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Sunita Sohrabji

Sunita Sohrabji is the Health Editor at Ethnic Media Services.

‘They’re Building a Chemical Factory on My Ancestors’ Graves’

Residents of St. James Parish, Louisiana, are fighting to keep a toxic plastic chemicals factory from being built on the site of ancestral burial grounds.

WHO’S REALLY PAYING FOR THAT $10 UBER RIDE? SURPRISE: IT’S YOUR DRIVER

From left to right: Dr. Veena Dubal, Professor of Law at the U.C. Hastings School of Law. Dr. Dubal; Dr. Alexandrea Ravenelle, Professor in...

對全球低收入民眾而言 氣候變遷是新冠疫情的追熱導彈

From left to right: Dr. Anthony LeRoy Westerling, Professor of Management of Complex Systems, UC Merced; Dr. Rajendra Shende, Chairman of TERRE Policy Centre...

Climate Change is the Heat-Seeking Missile of Covid Pandemic for Low Income People Around the World

From left to right: Dr. Anthony LeRoy Westerling, Professor of Management of Complex Systems, UC Merced; Dr. Rajendra Shende, Chairman of TERRE Policy Centre...

ASIAN AMERIAN VOTERS SUPPORT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BUT UNDECIDED ON CALIFORNIA’S PROP 16

From left to right: Vincent Pan, Executive Director, Chinese for Affirmative Action, a community based social justice organization in San Francisco; Eva Paterson, President...

AAPI VOTERS DIVIDED ON PRESIDENTIAL SUPPORT

By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Almost half of Vietnamese Americans will vote to re-elect President Donald Trump Nov. 3, while two-thirds of Indian Americans will...

Deadline Approaches for Registration of U.S. Citizens Wanting to Vote from Abroad

By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor U.S. citizens residing outside the country can vote in the November general election, but must request a ballot by Sept....

RACIAL JUSTICE CAN ONLY BEGIN WHEN POLICE DEPARTMENTS REFLECT THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE

From left to right: Dr. Dorothy Johnson-Speight, Founder and National Executive Director, Mothers In Charge,Inc.; Michael German, Fellow, Brennan Center for Justice, Liberty and...

14 MILLION U.S. CHILDREN WILL GO HUNGRY THIS WEEK

By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically heightened ongoing food insecurity: 14 million U.S. children will go hungry in any given week,...

11TH HOUR SAVE FOR CALIFORNIA RENTERS FACING EVICTION IS NOT PERMANENT SOLUTION: ASSEMBLYMAN DAVID CHIU

CA Assembly Member David Chiu By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor SACRAMENTO — AB 3088, an emergency bill to stave off evictions for 4.3 million California renters,...

WITHOUT ART, THE STARK REALITIES OF COVID WOULD MAKE THE WORLD UNBEARABLE

Comedienne Kristina Wong, star of the one-woman show “Kristina Wong for Public Office,” is one of the newly unemployed out of the 5 million...

16.6 MILLION PEOPLE OF COLOR, PURGED FROM STATE ROSTERS, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER

Clockwise from top left: Nathaniel Persily, Healthy Elections Project, Stanford University; Karthick Radakrishnan, Founder and Director, AAPI Data; Andrea Miller, Founder, Reclaim Our Vote;...

Why is the U.S. Lagging Behind the World in Managing COVID?

The U.S. leads the world in both COVID infections and mortality rates. 5.3 million U.S. residents have been infected, while more than 167,000 have died.

TRUMP ESCALATES WAR ON IMMIGRANTS AMIDST WORSENING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

From left to right: Kalpana Peddibhotla, Mathews Peddibhotla Law Group; Ignacia Rodriguez Kmec, National Immigration Law Center; and Sarah Pierce, Migration Policy Institute (All...

科技大企業因疫情獲利數十億 他們有縮小學生數位鴻溝的責任

Clockwise from top left: Pedro Noguera, Dean, USC Rossier School of Education; Shaun R. Harper, Executive Director of the USC Race and Equity Center;...

판데믹으로 막대한 이익을 거둔 IT기업들이 이제 학생들의 디지털 격차 해소에 나서야 한다

Clockwise from top left: Pedro Noguera, Dean, USC Rossier School of Education; Shaun R. Harper, Executive Director of the USC Race and Equity Center;...

CALIFORNIA CENSUS HITS BENCHMARK FOR HARD-TO-COUNT POPULATIONS – BUT WEALTHY COMMUNITIES FAR BEHIND

By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor SAN FRANCISCO — California’s Census self-response rate is a nationwide leader, but many residents in the state’s wealthy enclaves have...

TECH GIANTS EARNED BILLIONS FROM PANDEMIC – NOW THEY NEED TO BRIDGE DIGITAL DIVIDE FOR KIDS

Clockwise from top left: Pedro Noguera, Dean, USC Rossier School of Education; Shaun R. Harper, Executive Director of the USC Race and Equity Center;...

APRENDA LOS PASOS EN SU CELULAR PARA PREPARARSE PARA EL PRÓXIMO DESASTRE

Por SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Editora colaboradora SAN FRANCISCO – Listos California — una campaña para prepararse frente a desastres con base en la Oficina de Servicios...

휴대전화를 통해 만약의 재난 상황에 대비하자

수니타 소라지/EMS Contributing Editor 샌프란시스코-캘리포니아 주지사 긴급서비스실은 최근 ‘리스토스 캘리포니아’ (Listos California) 캠페인을 발족했다. 이 캠페인은 캘리포니아주에 갑자기 자연재해가 발생하는 상황에 대비해 취약계측을 돕기 위한...

透過手機學習如何為下一次災難做好準備

Ethnic Media Services特約編輯SUNITA SOHRABJI報導 【舊金山訊】 加州州長緊急服務辦公室(Office of Emergency Services)的災難準備活動「加州準備就諸」(Listos California),最近推出一項新計劃,這項新計劃旨在協助弱勢人口為突發災難做好準備。 為了因應野火與洪水快速增加的趨勢,加州議會去年8月通過了AB 72法案,這是一項協助加州居民為自然災害做好準備的5000萬美元計劃,這項計劃原名為「加州全民緊急應變活動」(California for All Emergency Preparedness Campaign),現在更名為「加州準備就諸」。 「Listos」是西班牙語「準備就緒」的意思。 「加州準備就諸」共同主席貝克(Karen Baker)7月23日在少數族裔媒體服務中心(Ethnic Media Services)舉行的媒體說明會上,宣布推出一項最新計劃,這是一項簡訊計劃,民眾可以透過自己的手機學習安全準備課程。 手機用戶可以傳簡訊「listosca」到72345,自動回覆功能會詢問用戶要選擇哪種語言。加入計劃後,用戶會立刻收到一個有五個基本安全準備措施圖形的簡訊。接下來一周,計劃會提供更多如何做好野火、地震、洪水防災準備工作的詳細資訊。 貝克說:「民眾知道他們必須做好準備,但也許會有顧慮,或覺得可能要花許多錢或時間。因此,我們從一開始就面臨的挑戰,就是要創造可負擔、簡單,而且真正有用的計劃和夥伴關係。」 貝克說:「我們非常關心,推廣活動是否能覆蓋到所有居民社區。」她指出,加州是美國第一個使用簡訊來訓練、教育公眾的州。這是一個免費課程,提供英語、西班牙語、泰加祿語(Tagalog)、粵語、越南語、韓語和苗族語(Hmong)版本供民眾選擇。 弱勢民眾因為語言、生理和認知障礙、社會孤立、年齡等原因,導致訊息來源有限,是「加州準備就諸」特別關注的對象。這項計劃標出加州24個最弱勢的社區,並與超過200個社區組織建立合作關係,包括宗教服務團體和少數族裔媒體,透過多種語言來傳播安全準備訊息。 這項計劃是透過州長緊急服務辦公室執行,共同主席是貝克和奈登(Justin Knighten)。 奈登說:「這個計劃關乎生存,我們必須確保民眾擁有做好基礎準備工作所需的資訊,這些事比以往任何時候都更為重要。」他還補充:「多元化人口向來都是我們優先服務的對象。」 多個社區夥伴團體也參加了這場說明會,介紹他們在地方上的工作情形,分享他們在超市、糧食銀行、教會向民眾傳達關於災難準備的訊息,以及使用不同語言分享訊息的經驗。 在加州3月初爆發新冠疫情(COVID-19)時,「加州準備就諸」對工作內容做出了調整:將活動20%的預算用在對弱勢社區進行疫情宣導,並提供建議,教導民眾如何用幾個簡單的步驟在危機期間保持安全,包括洗手、佩戴口罩和保持社交距離。 加州緊急服務辦公室副主任柯瑞(Tina Curry)說:「新冠疫情影響所有人,根據現實調整活動方向非常重要。不過,雖然我們身處疫情之中,還是要做好防範火災的準備。」 加州州長紐森(Gavin Newsom)辦公室公民參與和策略夥伴關係主任羅德里格斯(Maricela Rodriguez)表示,「加州準備就諸」新冠活動著重在協助改變民眾的行為,提供財務資源訊息,同時還實施一項名為「連結加州」(California Connected)的計劃,專門追蹤病人接觸史,這是一項減緩病毒傳播速度的重要工作。 基本災難安全準備包括: *民眾可以透過警報了解該如何應變 *制定保護家人的計劃,包括在紙本地圖上規劃好逃生路線,以防手機斷訊無法使用 *準備好一個裝有身份證明文件和保險卡影本、小額現金、手機充電器的「逃生」背包 *準備好一個「居家避難」箱,為每個人準備好至少3加侖的水、罐頭食品和垃圾袋 *協助朋友和鄰居也做好準備 如需更多資源,請至網站listoscalifornia.org查詢。

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