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An organization called PC, or Police Conference, called businesses in Flushing to solicit donations. Word is out in the community that PC is a fraud.
17 February 2011
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.
newsLack of work outside the city keeps new NY Chinese immigrants unemployedCurrently, the employment prospects for new immigrants are as harsh as the winter season this year. Employment agencies in New York City indicate there is a lack of work outside of New York, business owners are becoming more unreliable, and immigration enforcement is becoming more stringent. more> Mexican businesses uniteMexican business owners in El Barrio and the East Harlem Business Capital Corporation (EHBCC) are in the process of creating an association of Mexican business owners, which will include street vendors. more> Survival strategy: Newspaper serving Haitian immigrants embraces old and new media"The Internet is not the enemy," declared Haitian Times editor, publisher and founder Garry Pierre-Pierre, in a measured, soft-spoken voice trying to rise above the cafeteria patter at the City University of New York (CUNY). more> All-boys Urban Academy to close in the BronxAlmost seven years ago, two all-boys public high schools opened in New York City, for the first time in decades, with the promise of raising achievement among their students, especially Black and Latino boys. Soon, one of them will disappear. more> High-tech school to replace Brooklyn's Robeson High
New program for women-owned small businesses"As we continue to look to small businesses to grow, create jobs and lead America into the future, women-owned businesses will play a key role," said Administrator Karen Mills. more> Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program
briefsNYC panel on educational policy meeting to close 13 schools
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Op/EdThe mayor and immigrationAlthough Mayor Michael Bloomberg recognizes that the federal immigration system is dysfunctional, he is not aware that New York City's own policies contribute to the deportations of many immigrants. It's about time the mayor disentangles city agencies from the worst parts of the overall immigration system. more> ¡WAKE UP, LATINOS! Queens must fight the political machinery in court and streets to get into redistricting processWhen discussing issues important to Latinos in New York one topic that often gets overlooked is "redistricting." Redistricting is the process being used to redraw lines and physical boundaries of electoral districts within a state. Unfortunately, this is a highly politicized and polarizing topic and some elected leaders prefer to keep the community "in the dark" about the subject. more> Redistricting Reform: Visions for the Future in New York State
Time to rethink the immigration issueWalking around the Irish neighborhoods of Woodlawn in the Bronx and Yonkers on Saturday, I got a sense of a great absence. At a time when 100,000 are set to leave Ireland by April 2012, the silence on the streets of the Bronx, where new arrivals are still quite rare, was deafening. more> E-Verify: An incomplete solutionThis past Thursday, the House Subcommittee on Immigration conducted a hearing on the E-Verify program that determines the immigration eligibility of newly hired workers. According to the new Republican leadership, the program will free up jobs for citizens. However, this premise ignores that real choices for the 11.1 million undocumented immigrants who live among us remain unsolved. more> Secretary Napolitano on E-Verify & Immigration
Anti-immigrant frustrationThe latest report by the German Marshall Fund of the United States confirms what each of us in fact deals with every day: the feeling of frustration regarding the governmental immigration policy. This feeling is shared on both sides of the Atlantic. more> |
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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!
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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.