Arab American Democratic Club hosts candidate leadership forum
The Arab American Democratic Club hosted its 2021 Candidate and Leadership Forum on Thursday March 25 featuring a long slate of candidates for local elective office and elected government officials and speakers.
The event was held to commemorate April Arab American Heritage Month and to encourage Arab Americans to engage in local government, while helping to inform local government officials about our growing Arab American community and our rich culture.
The event was cosponsored by Ziyad Brothers Importing and CEO Nemer Ziyad. The 90 minute program was broadcast live on Facebook.
You can watch the entire video below. Here is the list of speakers who were able to attend. Many wanted to also join but were busy with campaigns but offered their support to the Arab American Community.
Emcee Ray Hanania, award winning journalist and Op-Ed columnist with the Arab News Newspaper and CEO of Urban Strategies Group media consulting.
Sonia Khalil, AADC Program Coordinator
Hassan Nijem, President of the Arab American Chamber of Commerce at www.AACC.org.
Nemer Ziyad sponsor
Paul O’Grady, Orland Township Supervisor
Robert Maldonado for Village President, Midlothian
Marie Newman, Congresswoman 3rd district
David Orr, former Cook County Clerk
Maria Pappas, Cook County Treasurer
Andrew Andy Siegel Trustee Chicago Ridge
Jerry Bennett Palos Hills Mayor
Phil Abed Arab American Palos Hills Trustee
Mohammed Jaber, candidate for Orland Park Library bd
Dan McLaughlin One Orland Slate Orland Park Mayor
Tasneem Abuzir Palos Township Trustee
Wesam Shahad, J.D. Michigan State College of Law, Class of 2020 shahedwe@msu.edu and Sonia Khalil announce AADC Youth Network Committee
Mervete Mohammed candidate Trustee Palos Township
Tammy Georgiou Palos Township Clerk
Jane Nolan Palos Township Clerk
Mayor of Markham Roger Agpawa
Juan Manuel Calderon, from the Puerto Rican community
Also expressing support were Christopher Getty, Mayor of the Village of Lyons and Steven Landek, Mayor of the Village of Bridgeview.
Click the link below to watch the video of the Arab American Democratic Club Candidate and Leaders Forum, or use the widget below.
Op-Ed writer, author, radio host, podcaster at The Arab Daily News
RAY HANANIA — Op-Ed writer, author, radio host, podcaster
Ray Hanania is an award winning political and humor columnist who analyzes American and Middle East politics, and life in general. He is an author of several books.
Hanania covered Chicago Politics and Chicago City Hall from 1976 through 1992 at the Daily Southtown and the Chicago Sun-Times. He began writing in 1975 publishing The Middle Eastern Voice newspaper in Chicago (1975-1977). He later published “The National Arab American Times” newspaper (2004-2007).
Hanania writes weekly columns on Middle East and American Arab issues as Special US Correspondent for the Arab News ArabNews.com, at TheArabDailyNews.com, and at SuburbanChicagoland.com. He has published weekly columns in the Jerusalem Post newspaper, YNetNews.com, Newsday, the Orlando Sentinel, Houston Chronical, and Arlington Heights Daily Herald.
Hanania is the recipient of four (4) Chicago Headline Club “Peter Lisagor Awards” for Column writing. In November 2006, he was named “Best Ethnic American Columnist” by the New American Media. In 2009, Hanania received the prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award for Writing from the Society of Professional Journalists. He is the recipient of the MT Mehdi Courage in Journalism Award. He was honored for his writing skills with two (2) Chicago Stick-o-Type awards from the Chicago Newspaper Guild. In 1990, Hanania was nominated by the Chicago Sun-Times editors for a Pulitzer Prize for his four-part series on the Palestinian Intifada.
His writings have also been honored by two national Awards from ADC for his writing, and from the National Arab American Journalists Association.
Hanania is the US Special Correspondent for the Arab News Newspaper, covering Middle East and Arab American issues. He writes for the Southwest News newspaper group writing on mainstream American issues.
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Ray Hanania is an award winning political and humor columnist who analyzes American and Middle East politics, and life in general. He is an author of several books.
Hanania covered Chicago Politics and Chicago City Hall from 1976 through 1992 at the Daily Southtown and the Chicago Sun-Times. He began writing in 1975 publishing The Middle Eastern Voice newspaper in Chicago (1975-1977). He later published “The National Arab American Times” newspaper (2004-2007).
Hanania writes weekly columns on Middle East and American Arab issues as Special US Correspondent for the Arab News ArabNews.com, at TheArabDailyNews.com, and at SuburbanChicagoland.com. He has published weekly columns in the Jerusalem Post newspaper, YNetNews.com, Newsday, the Orlando Sentinel, Houston Chronical, and Arlington Heights Daily Herald.
Hanania is the recipient of four (4) Chicago Headline Club “Peter Lisagor Awards” for Column writing. In November 2006, he was named “Best Ethnic American Columnist” by the New American Media. In 2009, Hanania received the prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award for Writing from the Society of Professional Journalists. He is the recipient of the MT Mehdi Courage in Journalism Award. He was honored for his writing skills with two (2) Chicago Stick-o-Type awards from the Chicago Newspaper Guild. In 1990, Hanania was nominated by the Chicago Sun-Times editors for a Pulitzer Prize for his four-part series on the Palestinian Intifada.
His writings have also been honored by two national Awards from ADC for his writing, and from the National Arab American Journalists Association.
Hanania is the US Special Correspondent for the Arab News Newspaper, covering Middle East and Arab American issues. He writes for the Southwest News newspaper group writing on mainstream American issues.
Click here to send Ray Hanania email.
Follow RayHanania on Gettr.com, the uncensored Twitter Ray Hanania on Gettr, the new Twitter
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