Tomasz Deptula, Editor of Nowy Dziennik/Polish Daily News, is the guest editor and Sharan Harper is the Multi-media Associate Editor of this issue.
newsHigh hopes for Paterson’s immigrant pardon panel"All I am and know is of the United States of America. I know no one and have no one in my place of birth. It would be a shame to let all of my hard work in becoming a rehabilitated and changed man go to waste," stated a previously incarcerated immigrant.
VIDEO :: In May, Governor David Paterson announced the establishment of an immigrants pardon panel. NY1's Erin Billups reports. more> Hundreds protest end of the immigration opportunity initiatives in NYCA $5 million budget cut to programs such as the Immigrant Opportunities Initiative could make assimilating into American society even more difficult. more> Black AIDS Institute focuses on innovative approaches to get Black people to take HIV test"Annual awareness days are very important, but everyday is HIV testing day at the Black AIDS Institute. A single strategy or silver bullet is not going to end the AIDS epidemic in our communities," says the Institute President Phill Wilson.
VIDEO :: Black AIDS Institute President and CEO Phill Wilson reflects on the state of AIDS in the U.S. and shares his personal experience being positive for nearly 30 years. more> Budget cuts, elderly fear isolationProposed budget cuts that could mean closing two senior centers have senior citizens worried about losing what is for some, their sole source of interaction with others.
VIDEO :: Advocates on Staten Island protested the closing of senior citizens centers. more> Fear grips Pakistani community after Faisal Shehzad's court confessionSome likened what is taking place within the community to the after-effects of 9/11, when, they say, Pakistani Americans were the worst victims of the backlash and government raids.
VIDEO :: In this video from Reuters, members of New York's Pakistani-American community express their views about Faisal Shehzad. more> Following clash, students and school safety agents reflect on relationshipsStudents and school officials talk about the need for change in their strained relationship after a brawl between the groups broke out last Christmas. more> Haiti’s case of widespread child labor that Washington calls slaveryThe U.S. State Department charged that at least 225,000 Haitian children were victims of forced domestic servitude or slavery before the onslaught of the deadly earthquake. That estimated figure has skyrocketed since then. more> |
The Man Up campaign
editorials‘Deport Pedro’: The right wing’s derogatory attack on HispanicsAs the debate over the controversial immigration enforcement Arizona law continues, a new campaign entitled 'Deport Pedro' has popped up across the Internet and through T-shirts, mugs, bumper stickers and other promotional items that many right-wingers are only too happy to tout. more> Strong vote for deceased president’s brother in AmericaStatistics indicate that 38,000 American Poles cast their vote in Poland's presidential election, which were held in the United States June 19. The increased interest in the elections was undoubtedly fueled by the April plane crash near Smolensk, in which Polish President Lech Kaczynski died. more> briefsVoting system that favored Hispanic candidate in Port Chester to be extended
VIDEO :: The village of Port Chester, New York has 30,000 residents half of whom are Latinos. The electoral system in which some voters were allowed to cast 6 ballots resulted in the election of a Latino candidate. more> |
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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.
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