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Greater Los
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January 21, 2010
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Bridging Communities
Program 2010
DEADLINE TO APPLY: January 31, 2010
 (ANAHEIM, CA,
1/21/10) -- To help instill an
understanding of the magnitude of incarceration of Japanese
Americans and broader civil rights movement in the U.S.,
CAIR-Los
Angeles launched the high school Bridging Communities Program (BCP), now in its second year, in
partnership with the Japanese American Citizens League and the
Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress through funding from the
California Civil Liberties Public Education Program.
The Muslim students engaged with Japanese American students for
five Saturday sessions over a five-month period.
Through
workshops, students were challenged to define their identity,
explore culture and religion, history and activism, as well as
develop an understanding of how this knowledge of history can
become the tools for leadership and activism in their own
community.
The program
culminates with the pilgrimage to Manzanar coordinated by the
Manzanar Committee (http://www.manzanarcommittee.org/) as well as a final
animation project that narrates stories form their experience
throughout the program.
READ STUDENT
EXPERIENCES: http://bridgingcommunities09.wordpress.com/
We encourage
you to apply to the Bridging Communities Program 2010.
BCP
2010 is an amazing
opportunity to build new friendships, experience history outside of
your classroom and have lasting memories that shape your American
identity. This is your opportunity to toss the United States history book for live
history in Los Angeles's Little
Tokyo, Manzanar internment camp and
interact with camp
internees who were incarcerated at one of the 11 concentration camps across the U.S.
For
applications, contact ds...@jaclpsw.org, or visit Bridging
Communities Program 2010
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ACCESS California
Annual Gala
Keynote Speaker:
Farouk Shami
Founder and Owner of Farouk Systems/CHI USA)
Saturday, January 30, 2010
6 p.m.
To buy tickets, visit: http://www.accesscal.org/popup.html
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Islamic Relief in
coordination with the Shura
Council
of So. Calif.
Presents
Haiti Humanitarian Crisis
Emergency Fundraiser
Sunday, January 31, 2010
5:30 p.m.
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Maher Hathout,
Chairman, Shura Council
of Southern California
Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi,
Religious Director, ISOC
Sheraton
Park Hotel Anaheim
1855 South Harbor Blvd.
Anaheim, CA
92802
(714) 750-1811
Tickets:
$35 ($40 at the
door)
Table of 10 seats for $350
Dinner and children's program
provided
For tickets and
volunteer info, contact:
714-676-1309
888-479-4968
s...@irw.org
www.IslamicReliefUSA.org
Sponsored
by: CAIR-Greater
Los Angeles
Area, MPAC, MAS-OC, COPAA (more to come)
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EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
Fawad
Yacoob
President
Ashraf
Ibrahim, PhD
Vice
President
Asem
Abusir
Omar
Jubran
Baraa Kahf, Esq.
Yasir
Kahf
Masoud
Nassimi
Ahmed Soboh, DDS
Deeba Sultani
STAFF
Hussam Ayloush
Executive
Director
Deputy
Executive Director/Staff Attorney
Nedda
Salimian
Special
Projects Coordinator
Government
Relations Coordinator
Sherrel
Johnson
Community
Relations Manager
Membership
& Administrative Manager
Affad
Shaikh
Civil
Rights Manager
Munira
Syeda
Communications
Manager
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CAIR, America's
largest Islamic civil
liberties group, has 35
offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to
enhance the understanding of Islam,
encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims,
and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.
Council on American-Islamic
Relations, Greater Los Angeles
Area
2180 W. Crescent Ave., Suite F, Anaheim, CA 92801
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