ADC Requests DHS to Re-designate Syria for Temporary Protected Status, Facilitates Release of Arab-American Activist + more

The Weeks Ahead 

ADC Events:

• Fri. Dec. 5th at 8:00PM at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, D.C. ADC invites you to Turaath: Arab Music from Baghdad to Andalusia. This year’s event will celebrate the intersections of Arab and Spanish culture. Click here for details and tickets.  

California:

• Thur. Dec. 4th at 8:00PM in San Francisco, CA. The Arab Film Festival will present a special screening of the Lebanese movie Heritages/Mirath with director Philippe Aractingi. Click here for details. 

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

• Wed. Dec. 3 at 7:00PM-9:00PM in Washington, D.C. Jewish Voice for Peace will host a panel entitled Is the Tide Turning for Equal Rights in Israel/Palestine? Click here for more details.

• Mon. Dec. 8 at 7:00PM-9:00PM in Washington, D.C. NAAP-DC Presents: Lecture + Book Sale with Professor Steven Saita. Click here for details. 

• Tues. Dec. 9 at 2:30PM in Washington, D.C. The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee will hold a hearing on The State of Civil and Human Rights in the United States. Click here for details.  

Massachusetts: 

• Mon. Dec. 8 at 6:30PM-8:30PM in Jamaica Plain, MA. Jewish Voice for Peace will host a lecture entitled Mizrahi Women’s Struggle and Intra-Jewish Racism: A talk by Smadar Levie. Click here for more details.

New York/New Jersey:

• Fri. Dec. 12 at 7:00PM-10:00PM in Montclair, NJ. The Palestinian American Community Center will host the Wishah Popular Dance Troup at The Wellmount Theater. Click here for details. 

Past Week’s Wrap-Up

• ADC Successfully Raises Money for Release of Arab-American Activist Bassem Masri in St. Louis, MO

• ADC Requests DHS to Re-designate Syria for Temporary Protected Status

• ADC Statement on Non-indictment in Michael Brown Case

• ADC President Samer Khalaf Discusses Civil Rights Implications of Changes to 2020 Census with Representatives from Leading Civil Rights Organizations

• Mark Your Calendar for Next Year’s ADC National Convention

ADC Weekly Recap

• Immigration action: Moving beyond myths [Arab American News]

• Ethnic groups wary of proposed 2020 census changes [Washington Times]

• US sectarianism: A nation still divided [Al Jazeera]

• Getting the Facts Right About the Ferguson Grand Jury Decision [Huffington Post]

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Simon Shaheen

 Internationally acclaimed as a virtuoso on the ‘oud and violin, Palestinian-American musician and composer Simon Shaheen will be performing this Friday at ADC’s Turaath: Arab Music from Baghdad to Andalusia. 

Listen to one of Simon Shaheen’s songs here!

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