager of a real estate brokerage firm that has been involved in Eighth Avenue development for the past 10 years said, Due to the saturation of housing in the Chinatown area of Manhattan, and Fuzhou immigrants preference in living in the Chinese community, the Eighth Avenue area became a preferred neighborhood for them. About five years ago, this area began experiencing an influx of Fuzhou immigrants, which has reached its peak in the past two years. I believe the number of Fuzhou residents in this area is already equal to the number of Cantonese residents. Mr. Tams clientele consists of 80 percent Fuzhou immigrants. A two-family home was valued at roughly $300,000 two years ago, but the price now has reached to over $500,000. Mr. Tam said, Fuzhou residents have a slightly different approach to home buying compared to Cantonese residents. Once they find a house they like, they are willing to pay a higher price in order to buy the property. Currently, there really arent any available units in the Eighth Avenue area. As soon as a property hits the market, it is sold. Long time residents are unwilling to sell their properties, as well. The most well-liked area among Fuzhou immigrants is between 50th to 62nd streets, from Seventh to Ninth Avenue. Most new home owners split homes into multifamily style, to rent portions to several families to create a cash flow for their mortgage payments. Even though they prefer to purchase houses, there is still a high market for house and apartment rentals. In the past two to three years, rental fees have risen nearly 30 percent. Mr. Tam expects that within three years, this area will be predominately Fuzhou-owned. According Mr. Jung Sun Mui, a long time resident of Eighth Avenue, even though there is a high increase in the number of Fuzhou immigrants moving into this area, most businesses are still owned by Cantonese residents, especially in the busiest blocks between 50th to 60th streets. There are many long time residents, like Sun Mui, who have been living in this area for years and are not willing to move out. Businesses owned by Fuzhou immigrants are mostly located between 40th to 50th streets. Because of the influx of Fuzhou immigrants, this area has experienced some community changes, but most residents are not opposed to the newcomers. Actually, with the newcomers into this community, Mr. Mui said, we see new business opportunities. In the past, all the shops on Eighth Avenue close by 10 p.m. on, but with the late night spending of Fuzhou immigrants, there are at least 6 to 7 restaurants that remain open until 3 to 4 a.m. Sixteen year-old Fuzhou immigrant Man Chi Lo and his family run a street vending cart selling snacks on Eighth Avenue. This is an example of how Cantonese and Fuzhou Chinese are able to mix with each others community. Man Chi has run his business for less than three years, and already speaks fluent Cantonese. He sells Cantonese fried fish balls, Fuzhou fish balls, and Fuzhou fried cakes. Because of the Cantonese market in this area, his family especially brought in Cantonese fish balls for their customers. However, there are some long-time residents who are worried about the increasing number of Fuzhou immigrants. Some residents complained that there are more gambling and prostitution houses on Eighth Avenue. Even though it is difficult to say that this is linked to the newcomers, other residents worry that this area will slowly become a red-light district. One long-time resident said if he does end up moving out one day, it will not be due to the high return on selling the property, but to the deteriorating community. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-16 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 204 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 Fuzhou Province immigration increasing, rivaling Cantonese. Immigrants moving to Eighth Avenue, Broo 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. In the year 2000, Eighth Avenue experienced another changean increasing number of Fuzhou immigrants Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-06-16 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 32 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title No sane New Yorker will eat in Chinatown? Customers and Chinese restaurants owners disagree VTMBH Article: Author Xiaoqing Rong VTMBH Article: Publication Sing Tao Daily VTMBH Article: Original Language Chinese VTMBH Article: Translator Xiaoqing Rong VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb It is crazy! said Enrique Calzada when he learned of a Health Department inspectors comment in The New Yorker magazine while eating in Chinatown. The comment offended Chinatowns regulars, irked restaurant owners, and provoked a response from Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields. The Health Department has since apologized. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body No sane New Yorker would eat in Chinatown? A New York City Department of Health restaurant inspectors comment about Chinatowns restaurants offended Chinatowns regulars and irked the restaurants owners. Nicolle Woods, a 33-year-old restaurant inspector, was quoted in The New Yorker magazine. The story, Everyone Lies by Elizabeth Kolbert, covers a whole day of restaurant inspection. All the restaurants they inspected, including a Chinese restaurant in Greenwich Village, had health code violations. While talking to Kolbert, Woods volunteered that she had sworn off Chinatown, noting that any sane New Yorker wouldnt eat there. It is crazy! said Enrique Calzada when he learned of Woods comment while eating at Jing Feng restaurant at Chinatown. I love Chinese food, and come here to eat every two weeks since I moved to New York four years ago. Ive never had a problem. I think its discrimination, said another New Yorker, Juan Real. Since Real and his Chinese wife Siew Lim met seven years ago, the couple has come to Chinatown to eat frequently. Frankly, if you go to see the kitchen, its possible that youll find health code violations. But its not only in Chinatown. I know a lot of restaurants in midtown that have violations as well, Real said. According to the Health Departments website, since the beginning of this year, there are 30 or so Chinese restaurants in Manhattan with violations. In Chinatown, there are at least 250 Chinese restaurants. The Health Department divides violations by two categories: critical and general. Only four or more critical violations, or five or more general violations, can make a restaurant fail the inspection. According to the website, no Chinese restaurants failed inspections this year. The Chinese restaurateurs said the Health Department does inspections twice a yearviolations mean heavy fines. But the strict health code is hard to follow, and some rules are not suitable to Chinese food. In the last inspection, an inspector required us to put a thermometer beside the oven and try the temperature of each dish, said Zhongxing Ho, the owner of Zhongxing Restaurant. Its true that if food is not cooked well, its risky. But Chinese food is all cooked very well. Sometimes we overcook the food to make sure its soft enough. Its ridiculous to require us to put the thermometer in each dish. Peisen Chen, the president of Sweet-n-Tart Restaurant, was concerned Woods comment would affect the business of Chinatown restaurant industry, which has been struggling since September 11th. A lot of tourists who dont know Chinatown restaurants well might be scared by her comment and wont come to eat here. Chen said. Actually, because the health codes are too demanding and no inspector wants to leave with empty hands, receiving violations are almost unavoidable. <b>Chinese community still angry at Health Department inspectors anti-Chinatown comment, Manhattan borough president calls Health Department, which apologized, by Xiaoqing Rong, Sing Tao Daily, 20 August 2002. Translated from Chinese by Xiaoqing Rong</b> The Health Department restaurant inspectors comment against Chinatown restaurants, after being disclosed by a story in Sing Tao yesterday, triggered more anger among Chinese community. Manhattan Borough President Virginia Fields also showed her concern by calling the Health Department yesterday. The Health Department has apologized for the inspectors comment. In a New Yorker story about restaurant inspection, Nicolle Woods, a city restaurant inspector, was quoted as saying she had sworn off Chinatown, and any sane New Yorker wouldnt eat there. Tammy Do, director of Constituent Affairs of District 1, said: This is really unfair to Chinatown. Do explained that the Health Department only has 66 inspectors, and they are in charge of the restaurants inspections all over the city. There are at least 200 restaurants in Chinatown. It is obvious that the inspector hasnt been to all the restaurants in Chinatown. I think her comment is irresponsible, Do said. Qingquan Chen, chairman of the North American Fujianese Federation, thought Woods comment was discriminatory. As more and more Fujian immigrants rushing to America and pursuing their American dream through Chinese restaurants, Chen has seen an increase in discrimination against Chinese food. He said, In the 70s, they said the MSG in Chinese dishes can give you cancer. But America never stopped importing the Japanese MSG. In the 90s, they said Chinese food contains more cholesterol than western food. In a TV program, they said one pint of Kung Pao Chicken contains more cholesterol than a quarter pound hamburger at McDonald. But one pint is 16 ounces and a quarter pound is four ounces. Of course the former contains more cholesterol than the latter. Now they are saying our restaurants are dirty. I think our community should get together and fight the unfairness. The boiling anger from Chinatown also drew attention from Manhattan Borough President Virginia Fields. Since September 11th, Fields has done much to help Chinatowns businesses recover. The Chinatown summer festival, initiated by Fields for the purpose of getting more tourists to Chinatown to eat Chinese food, just finished two days ago. During the three-day-long festival, the Chinese food booths as well as traditional performances attracted about 10,000 people. Fields said: Health violations exist in restaurants throughout all parts of all boroughs of New York City. It is disturbing the restaurants of an entire community would be generalized about in such a way. She called the Health Department in yesterdays afternoon to communicate her concerns about Woods quote and then told Sing Tao that the latter had profusely apologized about the quote and said the comment were not based on any quantitative research study that Chinatown restaurants would do any worse in health inspection than any other community in the city. The Health Department has sent a formal statement to Sing Tao at 5:30 p.m. yesterday. In the wake of September 11th, the Chinatown restaurant industry needs our collective support not irresponsible reporting, Fields said. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-08-19 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 271 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 No sane New Yorker will eat in Chinatown? Customers and Chinese restaurants owners disagree 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. It is crazy! said Enrique Calzada when he learned of a Health Department inspectors comment in The N Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-19 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 27 VTMBH Article: Article Order 5 VTMBH Article: Title City settles brutality claim; transgendered woman, family, friends awarded $360,000 VTMBH Article: Author Duncan Osborne VTMBH Article: Publication Gay City News VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Four years ago, when JaLeas Lamots called an ambulance to their Bronx home, the police became violent upon learning that JaLea was a transsexual. The city settled this month for $360,000, but JaLea said, Its actually not behind me. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The Bloomberg administration settled a lawsuit filed by a Bronx transgendered woman and her family, who charged they were brutalized when the police arrived at their home in response to a 911 medical emergency call in 1998. While the settlement divided $360,000 among four members of the family they remain angry over what they suffered nearly four years ago. Its actually not behind me, said JaLea Lamot, the transgendered woman. We still deal with it every day... We still have the after-affects. The incident began when JaLeas mother, Nancy Lamot, called an ambulance to the Lamot home in the Bronx. JaLea, now 30, had taken some over-the-counter allergy medicine and laid down for a nap. Nancy, now 46, called 911 when she had trouble reviving JaLea. When police arrived on the scene they allegedly became violent upon learning that JaLea was a transsexual. When Nancy and her son, John Baez, tried to defend JaLea the officers allegedly responded with force and used pepper spray throughout the apartment. The police arrested Nancy, Ricardo Perez, a Lamot family friend, and Baez. All three faced multiple felony and misdemeanor charges. The charges were dismissed. JaLea was taken, handcuffed, by ambulance to a local hospital and kept overnight in a psychiatric unit. The suit, filed in 1999, named the city and 11 individual police officers as defendants. In a 1998 interview, a Bronx commanding officer defended the officers. Basically, they responded to help an emotionally disturbed person who was suicidal, said Captain Philip Van Gostein. The people there didnt think the person should be handcuffed to be taken to the hospital...Actually, [the officers] were trying to help that person. It is police practice to handcuff a suicidal person who is being taken to the hospital to prevent that person from hurting him or herself, Gostein said. He added that the officers had not made any reference to JaLea being a transsexual. The Lamots wanted more than money from the lawsuit. I wanted to speak out, JaLea said. I would rather stand trial so everybody can hear what these men did... They came and they did this to us and none of us can do anything. Thats always in our memory. We were taught to respect these people Both JaLea and her mother are still angry with the police. I had no problem with cops, Nancy said. My brother was a cop... I dont trust them. I would never call the cops again...I get anxiety attacks when a cop comes too close. I have to walk away. Nancy said she continues to have problems with her eyes resulting from the pepper spray and she now wears glasses. JaLea also harbors some bitterness towards Michael L. Spiegel, the attorney for the Lamot family. A lawyers a lawyer, she said. He gets more out of this than we do. I feel that we should have took it to trial...We were pressured. Out of the settlement, $150,000 went to JaLea, $105,000 went to Baez, $65,000 went to Nancy, and $40,000 went to Perez. Spiegel said that he received the standard fee of one third of each of the four settlement amounts. Nancy did not criticize Spiegel. What he did he did, she said. Ill just say Im happy with him. Spiegel declined to respond to the comments about him, but he said their feelings about the police and the settlement were understandable. I dont blame them for being angry at the police, he said. I think they have a right to be angry at the police. I think that any amount of money that people receive in these kinds of cases is not enough for what they endured. A mother called 911 for help and ended up with the entire family being assaulted... I think the settlement was ultimately in their best interests. Any lawsuit is only seeking to go back and, in some meager way, compensate them for what happened. Nancy feels that sentiment most keenly. Im not happy, she said. I dont feel it was fair that we had to settle and I also dont feel that its fair that the police officers didnt get charged with anything. They violated my rights, my familys rights, and they invaded my home... The money really has nothing to do with it. Its just the fact that they can do whatever they want and get away with it. Activists who have followed the case since 1999 were supportive of the Lamots. The civil suit process was never going to bring full justice to them, said Joo-Hyun Kang, executive director of the Audre Lorde Project, New York Citys community center for queer people of color. A call seeking comment from the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, another group that protested the police action, was not returned. <a href = "http://www.gaycitynews.com">The Gay City News</a> VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-07-18 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 112 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/. 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Four years ago, when JaLeas Lamots called an ambulance to their Bronx home, the police became violen 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. 2002-07-18 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 34 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Lawsuit against Korean employers for unpaid wage might be conditionally pardoned VTMBH Article: Author JooChan Kim VTMBH Article: Publication Korea Times New York VTMBH Article: Original Language Korean VTMBH Article: Translator Jeongwoo Han VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Korean greengrocery and deli owners who agree to abide by mimum wage, overtime and other labor laws will be pardoned from a suit brought by their Latino employees and their union, in a deal brokered by New York State Attorney General Elliot Spitzer. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The lawsuit between Korean greengrocers and deli owners and their Hispanic employees is predicted to end in a conditional pardon of the Korean greengrocers and deli owners. New York State Attorney General Elliot Spitzer is mediating the settlement of this lawsuit between the two groups. They are expected to announce a resolution by next week. The main condition of this pardon is that Korean greengrocers and deli owners must sign and agree to a Code of Conduct which includes related labor law provisions. They must also agree to pay their workers minimum wage, time-and-a-half for overtime, and unpaid or delayed wages and overtime. If these conditions are met, the Korean greengrocers and deli owners will be pardoned for their past faults. This Code of Conduct includes a labor law which states that after an employee has worked at an establishment for one year, they must be given one week of paid vacation time and sick leave. Ahn Sung Hyun, the Vice President of the Korean-American Association of New York, who participated in the negotiations along with Spitzer, the labor union representing the Hispanic workers, and the Korean owners, stated, If the Korean owners decide to sign the Code of Conduct and follow through with the current negotiations, they will receive clemency for their past errors. Ahn also explained that signing this Code of Conduct will be beneficial for the Korean owners as well, since by doing so they can avoid further investigations by the New York Attorney Generals office and protests by unions. If this is resolved in this manner, it will alleviate the trouble some Korean owners had with unpaid wage conflicts with Hispanic employees and the unionization of Hispanic workers. The president of the Korean-American Association of New York, Suk-joo Kim, met with Francisco Garcia, a Mexican senator and Chairman of the Association of Unions in Mexico, and talked over the methods of improving relations between Koreans and Mexicans in New York. I hope that the Korean and Mexican communities in New York will come to understand and help each other, Garcia said. Kim replied, Although there are some tensions between Koreans and Hispanics, an intimate codependent relationship exists between them. I see in the near future a time where the conflict between Korean owners and Hispanic employees will be resolved. 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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 1 VTMBH Article: Title ABC refuses $20,000 of Black community advertising on Like It Is VTMBH Article: Author James C. McIntosh, MD VTMBH Article: Publication Amsterdam News VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb ABC has turned down $20,000 of advertising for Like It Is, for the same reason Like It Is in endangered the first place: Black access to the airwaves, Black content and Black control. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body On Wednesday, March 27, WABC-TV account executives Steve Dilworth and Dan Donovan, and Committee to Eliminate Media Offensive to African People (CEMOTAP) co-chairs Betty Dopson and myself, held a long-awaited meeting regarding the purchase of $20,000 worth of advertising on Gil Nobles Like It Is program, which airs on Sundays. The meeting ended with an agreement to air the first of 12 one-minute commercials advertising community events on March 31. Dilworth and Donovan seemed ecstatic to have landed the sale. As Dopson, myself and the WABC-TV account executives agreed on March 29, a first installment check for $6,000 and a studio-produced one-minute commercial in Beta format were delivered to the station. The commercial had been professionally produced by Brother Babatunde and his associates at www.Africanstudios.tv, and featured a background of a world globe with South America and Africa in the foreground, on which the specifies regarding 12 African community events flashed sequentially for five-second intervals. In the background, Noel Pointers jazz violin undergirded my voice, explaining how on Feb. 2, over a dozen African organizations met with the Black community at the historic Bethany Baptist Church to raise money for the CEMOTAP Drum community billboard, now airing on Like It Is. By noon the same day, Dilworth and his boss, Donovan, were called into a meeting with high-ranking WABC executives and told in no uncertain terms not to air the advertisement. A dumbfounded Dilworth said he wasnt exactly sure why the execs pulled the ad. He said he was told that it was against ABC policy to air a paid community calendar. Dilworth, who had never heard of the policy previously, said the quality of the ad produced looked fine to him, that everything was fine with the money and the tape, but for reasons of which he was uncertain, a done deal was undone. Insiders say that WABC-TV General Manager and President Tom Kane had voiced concerns that community calendars are the sort of thing the FCC mandates the station to air for free. Kane felt the station would be demonstrably in violation of that mandate if it charged for a community calendar. How specious an argument could Kane come up with? The station has never been fearful of the FCC all these years that they failed to provide a free community calendar to the African community and therefore provided no public airwave access to the airwaves to grassroots community organizations. Should anyone believe that they have suddenly developed the fear that a now all-but-toothless FCC could prevent ABC from accepting a paid advertisement that results in actually granting the public access originally mandated by the FCC? After all, Kanes newly expressed fear never stopped WABC-TV from pressuring Noble to make his public affairs program Like It Is commercial. If the alleged FCC mandate for unpaid access suddenly applied to community calendars, why did it no longer apply to a public affairs show such as Like It Is? If fear of the FCC was the issue, Kane could have aired the commercials and returned the money. Dopson said she could not understand how Like It Is, supposedly on the brink of cancellation over monetary concerns, could be refused a paid advertisement to support the show. Dopson said, I can still remember Gils face at our tribute to him on Feb. 2. He was ecstatic that the community turned out in such numbers and had made such a substantial financial contribution to save his show. People are still sending in money, continued Dopson. Frederika Bey of Women in Support of the Million Man March and a group of ministers in New Jersey have already organized a follow-up meeting to pay for ads, after these first 12 to 13 covered by the money we collected. Dopson is certainly right; ABC has tipped its hand. Now it can be clearly seen that money was never the issue with the show after all. ABC has turned down $20,000 of advertising for Like It Is with many more dollars promised to follow. The real issue regarding this community commercial is the same one that endangers Like It Is in the first place: Black access to the airwaves, Black content and Black control. Some person or persons have decided that Black people are not supposed to talk unless they are dancing, shuffling, bouncing a ball, rhyming or saying something written by others. Organizers of the Feb. 2 tribute to Gil Noble began meeting immediately to plot the next course of action and urge that all supporters in the community stand at the ready. To see and hear the video version of the advertisement, complete with the music and voiceover as it was to have appeared on Like It Is, visit the Web site www.africanstudios.tv. As the Amsterdam News went to press, Kane, in an effort to resolve the impasse, had scheduled to meet late in the afternoon on April 3 with leaders from the following groups: Afrikan Poetry Theatre, African Heritage Sunday, CEMOTAP, National Association of Kawaida Organizations, United African Movement, New Black Panther Party, African Nationalist Pioneer Movement, Patrice Lumumba Coalition, Million Man and Women March Coordinating Committee of Queens, Kween Fuvi and the December 12th Movement. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-04-10 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File v15e1.doc VTMBH Article: Hit Count 208 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/. 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ABC has turned down $20,000 of advertising for Like It Is, for the same reason Like It Is in endange 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. 2002-04-10 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 19 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title 64 percent of South Asians in Queens dont have health insurance VTMBH Article: Author Priya Malhotra VTMBH Article: Publication Desi Talk VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb A New York Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training conference focused on cancer prevention and research.Asian Pacific Islander (API) health data that is collected on a national level often masks the problems that South Asians in New York City face, Nadia Islam told <i>Desi Talk.</i> VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body About 64 percent of South Asians in Queens have no health insurance, according to a study by the New York Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training (NYAANCART), the results of which were presented at a conference titled Asian Americans and Health: Meeting the Needs of Our Growing Community. The conference was organized by NYAANCART at the New York Hospital, Queens, on March 5. The results of the survey on health issues concerning the South Asian and the Korean community were presented by Simona Kwon, project director for NYAANCART, who said that 355 surveys were conducted at health fairs, cultural events, religious institutions and senior centers for South Asians. The mean age of the South Asian respondents was 41 and the average income was $20,000-$28,000. Kwon said the study indicated that 70 percent of the South Asians surveyed said that they had forgone needed health care because of the costs, during the past 12 months. The report stated that South Asian women who had lived in the United States for less than 10 years were less likely to have ever had a Pap smear than those who had lived here for longer. According to the report, 18 percent of South Asians surveyed believed cancer was contagious and 46 percent of them believed that getting cancer was a matter of fate. NYAANCART is a National Cancer Institute-funded project based at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. The main aim of the network is to broaden and expand community-based cancer control and prevention activities, as well as encourage greater participation by members of Asian communities in cancer research initiatives. A number of South Asians are members of the network, including Navneet Kathuria, Habibul Ahsan, Nadia Islam, Naseem Zojwalla, Anu Gupta and Kavita Mariwalla. The conference included a variety of presentations on health issues concerning Asian Americans, with a focus on cancer prevention and research. Asian Pacific Islander (API) health data that is collected on a national level often masks the problems that South Asians in New York City face, Nadia Islam, South Asian community outreach coordinator for NYAANCART, told Desi Talk. There are several reasons for this. First, South Asians are often not represented in national data. Second, most health research on Asian Americans is conducted in California, where the API community is quite demographically different than the community in New York City. For example, in comparing rates of health insurance among Asians, we found that more than 60 percent percent of our South Asian sample was uninsured in New York City. Data from California, however, indicates that only 11 percent of the Asian Pacific community is uninsured. It is very important, therefore, that more research is conducted in the South Asian community in general, as well as the New York City South Asian community in particular. A case study on New York City taxi drivers health, sponsored by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) and NYAANCART, found that 77 percent of them were uninsured because it was not offered through the job, the high cost and the perceived lack of need. The results of this study, which surveyed 183 drivers, were presented by Bhairavi Desai of NYTWA and Islam of NYAANCART. The study said that the 30 percent of the taxi drivers were Indian, 35 percent were Pakistani and 19 percent were Bangladeshi. Their mean age is 36 and 73 percent of them are married. About 23 percent of taxi drivers in New York City have never had a medical check-up and about 20 percent have not had a check-up within the past 12 months, the study found. The top health concerns for taxi drivers are lower back pain, heart disease, blood pressure, diabetes and smoking. The survey found that taxi drivers said they were under a lot of stress, with 52 percent of them reporting daily stress and 20 percent reporting stress a few times a week. In another presentation, Marcus Loo, clinical director of NYAANCART, said that cancer was the leading cause of death among Asian Americans under 50. Overall, however, Asian Americans had a lower incidence of cancer when compared to white Americans and African Americans. The incidence of cancer among Asian Americans was 279 per 100,000 people, while African Americans had a rate of 445 per 100,000 people and white Americans had a rate of 402 per 100,000 people, said Loo. He also said that lung cancer and smoking rates among Asian Americans were less than that of white Americans. Asian American women had the lowest breast cancer and Pap test screening rates compared with any other racial or ethnic group in the United States, noted Loo. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-05-10 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File 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 64 percent of South Asians in Queens dont have health insurance 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 31 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title Fracas about deportation of a Bangladeshi: INS forced to bring him back during asylum application VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Weekly Thikana VTMBH Article: Original Language Bangla VTMBH Article: Translator Moinuddin Naser VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The INS was forced to bring back a deported Bangladeshi from Bangladesh after long battle surrounding the deportation. Mohammed Arif Rashid is the Bangladeshi man who is at the focal point of this bubble. Arif Rashid, 26, resident of Gendaria of Dhaka, arrived at the Los Angeles airport with a British passport just 11 days before the terrorist attacks of September 11th. Because his passport seemed suspicious to one of the airport immigration officials, he was sent to Lancaster Immigration Jail. He applied for political asylum from the jail, but it was denied. He made an appeal, which was also rejected last April. He then made an appeal for review of his case with the Ninth Circuit Court with the help of a family friend, Mehdi Hasan, who resides in Los Angeles. Mehdi Hasan told The Weekly Thikana that while different lawyers discouraged review of his case, attorney Garris Sarin gave him hope. Sarin was paid a four thousand dollar fee to handle this review petition. Sarin submitted the review petition by the April 29 due date. But Rashid was suddenly deported to Bangladeshwhile his review petition was still under considerationas a consequence of the INSs sweeping deportations since September 11th. Rashid was deported on June 22. Although Mehdi Hasan found out about Rashids pending deportation, he and Sarin, after many attempts, failed to stop the INS from deporting him. After that, Sarin sent a letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft challenging the decision of the deportation. The office of the attorney general asked the INS to show cause, but as the INS failed to give a good reply, the agency was asked to bring him back. As per instruction, the INS, on July 15, issued an order to bring him back and, accordingly, the INS arranged a first class one-way ticket at a cost of $1,952 on British Airways. But when Arif Rashid went to the U.S. consular office in Dhaka, with a copy of the order, the consulate officers started dilly-dallying in allowing him to re-enter the United States. According to Rashid, the consulate officers in Dhaka said this kind of incident had never happened in the consulates history. At this stage, the attorney contacted the INS, and Mehdi Hasan sent more supporting documents including the ticket provided by the INS. After a phone call from the deportation office of the INS, Rashid was finally allowed to re-enter the United States on July 27. He arrived in Los Angeles on July 28. An immigration officer was waiting for him at Los Angeles airport. Upon his return, he was again taken to Lancaster Immigration Jail, where he is currently being held. Yet Sarin and Mehdi Hasan are hopeful about winning his release as soon as possible. His attorney believes that because he was wrongfully deported, he might get a verdict in his favor. Immigration lawyers and other immigration related organizations think that the return of Rashid, which is against the normal behavior of the INS, was a very important incident. This case might set a precedent in other deportation cases. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-08-16 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 109 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 Fracas about deportation of a Bangladeshi: INS forced to bring him back during asylum application 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-16