Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 38 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title Protesters accuse Bloomberg of racism VTMBH Article: Author José Llanes VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Hannah Emmerich VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body I was able to survive, thanks to my mother and my church, but many people dont have mothers, churches or anyone to turn to for help, said Dominican Severina Evangelista as she addressed the crowd in front of the Human Resources Administrations (HRA) offices while struggling to cover her son from the freezing winds that gusted through Lower Manhattan yesterday. Evangelista was not there to receive benefits, rather as part of a group of over 100 demonstrators whose shouts accused Mayor Bloomberg of being racist, unlawful, and untrustworthy. The demonstration was organized by the group Mothers on the Move (MOM), which is accusing the Bloomberg administration of failing to honor a year-old legal settlement reached under Ramírez vs. Giuliani that granted immigrants seeking food stamps the right to translation services. These people are being discriminated against; their needs are not a priority to the Mayor, who worries more about the new building for the Board of Education than providing basic services to immigrants and their children, said Michael Friedman, co-director of MOM. MOM brought the case of Ramírez vs. Giuliani against the city a year ago with the support of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund and New York Legal Assistance. In a written declaration of their demands, protesters accused the city of failing to meet the Oct. 1 deadline to provide translations of notices pertaining to food stamps and bilingual caseworkers to more than one third of food stamp recipients. According to the declaration, 77 percent of the citys welfare centers did not provide adequate bilingual information to Latino immigrants and 65 percent failed to post informational material in the centers about the availability of free interpretation services. Due to the lack of these services, many recipients benefits have been cut off. The Mayor is discriminating against the 24 percent of New Yorkers who dont speak English, said Yorelis Vidal, one of the protests organizers. They close our cases because we dont understand; its very difficult to live like that, added Evangelista, who has become active in MOM over this issue. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-15 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 53 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 Protesters accuse Bloomberg of racism 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-10-15