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The Arab American Action Network (AAAN) is a Chicago-based community center founded in 1995 to strengthen the Arab immigrant and Arab American communities in the Chicago area by building their capacity to be active agents for positive social change. As a grassroots nonprofit, its strategies include community organizing, advocacy, education ...
Odeh, Rasmea. "Empowering Arab Immigrant Women in Chicago: The Arab Women's Committee." Journal of Middle East Women's Studies 15.1 (2019): 117–124. Pennock, Pamela E. The Rise of the Arab American Left: Activists, Allies, and Their Fight against Imperialism and Racism, 1960s–1980s (U of North Carolina Press, 2017). xii, 316 pp; Shahin, Saif.
Pillars Fund is a grant-making organization and Muslim community foundation named in reference to the five pillars of Islam, [3] the third of which is Zakat.. Founded in 2010 in the mold of United Way and Jewish Federations of North America, [4] and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Pillars is focused on funding secular non-profit programs supporting American Muslims in media, public ...
An innovative new pilot program in Chicago will give 5,000 residents of the city $500 per month for a year as a way of helping them overcome poverty. Discover: 9 Bills You Should Never Put on ...
Donald Trump's allies are working to win over Arab American voter s who are unhappy with President Joe Biden’s support for Israel. The effort is led by Massad Boulos, whose son married Tiffany ...
The war increased Arab Americans' willingness to speak out in general, as well as groups' use of the term "Arab American" to self-identify. [14] In 1985, ADC offices suffered a series of violent attacks. On August 16, a bomb exploded in the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee office in Boston, severely injuring two police officers. [15]
Ricardo Karam [4] came up with the idea of Takreem in 2004 [5] and launched it officially in 2009. [6] In 2019, Takreem expanded its activities to include the United States and reach out to the Arab diaspora in the two continents of America; to be a launch announcement (Takreem America), [7] The first honoring ceremony was held in February 2022 in Miami, Florida at the Ritz Carlton, Coconut Grove.
Civil rights advocates are concerned there will be a renewal of war on terrorism tactics that have targeted their communities. Even before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Arab Americans were racially ...