Arab Resource and Organizing Center

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. The Case of Syrian Refugees By Lina Baroudi What are the conditions that Syrian refugees are facing?

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

categories: Immigrant Rights, Palestine News, Staff, US News

AROC client released after 10 years in prison!

Palestine has shown the world that the will of the people is mightier than that of any military or state. And from the Ports of Oakland to the seashores of Gaza, our communities have demonstrated that the power of resilience,

categories: Campaign News, Immigrant Rights, Repression, US News

FUSION CENTER MEETING AT TWITTER HEADQUARTERS

May 13, 2014 Fusion Center Meeting at Twitter Headquarters Gentrification & State Violence .“BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF TRUST” On Wednesday, May 14th from 1:30-5pm national law enforcement agencies (including the FBI, DHS, ICE) will be meeting with local Bay Area law

categories: Immigrant Rights, Uncategorized, US News

Call on Obama to Halt All Deportations and End Detention Quotas

March 19, 2014 For Immediate Release Bay Area Immigrant Rights Organizations Reject White House Token Action: Call on Obama to Halt All Deportations and End Detention Quotas On March 13, the Obama Administration called a closed door meeting with immigrant

categories: Action Alerts, Blog, Defense of Rasmea Odeh, Immigrant Rights, International News, Palestine News, US News

Celebrate International Women’s Day: Support Rasmea Odeh!

Posted March 2, 2014 / lara

المركز العربي للمصادر والتنظيم (AROC) يهنئكم بمناسبة يوم المرأة العالمي في هذه المناسبة نود تذكير أعضاء الجالية برفع مستوى الوعي بخصوص رسمية عودة؛ امرأة عربية مهاجرة في عمر الـ 66 عاما، والتي تم استهدافها من قبل الحكومة الأمريكية لكونها فلسطينية

categories: Action Alerts, Immigrant Rights

FBI Targeting Arab Community in Oakland

Community Advisory: FBI Targeting Arab Community in Oakland عربي The Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC) has recentlylearned that the FBI has been making visits to Arab families in Oakland in an attempt to gather information about the Iraqi community.