[Immigrantrightsnynj] This Week's Voices That Must Be Heard

Wed Sep 3 18:01:56 EDT 2008

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This Week's Voices That Must Be Heard <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A4EBXOJaeSsMnMNk22TVY8G70xME9YRrI0ENOPMPoj00PkcR6AePxYduQYOjyukhhSKBSfnHWBh0krGGjy1TAn-SKsRv3rOGOa0Azoyz7ET8A==> 
By New York Community Media Alliance, a sponsored project of Fund for the City of New York 
Edition 337: 3 September 2008. 

NYCMA reports from national conventions:
Day one at the RNC: Immigration overshadowed by anti-war protest <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A6SYo4Nq0Yj6xt4hExKUtJgQGMx20WiJQP8cad7VIJUDovSsVVl7vWPoHLMQJl1zGS-Xh1IbW4ugn4DOnrSgq51LUJ5csLLmEv82kmVT_v25iZvZCLf-h8omnwS334ciW1p-8iuoXal_g==>  by Ka Chan, NYCMA, 3 September 2008. English language. 

American Muslims in Denver <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A4FtMRXAGGU31tD9hu1Emx6HLckXxvIucoy_nz47YzY7fnkIk1BwIh_N_k4q_U3zTaxB1qNbgSeSx_ldeYyRsufoiYgWYOB61mGibkcSAaChISnruS_m7qFXum_cR-q5xjnn39aOEvUqw==>  by Abu Taher, Bangla Patrika, 5 September 2008. Translated from Bangla by Moinuddin Naser. 

What do Arab Americans Want? Questions pondered at the DNC <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A7_8IlBxPxDTnNeMg8wc-ricWFg7zqvvxaelRB67udnzSbLcjLZ0eddDh-CSvCjBp1rJdkDBCgFH3E4ZfW13w3bOkY8BR3nk0VmF_Ns8wT0XONi-Fi15Bv2Yj8sXy7O8fZTSh7l18erMw==>  by Antoine Faisal, Aramica, 2 September 2008. English language. 

2008 Presidential Elections: Through the lens of ethnic press:
Envoy fears - Obama chooses Biden, signals possible Irish shift <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A4b3HJ85UHhTh8NgzNvKfAfGaKpm4TrBX4uQvSWXaGhPbY6fkoF3SiDW3MNXHIzsccKD-kVyutkvfiOkjnsIoZoxhuu2nyH95bM07_fZiu8IgTlPvwRszCJ3LLHVYWEUjX5im2cwH9bUw==>  by Ray O'Hanlon, Irish Echo, 2 September 2008. English language. 

Latinos for Obama 3 to 1 in the West <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A7l-Z_ccjSiKU-BcpxQzHff5mca76QN-kNDOPbUmZcnaWNpIW6YMRASKQ8x5xFd41rFQ_DokLjIDvS9KlvKuAD74H0ZE_dIE2Io0ranVgoKfnMDf6fOOoGaCuGu7UvBJrRmt6ETbfzxiQ==>  by Pilar Marrero, El Diario / La Prensa, 28 August 2008. Translated from Spanish by Marissa Billowitz. 

Do we dare to dream? Many Black say, yes - But whites who say one thing and vote another way may hold the key <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A5d7tNgx-56JheiZSwLZ5rhexZSpB1dwC60zSV99wHcAcdqv9PQIJq1J4IcglVYZo42YK8YcYEIiFfwbjS314odVYg_xFVt6Ic1nJSMhwqbznMBbMNDnFsU1TXkFh6gv9vVnQQEmLUDzQ==>  by Tony Best, CaribNews, 2 September 2008. English language. 

The quiet coup <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A4k9Jn63qoO8Hln5cOOYVvldv9VIiGGGuCF4ZWneVjTIRBaFnhq4lxhnY8jjwmg_sOSWp7eTnrSMajD0E0aGof9ZU7XRpCzma_Pmy5NXwszU8hN3fJ61qM3Jc6aPBwyZKx77y-ZDwECtQ==> , Our Time Press, 22 August 2008. English language. 

Turks dislike Obama selection of Joe Biden as running mate <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A66Rv4j87RQ1g9n6OD4gsP4iIKKgW_b7XHijj59OnlTxdjNK3bItDUAtGOpuq_aYr_wioivupCAI54-5JQKdTU8Tio1B0f4sd40i4F4g_gXPFZvwd1r80GEEYoiGqaMvQypgzS06tnOwA==> , Zaman USA, 25 August 2008. English language. 

NEWS ITEMS:
Bizarre Bronx Senate race plays out on YouTube <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A5hOFE-5cSndG56YhegAxMwcpVYuj-4NQxodk39eaMMWzEKBBHTkt13w284m6gJh0vShOET3ogt0Phto-qA-xmd88q-EGXAxXUUXcn11XPEcsSY92EfMV0FjUQPcOuW4nMp1CiialbY6Q==>  by Alex Kratz, Norwood News, 21 August 2008. English language. 
State Senator Efrain Gonzalez's indictment for fraud has opened the doors for the Bronx's most heated and contentious political race, which is being fought on multiple fronts - the blogosphere, across two counties, at local meetings, in various court rooms and on YouTube. MORE. <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A70Nd3P2q1nfhlcFtNrSJ2H2DWmMplQQMQZR9RvHbm-jso7Gk3dqSUzenLJ6OORNbV-qr8pQney0gxVENsJDlN4Ov7Ujeuo17itdO1IjExJY6LRHhbJLf5jND2_pFzE8wo113MM7R60kLeU2jJqN1Oc> 

Willets Point workers still struggling to save their businesses <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A5XihqIA3Q2w1lmL4pZlO2F6lcegCdm1rVVDiHPQBFWALneWDR_LkaHRv1CC9OPlyDgH_MR2pt4_ZvI1WTmpI5oLmVgb4i-J6ylEltKHVtuLoxodF969xsctASE6_e_DJ1rDEk0f1DxLA==>  by Ursula Gonzales, El Correo de Queens, 22 August 2008. Translated from Spanish by Lenc. 
"I have had this business for many years and during all that time we have worked without electricity and water. We have to work miracles to survive here with our businesses. There are children and whole families here who are waiting for help, but not to be displaced," says Edmundo Salazar, from Peru, who is employed at one of the mechanic shops in Willets Point. MORE. <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A4cwBRHZqz0fhOVLgztf0PC7jBlOsLH0gPArughUu53n1Iul4MQtFjnj8Q3c-_BAXaW26tCsp7tFKq_rdkqZBE_Ps7DpZeQQVIeJR87YCy9wsWNg-af5NV4Ym3mAKp9JQSypfhODyRogemCsrhXsh7U>  

The conflict in Georgia is cause for concern in Pennsylvania <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A4qzPmBiN0TgD4Jj5LCq6jbxwbWsvsGgmyMbVDAygd0MMfnKoNd3e6AMkHz43x839BSbYxZU8B5Ibq_Nw4ezL1L2-IHEc2rzO1KX-hcl6apjsW-G76vzEU9vro4eYBOHBY1gwQZNMicVA==>  by Yakov Grin, Novoye Russkoye Slovo, 26 August 2008. Translated from Russian by Lucy Gunderson. 
The nearly 40,000 immigrants from Russia and the former Soviet Union in the northern Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties will take a hard look at the two candidates in the Democratic primaries for District 13. Both have strong ties to Georgia. MORE. <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A7gxn5f6kNCO8MIm4bl9e8EhWPjV4hqNdxl5w1vB1T9hBKo0vpHDTxUbkjOsJQYeqBnC46o6ioInRIQPeyjYNIqzCkVAG9I66-1KqDaD05AZzxor6PzpNIOLskLZrpi0AobZKDsHmEAtFNd6iItJzo1>  

BRIEFS:
Undocumented and without help, recent Mexican immigrants to NYC find themselves homeless <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A4ft5bMIBGpOzdWgoaoF2oAwJZnEoviwajFCu9AyswaJfzxwng5O49mjJNSzaOLWMYXlbNO_MsLLxswD0nQGU6ANCYIcvwCi5u2Iu3vYesX9PUm7tBShOQbGyxptuBuY7k6pOAnKY8gfg==>  by Virginia Alvarado, Diario de Mexico, 28 August 2008. Translated from Spanish by Lenc. 

New Polish-US Social Security regulations <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A5jns_X1KMwUTxId6Ave5q8usKs9kpkFS-2pNoynDqFFv6453-xdaYNccuZKX9eORZHhVzotOey3vSSqNdQ1X5wsO-UYtx2ypS5k3Tij3luk8CIMkfNJt40pxfH33JoQJSv8w6JwNyjMg==>  by KA, AR, Nowy Dziennik / Polish Daily News, 23 August 2008. Translated from Polish by Ania Milewska. 

A slip-up with lifelong implications - More than half of pregnancies in New York unplanned <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A5BckTvy19KktPzzrvM6wKH4xN7Vrh1em1ByFhcjmCwDQJP99flwDzDn5ep8FBRLV2Z9isvXrle7-p6Le_5vvIkmPBm5R7G68ieUpj-rE9is4YE16jBSex4RCdEWwMWyxGhyDRNW9tGoQ==>  by Pedro F. Frisneda, El Diario / La Prensa, 22 August 2008. Translated from Spanish by Marissa Billowitz. 

EDITORIALS:
Not free to desist <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A5Xz0bjbOubtsx0LrELB2D3hSc7tnvhIH3MEmZGwf0FAy9KkFlUClNf6rbGMC2hhDKj6Cxv-bzjrK2imdUOIGSCixPK309ugeLkSfgNCF5qWycaEcCCtQld4Z7uKDa82U93Yf5MD0jCZQ==>  by Editorial, Forward, 28 August 2008. English language. 
In response to the ICE raids in Pottsville's Kosher meat plant, one group of rabbis has drafted a new set of rules to ensure decent working conditions in the kosher food industry; another has dismissed the idea, arguing that ensuring workers' safety and fair pay is the job of the government, not the rabbinate. What is the moral of this story? MORE. <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A669G934U2tEGbXjDh_EhKdaLpMl6X0yN-nYqhtYEAo4grjPUUrHJmqBcnAW8gAEBPHgwncs3DdzUbgWPnA7R-sigSVPOrsNVFQ6QaEHj3eByNRpyVsnf8V94w77H3-CUbOhzgqGV5C72papGLZN6CP> 

I'm not safe here - Facing abuse in foster care <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A4QZD8Fnf9hf19F25Pt90ucz3ih9vEtY_A85IV9KBvq0I2aR3uxUL1HTCR2ccjvsKqtL8bzmR3UDQFrW8djCWY6ZETR2XsFPvl4u3TS37Zv_Nxtuw6AlnyAj_wNXDIJ6JUyZJinAcWrIA==>  by Anonymous, Represent, 28 August 2008. English language. 
"To put it in real terms," she explained, "on any given day in New York City you have 17,000 children in foster care. If one percent or more of them are being abused, that's 170 kids," said Julie Farber, director of policy at Children's Rights. MORE. <https://owa.afsc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g_kEMldd_A4Bl-geVlxgQ3Aw7gvaLvm87ALordo0GBmAwcfzltgk9BbhayrVoMrbSq1ufC1Ex8-8iSIHmp_V-XBHaRp3aMYyzlu9xXBFZEjYX1gpSuLwr-CzqIPgQibMPH7HRRjUqq7h2Bo6xDjvdnNM_uDC7Bi9>  