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Friday Sep 03

C.N.P.I Reporters

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Written by Administrator Tuesday, 03 March 2009 11:38

Abdulai Bah :: Abdulai is a member of Nah We Yone, currently studying Journalism at the City University of Staten Island. He has done some reports on the condition of detention of asylum seekers, and has worked on the production of stories involving victims of Hurricane Katrina and Rita. Abdulai is actively involved with immigrant communities through the interpretation services he provides to various NYC & NJ law firms and NGOs handling pro-bono asylum cases. Debra Cole :: Debra is with Domestic Workers United, is from the Caribbean island of Trinidad. She came to the United States in the hopes to find a better life for herself and kids. She joined CNPI so to help tell the stories of the thousands of domestic workers who have come from the Caribbean. Teresa Gonzalez :: Teresa has worked as a street vendor in New York City for the last 19 years and is a member of the Street Vendor Project, an organization that advocates for Vendor Rights in the City. Teresa has worked on radio projects that have aired both locally and nationally, including a national piece that compared the struggles for low-income workers in New York City and Hurricane Katrina survivors and on the plight of street vendors who lost their work location after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trace Center Towers. Bilal Moran :: Bilal is a Hurricane Katrina evacuee who moved to New York City after his home was destroyed in the storm. Bilal now works with the Huricane Katrina Survivors Coalition and is an original member of CNPI. Bilal has filed stories for a national audience concerning the plight of immigrant street vendors and has participated and produced stories looking at Katrina evacuees living in New York City. Bilal currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia. James Williams :: James has worked as a street vendor for over 5 years and is a board member of the Street Vendor Project. James is a veteran of the first Gulf War. He has used that experience in an interview he conducted with an Iraq War veteran running for Congress in 2006 that was heard throughout the country. James has also begun conducting street vendor reviews for New York City local audience. He has also filed reports from New Orleans on the plight of Hurricane Katrina survivors. Radha Kanan :: Radha has worked as a domestic worker for the last three years and is a member of Domestic Workers United. As a CNPI reporter, Radha has filed reports both on a local and national level concerning the efforts of domestic workers fighting for the passage of the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights in the state legislature in Albany. Felix Ortiz :: Felix is with the New Immigrant Community Empowerment, is 22 years old and is from Mexico City. He works in construction but his true love is in photography and graffiti. He is currently working on bringing the voices of the region's day laborers to the airwaves. Vivian Omobogie :: Vivian is a member of Nah We Yone, she's originally from Nigerian. She has been in the US for the past few years trying to secure a better future for her young daughter Selma (meaning protected by God). Vivian loves traveling and enjoys helping other people in need. She is very active in the movement for the right of homeless people who she says are not given any opportunity for the betterment of their lives. Jose Reino :: Jose is with the New Immigrant Community Empowerment, is from Ecuador and works as an Electrician. He has wanted to be involved in radio since he was a kid, and now that he is, he plans to use the skills he is learning to raise awareness of immigrant workers. Donald Anthonyson :: Donald, is with the group Families For Freedom, an organization that fights for immigrants facing deportation. Donald is also an environmental activist who has fought for social justice in his native country of Antigua and here in the United States. He is a street vendor who has traveled throughout the US and the Caribbean selling musical instruments and other art objects. Donald is co-host of a radio show produced by Family For Freedom that airs weekly on WBAI. Alfonso Ventura :: Alfonso is a member of Make the Road NY, and part of 'Basta,' project that deal with housing, health and environment justice in the community of Bushwyck. He was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Was in his native land where Alfonso began his fight against injustice and by a chance for democracy for every Dominican. Alfonso thinks that communication without censure is a great tool to built a new world. Julia Paul :: Julia is a member of Families for Freedom, an organization whose families are fighting and facing deportation. She joined CNPI so she could be able to get her stories out there. She is originally from Trinidad. She also co-hosts a radio show produced by Families for Freedom that airs on WBAI. It is called 'War on Immigrants Report,' and airs at 10am on the first Tuesday of every month. Janis Rosheuvel :: Janis Rosheuvel was born in Georgetown, Guyana. She has worked on international development and gender rights at the Tahirih Justice Center and Women for Women International. She also served as Africa Program Associate with Episcopal Relief and Development, collaborating with African partners on grassroots community development programs in primary health care, food security and post conflict rehabilitation. She has a BA in International Studies from American University in Washington, DC and a MA in Conflict Resolution at the University of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. She is currently an Organizer and Director with Families for Freedom a New York based immigrant defense network by and for immigrants facing and fighting deportation.