[Dryerase] FW: Voices 43: 28 November 2002

Mon Dec 2 11:33:44 CST 2002

Dear Dry-Erase folks, 

Here is Voices 43. For full content visit our site. To reprint a single
article, contact me or Ilana Miller at the info below to arrange the
rights, or contact the paper directly. (It’s usually free, dependent on
the source paper.) 

Rights are granted to reprint the edition as a whole. We encourage
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All the best, 

Dania. 

PS. I’m on vacation 12/4-1/1. Happy, peaceful holidays! Ilana Miller
will coordinate Voices in my absence, feel free to contact her while I’m
gone. nyed at indypress.org and  the same info as below:

Dania Rajendra

Editor, Voices That Must Be Heard

Independent Press Association - New York

www.indypressny.org * 212/279-1442 * 143 West 29th St., 901, New York,
NY 10001 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dania Rajendra [mailto:nyvoices at indypress.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 7:57 PM
To: nyvoices at indypress.org
Subject: Voices 43: 28 November 2002

This Week's Voices That <http://www.indypressny.org>  Must Be Heard
By IPA-New York, a sponsored project of the Independent Press
Association 
Edition 43: 28 November 2002. 
Happy Thanksgiving! 

NEWS ITEMS:
Al Sharpton leads <http://www.indypressny.org/index.php3#Article468>
protest against racism at Gramercy Park by Donna Lamb, New York Beacon,
21 November 2002. English language. 
The Gramercy Park Trust faces a lawsuit by Black and Latino students at
Washington Irving High School, their parents, some teachers, and Mr. O.
Aldon James, president of the National Arts Club. Gramercy Park is the
only privately-owned park in New York. James, a member of the park,
invited the students to the park for a field trip, but they were chased
out because of their race. Sharpton and other prominent allies are
protesting every day at lunch. MORE.
<http://www.indypressny.org/article.php3?ArticleID=468> 

Clean-up of Bronx River
<http://www.indypressny.org/index.php3#Article469>  still a long haul by
Robert Waddell, Siempre, 2 December 2002. Spanish language. 
Since the mid-90s, community activists, private citizens and students
have cleared garbage and waste from the Bronx River. These eco-activists
believe that it’s their responsibility as citizens to correct the damage
done by polluters, industry and sewage plants. MORE.
<http://www.indypressny.org/article.php3?ArticleID=469> 

City homeless program <http://www.indypressny.org/index.php3#Article470>
rewards bad landlords by Heather Haddon, Norwood News, 4 December 2002.
English language. 
Faced with a growing homelessness crisis, New York City is paying Park
Avenue prices to some of the worst landlords to house people it cannot
fit into its exploding shelter system. The result, tenant activists and
housing advocates say, is a topsy-turvy system that encourages landlords
to flout housing codes and drive long-time tenants out. MORE.
<http://www.indypressny.org/article.php3?ArticleID=470> 

A certificate of <http://www.indypressny.org/index.php3#Article471>
authenticity for Italian restaurants, new initiative presented in New
York by Italian authorities by Riccardo Chioni, America Oggi, 8 November
2002. Translated from Italian by Katherine Sigelman. 
The official from the Itialian Federation of Public Concerns was frank:
among the 12,000 Italian restaurants that exist in the United States, a
meager 10-15 percent can be categorized as authentic. “The others,” he
emphasized, “have in some way encroached upon the name, and behind the
‘Italian Restaurant’ sign, there’s a little of everything, or sometimes,
there’s nothing.” The Italian government will survey every Italian
restaurant and award some certificates announcing their authenticity.
MORE. <http://www.indypressny.org/article.php3?ArticleID=471> 

When a child emigrates
<http://www.indypressny.org/index.php3#Article472>  by Elzbieta
Tracewicz, Nowy Dziennik / Polish Daily News, 14 November 2002.
Translated from Polish by Ursula Sedek. 
Immigration is like re-potting a human being. The period of adaptation
is different in each case but, without exception, everyone is ill in
some sense. The author, a PhD in psychology, explains how to ease the
transition. MORE.
<http://www.indypressny.org/article.php3?ArticleID=472> 

BRIEFS:
Demonstrators demand <http://www.indypressny.org/index.php3#Article475>
justice for boy’s murder and security for the community, Weekly Thikana,
22 November 2002. Translated from Bangla by Moinuddin Naser. 

Art project maps the G to
<http://www.indypressny.org/index.php3#Article474>  save it by Marcin
Szczepanski, Nowy Dziennik / Polish Daily News, 17 November 2002.
Translated from Polish by Lukas Bulka. 

Keio Academy New York <http://www.indypressny.org/index.php3#Article476>
boys soccer team wins state championship for third time, Yomiuri
America, 22 November 2002. Translated from Japanese by Brian Byun. 

A message in the music
<http://www.indypressny.org/index.php3#Article477>  by Morlette Cowan,
Weekly Gleaner, 27 November 2002. English language. 

Bronx Cambodians <http://www.indypressny.org/index.php3#Article478>
protest deportations by Heather Haddon, Norwood News, 4 December 2002.
English language. 

“Hawala,” <http://www.indypressny.org/index.php3#Article479>  an
informal money transfer system, is under investigation, Pakistan Post,
27 November 2002. Translated from Urdu by Rehan Ansari. 

Brooklyn commemoration
<http://www.indypressny.org/index.php3#Article480>  of Vertières and
Haitian independence, Haiti Progres, 26 November 2002. Translated from
French by Jean-Claude Roux. 

Caravan of the <http://www.indypressny.org/index.php3#Article481>
brokenhearted: another 100 Pakistanis board a charter flight and are
deported by Azeem M. Mian, Pakistan Post, 27 November 2002. Translated
from Urdu by Rehan Ansari. 

EDITORIALS:
Bloomberg’s <http://www.indypressny.org/index.php3#Article482>  policy:
wipe out the poor but not the poverty, Bangla Patrika, 22 November 2002.
Translated from Bangla by Moinuddin Naser. 
We’re in a fiscal crisis, and the government's measures seem focused on
exploiting the poor. It is a great arrangement. Take the subway fare
hikes and service cuts: Mayor Bloomberg, who travels by private plane,
obviously would not understand why waiting an extra half hour for a
train is a problem. MORE.
<http://www.indypressny.org/article.php3?ArticleID=482> 

Volunteering is <http://www.indypressny.org/index.php3#Article483>
exciting by Lyudmila Paltielova, Bukharian Times, 29 November 2002.
Translated from Russian by Liz Vladeck. 
Getting absorbed in pre-election excitement, I really got a feel for the
rhythms and impulses of the people around me. By including myself in
their work, I was trying to discern the motives driving these
volunteers. I learned that one thing that distinguishes America from
other countries is that it helps people whether or not they’ve spent
their entire lives here. MORE.
<http://www.indypressny.org/article.php3?ArticleID=483> 

Racial profiling at the
<http://www.indypressny.org/index.php3#Article484>  border by Abdul
Hameed Bashani, Pakistan Post, 27 November 2002. Translated from Urdu by
Rehan Ansari. 
Bordering a farmer’s field on the U.S.-Canadian border, near Quebec, is
a small gas station which lies on the American side, but has always
attracted Canadians with its low prices. Last month, an Arab Canadian,
who lives near the gas station and has been using its services for many
years, drove his car to it, as was his habit. This time he was arrested
by the police for illegal entry into the United States. MORE.
<http://www.indypressny.org/article.php3?ArticleID=484> 

**Please note that there were some corrections to “Protest for
<http://www.indypressny.org/article.php3?ArticleID=436>  detainees in
front of the INS” in Voices #41. Voices welcomes, comments, suggestions,
corrections and letters to the editor. Please contact Dania Rajendra or
Ilana Miller at nyvoices at indypress.org. 

Happy Thanksgiving!o

Dania Rajendra

Editor, Voices That Must Be Heard

Independent Press Association - New York

www.indypressny.org * 212/279-1442 * 143 West 29th St., 901, New York,
NY 10001 

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