Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 44 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title The protests that fizzled VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Haitian Times VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb While we support the claim that Haitians are treated unfairly, we believe that it is time for Haitians to stop protesting in the streets and take their complaints to the hallways of state capitals and the White Houseplaces where they can bring about some real changes. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Last week, Haitian community leaders from Miami to New York to Boston, called for and organized rallies in front of U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service offices to denounce the double standards and unfair treatment of Haitian refugees. While we support their claim of unfair treatment to Haitians, we believe that the protests were ill advised. In New York, there were less than 30 people gathered at any one time. Miamis event was a bit larger, but still it was so low that Gepsie Metellus of the Haitian Neighborhood Center in Miami and a leader in the community, didnt even get out of her car when she saw the crowd was so small. It is time that Haitian leaders take their protests from the streets to the hallways of state capitals and the White Houseplaces where they can bring about some real changes. Instead of organizing street protests, these leaders should conduct letter writing campaigns to their elected officials demanding meetings on the issues that are so important to us. Politicians respond to this kind of pressure. In the last few years, the community has been transforming and part of that change is that people are no longer eager to take to the streets. They are trying to carve out a life for themselves here. That is not to say that people should never take to the streets to protest. We simply believe that as vital as the mistreatment of Haitians is to us, many people do not see it as a defining cause to leave work and take to the street. The street hawkers should let Haitian elected officials take the helm on some of these issues. After all, they have a pulpit from which they can access the highest level of the federal government. They should work in unison and not parallel. We hope that when the next crisis hits us, the street agitators will look for another tactic and pound the pavement as a last resort. The time to rise to the next level has arrived, the leadership needs to face it. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-12-03 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 50 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The protests that fizzled 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. While we support the claim that Haitians are treated unfairly, we believe that it is time for Haitia Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-12-03