The 2015 ADC Convention Program

Washington, DC | www.adc.org | June 11, 2015 – The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee ADC invites you to join us this weekend at the ADC Convention for a program full of exciting events!

2015 National Convention Program in Brief

Thursday, June 11, 2015

9:00AM: Registration and Exhibits (souk) open

1:00PM-4:30PM: Briefing at the U.S. Department of State (Registration Closed)

6:00PM-8:30PM:  Reception at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel (Maryland Room)

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Friday, June 12, 2015

9:00 AM: Registration and Exhibits (souk) open

10:15AM-11:30AM:  Ralph Nader: “Citizen Empowerment: Making the Government More Accountable and Responsive to Citizen Demands”

Speaker: Ralph Nader, Consumer advocate, writer, lecturer, and full time citizen

Moderator: Professor Daoud L. Khairallah, Adjunct Professor of law at Georgetown Law and Counsel at White & Case LLP

11:30AM-12:00PM Book signing with Ralph Nader

12:30PM-2:00PM: Civil Rights Luncheon: Keynote by Martin Castro, Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

• Advocate of the Year Award: Mustafa Abdullah
• Pro Bono Attorney of The Year Award: Michael Hanna
  
  

2:30PM-3:45PM: Civil Rights Panel : “The Impact of the Ferguson Movement on Arab-Americans and the State of Civil Rights”

Speakers:

• Hilary Shelton, NAACP Washington Bureau Director
• Mustafa Abdullah, ACLU Of Missouri
• Sakira Cook Esq., The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
• Abed Ayoub Esq., ADC Legal & Policy Director (Moderator)
  
  

4:00PM-5:30PM: Privacy and Surveillance Panel:  “Dose of Reality: The Surveillance State Revealed”

Speakers:

• Shahid Buttar, Esq., Executive Director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee
• Patrick Eddington, Policy Analyst at the Cato Institute
• Mark Jaycox, Legislative Analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation,
• Sue Udry, Executive Director of the Defending Dissent Foundation
• Yolanda Rondon, Esq., ADC Staff Attorney (Moderator)

7:00PM-10:00PM: ADC Reunion Dinner : A Celebration of past and present ADC Interns, Volunteers and Staff

• Keynote Speaker: Ayman Mohyeldin, Foreign Correspondent for NBC NEWS and Anchor for MSNBC
• 18th Annual Jack G. Shaheen Mass Communications Awards
  • Jack Shaheen Outstanding Achievement in Media Award: Anisa Medhi
  • Jack Shaheen Mass Communications Scholarship Award: Sarah Shihadah
• Entertainment by Arab-American Comedians Amer Zahr and Mona Aburmishan

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Saturday, June 13, 2015

9:00AM: Registration and Exhibits (souk) open

10:30AM-12:00PM: Panel Discussion: “The Effects of Systemic Violence on Women of Color”

Speakers:

• Darakshan Raja, Helga Herz Fellow at the Washington Peace Center
• Andrea Carcamo-Cavazos, J.D., Assistant Director for Public Policy at the National Latin@ Network
• Dr. Roselyn V. Aker-Black, Adjunct Professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology
• Fatina Abdrabboh, Esq., Director of ADC-Michigan (Moderator)
  
  

12:30PM-2:00PM: ADC Annual Women’s Empowerment Luncheon

• Rose Nader Award: Sahar Aziz
• ADC Women’s Empowerment Forum Award for Excellence in Philanthropy: Maha Kaddoura
• ADC Humanitarian Award: Nidhal Garmo
  
  

2:30PM-3:45PM: “The Crossroads of Ferguson to Palestine: An in depth examination of race relations and the oppression of the politically powerless.”

Speakers:

• Ahmad Nabil Abuznaid, Esq., Co-founder of the Dream Defenders
• Khaled A. Beydoun, Assistant Professor of Law at the Barry School of Law
• Kwame Rose,  Community organizer and social activist from Baltimore, Md
• Joshua S. D. Harris, Managing Editor at The Sphinx Magazine
• Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, Editor-in-Chief of MuslimGirl.net (Moderator)

3:45PM-5:00PM: 

1. Philanthropy Workshop with Khatmeh Osseiran-Hana, ADC Board Member
   

2. Youth Organizing Session: “The Future of the Civil Rights Movement Post Ferguson”

Speakers:

• Ahmad Nabil Abuznaid, Esq., Co-founder of the Dream Defenders
• Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, Editor-in-Chief of MuslimGirl.net
• Muhammed Malik, Social Justice Organizer
  
  

6:00PM-7:00PM Reception 

7:00PM-10:00PM Saturday Evening Dinner Gala

Honorees:

• Excellence in Public Service Award: The Honorable Nick Rahall
• Hala Salaam Maksoud Leadership Award: Linda Sarsour
• Ralph Johns Civil Rights Award:  Gregory T. Nojeim
• Alex Odeh Memorial Award: Dr. Jamil and Kamelah Shami

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Sunday, June 14, 2015

9:00AM: Registration and Exhibits (souk) open

9:00AM-10:30AM: General Assembly (Members only)

10:30AM–12:00PM: Palestine Panel: “Non-Violent Tactics to End the Israeli Occupation and Protect Palestinian Human Rights“

Speakers:

• Ramah Kudaimi, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation 
• Philip Farah, Founding member of the Washington Interfaith Alliance for Middle East Peace
• Nadia Ben-Youssef, USA Representative for Adalah

• Hasan Newash, Director of the Palestine Cultural Office-Michigan (Moderator)

12:30PM-2:00PM: Palestine Luncheon

• Keynote Speaker: Yousef Jabareen, Esq., Member of the Israeli Parliament (Joint Arab List)
• Special Guest Speaker: His Excellency Maen Rashid Areikat, Ambassador for the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Delegation to the United States
• Rachel Corrie Award: Delinda Hanley, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

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Online registration has for the ADC Convention has closed, but you can still register in person today at the convention site:

Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

2660 Woodley Road, NW

Washington, DC 20008 

Reserve a Hotel Room!

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