Saturday, July 28, 2007

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

100 Days Until Election Day

Join Governor Tim Kaine for a summer celebration of only 100 days until the election.

Saturday, July 28 from 5:00 to 7:30

1575 Anderson Road
McLean, VA

Yalla, let's show up in big numbers!

Friday, July 20, 2007

Kaleidoscope

Mason District Supervisor Penny Gross (Fairfax County) has a teriffic monthly program on issues of interest to the New American community. I've been and I can tell you that her programs are just about the best thing going. She brings in speakers to take on the issues other government leaders just don't tackle.

Up next:

Implications of Recent Immigration Resolutions with Charles A. Tievsky, Esq.

Wednesday, July 25, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Mason District Governmental Center
6507 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA

Contact: Fran Tunick
Office of Mason District Supervisor Penny Gross
703.256.7717

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Future Agents In Training

The FBI is seeking 15 Middle Eastern high school students to participate in a 5 day "Future Agents In Training" youth camp this August 13 - 17.

If you know Arab American high school students who would enjoy solving crimes and has a desire to serve our country, this free program, in which participants solve an FBI bank robbery, could be a great experience for them. Having students from our community participating would certainly be good for the trainers and the other "Future Agents In Training".

The original deadline to apply was today, but the Recruitment Program manager offered to extend it to the end of the week for any applicants we can help recruit from our community.

Requirements: Students must be a U.S. citizen, 16-18 years of age, be enrolled in an accredited high school, have a grade point average of at least a 2.5, pass a limited background check, and pepare a 500 word essay about why they want to particiapte in the program. Please contact Valerie Smith from the AAI if you know of anyone interested and she will get them in touch with the right folks.

Valerie Smith, Director of Community Relations
Arab American Institute
1600 K St NW, Suite 601
Washington DC 20006
phone: 202.429.9210 x14
fax: 202.4299214
e-mail: vsmith@aaiusa.org

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Governor Kaine at Mosque Ribbon Cutting

Governor Tim Kaine will deliver the keynote address at the ribbon cutting of Dar Al Noor Mosque.

Sunday, July 15, 4:00 p.m.

Dar Al Noor Mosque
5404 Hoadly Road
Manassas , Virginia

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Eyewitness Lebanon: One Year Later

Wednesday, July 18, at 9:30 am
Lisagor Room
National Press Club 529 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20045

As we mark the one-year anniversary of the 2006 summer tragedy in Lebanon, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Research Institute (ADC-RI) will host a panel discussion featuring Arab Americans who were trapped in Lebanon, what they experienced, and how they eventually fled the country. The discussion will include an analysis of the in-depth report entitled, Eyewitness Lebanon, July –August 2006: An International Law Inquiry.

Panel Experts include:
Kareem Shora - ADC National Executive Director
Carol Khawly - ADC Director of Legal Advocacy who was trapped with her children in Lebanon during the Israeli attack
Marty Rosenbluth - Country Specialist for Israel, the Occupied Territories and the Palestinian Authority at Amnesty International USA
Houeida Saad - Editor and Field Researcher of Eyewitness Lebanon; July - August 2006, An International Law Inquiry
Bassem Beaini - 25 year-old Lebanese-American business-owner who was visiting Lebanon and arrived in Beirut a day prior to the Israeli attack.

The report Eyewitness Lebanon, July-August 2006: An International Law Inquiry, is based on extensive research from a wide variety of documented sources and includes first-hand interviews and accounts carried out by ADC-RI during a month-long fact finding mission. The mission was conducted by Arab-American attorney Houeida Saad who will discuss her methods of field research, including what she saw and with whom she spoke to obtain the first-hand information included in the report. The framework for the Report's legal inquiry is international law and international humanitarian law, also known as "the laws of war."