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ADC Presents: Post September 11th Community Organizing & Activism

Posted on September 3, 2021 By News Editor News Editor No Comments on ADC Presents: Post September 11th Community Organizing & Activism
ADC Presents: Post September 11th Community Organizing & Activism

ADC Presents: Post September 11th Community Organizing & Activism ADC invites you to our last installment of the September 11th 20th Anniversary Symposium, which will be happening next Wednesday, September 8 at 3:30 PM ET/12:30 PM PT.  Next week’s discussion is titled “Post September 11th Community Organizing & Activism” and will be moderated by ADC National…

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Activism, American Arabs, Civil Rights, Event, Media Bias, News, Politics, Spotlight, US Arab Politics

Emgage Michigan to host conference on political empowerment

Posted on September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 By rayhanania No Comments on Emgage Michigan to host conference on political empowerment
Emgage Michigan to host conference on political empowerment

Emgage Michigan to host conference on political empowerment Join Emgage Michigan, our allies and speakers: Keynote Fayrouz Saad, Brian Mosallam, Linda Sarsour, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, Imam Mika’il Stewart Saadiq, State Rep. Abdullah Hammoud, and Candidate Abraham Aiyash on September 20th, in our Annual (Virtual) Gala Sunday Sept. 20, 2020. We will be…

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USS Liberty Veterans, Senator Marco Rubio, and this Constituent

Posted on July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on USS Liberty Veterans, Senator Marco Rubio, and this Constituent
USS Liberty Veterans, Senator Marco Rubio, and this Constituent

Inspired on Sunday by a request from a USS Liberty survivor of the Six Day War, this patriotic civilian dedicated Monday as a day of educational outreach to Senator Marco Rubio; Because he had invited this constituent to his mobile office meeting at my local Library because I had “previously contacted” his office regarding the…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Response to Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy’s Idiot Wind

Posted on May 15, 2019May 15, 2019 By Eileen Fleming 1 Comment on Response to Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy’s Idiot Wind
Response to Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy’s Idiot Wind

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is the Senate majority leader and Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) is the House Republican leader. Their Washington Post Oped, “Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy: The House must stand against the toxic BDS movement” inspired the following TADN post. By Eileen Fleming On Tuesday, the Washington Post published Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy‘s…

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MLK Day in the Era of Trump

Posted on January 14, 2018September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on MLK Day in the Era of Trump
MLK Day in the Era of Trump

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an American federal holiday observed on the third Monday of January each year. In his “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” speech, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. warned us in 1967: “We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce…

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Mother of Mother’s Day & Women’s March to Ban the Bomb

Posted on May 5, 2017September 25, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Mother of Mother’s Day & Women’s March to Ban the Bomb
Mother of Mother’s Day & Women’s March to Ban the Bomb

Mother of Mother’s Day & Women’s March to Ban the Bomb Mother’s Peace Day was a call to all mothers to rally for Peace. Mother’s for Peace faded away after President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the day as Mother’s Day in 1914. Anna Jarvis is known as the “Mother of Mother’s Day” who fought against the “hordes of…

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Earth Day, Science Marches and Earth Day Church

Posted on April 21, 2017September 25, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Earth Day, Science Marches and Earth Day Church
Earth Day, Science Marches and Earth Day Church

Earth Day was birthed in 1970, after the massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California in 1969 Earth Day created public support for the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Earth Day spurred the passage of the Clean Air Act, the Water Quality Improvement Act, the Endangered Species Act and other environmental laws. By Eileen Fleming Earth…

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Taking it to the Streets: March and Rally for The Nuclear Ban

Posted on April 10, 2017April 13, 2019 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Taking it to the Streets: March and Rally for The Nuclear Ban
Taking it to the Streets: March and Rally for The Nuclear Ban

The Nuclear Ban is taking it to the streets of New York City on June 17, Led by The Women’s March Ban the Bomb who are uniting ALL genders, ages, races, abilities, nationalities, cultures, faiths, political affiliations and backgrounds to: March and Rally for The Nuclear Ban By Eileen Fleming Nine countries of the World…

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Meditating on Soul Whispers and Yoga Nidra Communities

Posted on March 13, 2017October 30, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Meditating on Soul Whispers and Yoga Nidra Communities
Meditating on Soul Whispers and Yoga Nidra Communities

Meditating means to think deeply or focus one’s mind for a period of time in silence Yoga Nidra offers an effortless way to meditate The term Yoga Nidra comes from two Sanskrit words, yoga meaning union or one-pointed awareness, and nidra which means sleep.   By Eileen Fleming As a spiritually driven political activist, I…

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Martin Luther King, Tom Hayden and April 4 2017

Posted on March 10, 2017September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Martin Luther King, Tom Hayden and April 4 2017
Martin Luther King, Tom Hayden and April 4 2017

Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4 1968  Rev. King and Tom Hayden are inspiring commitments to action for this April 4 By Eileen Fleming At UCLA’s Royce Hall on 19 February 2017, family and friends CELEBRATED THE LIFE OF TOM HAYDEN: A COMMITTED MAN Jane Fonda wrote: Tom died last October surrounded by…

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Valentines Day and The Resistance #RevolutionaryLove #WomensMarch #LoveArmy #1BillionRising #MoralResistance

Posted on February 13, 2017September 25, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Valentines Day and The Resistance #RevolutionaryLove #WomensMarch #LoveArmy #1BillionRising #MoralResistance
Valentines Day and The Resistance #RevolutionaryLove #WomensMarch #LoveArmy #1BillionRising #MoralResistance

Valentines Day has been reclaimed as a Day of Revolutionary Love Revolutionary Love is The Call of our times LOVE is a verb By Eileen Fleming On Monday Jane Fonda wrote: Day of Revolutionary Love, Day of Rising – Tuesday, Feb 14th People of faith and moral conscience, reclaim Valentine’s Day as a Day of Revolutionary…

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American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Health

Mr. Trump Fuels Jane Fonda and Standing Rock Activists #NoDAPL #BANKEXIT#PussyPower #ThisAmerican

Posted on January 24, 2017January 24, 2017 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Mr. Trump Fuels Jane Fonda and Standing Rock Activists #NoDAPL #BANKEXIT#PussyPower #ThisAmerican
Mr. Trump Fuels Jane Fonda and Standing Rock Activists #NoDAPL #BANKEXIT#PussyPower #ThisAmerican

Jane Fonda, Reporter reported: MASSIVE INSPIRING AND UPLIFTING PROTESTS WORLDWIDE Jane Fonda was one of thousands at The Women’s March in Los Angeles By Eileen Fleming On Tuesday Jane Fonda wrote at her official site We were told there were as many as 750,000 people. It felt like it. I can’t prove it but when…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Health

This American The Invigorator and The Resistance #Trump #PussyPower #IsraelWMD #Settlements #FreePalestine

Posted on January 21, 2017June 12, 2019 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on This American The Invigorator and The Resistance #Trump #PussyPower #IsraelWMD #Settlements #FreePalestine

This American is a work in progress: The Invigorator is Donald J. Trump The Resistance to The Invigorator is a rapidly growing diverse passionate fired up movement of patriots. A PATRIOT is defined as a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies and detractors. By Eileen Fleming Trump declared…

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Trump and The Resistance

Posted on January 14, 2017January 14, 2017 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Trump and The Resistance
Trump and The Resistance

Organized resistance to Donald Trump’s brand of racism, sexism, xenophobia and bigotry began before Inauguration Day Resistance is the refusal to accept or comply by way of action or argument. By Eileen Fleming Once upon a time in America newly elected presidents enjoyed a honeymoon. Donald Trump will enter the White House as the most unpopular…

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American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Palestine & Jordan

Jane Fonda: Actress, Activist and Muse #StandingRock #Palestine #Gaza #Vietnam #BabyBoomer #health #spirituality

Posted on December 16, 2016September 25, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Jane Fonda: Actress, Activist and Muse #StandingRock #Palestine #Gaza #Vietnam #BabyBoomer #health #spirituality
Jane Fonda: Actress, Activist and Muse #StandingRock #Palestine #Gaza #Vietnam #BabyBoomer #health #spirituality

Jane Fonda turns 79 years young this December 21 By Eileen Fleming Jane Fonda is the muse-meaning source of inspiration for this article but she began to inspire this American baby-boomer in 1971. I was a junior in high school when Jane Fonda starred in “KLUTE” and inspired me to cut my waist length hair…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Health, Palestine & Jordan

Liberty Central and USS Liberty Remembrance Day

Posted on May 4, 2016May 5, 2016 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Liberty Central and USS Liberty Remembrance Day
Liberty Central and USS Liberty Remembrance Day

Liberty means Freedom By Eileen Fleming UPDATED 5/5/16: Around 10 AM EST Corporate office for Orlando Sentinel left a phone message that the ad must be edited to NOT mention Israel– which is on the bottom line in red. Art Support has been notified and this story TBC once AD complies and goes live USS Liberty…

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American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers

Senior Correspondent: 7th Book and Bookend

Posted on February 21, 2016February 21, 2016 By Eileen Fleming 2 Comments on Senior Correspondent: 7th Book and Bookend
Senior Correspondent: 7th Book and Bookend

Senior Non-Arab Correspondent for The Arab Daily News seventh book is the bookend to her first; Inspired by a 1948 Palestinian Muslim refugee who responded to 911 by establishing The Olive Trees Foundation for Peace. Eileen Fleming explains: Before the events of 11 September 2001, I was an apolitical privileged American who had embarked upon…

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American Arabs

Women Peacemakers to Cross the DMZ in Korea

Posted on April 7, 2015September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Women Peacemakers to Cross the DMZ in Korea
Women Peacemakers to Cross the DMZ in Korea

By Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate Why are we planning to walk across the DEMILITARIZED ZONE (DMZ) that separates North and South Korea? Almost two years ago, when Christine Ahn proposed international women peacemakers walk across the De-Militarized Zone (DMZ) which separates North and South Korea as an important action to help support Korean women…

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