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 28 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title Give us a chance to make our American DREAM come true in America, students tell lawmakers at press conference VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Korea Times New York VTMBH Article: Original Language Korean VTMBH Article: Translator Jeongwoo Han VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Fifteen Korean students lobbied Washington lawmakers to pass the DREAM Acta law that would encourage states to grant undocumented immigrant students in-state tuition and provide an opportunity for some undocumented students to obtain legal status. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Fifteen Korean students from New York lobbied Washington lawmakers to pass a law pardoning students who illegally overstay their visas Several immigrant rights groups, including the National Association of Korean-American Service for Education Council (NAKASEC), held a press conference in Washington D.C. on July 17 and announced their plans to begin actively lobbying Congress to pass The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, which would encourage states to grant undocumented immigration students in-state tuition and provide an opportunity for some undocumented students to obtain legal status. In the press conference held in front of the Capitol, Chicago resident Yoon-hi Yim represented Korean students as she called for the passage of the DREAM Act. In America, the so-called country of opportunity, it is frustrating to be an illegal resident. We are forced to overstay our visas because of our parents undocumented status, so we cannot get financial support or loans for college. And she also demanded that lawmakers help us make our dreams come true and contribute to America. Min, a student at Flushing High School, said that soon, Im going to graduate high school and go on to college, but I find that many of my seniors and peers have a lot of trouble getting into college because of financial reasons. I think its unfair to us, when we have done nothing wrong, that our future is put under such constraints. That is why I have decided to lobby for this law. NAKASEC President Sung-kyu Yun said that at the moment, the bill will allow undocumented students to apply for permanent residency has been brought before both the Houses and the Senate. But the Senate version is both more likely to pass and more beneficial. Senator Edward Kennedy will participate in the meeting and encourage his colleagues to support it. He will announce his support of the bill. Also I hope the DREAM Act will give them a dream, as its name means. After the press conference, around forty Korean-American students from several Korean-American Associations such as the Korean Resource Center (Los Angeles), Korean American Resource and Cultural Center (Chicago) and the Young Korean American Service and Education Center (New York) planned to lobby Congress members in groups. Around 200 minority students and people working in education attended the press conference. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-07-19 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 Give us a chance to make our American DREAM come true in America, students tell lawmakers at press c 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. Fifteen Korean students lobbied Washington lawmakers to pass the DREAM Acta law that would encourage 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. 2002-07-19