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 3 VTMBH Article: Title Bars Bloody Mary promotion shakes up Irish sensibilities VTMBH Article: Author Stephen McKinley VTMBH Article: Publication Irish Echo VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body After complaints from several Irish people, an East Village bar removed posters from its windows last Wednesday that used the Union Jack and the words Bloody Sundays for a Bloody Mary drinks promotion. The posters, measuring about 8 feet by 11 inches, were replaced later in the week with almost identical ones that instead read London Calling. An Antrim woman, Grainne Close, first spotted the posters on her way to work near the bar on Second Avenue, which is called simply The Bar. She went inside and complained to the bar staff that the poster was offensive to Irish people, because of the association of the Union Jack with Bloody Sunday, the day in January 1972 when 14 unarmed Catholic civil rights marchers were shot dead by British soldiers in Derry. I found it offensive, knowing what Bloody Sunday was, and also knowing people who were affected directly by Bloody Sunday, she said. I went in and asked them did they realize what they were doing, and did they know what happened on Bloody Sunday. Im shocked about it. The bars staff said that they were unaware of the significance of the term Bloody Sunday. After several more complaints, the bar manager, who gave his first name as Alfio, agreed to take the posters down and apologized that his staff and person who designed the poster were unaware of the events in Derry on Jan. 30, 1972. The issue is particularly sensitive as the film Bloody Sunday just debuted in New York last week. The movie, directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Northern Irish actor James Nesbitt, won the coveted Hitchcock dOr prize at a French film festival last weekend. It also won the Golden Bear in Berlin and the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. Its showing at the New York Film Festival screening was sold out last weekend. After the altered posters replaced the ones with the words Bloody Sundays, barman Alfio said that the poster designer attempted to contact Close and others to apologize for the lack of tact. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-16 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 66 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 Bars Bloody Mary promotion shakes up Irish sensibilities 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. 2002-10-16