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Supreme Court Decision on the Muslim Ban

Posted July 5, 2018 / AROC

On Tuesday, June 26, the Supreme Court announced its decision to uphold the Muslim Ban. This third version of the Ban has been in full effect since December 2017 and is now indefinitely codified into law. The Supreme Court upheld

categories: Antiwar, Arab World, AROC in the News, Blog, Community Events, Immigrant Rights, Palestine, Zionism

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: Arabic Language Pathways, Immigrant Rights, Language Access

Got language skills in Arabic or Vietnamese?

Got language skills in Arabic or Vietnamese? Teachers 4 Social Justice, Arab Resource & Organizing Center, Au Co & Vietnamese Youth Development Center are working together to build a pool of multilingual educators who speak either Arabic or Vietnamese fluently

categories: Campaign News, Civil Rights, Immigrant Rights

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Vote to Resist Trump’s Racist Attacks

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Vote to Resist Trump’s Racist Attacks Yesterday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to pass the San Francisco Anti-Registry (“Non-Cooperation with Identity Based Registry”) law, the first ordinance of its kind in the country.

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: Blog, Community Forums, Immigrant Rights

AROC Community Defense Training Protect Yourself Against Undercover Cops, Informants and Cooperating Witnesses

Posted May 19, 2016 / omar ali

Join AROC in partnership with the National Lawyers’ Guild-SF and the Electronic Frontier Foundation for: AROC Community Defense Training Know Your Rights: On the Street, On the Web, and Beyond اعرف حقك Protect Yourself Against Undercover Cops, Informants and Cooperating

categories: Blog, Immigrant Rights, Media Advisory & Press releases, Mobilizations

May Day Event Report Back

Posted May 10, 2016 / omar ali

Oakland – Hundreds of people are taking part in a regional march in celebration of this year’s International Workers’ Day, themed Our Vote is in the Streets. Communities traveled from cities across the Bay Area to join people in Oakland

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. http://araborganizing.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151119-Thu0700-mp3cut.net-1.mp3 The Case of Syrian Refugees By Lina Baroudi What are the conditions that Syrian refugees are

categories: Blog, Immigrant Rights

Community Information Session on: Temporary Protected Status for Yemenis

Posted September 8, 2015 / omar ali

يصر المركز العربي للمصادر و التنظيم بعقد جلسة نقاشية بخصوص الاعلان عن البرنامج ” الاقامة تحت الحماية المؤقتة لليمنيين” بحضور المحامية لينا البارودي, اليوم الثلاثاء ١٥ سبتمبر٢٠١٥ الساعة ١٢ ظهرا الي الساعة ١. المحامية , لينا البارودي, سوف تشرح مؤهلات