ADCMA
Please Join the
American Arab Anti-Discrimination
Committee of Massachusetts
In Our
4th Annual Community Banquet
Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Keynote Speaker: Noura Erakat, Esq.
Arab-American Political Engagement: A Necessity, Not an Option
Noura Erakat is a Palestinian attorney and activist who recently returned from a National Lawyers Guild Mission to Gaza investigating Israeli war crimes. She is an advisor on Middle East Affairs to Congressman Dennis Kucinich, and am adjunct Professor of International Human Rights Law at Georgetown University. Currently, Noura is helping to launch a Palestinian equal rights lobby: the American Association for Palestinian Equal Rights. She earned her J.D. from the University of California-Berkeley, and has appeared on Fox's "The O'Rielly Factor," NBC's "Politically Incorrect," MSNBC, and Al-Jazeera International.
This Year's Honoree: Susan Akram, Esq.
Dedication to the Defense of Human Rights and Advocacy for Refugees
Susan Akram, a Clinical Professor at Boston University School of Law, teaches immigration law, comparative refugee law, and international human rights law. She is a graduate from the University of Michigan, the Georgetown University Law Center, and the Institut International des Droits del 'Homme, Strasbourg. She is a past Fulbright Senior Scholar in Palestine, where she conducted research in the field of durable solutions for Palestinian refugees. She is a widely-published and well-known speaker in her field.
Program:
6:00pm -- Private Reception w/ Noura Erakat for Premium ticket holders
6:45pm -- Registration
7:00pm -- Program begins
7:30pm -- Dinner Served
8:30pm -- Keynote Address by Noura Erakat, Esq.
9:30pm -- Music and Dancing
Location:
Hyatt Harborside at Boston's Logan Airport
101 Harborside Drive, Boston, MA 02128
Tickets:
$65 -- Regular Ticket
$45 -- Student Ticket
$125 -- Premium Ticket*
*Includes Private Reception w/ Noura Erakat, Esq.
RSVP
To reserve your tickets, send an email to info@adcma.org; call 617.492.3282; or mail the attached the attached response card to ADCMA at: 2161 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02140 Deadline: April 30th
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Halim Awde 
1945 - 2008
Halim was an Arab-American
activist pioneer, former President of the ADCMA, and one of the first ADC
national board members. With his outgoing personality, humor, and open
heart, Halim played an important role in mobilizing the local grassroots
community up to the national level. Halim helped found the West Roxbury
Arabic School for children, as well as the Arabic Hour weekly cultural
television program, and helped translate the Driver’s License manual into
Arabic for the commonwealth of Massachusetts. For his evident commitment
to the Arab-American community, Halim became the mayoral liaison to the
Arab American community to then Mayor of Boston Raymond Flynn in 1985.
Halim awde is survived by his wife Labebe awde, his son George Awde, and
his daughters Rania Awde, Nedal Awde-Smith, and Raghida Awde. We offer our
deepest condolences to his family for their loss; which is indeed a loss
to the whole Arab-American community in Massachusetts. Halim, you will be
dearly missed!
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ARE A LAW STUDENT OR PRACTICING ATTORNEY AND ARE INTERESTED TO JOIN OUR
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Omar Baddar at omar@adcma.org.
ADCMA
will be holding board elections in the coming few months. If you are
interested in becoming a Board Member and furthering your commitment to
ADCMA, please contact info@adcma.org for any questions you may have
and to submit a bio. Thank you!
