1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Special Tour of Capitol Hill.

This private tour, led by Hon. Mary Rose Oakar, will take you to through the US Capitol and onto the Floor of the House of Representatives (where the President's State of the Union is delivered). US Members of Congress will address the Group.

For security reasons, you must sign up for the tour in advance. Please R.S.V.P., including your SSN to Christine Gleichert at 202-244-2990 or via email to: christine@adc.org

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Silver Anniversary Celebration and Reception at the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates

  Remarks by Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean* and Ken Mehlman*.

7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Evening of Entertainment Including Concerts

  MC - Jack Shaheen, Professor and Author

  Remarks by Casey Kasem and daughter Kerri Kasem

  Jaime Farr*, Award Winning Actor

  Tony Shalhoub*, Emmy and Tony Winning Actor

  Concert with Simon Shaheen and Qantara, Award Winning Musician and Composer

  Comic Performance by Maysoon Zayid

10 pm - 1 am
Hafleh

SATURDAY, MAY 28

8:45 am - 9:30 am
ADC: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
HE Clovis Maksoud, The American University

  Prof. Clovis Maksoud, Center for the Global South, The American University

9:45 am - 11:00 am
Media Roundtable: Covering the War on Terror

  Facilitator: Helen Thomas, Journalist

  Hafez Al-Mirazi, Bureau Chief, Al Jazeera

  George Hishmeh, President, Washington Arab Journalists Association

  Mike Sallah, Pulitzer Prize Writer, Toledo Blade

9:45 am - 11:00 am
Assessment of success and failure and future challenges to the US enterprise in Iraq

  Fecilitator: Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies

11:15 am - 12:30 pm
"Democratization" of the Middle East

  Facilitator: David Khairallah, Esq., ADC Board of Director

  David W. Mulenex, Senior Regional Coordinator, Middle East Partnership Initiative, Department of State

  HE Clovis Maksoud, Director, Center for the Global South, The American University

11:15 am - 12:30 pm
In Defense of Academic Freedom

  Facilitator: Christine Gleichert, ADC Legislative Director

  Dr. Michael Hudson, Director, CCAS, Georgetown University

  Joseph Massad*, Assistant Professor, Columbia University

  Tarik Ramadan, Professor, University of Frouburg, Switzerland

11:15 am - 12:30 pm
Questions and Answers w/ Your Federal Government

  Facilitator: Nawar Shora, ADC's Director of Law Enforcement Outreach Program

  Rebekah Tosado, DHS Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

  Representative from the FBI

  Representative from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, DHS

  Joseph Mansour, Employment discrimination, Federal Corrections Officer, U.S.Bureau of Prisons

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
ADC Annual Civil Rights Awards Luncheon

  MC- Hon. Mary Rose Oakar, ADC President

  Keynote Speaker: Daniel Sutherland, Director, Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties - US Department of Homeland Security

  Distinguished Service Award: Laura Murphy, ACLU Legislative Director, with special introduction and remarks by Gregory Nojeim, Deputy Director, ACLU Legislative Office

  Excellence in Advocacy Award: Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) and Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF)

  ADC Pro Bono Attorney of the Year: Mathew B. Tully, Esq.

  ADC Advocate Award: Nabih Ayad, JD

  ADC Distinguished Federal Public Service Award: Hon. George Caram Steeh, US District Court - Eastern Michigan

  ADC Communinity Leadership Award: Hon. Sam A. Salamey, President, Lebanese American Heritage Club

2:15 pm - 3:30 pm
Arab-American Women: Making a Difference

  Facilitator: Laila Al-Qatami, ADC Communications Director

  Rana Abbas Chami, ADC Michigan Deputy Director

  Helen Samhan, Executive Director, Arab American Institute Foundation

2:15 pm - 3:30 pm
Civil Rights Discussion: Liberty and Security

  Facilitator: Kareem Shora, ADC Director of Legal Policy

  Timothy Edgar, Esq., ACLU, Legislative Counsel for National Security Issues

  Noel Saleh, Esq., President, Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS)

  Ahmed Younis, MPAC National Director

3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
The Syria-Lebanon Crisis: Causes, Risks, and Solutions

  Facilitator: David Khairallah, Esq., ADC Board of Director

  Juan Cole, Professor, University of Michigan

  David Lesch, Professor, Trinity University

3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Growing Up Arab-American

  Facilitator: Siwar Bandar, ADC Communications Coordinator

  Bobby Ina

  Tarek Ismail*

  Noor Najeeb

3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Know Your Rights Workshop

Presented by the ADC Legal Advisors: Carol Khawly, Leila Laoudji, Kareem Shora, and Nawar Shora with the Summer Legal Associates Featuring Partering for Prevention Project, Northeastern University

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Reception

Starting 7:00 pm
ADC's 25th Anniversary Gala

  MC - Safa Rifka, Chair, ADC Board of Directors

  Greetings: Former President Jimmy Carter, Former President George Bush & Former President William Clinton*