From djolder1 at yahoo.com Mon Dec 2 11:54:58 2002 From: djolder1 at yahoo.com (daniel older) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 08:54:58 -0800 (PST) Subject: [RAICES] (no subject) Message-ID: <20021202165458.59550.qmail@web40305.mail.yahoo.com> RAICES meeting tuesday night, 7 in the cultural center. Dinner. -Daniel __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com From thoughtcage9 at hotmail.com Tue Dec 3 19:40:13 2002 From: thoughtcage9 at hotmail.com (thoughtcage .) Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 19:40:13 -0500 Subject: [RAICES] Fwd: Supreme Court to rule on Affirmative Action; response planned Message-ID: hi folks, i hope people aren't feeling the need to jump off cliffs right now. i know it's super stressful. just to let you know, here's something to organize around on this campus for march, 2003. the supreme court right is planning to review two very heady cases: 1) an affirmative action case at Michigan Law School, Grutter v. Bollinger; and 2) state sodomy laws (visit this link for more info: < http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/12/02/scotus.sodomy/index.html>) within the coming months. the following email is about the affirmative action case, and there is planning for a march on washington. this is of national concern, and symptomatic of a conservative supreme court. another case-in-point: dr. david hager is trying to, with the support of trent lott, get rid of mifeprestone through other anti-choice legislation. i think this would be amazing to organize around, and would be a great discussion to have with people on this campus, SOURCe, Cultural Center, QCA, QPOC, women's center, you name it. these two supreme court cases could become a point of connection for numerous seemingly divergent and disconnected movements. let me know what you think. i hope everyone is well! yours sincerely, sydney ====== My name is Sarah Barnard and I am first year student at the University of Michigan and with an organization called The Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action & Integration and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN). BAMN is a national student and youth organization that is dedicated to building a new, youth-led civil rights movement to defend integration and equality. We are the student co-defendants in the University of Michigan Law School Affirmative Action Case, Grutter v. Bollinger. Between March 24-26 and March 31- April 2, 2003 the United States Supreme Court will decide to hear our case. This will mean we are at a historic point to defend Brown v. Board of Education. If not, then our nation will fall back to resegregation, just like the ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson. If affirmative action is overturned, positve measures to achieve integration and to offset racism and sexism will be barred cross the nation. I am writing for yours and other members of Spectrum's help! We will march on Washington DC to the US Supreme Court on the day these cases are heard. We will show the court and the watching nation that our generation will take this historic stand for equality and will not accept the resegregation of higher eduaction and American society. We need your help to build for this historic march! Our plan for achieving this is to get halpe from the establsihed Civil Rights and Labor organizations to put all of their weight and resources behind it as they did with the March on Washington in 1963. So far Rev. Jesse Jackson of the Rainbow/ PUSH Coalition, Kim Gandy of the National Organization for Women(NOW), Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, and the Rev. Al Sharpton have pledged to march on Washington. We also need to get help from John Sweeney, Prez. Of the AFL-CIO, and Kweisi Mfume, Prez. of the NAACP. This is our time to shake up the conservative Supreme Court that lies ahead of us. We have launched a grassroots 'Pledge to March on Washington' to call all progressive organizations to action. It consists of two parts. People both pledge to be at the march themselves to march for integration and equality. In addition, they call on the mainstream Civil Rights and Labor organizations to join them and to build the march. And then they send the pledges in to the different organizations to communicate how many people are marching and want them to build this march at this critical time. This pledge it is to help us get tens of thousands of college and high school students, from across the nation, to Washington D.C. Just think of this Pledge as your bus ticket to the March on Washington! Start the campaign on your campus. Attatched is the 'Pledge' in PDF format. If you have any questions please reply to me at sbarnard at umich.edu or call me on my cell phone at 734.846.3466. Thank you for your time, Sarah A. Barnard Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action & Integration and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) 734.846.3466 sbarnard at umich.edu *Come to the January Summit/ Conference of the New Civil Rights Movement. See www.bamn.com for details. _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail From aga01 at hampshire.edu Thu Dec 5 01:14:47 2002 From: aga01 at hampshire.edu (aga01 at hampshire.edu) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 01:14:47 -0500 Subject: [RAICES] REMINDER: Student-of-Color Housing Meeting TODAY, Thursday@3pm, Merrill Living Room Message-ID: <1039068887.3deeeed76dc63@webmail.hampshire.edu> Hi all, this is just to remind you that the Housing Advisory Committe is discussing their policy towards student-of-color housing TODAY, THURSDAY, 3PM @ MERRILL HOUSE LIVING ROOM. if you can make it, please come. we need your support. thanks! p.s. they are also asking for a volunteer to be "a permanent member of HAC." anybody interested? From mscheidfrantz at hampshire.edu Thu Dec 5 09:29:27 2002 From: mscheidfrantz at hampshire.edu (Melissa Scheid Frantz) Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 09:29:27 -0500 Subject: [RAICES] Dec. 9 reception for graduates Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20021205092927.00802cf0@helios.hampshire.edu> ** Please join in this celebration to recognize graduating students of color and international students ** Monday, December 9 5:30 - 7 pm Dinner and parting words at the Cultural Center Students we are honoring: Katrina Skinner Sophie Sidhu Frank QuerisKoji Kamada Eris Johnson-Smith Shara Heshiimu Michelle Bumactao Nao Braverman Ayodele Babatunde Diana Arce Melissa Scheid Frantz Director, Lebron-Wiggins-Pran Cultural Center Hampshire College Amherst, MA 01002-5001 tel: 413-559-5415 mscheidfrantz at hampshire.edu http://www.hampshire.edu/ From BOBBYGUNO at aol.com Thu Dec 5 22:36:29 2002 From: BOBBYGUNO at aol.com (BOBBYGUNO at aol.com) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 22:36:29 EST Subject: [RAICES] Native American/Latino Speaker Message-ID: THE GREAT CIVILIZATIONS BUILT BY OUR INDIGENOUS ANCESTORS SHOULD EMPOWER US TO ACHIEVE AND TO SUCCEED. My name is Bobby Gonzalez, and I am a Native American/Latino lecturer, storyteller and poet based in New York City. I have given presentations at Carnegie Hall, the National Museum of the American Indian and Vanderbilt University, Tennessee. Among the slideshow programs in my repertoire are: Exploring the Native American Heritage of Latinos. The Tainos: the Native Americans Who Discovered Columbus. Genocide in the Americas: From Columbus to Chiapas. My latest book of poetry is titled Song of the American Holocaust. Visit my website at www.bobbygonzalez.com Give me a shout if you're interested Check out www.SofritoforYourSoul.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djolder1 at yahoo.com Mon Dec 9 00:39:01 2002 From: djolder1 at yahoo.com (daniel older) Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 21:39:01 -0800 (PST) Subject: [RAICES] Fwd: [Intern] CONFLICT RESOLUTION - SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - DC - SPRING 2003 (fwd) Message-ID: <20021209053901.26432.qmail@web40302.mail.yahoo.com> --- Carin Rank wrote: > Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 10:28:49 -0500 > To: jgoya at hampshire.edu, sshah at hampshire.edu, > nbaker at hampshire.edu, > alina_papp at yahoo.com, zan00 at hampshire.edu, > mgilroy-ware at hampshire.edu, > n_princess77 at hotmail.com, > astudmire at hampshire.edu, > bkombo at hampshire.edu, nei00 at hampshire.edu, > tpte at excite.com, > Joaquin_Inchaustegui at GMX.net, > nvigil at hampshire.edu, djolder1 at yahoo.com, > rvigil at hampshire.edu, ms_pari at hotmail.com, > jvioselin at hampshire.edu > From: Carin Rank (by way of > Melissa Scheid Frantz ) > Subject: [Intern] CONFLICT RESOLUTION - SUB-SAHARAN > AFRICA - DC - > SPRING 2003 (fwd) > > Hi Signers, > I just received this internship announcement from > CORC. The deadline is > next week to apply. Please forward to your groups. > Thank you, Melissa > > > Sub-Saharan Africa Intern-Spring 2003 > > Search for Common Ground (SFCG) is a DC based > non-profit organization > dedicated to transforming conflict into cooperative > action. Search for > Common Ground's mission is to transform how people > deal with conflict - > away from adversarial approaches and toward > cooperative solutions. We > design and implement multifaceted programs that aim > to resolve conflict > and prevent violence. We seek to help conflicting > parties to understand > their differences and act on their commonalities. > > The Sub-Saharan Africa Program runs operations in > Angola, Burundi, > Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, and > Liberia, seeking ways to > bring the techniques and tools of conflict > resolution and reconciliation > to these contexts. The Washington DC team provides > logistical and > financial support to SFCG's projects in the region. > > Possible duties for this internship position include > but are not limited > to: > Assisting a Program Associate with the monthly > Great Lakes Policy > Forum, including taking minutes and compiling the > meeting report for the > Forum; > Monitoring legislative developments on issues > affecting the > countries SFCG works on and the larger issues > affecting Africa in general; > Researching and writing a country context > assessment for Rwanda; > Assisting with webpage, program literature and > database system > maintenance; > Assisting with logistics for international travel, > including visa > and health requirements; > Assisting program staff with special projects on a > number of > tasks; > General administrative tasks including filing, > faxing and phones. > > The ideal candidate will exhibit: > A self-starting, enthusiastic and flexible approach > to the > organization; > Interest and knowledge in African issues and/or > conflict > resolution; > Computer proficiency in Windows 2000 and experience > with Internet > research; > Good writing, editing and communications skills; > Portuguese or French language skills a plus, but > not necessary. > > Start Date: January 2003; Candidates must be > available Thursday mornings > to attend the Great Lakes Policy Forum. > > Interested candidates should email or fax cover > letter and resume by > December 13th to: > > Rebecca Besant > Phone: (202) 265-4300, ext. 236 > Fax: (202) 232-6718 > Email: rbesant at sfcg.org > > In your cover letter, please clearly state why our > program is of interest > to you, what you can bring to it and what you hope > to gain from it. Also, > please include the dates of your availability and > the number of hours per > week to which you can commit. We are requesting a 15 > hour per week minimum > commitment. Please note this is an unpaid > internship. > > For more information on our projects in Sub-Saharan > Africa, please visit > www.sfcg.org. > > > Last updated: December 02, 2002 > > Paid or unpaid: > Unpaid > Languages: > French, Portuguese > Start date: > January 08, 2003 > End date: > May 15, 2003 > > Organization: > Search for Common Ground > > Area of Focus: > Media, Peace and Conflict Resolution > Location: > Washington, District of Columbia, 20009, > United States > Phone: > 202-265-4300 > Fax: > 202-232-6718 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CorcInternshipSeekers mailing list > CorcInternshipSeekers at lists.hampshire.edu > http://lists.hampshire.edu/mailman/listinfo/corcinternshipseekers > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com From source at hampshire.edu Mon Dec 9 17:13:43 2002 From: source at hampshire.edu (source at hampshire.edu) Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 17:13:43 -0500 Subject: [RAICES] MIDNIGHT STUDY BREAK!!!!!!! Message-ID: <1039472023.3df51597b5f2b@webmail.hampshire.edu> That?s it!! You?ve GOT to stop locking yourself in your room!! It is now TIME TO PULL YOUR HEADS OUT OF THAT COMPUTER!!! AND WALK OVER TO CULTURAL CENTER!! *** Behind Cole Science Center *** MidNight Study Break AT cultural Center Monday Dec. 9th from midnight~ We've got sweet treats just waiting for you! From nmv99 at hampshire.edu Wed Dec 11 09:31:19 2002 From: nmv99 at hampshire.edu (nmv99 at hampshire.edu) Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 09:31:19 -0500 Subject: [RAICES] Fwd: SOURCE Coordinators - info to share. Message-ID: <1039617079.3df74c37b621e@webmail.hampshire.edu> ----- Forwarded message from Melissa Scheid Frantz ----- Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 16:45:35 -0500 From: Melissa Scheid Frantz Reply-To: Melissa Scheid Frantz Subject: SOURCE Coordinators - info to share. To: jgoya at hampshire.edu, sshah at hampshire.edu, nbaker at hampshire.edu, alina_papp at yahoo.com, zan00 at hampshire.edu, mgilroy-ware at hampshire.edu, n_princess77 at hotmail.com, astudmire at hampshire.edu, bkombo at hampshire.edu, nei00 at hampshire.edu, tpte at excite.com, Joaquin_Inchaustegui at GMX.net, nvigil at hampshire.edu, djolder1 at yahoo.com, rvigil at hampshire.edu, ms_pari at hotmail.com, jvioselin at hampshire.edu Hi Signers, Please forward this message to your groups. Thanks for your help, Melissa ------------------------------ This message is to let you know about two specific openings the Cultural Center would like to fill in February. Below is a job description for the SOURCE Coordinator - there will be two positions of this job. Think about this position over break and when spring term begins the Cultural Center will put out a call for applications. These are exciting positions to hold since they work with a number of groups: -FISH, James Baldwin Scholars & Alumni, PASA, RAICES, SISTERS, and UMOJA -Cultural Center -Community Council -Different parts of the administration and faculty These positions are work-study and we are open to exploring volunteer work. Feel free to contact me if you have questions about the job description, otherwise applications will be available the week of January 26 and interviews will follow. Melissa: mscheidfrantz at hampshire.edu, x5415 SOURCE Coordinator Description There are two positions to fill. A call for applications will go out the week of January 26. Job Description: ? Work minimum of 8 hours per week (includes hours at the Center and at SOURCE meetings) ? Regularly attend weekly Cultural Center staff meeting ? Maintain effective communication between SOURCE groups and Cultural Center staff ? Maintain updated contact list of SOURCE signers ? Organize at least 1-2 SOURCE community meetings per semester ? Organize at least 2-3 SOURCE signer meetings per semester ? Represent SOURCE at Community Council meetings (one of the coordinators hold this responsibility) ? Report on Community Council meetings to SOURCE signers (one of the coordinators hold this responsibility) Qualifications: ? Active member in one or more of the SOURCE groups ? At least a second semester Hampshire student ? Committed to addressing issues facing students of color and international students ? Good organizational and administrative skills ? Ability to work independently and as part of a team ? Good communication, facilitation, and presentation skills ? Computer skills Melissa Scheid Frantz Director, Lebron-Wiggins-Pran Cultural Center Hampshire College Amherst, MA 01002-5001 tel: 413-559-5415 mscheidfrantz at hampshire.edu http://www.hampshire.edu/ ----- End forwarded message ----- From nmv99 at hampshire.edu Thu Dec 12 10:01:45 2002 From: nmv99 at hampshire.edu (nmv99 at hampshire.edu) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:01:45 -0500 Subject: [RAICES] Fwd: MHC invites you! Message-ID: <1039705305.3df8a4d9cf706@webmail.hampshire.edu> ----- Forwarded message from Rosalyn Vazquez ----- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:45:34 -0500 (EST) From: Rosalyn Vazquez Reply-To: Rosalyn Vazquez Subject: MHC invites you! To: nvigil at hampshire.edu, djolder1 at yahoo.com, rvigil at hampshire.edu, mscheidfrantz at hampshire.edu Oops! I forgot to tell you that the Virgen de Guadalupe Celebration will be at the Eliana Ortega House (upstairs) Just visit our website: www.mtholyoke.edu, and check out our campus map. I know it's crunch time now, but hope you can make it... Dia de la Virgen de Guadalupe Thursday, Dec.12, 2002 dinner and documentary: 5:30pm Eliana Ortega House (upstairs) Hosted by MHC MEChA --Amigablemente, Rosy * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Who is to say that robbing a people of its language is less violent than war?" -Ray Gwyn Smith, Moorland Is Cold Country Rosalyn Vazquez Mt.Holyoke College 3280 Blanchard Student Ctr South Hadley, MA 01075-1461 (413) 493-5268 rvazquez at mtholyoke.edu chonchis01 at yahoo.com Los Angeles, CA c/o 2005 ----- End forwarded message ----- From sdh98 at hampshire.edu Sat Dec 14 07:02:27 2002 From: sdh98 at hampshire.edu (sdh98 at hampshire.edu) Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 07:02:27 -0500 Subject: [RAICES] Div III Screenings TONIGHT (Sat) in Main Lecture Hall!!! Message-ID: <1039867347.3dfb1dd33f639@webmail.hampshire.edu> Div III Screenings TONIGHT!!! (Saturday) Main Lecture Hall, F.P.H. 8 p.m. An evening of documentary and experimental narrative video works: "untitled," by Michelle Bumactao "Roughhouse Noise," by Shara Heshiimu "sonogram," by C. Rose Vincelli From Salvador_Mena at Brown.edu Thu Dec 12 12:18:00 2002 From: Salvador_Mena at Brown.edu (Salvador Mena) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 12:18:00 -0500 Subject: [RAICES] Brown at Brown 2003: Latino New England Leadership Conference... Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20021212121800.008073f0@helios.hampshire.edu> Please see the attached invitation for the Latino New England Leadership Conference: Feb. 22, 2003 at Brown University in Rhode Island. When I receive registration information, I'll let you know. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <20021221023405.67007.qmail@web40303.mail.yahoo.com> --- Melissa Scheid Frantz wrote: > Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 16:45:35 -0500 > To: jgoya at hampshire.edu, sshah at hampshire.edu, > nbaker at hampshire.edu, > alina_papp at yahoo.com, zan00 at hampshire.edu, > mgilroy-ware at hampshire.edu, > n_princess77 at hotmail.com, > astudmire at hampshire.edu, > bkombo at hampshire.edu, nei00 at hampshire.edu, > tpte at excite.com, > Joaquin_Inchaustegui at GMX.net, > nvigil at hampshire.edu, djolder1 at yahoo.com, > rvigil at hampshire.edu, ms_pari at hotmail.com, > jvioselin at hampshire.edu > From: Melissa Scheid Frantz > > Subject: SOURCE Coordinators - info to share. > > Hi Signers, > Please forward this message to your groups. Thanks > for your help, Melissa > ------------------------------ > > This message is to let you know about two specific > openings the Cultural > Center would like to fill in February. Below is a > job description for the > SOURCE Coordinator - there will be two positions of > this job. Think about > this position over break and when spring term begins > the Cultural Center > will put out a call for applications. These are > exciting positions to hold > since they work with a number of groups: > > -FISH, James Baldwin Scholars & Alumni, PASA, > RAICES, SISTERS, and UMOJA > -Cultural Center > -Community Council > -Different parts of the administration and faculty > > These positions are work-study and we are open to > exploring volunteer work. > Feel free to contact me if you have questions about > the job description, > otherwise applications will be available the week of > January 26 and > interviews will follow. Melissa: > mscheidfrantz at hampshire.edu, x5415 > > > > SOURCE Coordinator Description > There are two positions to fill. A call for > applications will go out the > week of January 26. > > Job Description: > ? Work minimum of 8 hours per week (includes hours > at the Center and at > SOURCE meetings) > ? Regularly attend weekly Cultural Center staff > meeting > ? Maintain effective communication between SOURCE > groups and Cultural > Center staff > ? Maintain updated contact list of SOURCE signers > ? Organize at least 1-2 SOURCE community meetings > per semester > ? Organize at least 2-3 SOURCE signer meetings per > semester > ? Represent SOURCE at Community Council meetings > (one of the coordinators > hold this responsibility) > ? Report on Community Council meetings to SOURCE > signers (one of the > coordinators hold this responsibility) > > Qualifications: > ? Active member in one or more of the SOURCE groups > ? At least a second semester Hampshire student > ? Committed to addressing issues facing students of > color and international > students > ? Good organizational and administrative skills > ? Ability to work independently and as part of a > team > ? Good communication, facilitation, and presentation > skills > ? Computer skills > > > > Melissa Scheid Frantz > Director, Lebron-Wiggins-Pran Cultural Center > Hampshire College > Amherst, MA 01002-5001 > tel: 413-559-5415 > mscheidfrantz at hampshire.edu > http://www.hampshire.edu/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com From ms_pari at hotmail.com Mon Dec 23 00:28:27 2002 From: ms_pari at hotmail.com (pari z) Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 00:28:27 -0500 Subject: [RAICES] (no subject) Message-ID: hey everyone- I know that it's break but this has been really important to the middle eastern/south asian/muslim population in this country. please pass it on, just so people know... if anyone wants more info, lemme know and I'll keep you up-dated to the best of my skills. ps- they're also using these same measures all around the country. different states I believe have their own registration dates... http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=1931961 Hundreds of Muslim Immigrants Rounded Up in Calif. Wed December 18, 2002 08:47 PM ET By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of Iranian and other Middle East citizens were in southern California jails on Wednesday after coming forward to comply with a new rule to register with immigration authorities only to wind up handcuffed and behind bars. Shocked and frustrated Islamic and immigrant groups estimate that more than 500 people have been arrested in Los Angeles, neighboring Orange County and San Diego in the past three days under a new nationwide anti-terrorism program. Some unconfirmed reports put the figure as high as 1,000. The arrests sparked a demonstration by hundreds of Iranians outside a Los Angeles immigration office. The protesters carried banners saying "What's next? Concentration camps?" and "What happened to liberty and justice?." A spokesman for the Immigration and Naturalization Service said no numbers of people arrested would be made public. A Justice Department spokesman could not be reached for comment. The head of the southern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union compared the arrests to the internment of Japanese Americans in camps during the Second World War. "I think it is shocking what is happening. It is reminiscent of what happened in the past with the internment of Japanese Americans. We are getting a lot of telephone calls from people. We are hearing that people went down wanting to cooperate and then they were detained," said Ramona Ripston, the ACLU's executive director. JAILS OVERFLOWING One activist said local jails were so overcrowded that the immigrants could be sent to Arizona, where they could face weeks or months in prisons awaiting hearings before immigration judges or deportation. "It is a shock. You don't expect this to happen. It is really putting fright and apprehension in the community. People who come from these countries -- this is what they expect from their government. Not from America," said Sabiha Khan of the Southern California chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations. The arrests were part of a post Sept. 11 program that requires all males over 16 from a list of 20 Arab or Middle East countries, who do not have permanent resident status in the United States, to register with U.S. immigration authorities. Monday was the deadline for men from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Sudan. News of the mass arrests came first in southern California, which is home to more than 600,000 Iranian exiles and their families. Officials declined to give figures for those arrested or for the numbers of people who turned up to register, be fingerprinted and have their photographs taken. "We are not releasing any numbers," said Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) spokesman Francisco Arcaute. CALLS FOR HELP Islamic groups and the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said they had been swamped with calls for help. INS spokesman Arcaute said those arrested had violated immigration laws, overstayed their visas, or were wanted for crimes. The program was prompted by concern about the lack of records on tourists, students and other visitors to the United States after the Sept. 11 hijack plane attacks on New York and Washington. Islamic community leaders said many of the detainees had been living, working and paying taxes in the United States for five or 10 years, and had families here. "Terrorists most likely wouldn't come to the INS to register. It is really a bad way to go about it. They are being treated as criminals and that really goes against American ideals of fairness, and justice and democracy," Khan said. The Iranian protesters said many of those detained were victims of official delays in processing visa and green card requests. "My father, they just took him in," one young man told reporters. "They've been treating him like an animal. They put him in a room with, like, 50 other people and no bed or anything." Khan said one of those in jail was a doctor, who was being sponsored for U.S. citizenship when his sponsor died. One Syrian man said he went to register in Orange County with a dozen friends. He was the only one to come out of the INS office. "All my friends are inside right now," M.M. Trapici, 45, told reporters. "I have to visit the family for each one today. Most of them have small kids." _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_stopmorespam_3mf From djolder1 at yahoo.com Mon Dec 2 11:54:58 2002 From: djolder1 at yahoo.com (daniel older) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 08:54:58 -0800 (PST) Subject: [RAICES] (no subject) Message-ID: <20021202165458.59550.qmail@web40305.mail.yahoo.com> RAICES meeting tuesday night, 7 in the cultural center. Dinner. -Daniel __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com From thoughtcage9 at hotmail.com Tue Dec 3 19:40:13 2002 From: thoughtcage9 at hotmail.com (thoughtcage .) Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 19:40:13 -0500 Subject: [RAICES] Fwd: Supreme Court to rule on Affirmative Action; response planned Message-ID: hi folks, i hope people aren't feeling the need to jump off cliffs right now. i know it's super stressful. just to let you know, here's something to organize around on this campus for march, 2003. the supreme court right is planning to review two very heady cases: 1) an affirmative action case at Michigan Law School, Grutter v. Bollinger; and 2) state sodomy laws (visit this link for more info: < http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/12/02/scotus.sodomy/index.html>) within the coming months. the following email is about the affirmative action case, and there is planning for a march on washington. this is of national concern, and symptomatic of a conservative supreme court. another case-in-point: dr. david hager is trying to, with the support of trent lott, get rid of mifeprestone through other anti-choice legislation. i think this would be amazing to organize around, and would be a great discussion to have with people on this campus, SOURCe, Cultural Center, QCA, QPOC, women's center, you name it. these two supreme court cases could become a point of connection for numerous seemingly divergent and disconnected movements. let me know what you think. i hope everyone is well! yours sincerely, sydney ====== My name is Sarah Barnard and I am first year student at the University of Michigan and with an organization called The Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action & Integration and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN). BAMN is a national student and youth organization that is dedicated to building a new, youth-led civil rights movement to defend integration and equality. We are the student co-defendants in the University of Michigan Law School Affirmative Action Case, Grutter v. Bollinger. Between March 24-26 and March 31- April 2, 2003 the United States Supreme Court will decide to hear our case. This will mean we are at a historic point to defend Brown v. Board of Education. If not, then our nation will fall back to resegregation, just like the ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson. If affirmative action is overturned, positve measures to achieve integration and to offset racism and sexism will be barred cross the nation. I am writing for yours and other members of Spectrum's help! We will march on Washington DC to the US Supreme Court on the day these cases are heard. We will show the court and the watching nation that our generation will take this historic stand for equality and will not accept the resegregation of higher eduaction and American society. We need your help to build for this historic march! Our plan for achieving this is to get halpe from the establsihed Civil Rights and Labor organizations to put all of their weight and resources behind it as they did with the March on Washington in 1963. So far Rev. Jesse Jackson of the Rainbow/ PUSH Coalition, Kim Gandy of the National Organization for Women(NOW), Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, and the Rev. Al Sharpton have pledged to march on Washington. We also need to get help from John Sweeney, Prez. Of the AFL-CIO, and Kweisi Mfume, Prez. of the NAACP. This is our time to shake up the conservative Supreme Court that lies ahead of us. We have launched a grassroots 'Pledge to March on Washington' to call all progressive organizations to action. It consists of two parts. People both pledge to be at the march themselves to march for integration and equality. In addition, they call on the mainstream Civil Rights and Labor organizations to join them and to build the march. And then they send the pledges in to the different organizations to communicate how many people are marching and want them to build this march at this critical time. This pledge it is to help us get tens of thousands of college and high school students, from across the nation, to Washington D.C. Just think of this Pledge as your bus ticket to the March on Washington! Start the campaign on your campus. Attatched is the 'Pledge' in PDF format. If you have any questions please reply to me at sbarnard at umich.edu or call me on my cell phone at 734.846.3466. Thank you for your time, Sarah A. Barnard Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action & Integration and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) 734.846.3466 sbarnard at umich.edu *Come to the January Summit/ Conference of the New Civil Rights Movement. See www.bamn.com for details. _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail From aga01 at hampshire.edu Thu Dec 5 01:14:47 2002 From: aga01 at hampshire.edu (aga01 at hampshire.edu) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 01:14:47 -0500 Subject: [RAICES] REMINDER: Student-of-Color Housing Meeting TODAY, Thursday@3pm, Merrill Living Room Message-ID: <1039068887.3deeeed76dc63@webmail.hampshire.edu> Hi all, this is just to remind you that the Housing Advisory Committe is discussing their policy towards student-of-color housing TODAY, THURSDAY, 3PM @ MERRILL HOUSE LIVING ROOM. if you can make it, please come. we need your support. thanks! p.s. they are also asking for a volunteer to be "a permanent member of HAC." anybody interested? From mscheidfrantz at hampshire.edu Thu Dec 5 09:29:27 2002 From: mscheidfrantz at hampshire.edu (Melissa Scheid Frantz) Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 09:29:27 -0500 Subject: [RAICES] Dec. 9 reception for graduates Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20021205092927.00802cf0@helios.hampshire.edu> ** Please join in this celebration to recognize graduating students of color and international students ** Monday, December 9 5:30 - 7 pm Dinner and parting words at the Cultural Center Students we are honoring: Katrina Skinner Sophie Sidhu Frank QuerisKoji Kamada Eris Johnson-Smith Shara Heshiimu Michelle Bumactao Nao Braverman Ayodele Babatunde Diana Arce Melissa Scheid Frantz Director, Lebron-Wiggins-Pran Cultural Center Hampshire College Amherst, MA 01002-5001 tel: 413-559-5415 mscheidfrantz at hampshire.edu http://www.hampshire.edu/ From BOBBYGUNO at aol.com Thu Dec 5 22:36:29 2002 From: BOBBYGUNO at aol.com (BOBBYGUNO at aol.com) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 22:36:29 EST Subject: [RAICES] Native American/Latino Speaker Message-ID: THE GREAT CIVILIZATIONS BUILT BY OUR INDIGENOUS ANCESTORS SHOULD EMPOWER US TO ACHIEVE AND TO SUCCEED. My name is Bobby Gonzalez, and I am a Native American/Latino lecturer, storyteller and poet based in New York City. I have given presentations at Carnegie Hall, the National Museum of the American Indian and Vanderbilt University, Tennessee. Among the slideshow programs in my repertoire are: Exploring the Native American Heritage of Latinos. The Tainos: the Native Americans Who Discovered Columbus. Genocide in the Americas: From Columbus to Chiapas. My latest book of poetry is titled Song of the American Holocaust. Visit my website at www.bobbygonzalez.com Give me a shout if you're interested Check out www.SofritoforYourSoul.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djolder1 at yahoo.com Mon Dec 9 00:39:01 2002 From: djolder1 at yahoo.com (daniel older) Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 21:39:01 -0800 (PST) Subject: [RAICES] Fwd: [Intern] CONFLICT RESOLUTION - SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - DC - SPRING 2003 (fwd) Message-ID: <20021209053901.26432.qmail@web40302.mail.yahoo.com> --- Carin Rank wrote: > Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 10:28:49 -0500 > To: jgoya at hampshire.edu, sshah at hampshire.edu, > nbaker at hampshire.edu, > alina_papp at yahoo.com, zan00 at hampshire.edu, > mgilroy-ware at hampshire.edu, > n_princess77 at hotmail.com, > astudmire at hampshire.edu, > bkombo at hampshire.edu, nei00 at hampshire.edu, > tpte at excite.com, > Joaquin_Inchaustegui at GMX.net, > nvigil at hampshire.edu, djolder1 at yahoo.com, > rvigil at hampshire.edu, ms_pari at hotmail.com, > jvioselin at hampshire.edu > From: Carin Rank (by way of > Melissa Scheid Frantz ) > Subject: [Intern] CONFLICT RESOLUTION - SUB-SAHARAN > AFRICA - DC - > SPRING 2003 (fwd) > > Hi Signers, > I just received this internship announcement from > CORC. The deadline is > next week to apply. Please forward to your groups. > Thank you, Melissa > > > Sub-Saharan Africa Intern-Spring 2003 > > Search for Common Ground (SFCG) is a DC based > non-profit organization > dedicated to transforming conflict into cooperative > action. Search for > Common Ground's mission is to transform how people > deal with conflict - > away from adversarial approaches and toward > cooperative solutions. We > design and implement multifaceted programs that aim > to resolve conflict > and prevent violence. We seek to help conflicting > parties to understand > their differences and act on their commonalities. > > The Sub-Saharan Africa Program runs operations in > Angola, Burundi, > Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, and > Liberia, seeking ways to > bring the techniques and tools of conflict > resolution and reconciliation > to these contexts. The Washington DC team provides > logistical and > financial support to SFCG's projects in the region. > > Possible duties for this internship position include > but are not limited > to: > Assisting a Program Associate with the monthly > Great Lakes Policy > Forum, including taking minutes and compiling the > meeting report for the > Forum; > Monitoring legislative developments on issues > affecting the > countries SFCG works on and the larger issues > affecting Africa in general; > Researching and writing a country context > assessment for Rwanda; > Assisting with webpage, program literature and > database system > maintenance; > Assisting with logistics for international travel, > including visa > and health requirements; > Assisting program staff with special projects on a > number of > tasks; > General administrative tasks including filing, > faxing and phones. > > The ideal candidate will exhibit: > A self-starting, enthusiastic and flexible approach > to the > organization; > Interest and knowledge in African issues and/or > conflict > resolution; > Computer proficiency in Windows 2000 and experience > with Internet > research; > Good writing, editing and communications skills; > Portuguese or French language skills a plus, but > not necessary. > > Start Date: January 2003; Candidates must be > available Thursday mornings > to attend the Great Lakes Policy Forum. > > Interested candidates should email or fax cover > letter and resume by > December 13th to: > > Rebecca Besant > Phone: (202) 265-4300, ext. 236 > Fax: (202) 232-6718 > Email: rbesant at sfcg.org > > In your cover letter, please clearly state why our > program is of interest > to you, what you can bring to it and what you hope > to gain from it. Also, > please include the dates of your availability and > the number of hours per > week to which you can commit. We are requesting a 15 > hour per week minimum > commitment. Please note this is an unpaid > internship. > > For more information on our projects in Sub-Saharan > Africa, please visit > www.sfcg.org. > > > Last updated: December 02, 2002 > > Paid or unpaid: > Unpaid > Languages: > French, Portuguese > Start date: > January 08, 2003 > End date: > May 15, 2003 > > Organization: > Search for Common Ground > > Area of Focus: > Media, Peace and Conflict Resolution > Location: > Washington, District of Columbia, 20009, > United States > Phone: > 202-265-4300 > Fax: > 202-232-6718 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CorcInternshipSeekers mailing list > CorcInternshipSeekers at lists.hampshire.edu > http://lists.hampshire.edu/mailman/listinfo/corcinternshipseekers > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com From source at hampshire.edu Mon Dec 9 17:13:43 2002 From: source at hampshire.edu (source at hampshire.edu) Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 17:13:43 -0500 Subject: [RAICES] MIDNIGHT STUDY BREAK!!!!!!! Message-ID: <1039472023.3df51597b5f2b@webmail.hampshire.edu> That?s it!! You?ve GOT to stop locking yourself in your room!! It is now TIME TO PULL YOUR HEADS OUT OF THAT COMPUTER!!! AND WALK OVER TO CULTURAL CENTER!! *** Behind Cole Science Center *** MidNight Study Break AT cultural Center Monday Dec. 9th from midnight~ We've got sweet treats just waiting for you! From nmv99 at hampshire.edu Wed Dec 11 09:31:19 2002 From: nmv99 at hampshire.edu (nmv99 at hampshire.edu) Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 09:31:19 -0500 Subject: [RAICES] Fwd: SOURCE Coordinators - info to share. Message-ID: <1039617079.3df74c37b621e@webmail.hampshire.edu> ----- Forwarded message from Melissa Scheid Frantz ----- Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 16:45:35 -0500 From: Melissa Scheid Frantz Reply-To: Melissa Scheid Frantz Subject: SOURCE Coordinators - info to share. To: jgoya at hampshire.edu, sshah at hampshire.edu, nbaker at hampshire.edu, alina_papp at yahoo.com, zan00 at hampshire.edu, mgilroy-ware at hampshire.edu, n_princess77 at hotmail.com, astudmire at hampshire.edu, bkombo at hampshire.edu, nei00 at hampshire.edu, tpte at excite.com, Joaquin_Inchaustegui at GMX.net, nvigil at hampshire.edu, djolder1 at yahoo.com, rvigil at hampshire.edu, ms_pari at hotmail.com, jvioselin at hampshire.edu Hi Signers, Please forward this message to your groups. Thanks for your help, Melissa ------------------------------ This message is to let you know about two specific openings the Cultural Center would like to fill in February. Below is a job description for the SOURCE Coordinator - there will be two positions of this job. Think about this position over break and when spring term begins the Cultural Center will put out a call for applications. These are exciting positions to hold since they work with a number of groups: -FISH, James Baldwin Scholars & Alumni, PASA, RAICES, SISTERS, and UMOJA -Cultural Center -Community Council -Different parts of the administration and faculty These positions are work-study and we are open to exploring volunteer work. Feel free to contact me if you have questions about the job description, otherwise applications will be available the week of January 26 and interviews will follow. Melissa: mscheidfrantz at hampshire.edu, x5415 SOURCE Coordinator Description There are two positions to fill. A call for applications will go out the week of January 26. Job Description: ? Work minimum of 8 hours per week (includes hours at the Center and at SOURCE meetings) ? Regularly attend weekly Cultural Center staff meeting ? Maintain effective communication between SOURCE groups and Cultural Center staff ? Maintain updated contact list of SOURCE signers ? Organize at least 1-2 SOURCE community meetings per semester ? Organize at least 2-3 SOURCE signer meetings per semester ? Represent SOURCE at Community Council meetings (one of the coordinators hold this responsibility) ? Report on Community Council meetings to SOURCE signers (one of the coordinators hold this responsibility) Qualifications: ? Active member in one or more of the SOURCE groups ? At least a second semester Hampshire student ? Committed to addressing issues facing students of color and international students ? Good organizational and administrative skills ? Ability to work independently and as part of a team ? Good communication, facilitation, and presentation skills ? Computer skills Melissa Scheid Frantz Director, Lebron-Wiggins-Pran Cultural Center Hampshire College Amherst, MA 01002-5001 tel: 413-559-5415 mscheidfrantz at hampshire.edu http://www.hampshire.edu/ ----- End forwarded message ----- From nmv99 at hampshire.edu Thu Dec 12 10:01:45 2002 From: nmv99 at hampshire.edu (nmv99 at hampshire.edu) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:01:45 -0500 Subject: [RAICES] Fwd: MHC invites you! Message-ID: <1039705305.3df8a4d9cf706@webmail.hampshire.edu> ----- Forwarded message from Rosalyn Vazquez ----- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:45:34 -0500 (EST) From: Rosalyn Vazquez Reply-To: Rosalyn Vazquez Subject: MHC invites you! To: nvigil at hampshire.edu, djolder1 at yahoo.com, rvigil at hampshire.edu, mscheidfrantz at hampshire.edu Oops! I forgot to tell you that the Virgen de Guadalupe Celebration will be at the Eliana Ortega House (upstairs) Just visit our website: www.mtholyoke.edu, and check out our campus map. I know it's crunch time now, but hope you can make it... Dia de la Virgen de Guadalupe Thursday, Dec.12, 2002 dinner and documentary: 5:30pm Eliana Ortega House (upstairs) Hosted by MHC MEChA --Amigablemente, Rosy * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Who is to say that robbing a people of its language is less violent than war?" -Ray Gwyn Smith, Moorland Is Cold Country Rosalyn Vazquez Mt.Holyoke College 3280 Blanchard Student Ctr South Hadley, MA 01075-1461 (413) 493-5268 rvazquez at mtholyoke.edu chonchis01 at yahoo.com Los Angeles, CA c/o 2005 ----- End forwarded message ----- From sdh98 at hampshire.edu Sat Dec 14 07:02:27 2002 From: sdh98 at hampshire.edu (sdh98 at hampshire.edu) Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 07:02:27 -0500 Subject: [RAICES] Div III Screenings TONIGHT (Sat) in Main Lecture Hall!!! Message-ID: <1039867347.3dfb1dd33f639@webmail.hampshire.edu> Div III Screenings TONIGHT!!! (Saturday) Main Lecture Hall, F.P.H. 8 p.m. An evening of documentary and experimental narrative video works: "untitled," by Michelle Bumactao "Roughhouse Noise," by Shara Heshiimu "sonogram," by C. Rose Vincelli From Salvador_Mena at Brown.edu Thu Dec 12 12:18:00 2002 From: Salvador_Mena at Brown.edu (Salvador Mena) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 12:18:00 -0500 Subject: [RAICES] Brown at Brown 2003: Latino New England Leadership Conference... Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20021212121800.008073f0@helios.hampshire.edu> Please see the attached invitation for the Latino New England Leadership Conference: Feb. 22, 2003 at Brown University in Rhode Island. When I receive registration information, I'll let you know. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <20021221023405.67007.qmail@web40303.mail.yahoo.com> --- Melissa Scheid Frantz wrote: > Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 16:45:35 -0500 > To: jgoya at hampshire.edu, sshah at hampshire.edu, > nbaker at hampshire.edu, > alina_papp at yahoo.com, zan00 at hampshire.edu, > mgilroy-ware at hampshire.edu, > n_princess77 at hotmail.com, > astudmire at hampshire.edu, > bkombo at hampshire.edu, nei00 at hampshire.edu, > tpte at excite.com, > Joaquin_Inchaustegui at GMX.net, > nvigil at hampshire.edu, djolder1 at yahoo.com, > rvigil at hampshire.edu, ms_pari at hotmail.com, > jvioselin at hampshire.edu > From: Melissa Scheid Frantz > > Subject: SOURCE Coordinators - info to share. > > Hi Signers, > Please forward this message to your groups. Thanks > for your help, Melissa > ------------------------------ > > This message is to let you know about two specific > openings the Cultural > Center would like to fill in February. Below is a > job description for the > SOURCE Coordinator - there will be two positions of > this job. Think about > this position over break and when spring term begins > the Cultural Center > will put out a call for applications. These are > exciting positions to hold > since they work with a number of groups: > > -FISH, James Baldwin Scholars & Alumni, PASA, > RAICES, SISTERS, and UMOJA > -Cultural Center > -Community Council > -Different parts of the administration and faculty > > These positions are work-study and we are open to > exploring volunteer work. > Feel free to contact me if you have questions about > the job description, > otherwise applications will be available the week of > January 26 and > interviews will follow. Melissa: > mscheidfrantz at hampshire.edu, x5415 > > > > SOURCE Coordinator Description > There are two positions to fill. A call for > applications will go out the > week of January 26. > > Job Description: > ? Work minimum of 8 hours per week (includes hours > at the Center and at > SOURCE meetings) > ? Regularly attend weekly Cultural Center staff > meeting > ? Maintain effective communication between SOURCE > groups and Cultural > Center staff > ? Maintain updated contact list of SOURCE signers > ? Organize at least 1-2 SOURCE community meetings > per semester > ? Organize at least 2-3 SOURCE signer meetings per > semester > ? Represent SOURCE at Community Council meetings > (one of the coordinators > hold this responsibility) > ? Report on Community Council meetings to SOURCE > signers (one of the > coordinators hold this responsibility) > > Qualifications: > ? Active member in one or more of the SOURCE groups > ? At least a second semester Hampshire student > ? Committed to addressing issues facing students of > color and international > students > ? Good organizational and administrative skills > ? Ability to work independently and as part of a > team > ? Good communication, facilitation, and presentation > skills > ? Computer skills > > > > Melissa Scheid Frantz > Director, Lebron-Wiggins-Pran Cultural Center > Hampshire College > Amherst, MA 01002-5001 > tel: 413-559-5415 > mscheidfrantz at hampshire.edu > http://www.hampshire.edu/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com From ms_pari at hotmail.com Mon Dec 23 00:28:27 2002 From: ms_pari at hotmail.com (pari z) Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 00:28:27 -0500 Subject: [RAICES] (no subject) Message-ID: hey everyone- I know that it's break but this has been really important to the middle eastern/south asian/muslim population in this country. please pass it on, just so people know... if anyone wants more info, lemme know and I'll keep you up-dated to the best of my skills. ps- they're also using these same measures all around the country. different states I believe have their own registration dates... http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=1931961 Hundreds of Muslim Immigrants Rounded Up in Calif. Wed December 18, 2002 08:47 PM ET By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of Iranian and other Middle East citizens were in southern California jails on Wednesday after coming forward to comply with a new rule to register with immigration authorities only to wind up handcuffed and behind bars. Shocked and frustrated Islamic and immigrant groups estimate that more than 500 people have been arrested in Los Angeles, neighboring Orange County and San Diego in the past three days under a new nationwide anti-terrorism program. Some unconfirmed reports put the figure as high as 1,000. The arrests sparked a demonstration by hundreds of Iranians outside a Los Angeles immigration office. The protesters carried banners saying "What's next? Concentration camps?" and "What happened to liberty and justice?." A spokesman for the Immigration and Naturalization Service said no numbers of people arrested would be made public. A Justice Department spokesman could not be reached for comment. The head of the southern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union compared the arrests to the internment of Japanese Americans in camps during the Second World War. "I think it is shocking what is happening. It is reminiscent of what happened in the past with the internment of Japanese Americans. We are getting a lot of telephone calls from people. We are hearing that people went down wanting to cooperate and then they were detained," said Ramona Ripston, the ACLU's executive director. JAILS OVERFLOWING One activist said local jails were so overcrowded that the immigrants could be sent to Arizona, where they could face weeks or months in prisons awaiting hearings before immigration judges or deportation. "It is a shock. You don't expect this to happen. It is really putting fright and apprehension in the community. People who come from these countries -- this is what they expect from their government. Not from America," said Sabiha Khan of the Southern California chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations. The arrests were part of a post Sept. 11 program that requires all males over 16 from a list of 20 Arab or Middle East countries, who do not have permanent resident status in the United States, to register with U.S. immigration authorities. Monday was the deadline for men from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Sudan. News of the mass arrests came first in southern California, which is home to more than 600,000 Iranian exiles and their families. Officials declined to give figures for those arrested or for the numbers of people who turned up to register, be fingerprinted and have their photographs taken. "We are not releasing any numbers," said Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) spokesman Francisco Arcaute. CALLS FOR HELP Islamic groups and the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said they had been swamped with calls for help. INS spokesman Arcaute said those arrested had violated immigration laws, overstayed their visas, or were wanted for crimes. The program was prompted by concern about the lack of records on tourists, students and other visitors to the United States after the Sept. 11 hijack plane attacks on New York and Washington. Islamic community leaders said many of the detainees had been living, working and paying taxes in the United States for five or 10 years, and had families here. "Terrorists most likely wouldn't come to the INS to register. It is really a bad way to go about it. They are being treated as criminals and that really goes against American ideals of fairness, and justice and democracy," Khan said. The Iranian protesters said many of those detained were victims of official delays in processing visa and green card requests. "My father, they just took him in," one young man told reporters. "They've been treating him like an animal. They put him in a room with, like, 50 other people and no bed or anything." Khan said one of those in jail was a doctor, who was being sponsored for U.S. citizenship when his sponsor died. One Syrian man said he went to register in Orange County with a dozen friends. He was the only one to come out of the INS office. "All my friends are inside right now," M.M. Trapici, 45, told reporters. "I have to visit the family for each one today. Most of them have small kids." _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_stopmorespam_3mf