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			EVENTS ********************************************* ADC Kalamazoo Annual Iftar Dinner November 21, 2003 Click Here "Feds build 'bridges' to Arab-Americans" - Report of ADC Kalamazoo Ramadan Iftar with US Attorney Margaret Chiara- Kalamazoo Gazette Saturday, November 22, 2003 Click Here "Kalamazoo Arab-Americans Aren't Celebrating" - November 22, 2003 WMUK Click Here Pictures Click Here Click here ******************************************************************** WMU Muslim Student Association Speaker and Dinner November 20, 2003 Click Here ********************************************************* Rally/March for International Tear Down the Wall Day Sunday, November 9th Click Here *********************************************************** Dr. Norman G. Finkelstein, in Kalamazoo on October 2, 2003 His talk, "Israel and Palestine: Roots of Conflict, Prospects for Peace" Click Here *********************************************************** Michigan Annual Banquet 2003 October 15, 2003 Click Here Post Banquet Press Release Click Here See Pictures of Kalamazoo Chapter at Michigan Annual Banquet - October 15, 2003 Click Here *********************************************************** US Attorney Margaret M.Chiara returns to Kalamazoo to address the American-Arab and Muslim Community October 8, 2003 Click Here WWMT/Channel 3 Report Click Here Video of Patriot Act News Clips Click here View Pictures Click Here ************************************************* Gary Dorrien (Parfet Distinguished Professor at Kalamazoo College) will be giving two different talks, both from Gary's next book Imperial Designs: The New Pax Americana: The Boys Who Cried Wolfowitz: Creating and Selling the Perpetual War" The keynote lecture of Peace Week at Western Michigan University. Wednesday, September 24, 7:00 p.m., in Room 208 of the Bernhard Center "Imperial Designs: The New Pax Americana" The first fall Friday Chapel at Kalamazoo College Friday, September 26, 10:50 a.m., at Stetson Chapel *************************************** ADC Kalamazoo Annual Picnic - September 20, 2003 Prairie View Park Click Here *********************************************************** GENERAL ASSEMBLY: The Board of ADC of Kalamazoo is hosting a General Assembly on Friday, August 15, 2003, at 7:00 PM.-WMU Bernhard Center, Room 204 Click Here ********************************************************************** EVENTS for the Week of June 23rd, 2003 Click Here PUBLIC FORUM ON THE “PATRIOT ACT” Palestinian Peace Activist Speaking to Kalamazoo Audience ********************************************************************* COMMUNITY FORUM Supported by the Faith In Action Committee Members of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee will present a program on "Understanding Islam and the Muslims and Their Challenges," with Dr. Marwan Tabbara, Alexandria Osborne, and Amanda Dentler. Tuesday, June 3, 7:00 to 8:30 pm Unitarian Universalist Community Church, 10441 Shaver Rd., Portage, Michigan Dr. Marwan Tabbara was born in Lebanon, has been in the U.S. for 12 yrs, and lives in Kalamazoo with his wife and two children. He is a neuropsychiatrist and Medical Director of Community Mental Health of St.Joseph County. A member of Kalamazoo Islamic Center, he presented numerous lectures on Islam and participated often in interfaith dialogue after 9/11. Alexandria Osborne was born in NYC and has been in this area for the past 23 years. She is a chemist by education and currently is an IT Service Manager at Pfizer. Alexandria was raised Protestant but has been a Muslim since1987. She is married to an Arab-American and they have one daughter, 15 years old. Amanda Dentler is currently a student who has been studying Islam for some time and just a few weeks ago became a Muslim. Amanda has agreed to participate in the question and answer period following the presentation. Child care will be provided. ******************************************* BE INFORMED, AND ACT TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS PUBLIC MEETING about the "Patriot Act" May 1, 2003 Click Here ****************************************** ADC National Convention Arab Americans: A National Agenda Click Here ******************************************************** GENERAL ASSEMBLY: The Board of ADC of Kalamazoo is hosting a General Assembly on Friday, April 11, 2003, at 7:00 PM.-CONCORD APT CLUBHOUSE Click Here ************************************************************************ . HOUSE: ADC Kalamazoo along with Kalamazoo Islamic Center, Western Michigan University (WMU) Arab Student Association (ASA), and WMU Muslim Student Association (MSA) are planning an House: Thursday, April 10, 2003; 10 AM -5 P.M Click Here ********************************************************************** Dr. Gary Dorrien will be speaking this Thursday, April 3 at 7:00 PM on "Imperial Designs: Resisting the Permanent War" by Dr. Gary Dorrien April 9, 2003 Click Here To learn more about the topic visit http://www.adckazoo.com/news-149.htm Gary Dorrien is Parfet Distinguished Professor, Kalamazoo College; Chair of Religious Studies; Dean of Stetson Chapel, and Director, Liberal Arts Colloquium. See Gary Dorrien's speech from February 23rd "The War Against Iraq and the Permanent War" at http://www.adckazoo.com/news-130.htm The talk is at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church in Portage 10441 Shaver Road Directions: Go South on Oakland to Shaver Road, turn right at the light go about 1/2 of a mile. The church is on the left hand side of the road. Child Care is provided. ******************************************* Monday, March 31 at 10 a.m. at Kalamazoo City Hall the Mayor will be holding a Press Conference to give his support for a Tolerance Resolution. Click Here A request for this resolution was made by the ADC (on behalf of the Arab and Muslim community) to the Community Relations Board of the City (CRB). The CRB had its first community Outreach meeting on February 26th (see http://www.adckazoo.com/news-131.htm) . The resolution promotes racial justice and denounces hate in the City of Kalamazoo. In addition, the resolution, proclaims the, "Kalamazoo a City of Racial and Religious Equity, Appreciation and Tolerance and call upon each citizen to extend their hands in friendship, trust and understanding to all; and that further, the City of Kalamazoo urges all people to join us in strongly resisting all acts of hate or intolerance against all people, including people of the Islamic faith and perceived Arab descent and we call on citizens of the City of Kalamazoo to report hate crime incidents. We will not forget that we are all Americans and that now more than ever, United We Stand, Divided We Fall!". Please come this Press Conference to show our appreciation for the proactive stand the Mayor is taking on this matter. News Coverage: Channel 3 WWMT Click Here Channel 41 WOTV Click Here WMUK audio sound bite 1 Click Here WMUK audio sound bite 2 Click Here WMUK Transcript Click Here ******************************************* .LEARN ABOUT THE USA PATRIOT ACT & GOVERNMENT ACTIONS THAT THREATEN OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES: Friday, March 28th, 7:00 PM, WMU Bernhard Center , MLK Room. . Click Here for more info. ************************************************************************ ADC of Greater Kalamazoo to Sponsor Media Reception With WWMT Channel 3 On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of Greater Kalamazoo will sponsor a media reception with WWMT/TV 3 and community members at the Channel 3 Station. This event is part of ADC’s efforts to monitor and work closely with various local and national media outlets to ensure fair, balanced and unbiased coverage of Arab and Muslim Americans and the Middle East. ADC emerged as a major local, national and international media resource in the aftermath of September 11. Since then, ADC has been extremely vocal, and has used this relationship with the media to deal with issues proactively. The upcoming media reception is onlyto selected guests who will receive an invitation. For more information on this event, or if you are interested in attending, you may contact ADC at , or send a request to info. ******************************************** City of Kalamazoo Advisory Board Hosts Forum with Muslim and Arab-Americans Click Here "The first community forum will take place on Wednesday, February 26 at 7 p.m. in the Martin Luther King Room of the Bernhard Center at Western Michigan University with the focus of this community forum being the Muslim and Arab-American community. The board is partnering with Kalamazoo’s American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee to put on this event, which isto the public." **************************************************************************
			LOCAL PROTEST AGAINST WAR ON IRAQ: Two peace marches to join on Sunday Friday, February 21, 2003 BY ROBERT HARRISON KALAMAZOO GAZETTE The bells of Kalamazoo College's Stetson Chapel will begin ringing for peace at 1:15 p.m. Sunday as a call for gathering. The Interfaith Coalition for Peace and the Kalamazoo Nonviolent Opponents of War (KNOW) have organized the event at the chapel and a march that will begin at the Federal Building and end at the chapel. A second group of demonstrators will gather at the Islamic center at 1:30 p.m. on West Michigan avenue. Both groups will march to the Stetson Chapel for an interfaith gathering at 2 p.m. The gathering is a public expression of opposition to war in Iraq. Planned at the gathering are brief prayers and readings in many faith traditions; a reading of a poem written by Stephanie Vibbert, a Kalamazoo College student and peace activist who was killed in an auto accident while returning from a rally in Washington, D.C.; music by Alfrelynn Roberts and Janlee Roberts; and speeches. Principal speakers will be Garry Dorrien, chair of religious studies and college chaplain at Kalamazoo College; Ali Abunimah, a Chicago writer and commentator on Middle Eastern and Arab-American affairs; and Ron Kramer, representative of KNOW and Western Michigan University professor. An anti-war paper presented by the Interfaith Coalition for Peace will be distributed to those who attend. The entire program is expected to last an hour, and it isto the public. For information contact Paul Clements at clements or (269) 552-5570. *Demonstrations and Rallies* organized by KNOW (Kalamazoo Non-violent Opponents of War). Demonstrations take place on Sundays, 12-1, and Tuesdays, 4:30 -5:30, at the Federal Building downtown (corner of W. Michigan and Park) Other Events from KNOW go to the KNOW website calendar of events at http://www.kzoo4peace.org/peaceevents.html ************************************************
			MEETING WITH THE INS- Wednesday, January 15, 2003 The Immigration and Naturalization Service will be speaking to our community Wednesday, January 15th at Noon sharp. Thediscussion will be at Western Michigan University Bernhard Center, Room 204 (Martin Luther King Room). The INS will describe the new special registration procedures for certain non-immigrants. The INS will have the forms available that are required for those that must register. They can address your questions about the form and the entire process. In addition, they can help you complete the paper work required for the registration. This will help streamline the process when you go to the INS office, for those that still must register. Related Information: Immigrants unlawfully arrested and detained during INS's "registration" program are planning to seek fair compensation under Federal Tort Claims Act in conjunction with the lawsuit filed by ADC and other plaintiff organizations against the INS and Attorney General Ashcroft. To join the group seeking registration compensation, attorneys and/or registrants may complete the online form at http://www.adc.org/compensation DOJ Information About INS Special Registration- (Groups 1, 2, &3) SPECIAL CALL-IN REGISTRATION PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANTS (for all Call-In Groups) Questions and Answers Click here Channel 41 Coverage of INS Event "INS rules laid out for foreign students" Kalamazoo Gazette January 16, 2003 Click Here Five More Countries Added to INS List (Group 4)- January 17, 2003 Click Here *****************************************************************************
			Stop The War: Understanding and Confronting America's Conflict with Iraq January 11 and 12 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor As the US government moves steadily towards a military confrontation with Iraq, resistance to US foreign policy in the Gulf has been growing constantly. With this situation in mind, student activists at the University of Michigan have organized the STOP THE WAR Conference, which will be a productive space both for activists to build connections to increase the effectiveness of the antiwar movement, and for those who want to learn more about the multitude of issues involved in the US war on Iraq. This conference will be an amazing opportunity to meet and network with other activists and educate yourself on this pressing issue. To attend the conference, registration is required. Registration takes only a minute and can be done online at http://www.iraqconference.com (then click on registration). Other features of the website include speaker bios, related events. Conference organizers have gathered a group of experienced activists and world-renowned intellectuals to give lectures and lead workshops on a wide range of issues. Organized by Anti-War Action! and the Muslim Students' Association of U of M.
			********************************************** US ATTORNEY, ADC, ACLU, Immigration Assistance Speak with COMMUNITY. Forum: US Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Margaret M.Chiara Assistant US Attorney, Lloyd Meyer FBI Special Agent David Smith ADC Attorney, Mohamed Abdrabboh Director of Immigration Assistance Project , Kish Enstice ACLU Attorney, James Rodbard Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 Time: 7:00 PM Place: Western Michigan University; Bernhard Hall on W. Michigan Ave (Student Center Building); Martin Luther King Room (204) **************************************************************************
			Innocence Under Siege Exhibition at WMU -October 2002 Click Here