DHS Announces Redesignation and Extension of TPS for Syrian Nationals + more

The Weeks Ahead 

California:

• Thurs Jan. 8 at 7:00PM-9:00PM in Santa Barbara, CA. Fielding Graduate University will host a panel entitled, “The Increasing Militarization of Societies in the 21st Century.” Click here for details. 

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

• Thurs. Jan 8 at 2:00PM-3:30PM in Washington, D.C. The Brookings Institution presents a panel discussion entitled, “What Americans Think About the Fight Against ISIS.” Click here for details. 

• Sat. Jan. 10 at 8PM in Washington, D.C.  Witness Against Torture will sponsor a panel entitled, “From Ferguson to Guantanamo: Institutionalized Brutality and Torture.” The panel is part of a week of events. Click here for details. 

• Sun. Jan 11 at 1:00PM in Washington, D.C. Join Witness Against Torture and CODEPINK for a White House rally to close Guantánamo and end torture. The rally will be preceded by an interfaith religious service. Click here for details. 

• Tues. Jan 13 at 7:00-9:00PM in Washington, D.C. at the Washington Peace Center. Dr. Maha Hilal will discuss the relationship between the War on Terror policies and Muslim American political participation, alienation, and withdrawal. The title of the event is “Too Damn Muslim To be Trusted”: The War on Terror and the Muslim American. Click here for details. 

Michigan:

• January 31, 2015 is the deadline to apply for ADC-Michigan’s Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Program. Click here for details. 

Past Week’s Wrap-Up

• DHS Announces Redesignation and Extension of TPS for Syrian Nationals 

• ADC 2014 Year in Review 

Articles of Interest

• Case of police surveillance of N.J. Muslims goes before federal appeals court [NewJersey.com]

• Extension and Redesignation of the Syrian Arab Republic for Temporary Protected Status [Federal Register]

• Prosecuting Israel’s crimes: a moving snowball that can’t be stopped [Electronic Intifada]

• Jewish and Muslim Protestors Join the Black Lives Matter Movement [World Religion News]

• No Impunity for Torturers [Just Security]

In Memoriam

Senator Edward Brooke

Former Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke was the first African-American to be elected as a state’s Attorney General and also the first to win a popular election to the U.S. Senate.

Senator Brooke passed away on Saturday at the age of 95.

Jameel Jaffer @JameelJaffer  

Growing support for criminal investigation of #CIA #torture program. http://justsecurity.org/18412/impunity-torturers/ … via @just_security @ACLU

Captive Revolution: Palestinian Women’s Anti-Colonial Struggle Within the Israeli Prison System 

By Nahla Abdo