- Shereen Abu Aqleh: How We Honor Her Legacy
- Join us for the inaugural National American Muslim Policy Conference
- Join us for the 30th Annual MPAC Media Awards
- Deadline Tonight! Apply for our Summer Internship program
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Shereen Abu Aqleh: How We Honor Her Legacy
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Shereen Abu Aqleh was a reporter for Al Jazeera. While covering an Israeli raid of a Palestinian town, Jenin, she was executed by an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) sniper.
It must be said out loud and never forgotten.
While we can debate what constitutes free speech in the United States, what is black and white and what is not debatable is that under freedom of the press, reporters cannot be assassinated while covering a story. Sadly, our allies in the Middle East do not hold such a standard...
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Join us for the Inaugural National American Muslim Policy Conference
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Join us as we co-host the inaugural National American Muslim Policy Conference on Tuesday, June 7, which will bring together elected officials, experts, and leaders from across the nation to discuss our community's policy priorities and needs. We are proud to be working alongside American Muslim Health Professionals, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, Illinois Muslim Civic Coalition, and Emgage Action.
Our hope with this conference is to underscore the power of our collective impact to uplift the American Muslim voice and provide meaningful solutions to the complex issues our communities face.
Register for virtual event →
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Join us for the 30th Annual MPAC Media Awards
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Join us Sunday, June 26th at the 30th annual #MPACMediaAwards as we recognize Americanish, I’ll Meet You There, Mira, Royal Detective, United States of Al, We are Lady Parts, PBS NewsHour’s Chief Correspondent, Amna Nawaz and actor/activist, Hisham Tawfiq.
For 30 years, we have honored people and projects in the entertainment industry who use their craft to create authentic portrayals of Muslims, promote social justice, and inspire action.
Due to COVID precautions, this year’s Media Awards will be livestreamed. Register now.
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Deadline Tonight! Apply for our Summer Internship program
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Are you looking for a summer internship opportunity? Be immersed in the world of government, media, academia, non-profit and the private sector and get valuable opportunities to work on substantive issues with our Summer internship program. MPAC interns are presented with exciting opportunities to do real work and complete substantive assignments with personal guidance and hands-on training.
Share this opportunity with your family and friends! Deadline tonight!
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GOOD TO KNOW
- Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, killed in Jerusalem
- Buffalo shooting that killed 10 was racially motivated hate crime, officials say
- Surging GOP candidate Kathy Barnette has long history of bigoted statements against gays and Muslims
- Immigration officials created network that can spy on majority of Americans, report says
- American Dragnet | Data-Driven Deportation in the 21st Century
- Opinion | Rana Ayyub: Opinion: As violence and threats grow, India’s Muslims fear the worst
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- THIS WEEK IN HISTORY -
May 8, 1967 - Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army; May 9, 1966 - First black member of Federal Reserve Board; May 10, 1775 - Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia names George Washington Supreme Commander; May 9, 1914 - President Woodrow Wilson issues a presidential proclamation that officially establishes the first national Mother's Day holiday; May 10, 1872 - Victoria Woodhull becomes 1st woman nominated for US presidency; May 11, 1963 - Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham AL, targeting African-American leaders of the Birmingham campaign, a mass protest for racial justice; May 12, 1970 - Race riots in Augusta GA; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops); May 13, 1966 - US Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act; May 14, 1787 - Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US constitution.
May 8, 1787 - First US prison reform society forms, the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons led by Dr. Benjamin Rush; May 8, 1858 - John Brown holds antislavery convention; May 8, 1994 - President Clinton announces US will no longer repat; May 10, 1959 - Soviet forces arrive in Afghanistan; May 11, 2009 - An American soldier in Iraq opened fire on a counseling center at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, leaving 5 other US soldiers dead and 3 soldiers wounded; May 12, 1941 - British forces march into Alexandria, Egypt; May 13, 2007 - 5th Republic protest in support of state secularism held in İzmir, Turkey; May 14, 1963 - Kuwait is 111th member of the United Nations.
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