Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 12:09:30 -0400 From: Amy Lee <leea10-AT-endeavor.med.nyu.edu> Subject: Re: racist attacks Some New York groups are documenting these incidents -- AALDEF is setting up an egroup of NYC advocates to communicate and streamline the reporting of racial violence incidents. They and their counterparts nationally (asian law caucus in SF, asian american lawyers of NJ, in DC) are already cataloguing and responding to incidents. Hotline numbers to report racial attacks or threats since the WTC tragedy: DRUM (Desis Rising Up & Moving) Anti bias violence phone number 212 631-3689 South Asian Bar Association 888 99 NO HATE NYPD Bias Crimes 888 440HATE Private and confidential conversations are possible with the first two (the NYPD’s should be too, but many people don’t want to call the police…) At 11:01 AM 09/19/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Hello > >Like many communities in North America, racist attacks (from >verbal >assaults to the burning down of a Hindu temple) have happened >in my >community in the last few days. Are there any websites >documenting such >hate crimes, as major newspapers in Canada, such as the Globe >and Mail, >are not reporting or commenting on the issue at all. > >peace > > > > --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- Amy Lee Course Coordinator Physician, Patient and Society Course NYU School of Medicine Old Bellevue, C and D Buildng D401 Phone: (212) 263-2131 Fax: (212) 263-8234 Email: leea10-AT-popmail.med.nyu.edu --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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