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newsNYC school closings draw heated protestsThe Department of Education plans to close 21 more schools in 2010, primarily in areas occupied predominantly by people of color. Many have expressed concern that the school closings are deliberate and might be part of an attempt to facilitate expansion of privately-run charter schools. more> Empowerment Project aims to harness Black buying power, community strengthEmpowerment Experiment, a Black empowerment campaign started by John and Maggie Anderson, attempts to keep Black spending within the Black community, promoting growth and support for members of the community and the community as a whole. VIDEO :: The Andersons' Experiment is grounded in John and Maggie Anderson's public pledge to try to exclusively support Black businesses and professionals and buy Black-made products. more> For American teens, lessons in Hebrew immersion and settler ideologyFor participants in the Yeshiva University schools' exchange program, the experience has not just been of slumber parties and shopping trips, but also of witnessing politics firsthand. VIDEO :: Yeshiva University High School girls talk about their study experience in Israel. more> A school for immigrants: “A little Ellis Island”Newcomers High School in Queens, that caters exclusively to immigrants and children of immigrants, made it into the top ten on the U.S. News & World Report's list of the 100 best high schools in the country. VIDEO :: NY1 reports on Newcomers High School's ranking according to US News and World Report. more> Security, opportunity attract Bangladeshi immigrants to JamaicaThose living in Jamaica dub it as the future "little Bangladesh". If the current growth of Bangladeshi businesses and residences continues, the area could soon become home to the largest Bangladeshi-American community in New York. more> |
editorialsBoycott hatredThe author demands respect for Latinos and asks the Federal Communications Commission to take immediate steps against the transmission of messages spreading hatred over the airwaves. more> Obama on immigration: a one-year retrospectiveWhile 2009 brought many changes to the immigration reform scene, it included both ups and down. Prospects do not look good for reform as hopes for action in the coming year are dimming.
AUDIO :: The Congressional Hispanic Caucus plans to put forward its agenda for comprehensive immigration reform in the coming term. more> The community comes of political ageAs the Indian American community finds more of its own in powerful political positions, the community as a whole feels as though it has finally made a place for itself in politics. more> briefsVictor Toro’s future in hands of judge VIDEO :: In September, Carlos Moreno, attorney for Victor Toro, presented this brief summary of his case. more> |
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NYCMA Announcements
NYCMA holds training workshop for ethnic media journalists on Elections 2010
New York: New York Community Media Alliance hosted the first of two workshops -- Elections 101: NYC, Albany and the Elections 2010 -- on Thursday, July 15 at CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism.
Student Internship
NYCMA Launches Summer 2010 Ethnic Media Internship Program!
Interns and director of Baruch College H.S. journalism program Katina Paron at their orientation meeting. - Photo by Jehangir Khattak.
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.
NYCMA holds first Net Neutrality Conference for ethnic media, Announces Writing Challenge
Helen Brunner, Director of the Media Democracy Fund addressing the inaugural session of NYCMA Forum on Communications Policy and its Possible Effects on Ethnic Media and Their Communities. – Photo by Zooey Salazar
New York Community Media Alliance hosted its first conference on Communications Policy and its Possible Effects on Ethnic Media and Their Communities, Tuesday, June 8 at CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism. In attendance were journalists from a range of publications as well as many communications justice activists – all who sought to expose the connections between communications policy and the everyday life of community members. The conference also focused on wireless services and how their policies affect communities.
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein addressing NYCMA Fellows
Chancellor Klein explained the challenges the DOE faces in the current environment of budgetary cuts and answered journalists' questions as part of NYCMA's eight-month long Ethnic and Community Press Fellowship -- Developing an Education Beet-II on April 8. – Photo by A. Sherpa
FPI releases data about unemployment rates for New York City residents
Fiscal Policy Institute has released a fuller set of data, with detail on immigrant unemployment by gender, and comparing recent immigrants with those who have been here more than 10 years. This is a data release from the Fiscal Policy Institute that is not connected with a full report. For information to explain how to read this data and comment on what it means, please contact David Dyssegaard Kallick (212-721-7164, ddkallick@fiscalpolicy.org), or James Parrott (212-721-5624, parrott@fiscalpolicy.org)