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Alameda County Board of Supervisors Proclaims May 15th, 2018 Palestinian Cultural Day

Posted May 22, 2018 / AROC

May 22nd, 2018 Today, the Alameda County Offices Board of Supervisors recognized May 15, 2018, the 70th year of the Nakba, as Palestine Cultural Day. The people of Palestine–from Gaza, Haifa to Jerusalem– face daily violations of their human rights,

categories: AROC in the News, Blog, Civil Rights, Community Events, Immigrant Rights

Victory for our community! Ali is free from ICE!

Posted March 16, 2018 / AROC

Victory for our community! Ali is out of ICE detention! Our community succeeded on March 13th, 2018 in freeing Ali, a young Yemeni man, from ICE! Ali has been detained for nine months. We packed the courtroom not just once,

categories: AROC in the News, Campaigns, Immigrant Rights

SF Suspends Participation in Joint Terrorism Task Force

Community, Civil Rights Groups Welcome San Francisco Police Department Suspending Participation in the Federal Government’s Joint Terrorism Task Force For Immediate Release : February 2, 2017 Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus (ALC), the Council on American-Islamic-Relations, San Francisco Bay

categories: Action Alerts, AROC in the News, Blog, Civil Rights, Immigrant Rights, Mobilizations

Victory for Arabs and Muslims at SFO

Posted February 2, 2017 / Shadi

Community Self Defense at SFO Our communities fight for self determination. And this past weekend we actualized it. This past Sunday, ten thousand people joined alongside the leadership of AROC, ASATA, and other grassroots organizations to shut down San Francisco

categories: AROC in the News, Blog, Palestine News

PALESTINE CULTURAL DAY

Posted October 12, 2016 / omar ali

On May 24th, 2016, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors proclaimed May 15th, 2016, the 68th anniversary of the occupation of Palestine, as “Palestine Cultural Day.” It is the third proclamation from the board of supervisors recognizing the cultural richness

categories: AROC in the News, Palestine News

Palestine Cultural Day

categories: AROC in the News, Blog, Campaign News, Campaigns, Defense of Rasmea Odeh

Lina Baroudi spoke with KPFA about Rasmea’s recent victory!

Posted March 30, 2016 / omar ali

March 29th, 2016 Lina Baroudi , AROC’s staff attorney, spoke with Dennis Bernstein about Rasmea Odeh’s recent court appeals victory. Listen Rasmea KPFA.

categories: AROC in the News, Blog

AROC is this year’s Partners in Liberation

Posted February 16, 2016 / omar ali

Our Annual Testimonial Dinner will be Saturday, April 9, 2016 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. We will honor our Champions of Justice, Jody LeWitter and Pamela Y. Price, Unsung Hero, Gabriela Lopez, and Partners

categories: AROC in the News, Blog, Community Forums, Fundraising

عملنا يتزايد ونحن بحاجة الى دعم مجتمعنا

Posted December 8, 2015 / lara

عملنا يتزايد ونحن بحاجة الى دعم مجتمعنا، كل الشكر لكرمكم الذي جعل عملنا هذا ممكناً مما لا شك فيه بأن هذه السنة تخللها العديد من الصعوبات، لكن في الوقت ذاته كانت ايضاً سنة مفعمة بالنشاطات مليئة بالانتصارات لكل الناس التى

categories: AROC in the News, Blog, Immigrant Rights

The Case of the Syrian Refugees in the Bay Area

Posted November 19, 2015 / lara

Listen to AROC staff attorney, Lina Baroudi, on KPFA discussing the case of the Syrian refugees as it relates to recent political developments. The Case of Syrian Refugees By Lina Baroudi What are the conditions that Syrian refugees are facing?