by Nada Khader | Mar 17, 2025 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Criminal Justice, Director's Blog, Militarism and Foreign Policy, Movement Building, Racial Justice
As many of you know, my spouse James teaches at Columbia University, which has again been much in the news. Things have been moving so fast that it’s hard to keep up with a situation that grows ever more dire. On Friday, March 7 when the Horsemen of the...
by Nada Khader | Mar 6, 2025 | Blogs, Director's Blog, Immigration, Movement Building
EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES SERIES: GUIDANCE ON KYR & OFFICE HOURS Hello Valued Partners! Please join our staff at the National Immigration Law Center this spring for a three-part webinar series. The Trump administration wasted no time in unleashing an assault on...
by Nada Khader | Mar 6, 2025 | Blogs, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice, Friends of Turtle Island, Movement Building
Join us March 10th at Syracuse Stage & Check out our NEW #Lakeback website! Onondaga Land Rights & Our Common Future: The Quest for Justice Monday, March 10th, 6:30 pm at Syracuse Stage (820 E Genesee St, Syracuse) This event is free and open to the...
by Nada Khader | Mar 4, 2025 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice, Movement Building
NEWS RELEASE Legislation to Curb Plastic Pollution and Save Taxpayers Money Passes Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee For Immediate Release: March 4, 2025 Contact: Marissa Solomon, marissa@pythiapublic.com, 734-330-0807 ALBANY, N.Y.; 3/4/25 — Today,...
by Nada Khader | Mar 3, 2025 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Frontpage, Immigration, Movement Building
Greetings to all! I am so delighted to invite you all to our Annual Awards Celebration, a true highlight of the Social Justice Community’s calendar every year where we honor those who have done outstanding work in furtherance of our agenda for progressive...
by Nada Khader | Feb 19, 2025 | Blogs, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Militarism and Foreign Policy, Movement Building, Racial Justice
From UMass Office of the President: February 19th is a significant date for the Japanese American community. On this day in 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which gave the U.S. Army the authority to remove civilians from the military...
