ADC files amicus brief in religious accommodation case, calls on Congress to pass civil rights reforms + more

The Weeks Ahead 

ADC Events: 

•  Saturday, April 25, 2015 in Washington, D.C. The National Arab-American Turaath Festival. More details to come!

California:

• Wed. Dec. 17 at 7:00PM-11:00PM in Pasadena, CA. Network of Arab American Professionals of Los Angeles (NAAP-LA) are hosting a Holiday Hafla. Click here for details.  

D.C., Maryland, Virginia (DMV):

• Sat. Dec. 27 at 6:00PM-10:00PM in Gaithersburg, MD. The Palestinian Community of Metropolitan D.C. presents Celebrating Palestinian Culture. Click here for details. 

Illinois:

• Wed. Dec. 17 at 7:00PM in Lockport, IL. The Arab American Action Network (AAAN) and friends present the Wishah Popular Dance Troupe. Click here for tickets. 

New York/New Jersey:

• Tues. Dec. 16 at 6:00PM in Brooklyn, NY. The Arab American Association of New York and Jews for Racial and Economic Justice are hosting an interfaith solidarity event at the Barclays Center.  Click here for details. 

• Thurs. Dec. 18 at 6:00PM-8:00PM in Brooklyn, NY. Take on Hate presents a national conversation on solidarity entitled, Real Talk: Where is the Solidarity? Click here for details. 

• Wed. Dec. 31 is the deadline to submit short films and video art for the 2nd Annual Alwan 3rd i Awards Competition.  Click here for details. 

Past Week’s Wrap-Up

• ADC Defends Right to Religious Accommodation in Supreme Court Case

• ADC Mourns Loss of Ziad Abu Ein

• ADC Urges Congress to Address Key Civil and Human Rights Issues at Senate Hearing

• Thank You for Making Turaath a Success

• ADC Michigan Advancing Justice Bulletin

Articles of Interest

• Civil and Human Rights Coalition Applauds Passage of Death in Custody Reporting Act [Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights]

• Justice for Some, But Not All: New Anti-Profiling Rules are Civil Rights Setback [Huffington Post]

• ‘Justice For All,’ ‘Millions March’ draw tens of thousands of protesters [USA Today]

• Why Ferguson is Our Issue: A Letter to Muslim America [The Islamic Monthly]

• 7 Key Points From the C.I.A. Torture Report [The New York Times]

• Congressional Staffers Walk Out In Protest Of Police Killings [Huffington Post]

Persons of the Week

Synead Nichols and Umaara Iynaas Elliot

23-year-old Synead Nichols and 19-year-old Umaara Iynaas Elliott organized Saturday’s Millions March in NYC.

 The solidarity march drew over 50,000 participants in NYC and turned into an international day of action with protests in many cities. 

Ayesha Mattu ‏@Ayesha_Mattu 

Affirmative. “Does new ‘Exodus’ movie whitewash the Bible?”

#BoycottExodusMovie @CNN @HindMakki

 EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.

ADC filed an amicus brief in support of the EEOC.

Read about the case on SCOTUSblog.