Arab Resource and Organizing Center

2017 Arab Youth Organizing Institute

Posted July 7, 2017 / lara

REGISTER HERE AROC is happy to announce that AYO will be having our youth summer institute this coming August! It is a week long program where youth will go through a series of workshops and community building. The objective of

categories: Action Alerts, Blog

Freedom to Stay, Freedom to Move, Freedom to Return, Freedom to Resist

Posted June 29, 2017 / lara

Statement on Supreme Court’s Partial Reinstatement of Muslim Travel Ban July 29, 2017 Freedom to Stay, Freedom to Move, Freedom to Return, Freedom to Resist AROC objects to the U.S. Supreme Court’s announcement to allow provisions of Trump’s executive order

categories: Blog, Campaign News, Mobilizations, Stop Urban Shield Coalition

VIDEO: People Power vs. Police Militarization: Communities Push Berkeley to Stop Urban Shield

Posted May 25, 2017 / lara

categories: Blog, Mobilizations

May Day March 2017

Posted April 20, 2017 / lara

May 1 Shut Trump Down Join us on May Day to march for immigrant and worker rights! AROC will be marching in Oakland. Meet us at Fruitvale Plaza in Oakland in front of Reem’s at 3pm and March to San

categories: Action Alerts, Blog, Mobilizations, Stop Urban Shield Coalition

All Out to Berkeley City Council: Stop Urban Shield

Posted April 20, 2017 / lara

ALL OUT TO BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL: In an unprecedented move, the Berkeley City Council is considering fully withdrawing their support for local agency participation in the Urban Areas Security Initiative and Urban Shield. This meeting is critical for the fight

categories: Blog

Resisting the New Muslim Ban

Posted March 4, 2017 / lara

Resisting the New Muslim Ban March 16th at 4pm in SF In the wake of Trump announcing his latest version of the “Muslim Ban,” targeting Arabs, Africans, South and West Asians from Iran, Yemen, Syria, Sudan, Libya and Somalia, the

categories: Arabic Language Pathways, AYO, Repression

Stand up against racist attacks. Support AROC’s programming in SF Schools.

ACTION ALERT: Stand up against racist attacks. Support AROC’s programming in SF Schools. Contact the SF Board of Education today! As many of you know, the Arab Resource and Organizing Center is honored to be the only community-based Arab organization

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: Action Alerts, Blog, Stop Urban Shield Coalition

Defund Urban Shield: Get Involved

Posted October 19, 2016 / omar ali

On Friday, September 9, 2016, we successfully mobilized hundreds of our friends, neighbors, comrades, coworkers, and family members from across California to disrupt the Urban Shield weapons expo in Pleasanton. Made up of over 15 grassroots organizations with a strategy

categories: Blog, Media Advisory & Press releases, Stop Urban Shield Coalition

ACTIVISTS LOCK DOWN ENTRANCES TO URBAN SHIELD, OVER FIVE HUNDRED COMMUNITY MEMBERS MOBILIZE, 23 ARRESTED

Posted October 14, 2016 / omar ali

Pleasanton – Today, activists chained themselves to the entrances to the Alameda County Fairgrounds to protest Urban Shield, the highly controversial SWAT training and weapons expo hosted annually by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department. 23 activists were arrested, cited, and