ADC Intern Perspectives, The Arab-American and Japanese-American Parallel, Why Black Lives Matter + more

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Past Week‘s Wrap-Up

• ADC Intern Perspectives 2015

• The Arab-American and Japanese-American Parallel

• ADC Seeks Fall Interns for Anthony Shadid Internship Program

• Why Black Lives Matter [Yolanda Rondon]

Nationwide: 

• Thursday, August 13 at 1:00PM ET on Twitter.  #RestoreTheVRA Twitter Storm: Join @adctweets @civilrightsorg and other voting rights advocates on Twitter at 1PM ET and tell Congress to Restore the Voting Rights Act! Click here for sample #RestoreTheVRA tweets.

• Apply for U.S. Department of Justice Attorney General’s Honors Program and Summer Law Intern Program. Deadline is September 8, 2015. Click here for details. 

• America’s Journey For Justice: NAACP and activists like you are coming together to embark on an 860-mile journey to show the entire nation our lives, votes, jobs, and schools matter. Click here for details.

California:

• Friday, August 14th: Kahlil Gibran’s “The Prophet” film opens in Theaters in San Francisco, Irvine, Pasadena, Encino, Berkeley, and San Diego, CA. Click here for details. 

DC, Maryland and Virginia: 

• Friday August 12th at 6:00pm-8:00pm in Washington, DC. The Jerusalem Fund hosts an Opening Reception for the Gallery Opening of Home Away from Home: Little Palestine by the Bay. Click here for details.

• Saturday, August 16th at 12:00pm-9:00pm in Baltimore, MD. Islamic Society of Baltimore and Al-Rahmah School present the 3rd Annual Muslim Food Festival. Click here for details. 

• Sunday, August 16th at 5pm at Busboys & Poets on 5th & K.  Peace Cafe: Gaza Unsilenced. Click here for details. 

• September 11 – October 10 2015 in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and D.C. The Governors of MD, VA, WV, and the Mayor of DC have proclaimed Day to Serve as an annual event of service with the goal of helping those in need and improving the communities where we live. Click here to see how you can get involved in service events in your area.

Illinois:

• Arab Enclave in Michigan Grapples With Anti-Muslim Sentiment [The Wall Street Journal]

• President Obama’s Letter to the Editor [New York Times Magazine]

• Linda Sarsour Is a Brooklyn Homegirl in a Hijab [New York Times]

• The Real Voter Fraud Is Texas’ ID Law [New York Times]

• Steven Salaita, Professor Fired for ‘Uncivil’ Tweets, Vindicated in Federal Court [The Nation]

• Dearborn Arab community concerned with FBI flyovers [Detroit Free Press]

Persons of the week

ADC Summer Interns 2015

ADC is proud to congratulate and thank our summer 2015 interns: Naoufal, Faiza, Noor, Sandra, Lana, and Sam,  who have officially completed the Anthony Shadid Internship Program.

Read their stories in this year’s Intern Perspectives!

ADC National @adctweets 

PROTECT MY VOTE: “My ancestors died so that I can have a political voice.” #RestoreTheVRA #VRA50 #BlackLivesMatter

Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet