Advisory editor: Roberto Lovato. He is a writer with Pacific News Service, an IPA-New York media ally.
NewsUnable to communicate, NY immigrants suffer health care horrorsImmigrant leaders and more than 100 immigrant community members expressed outrage at the poor quality of care experienced by limited English-speaking patients at many of New York’s private hospitals at a demonstration in front of the Greater New York Hospital Association held on April 21. more> Senate votes to recapture 130,000 unused immigrant visas“This is certainly a good piece of news and an unexpected relief for many immigration firms, health care recruiters and, most of all, Filipino nurses and physical therapists who would have endured three years or more delay in filing for the EB3 visas due to the retrogression,” said immigration attorney Alfredo R. Lagamon, Jr. more> Bushwick workers protest exploitation in Brooklyn storesWorkers – the majority of them women – accompanied by political and community leaders – marched down Brooklyn’s Knickerboker Avenue, known as the “Street of Shame,” to demand to be paid what is mandated by law, $6.00 an hour. more> New N.Y. restaurant turns immigrants into ownersIt’s the American dream, but for a group of immigrant workers whose colleagues were killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, opening a new restaurant means more than that. more> Reaching kids inside Rikers prisonColumbia University students from Professor Laurent Alfred’s “Youth Voices On Lockdown” class conduct a creative workshop with 60 boys at Island Academy, the ironic name of Rikers’ mandatory high school for inmates under the age of 19. more> |
EditorialsWith prices through the roof, why don’t New Yorkers protest?We still don’t know for sure why those of us who live in this great city of New York are not protesting the steady rise in the cost of basic necessities. We do not know why the price of milk has risen, and why we are not protesting it. We don’t know why the city government, headed by multimillionaire Michael Bloomberg, is increasing the cost of almost all services offered by the city to its residents. more> In the heart of liberty, freedom can be elusiveThe influential preacher, Pat Robertson, has said on television that Muslims should not be appointed to important positions in the U.S. government because they don’t believe in God. It appears that religious ‘gangsterism’ is not limited to Pakistan. more> Briefs |
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CUNY new home for Voices and Ippies Awards
The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is proud to be the new home for Voices That Must Be Heard. Over the next few months, we will be reaching out to community and ethnic journalists to get their feedback on Voices, as we develop our plans for expanding the publication's content and audience. Stay tuned!
ReportNYCMA releases Education Fellowship 2010 anthology
NYCMANYCMA Ethnic Media Student Internship Program
Interns and director of Baruch College H.S. journalism program Katina Paron at their orientation meeting. - Photo by Jehangir Khattak.
Check out student interns' stories
NYCMA is thrilled to announce the start of our summer internship program. We are able to place high school seniors with a passion for journalism in the real world of pad and pen. Students are given a rare insight and understanding into the power and function of New York's community media and the ability to hone writing skills in preparation for a career in journalism. This program is made possible by a generous grant from an anonymous donor.
