{"id":30095,"date":"2023-10-20T15:14:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=30095"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:14:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:14:37","slug":"pakistani-american-community-asked-to-take-effective-part-in-the-civic-state-and-federal-level-politics-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/30095","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani-American community asked to take effective part in the civic, state, and federal level politics in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New York: Representatives of various Pakistani organizations based in New York have emphasized to their community that we cannot solve our problems without joining the political system and using the right to vote.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/questions-5-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/questions-5-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/questions-5-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/questions-5-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/questions-5-768x468.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The speakers said this while addressing a workshop organized by Apna Community Center on Voters&#8217; Rights and civic responsibilities for the Urdu-speaking community at Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>CEO of Apna Community Center, Erum Hanif, gave a briefing to the participants about his organization and the Civic Engagement Commission of New York and also introduced the guests. She asked Pakistani community to take active part in US politics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/erum-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30103\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/erum-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/erum-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/erum-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/erum-768x468.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A large number of youth, men and women also participated in the workshop.<\/p>\n<p>Sara Syed, executive director of the Civic Engagement Commission, while addressing the audience, said that voters should know what their elected representatives want to do.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sara-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sara-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sara-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sara-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sara-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sara-1536x830.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The attendees were given a presentation on their responsibilities and rights as voters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/woman-women-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/woman-women-1-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/woman-women-1-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/woman-women-1-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/woman-women-1-768x445.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She said that even today there is a trend in our community that registration and casting of votes is of no use, and this is the reason why our community&#8217;s voice is not effective in the civic, state and federal level politics.<\/p>\n<p>On this occasion, the Chief Democracy Officer in the city government, Kathleen Daniel, provided the participants with the necessary information regarding the election and the ballot paper to be held in the next month of November.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nyc-nyc-ncy-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30104\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nyc-nyc-ncy-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nyc-nyc-ncy-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nyc-nyc-ncy-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nyc-nyc-ncy-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nyc-nyc-ncy-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nyc-nyc-ncy-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The representatives of the Pakistani community and women social workers participating in the workshop urged the community to exercise their right to vote in every election.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/draw-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30107\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/draw-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/draw-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/draw-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/draw-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/draw-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/draw-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On this occasion, the participants asked various questions related to the vote registration and procedure, after which they were registered as voters and finally the participants were also given prizes through a draw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York: Representatives of various Pakistani organizations based in New York have emphasized to their community that we cannot solve our problems without joining the political system and using the right to vote. 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