Jay Conui was born in San Francisco and raised in the Bay Area. He comes to AROC with over 20 years of experience working in social justice and national liberation movements. Equally important to Jay’s movement responsibilities is his commitment

Tareq is Syrian born and raised and moved to the Bay area in late 2009. He has worked as a graphic designer and archival researcher. He has organized with activists at Stanford University. He likes biking, cooking, playing football (soccer)

For the past decade,Leila has been active on issues pertaining to women empowerment, immigration, civil liberties and national security. She has with worked with refugee and immigrant communities in the Middle East, the United Kingdom and the southwest side of

Linda Ereikat was born and raised in San Francisco, California and originally from Abu Dis, Palestine. She is currently a graduate student University of San Francisco studying migration studies. She has a BA from San Francisco State University in International

Lara Kiswani is from Beit Iksa and Aqir, Palestine, and was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has been active in movements against war,  Palestinian self-determination, and Third World solidarity movements for the last 20 years.

Sharif is a San Francisco born, Bay Area-raised Palestinian. He is currently earning his MA in the college of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University. For three years, worked as a youth organizer training and develop Arab high school