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 6 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title New Delhi to New Jersey: Indians on fast track. VTMBH Article: Author Sujeet Rajan VTMBH Article: Publication Indian Express VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Roger Chugh appointed Assistant Secretary of State in New Jersey, Seema Singh named Public Advocate. Their appointments mark the growing influence of the South Asian community in a state that is fast overtaking New York as Americas salad bowl. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Two small steps in the wide world of American politics, two big steps for the Indian community. Two Indian Americans, Roger Chugh and Seema Singh, were chosen to eminent positions in New Jersey: Chugh was appointed as Assistant Secretary of State in the Cabinet and Singh, the Public Advocate last week. Chughs appointment makes him the third most powerful official in New Jersey after Governor Jim McGreevey and Secretary of State Regina Thomas. Chugh, a Democrat who is also the chairperson of the Asian American Political Awareness group, will handle a $ 1.8 billion budget and have 2,000 people working under him. Singh will handle the Public Advocates position, reinstated after a gap of eight years. It is a $57 million, 975-person public agency. Their inspiration is diverse: Chugh 46, names Delhi Assembly Speaker Choudhary Prem Singh as his mentor, while Singh, 40, rewinds to her work in the leper colonies of the Burnpur-Durgapur belt in West Bengal, under the guidance of Mother Teresa. Their appointments mark the growing influence of the South Asian community in a state that is fast overtaking New York as Americas salad bowl. Last year, three Indian Americans had won elections in New Jersey. Upendra Chivukula became the third Indian American state legislator, George James and Parag Patel won Town Board elections. Governor McGreevey said of Chughs appointment, the voices of Asian Americans will be heard. Chugh, a graduate of Atma Ram Sanatan Dharam College in New Delhi, became the college union general secretary in the early 70s. He counts Congress Party leaders Lalit Maken, Priyaranjan Das Munshi and Ambika Soni among his friends and peers. Chugh even contested for the post of president of the Delhi University. He lost those elections obviously, his political stars were destined to shine some years later, in another country. I have been interested in politics right from when I was in Harcourt Butler School, said Chugh, who migrated to the US in the seventies. I wanted to be the monitor of my class! Chughs appointment seems to be a reward for the long years he has put in for the Democrats: he rallied the Indian community together for Al Gores presidential bid and more recently, steered a signature campaign involving 94 Congressmen, addressed to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, asking him to desist from war with Pakistan. I want to empower and unite all the Indians here. I want to see the Gujaratis and Punjabis mingle freely with the Bengalis and South Indians, says Chugh. Singhs priorities, on the other hand, are somewhat different. Her aim is to see Hindus here strengthen their identity. Hinduism is not about caste, curry and cow, she says. Singh will strive to lobby for more funds and awareness so that Hinduism is taught in more colleges in the United States. Born of Punjabi parents, Singh was raised in Asansol, West Bengal. I never wanted to take up the sciences, but I did it to please my parents, says Singh, speaking of her zoology degree from Calcutta University. Her sister Kiran, a teacher, brought her to New Jersey, and she later studied management and law. She graduated from Rutgers University in 1988 with top honors, receiving the William A. Raimond award for the highest GPA at the School of Business and later attended law school at Seton Hall University. She was previously working with the Princeton-based law firm, Pepper Hamilton. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-01-20 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 68 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 New Delhi to New Jersey: Indians on fast track. 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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