Victory Celebration!

You worked hard. Now on to the party!

7:00
Hilton McLean Tysons Corner
7920 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22102


7:30
Toad's Place of Richmond
140 Virginia Street
Richmond, VA 23219

Yes We Did!

Check this out!

Virginia Arab Americans for Obama-Biden

The Outreach Team is calling on YOU to help us Get Out the Vote.

Here are the contacts for each region:

Northern Virginia: Marwan Burgan: Marwanb99@aol.com

Central Virginia: Saba Shami sabashami@comcast.net

Tidewater area: Bassam Kawwas: bassam.kawwass@gmail.com

Northern Virginia Phone Bank Location & Times:
2nd floor, McLean Campaign for Change Office
7600 Colshire DriveMcLean, VA 22102 (It's very close to Tyson's Corner, just off Rt.123, near the Rt. 66 exit.)

Schedule: Saturday Nov. 1st & Sunday Nov. 2nd: 12 pm – 9 pm
Monday Nov. 3rd: 6pm – 9 pm Tuesday
Nov 4 Election Day: 11 am - 7 pm

Please Email Us at MEforObama08@gmail.com or call us at 703-855-7805
Your help will make the difference in winning this election.

Mail Back The Hate

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), in its continuing effort to combat hate and bigotry, has launched the Mail Back the Hate Campaign. This campaign is designed to counter the most recent attempt using the politics of fear as a tool to spread hate and division; the distribution of 28-million copies of "Obsession: Radical Islam's War against the West." This professionally produced but seditious and fear mongering DVD was inserted into millions of newspapers across the country distributed primarily in those crucial swing states including Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, Colorado, Michigan, Florida, and Virginia among others. ADC has confirmed that the second phase of this project was started this past week with copies being mailed directly to voters across the country. The obvious intent by the New York-based Clarion Fund, which is responsible for this project, is to scare people and create hostility towards Arab and Muslim Americans as all Americans head to the polls on November 4th.

In response, ADC will use some of the resources of the recently-created Voter Protection Unit (VPU) by calling on all its supporters to mail back the hate and send the copies of “Obsession,” with their packages, to the ADC Voter Protection Unit. Those sending the DVD and its package may cover or remove their name and mailing address if they wish. Upon receipt of the DVDs, the ADC will mail back the packages of hate to the Clarion Fund.

Please mail all DVD’s and their packages to:
Voter Protection Unit
ADC
1732 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20007

To learn more about the ADC Voter Protection Unit (ADC-VPU) and to learn about your Voting Rights please click here.
To learn more about "Obsession: Radical Islam's War against the West" please click here.

GET OUT THE ARAB AMERICAN VOTE!

I spent a pleasant evening at the Arab American Institute offices calling AAI volunteers asking them to sign up to call Arab American voters to encourage them to vote.

You know that we need to make an impact on this election. The stakes have never been higher—we can't afford to be silent. Because Arab Americans live in key battleground states across the nation, now, more than ever, our voice counts!

Right now, just an hour or two of your time can remind hundreds of Arab Americans to vote on Election Day. Your call will encourage them to GET OUT AND VOTE and give our constituency the visibility it deserves.

The Arab American Institute makes it easy. Here's how it works:

1. Fill out the simple form and
2. The AAI will send you an e-mail with details of how to log onto the Yalla Vote Virtual Phone Bank and get started. Then
3. Set aside time between 10:00 am and 8:30pm to call registered Arab American voters and remind them to vote on November 4th. The online call center lets you easily track and record our success!

Here's the beauty of this - there is no minimum number of calls you have to make. Many phone banks ask you to make a minimum number of calls and to make them from a call center. You can do this from home if you want. Also, when you go online, you get the info to make your first call. If you like it, make another - and another. If it's not for you, that's okay. Every call made is one more contact with an Arab American voter. Of course, the AAI and I would love it if you will make lots of calls!

It's easy. It's important. It's our voice. It's our future.
Yalla! Volunteer to help get out the Arab American VOTE!

Thank You Campbell Brown

Ya gotta see this!

PLANTING PEACE - TEACHING HOPE

You are invited to an evening with Daoud Nassar from Tent of Nations.

Thursday, October 16 from 8:00 to 10:00

Busboys and Poets
4251 S. Campbell Avenue
Shirlington, VA
703.379.9756

Daoud Nassar is a Palestinian Christian farmer whose family works its 100-acre farm and olive grove just outside the West Bank town of Bethlehem. It is on this farm that the family members strive to maintain a haven of peace and brotherhood through activities at Tent of Nations, a dynamic peace and local education center where international visitors, including Israelis of good will, join in farming and peace activities.

Cost: $15.00 desserts and drinks will be provided.

Seating is limited to first 60 so please contact Kay Plitt at kay@fotonna.org
to make your reservation by Friday, October 10 (You may pay at the door.)

Donations to FOTONNA will be welcomed! Friends of Tent of Nations North America (FOTONNA), a non-profit 501(C)(3) organization.