Virginia Muslim GOTV March 3rd 2020

Virginia Muslim GOTV

How can we make our voices heard in the 2020 elections? 

We at the American Muslims know the answer: by going out and voting in tomorrow's   March 3rd  2020 election 

The Virginia Primary is on Tuesday, March 3rd 

The polls show an extremely close race where every vote can make a difference.

That is why it is critical that you a VOTE. 

These are the most consequential elections yet, and YOU can make a difference.

You can directly influence the future of our community by picking Bernie Sanders,  Bernie is ready to work on social justice from day one, tackle Health Care because he belives Health Care is a human right, grantee free colleges, and universities to our children. Vote for the must consist Candidate in the Democrats primary.

You can vote at the same place you have voted at.

Find Your Polling Place!

Become a White House Fellow - Apply Now!

The White House Fellows program selects professionals at the top of their game, at all stages of their careers, from virtually every field. 

Decisions are made by those who show up, and our country is led by those who choose to serve.  Help us make sure that the right people aren’t missing this opportunity.  With questions – follow this link, and reach out to the White House Fellow’s office: https://fellows.whitehouse.gov/

“In the 50 years since its founding, the White House Fellows Program has helped prove that those who love their country can change it. Our Nation needs your drive and talent,

and we hope you consider applying to the program.”

– President Obama and Mrs. Obama –

 We are excited to announce that the 2016-2017 White House Fellows application is now LIVE.  The deadline for application submission is January 12, 2016.  

WHAT IS THE WHITE HOUSE FELLOWS PROGRAM?

Over fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson established the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships and over the course of nine presidential administrations the nonpartisan White House Fellows program has become the nation’s premier fellowship for public service and leadership. The program’s mission is to expose Fellows to first-hand, high-level experience in the Federal government. The program consists of a full-time work placement in the offices of Cabinet Secretaries, senior White House staff, and other high-ranking Administration officials. During a year in Washington, DC, Fellows also participate in a robust education program designed to provide a behind-the-scenes look into the inner workings of the Federal government. It is an extraordinary year that yields a lifetime of rewards. Learn more about the White House Fellows program here.

RECRUIT THE NEXT FELLOWS!

Each fall, we are honored to welcome a new class of White House Fellows and accelerate our efforts to recruit applicants for the next class.  We invite you to join in our efforts and know that your support will allow us to reach remarkable leaders all over the country.  Here are 5 Easy Things You Can Do to help us recruit Fellows:

1.       Engage One-on-One. Identify exceptional individuals who could become White House Fellows and encourage them to apply.

2.       Send an Email. Please share information about the White House Fellows program to your professional and social networks.

3.       Utilize Social Media. Post messages promoting the program to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. using #WHFellows #BecomeaWHF

4.       Sponsor an Event. Please consider hosting an informational session, panel, or reception to present the program; to the extent possible, White House Fellows program staff will lend support and provide background materials.

5.       Leverage Earned Media. As a thought leader in your community, we invite you to submit op-eds, contribute to news stories, and/or author blog posts to share your experiences with the White House Fellows program.

Thank you for your help.  Please let us know if you have questions.  We know that your support will allow the White House Fellows program to stay strong for years to come!

Invitation: Be part of the "DIALOGUE" From Alhewar

Dear Reader

Over the last 23 years, Al-Hewar (Center & Magazine) in Metro Washington, DC, has provided a forum for Arabs and Arab Americans to share their diverse opinions.  The United States offers the freedom to come together, to find common ground. It also provides the opportunity for Arabs to show the best of Arab cultures and Islamic civilization to the larger American society.
However, none of this can be achieved without a better understanding by the Arabs of their own culture, nor without the unity of purpose the derives from discussing and sharing opinions.  It is with these goals in mind that Al-Hewar Center established its unique and effective style of open and respectful dialogue.

As Al-Hewar Center helps Arabs achieve these goals, understanding of their culture and issues will grow within the American society.  At the same time, this style of open intra-Arab dialogue is an important element for the foundation for an Arab Renaissance.
The events (855 to date) and speakers hosted by the Center (http://www.alhewar.com/oldevents.html) tell about a community coming together to share experiences and learn from one another in order to become more purposeful.

Being involved in Al-Hewar (al-hewar means "dialogue" in English) means supporting service to an exchange among cultures and the positive role that Al-Hewar has played in establishing a successful dialogue among people of all backgrounds.

The experience of Al-Hewar is, above all, an experiment on a small scale of what needs to be done on a large scale: to work for understanding and cooperation; to respect the right of others to think and believe as they wish; and to look for the commonalties among people of differing opinions.

Because we care so much about the issues affecting the community, our motto has always been “We subscribe to your issues…”  There has never been a more important time for you to subscribe to ours.

If you believe in the work of Al-Hewar, and have not yet subscribed, please consider supporting this work by subscribing to the Center: http://www.alhewar.com/support.html

Subscribers can also encourage their friends and acquaintances to join.  Support and contributions, large or small, help keep the Center going.  Supporting Al-Hewar Center means supporting greater unity, understanding and respect among the Arab community. 

Join us and be part of the DIALOGUE FOR BETTER FUTURE

Please consider supporting Al-Hewar Center by subscribing (if you are not a subscriber yet)

or renewing your subscription (if your subscription has expired). 

Subscribers can also encourage their friends and acquaintances to subscribe to the Center.

Be part of the “Dialogue”!

To join or subscribe, click here: 
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If you would like to support, please send a contribution to:  Al-Hewar, P.O. Box 2104, Vienna, Virginia 22180 USA.

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Thank you for your support. 
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(And tell your friends about us too!).

Best regards,

Al-Hewar

MLK Interfaith/Community Commemoration Programs by All Dulles Area Muslim Society(ADAMS)

The All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) remembers and honors the sacrifice in the civil rights struggle made by
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We pay tribute to the efforts and conviction of Ms. Rosa Parks and her sacrifice for the civil rights
movement. We thank all those who worked and continue to work tirelessly to safeguard civil rights and civil liberties.
We pray for Peace, Respect, and Harmony.

1) Sunday, January 8, 2012, 3PM 

Interfaith Conference Multi-Religious Service for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday
“What is Dr. King's dream for us today...and tomorrow?"

First Baptist Church of the City of Washington
1328 16th Street NW, Washington, DC (at O St.)
Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Haggray, Pastor
Service: 3:00 p.m. Reception 4:45 p.m.
Speaker: Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center 

Music: World Children’s Choir and an Adult Choir from the host church
Proceeds from the free-will offering will be given to: The Dr. M.L. King Jr. Center for Non-violent Social Change in Atlanta and three nonprofit organizations chosen by our speaker, host pastor and children’s choir director

 
2) Monday, January 16th, 2012  - 10am
The Leesburg MLK March committee would like to invite you to attend the 
20th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration - "The Dream Is Real Make I Your Reality"
10:00 am - Line up for the march on the Leesburg courthouse(directions below) 
10:30 am - March to the Douglas Community Center(directions below)
11:00am-11:15am Arrive at  Douglas Community Center Reception 
11:30 am- Program begins in the Community Center 
1:30 pm- Program concludes 

Light refreshments will be served between the March and the Program in the upstairs cafeteria.

Event sponsored by:  Loudoun/Douglas Alumni Association, Bluemont
Concert Series, Baha'I Community of Loudoun,  Loudoun NAACP
In addition participation by Loudoun Interfaith Bridges(ADAMS is a Member of Loudoun Interfaith Bridges)

A) Leesburg Courthouse - On the corner of Market and King Streets in downtown Leesburg, VA :
* From the Washington Beltway (I-495) take Route 267 (the Dulles Toll
Road) West toward Leesburg, VA (do not take airport exits)
* Follow Rt 267 West to the Greenway toll road at Dulles. Route
267 becomes the Greenway toll road and proceeds to leesburg (c. 30miles from beltway to Leesburg);
* At the end of the Greenway take the left exit onto the Route
7 West Bypass; take the first exit onto Route 15 North Business into
downtown Leesburg.
* Proceed north to the corner of King Street (Route 15) and Market
Street (Route 7) to the lawn of the Leesburg Courthouse.

B) Douglas Community Center/Alternative School
407 E. Market Street
Leesburg, VA 20176

PEACE,

PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE!

Dear Friends, please take the time to read this, and then forward to your friends.

PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE!

The deadline to register to vote or update your address for the November General Election this Nov is Monday, October 17, 2011

but PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE

Make certain all your friends and family are registered and then see that they actually go to the polls and vote.

You can check your voter registration by going to the following website where you can enter your name and other information, and it will let you know that you are registered and also tell you where your voting precinct is located. It also gives you your Voter ID number.

https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/PublicSite/Public/FT2/PublicLookup.aspx?Link=Registration&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

Virginia Absentee Ballot Application with information is available at this link

http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/Absentee_Documents/VA_Absentee_ballot_application.pdf

Voter Registration deadlines in all 50 states at this link:

http://www.longdistancevoter.org/voter_registration_deadlines?gclid=CKvC2IGXtqsCFYne4AodNl2i8Q

HERE ARE THE REASONS WHY

• Arizona has recently challenged the constitutionality of a portion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that prohibits states from using discriminatory practices designed to restrict a person’s right to vote. This has the potential to affect every state in the union.

• Because procedural changes instituted by jurisdictions can and do affect the voting rights of individuals, Section 5 requires review by the federal government before changes are put into practice. This process of preclearance is what Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne referred to as “archaic” in a press release issued on August 25^th, the day he filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Washington DC to remove the pre-approval requirement.

• When Attorney General Horne referred to preclearance as “archaic”, he ignored the fact that in 2006 preclearance was renewed by Congress with strong bipartisan support. He also ignored events of just a decade ago, when the Arizona independent redistricting commission was required by the federal government to redraw its maps in three Arizona districts.

This lawsuit by Arizona is more than just another strike intended to diminish the regulatory role of the federal government. In essence this would reduce the government’s role as protector of individual rights; a role that is important as a bulwark against the changing winds of narrow parochial/sectional interests. It helps to secure the gains made over the years in racial and ethnic minority rights, gay rights and rights for the disabled, to name a few.

• Virginia has shown anti-federal tendencies, and fortunately most efforts have failed. In January the House of Delegates passed a resolution to endorse a Repeal Amendment to the US Constitution that would permit 2/3 of the states to veto federal laws and regulations. Although technically not full blown nullification (when one state alone can reject federal law), it’s fair to describe this as neo-nullification.

• Other resolution attempts include urging Congress to limit the authority of the Federal Communication Commission in regulating the Internet: to limit the power of the Federal Trade Commission: and to honor state sovereignty.

• Last year the Health Care Freedom Act was passed so that Virginians could not be compelled to purchase health insurance. A similar pre-emptive situation was attempted this year when Delegate Bob Marshall introduced HB1397, just in case Congress passed cap-and-trade to limit greenhouse gas emissions. A section of Marshall's bill specifically stated that "The Attorney General may initiate legal action against the federal government if there is any federal law, regulation, or policy that seeks to apply federal legislation relating to residential energy efficiency standards to Virginia."

Also, HB 1438 was introduced in an attempt to prevent goods produced or manufactured in VA from being subject to federal regulation.

• The most illuminating example was reported by Joanne Kimberlin in The Virginian-Pilot earlier this year. Delegate Will Morefield told a committee that Virginia should decide to “not recognize the federal government.” He made these remarks while discussing his own bill (HB2470) that stops the state from restricting Carbon Dioxide emissions. The bill clearly states, “Any federal law or regulation that purports to prohibit, limit, or control in any way the emission of carbon dioxide shall be without authority, void, and of no force within the boundaries of the Commonwealth.” This is a direct throwback to the pre-Civil War debates about a state having the power to ignore federal law.

For those who think that voting for the President once every four years is enough, please reconsider.

I believe the object lesson here is twofold. We need to protect voting rights, and voters need to exercise those rights in every local, state and federal election. All elections matter! This is how we prevent the passage of extreme legislation. 

• Voting matters on the local city council level where jurisdictions have decided what departments to close down and who to layoff in hard times.

• Voting matters for state elections where legislators have chosen to push taxation and fiscal burdens down to the local level so they can puff out their chests and say it wasn't me who raised your taxes. Then they run for reelection on anti-tax platforms, knowing that state revenue is not sufficient for education, public safety, medical care and transportation.

Voting matters in off year congressional elections because of the influence of those in Congress who promote ideology rather than good government.

We live in the greatest of nations where the work of a fair and just society is always a work in progress, and where many voices make us stronger as we struggle with change and challenge. That struggle begins with a single individual vote, yours! Protect yourself and your rights by voting! Tell your friends!

Jeanette Rishell

REFERENCES

The New York Times, “Proposed Amendment Would Enable States to Repeal Federal Law” By Kate Zernike: December 19, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/us/politics/20states.html

The Associated Press, “House Republicans Approve Tea Party Bills”. By Bob Lewis: January 26, 2011.  http://www.dailypress.com/news/politics/dp-nws-ga-wire-states-rights-20110125,0,7303358.story

The New York Times, Editorial. “The Repeal Amendment”. December 27, 2010, page A18.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/27/opinion/27mon2.html

The Free Lance – Star, “House committee Approves Repeal Bill”. By Chelyen Davis: January 21, 2011.  http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/012011/01222011/602325

The Virginian-Pilot, “VA Panel Tosses Bill to Flout Federal CO2 Regulation”, By Joanne Kimberlin: February 2, 2011.  http://hamptonroads.com/2011/02/va-panel-tosses-bill-flout-federal-carbon-dioxide-regulation

The Washington Post Weblog. “VA House Passes States’ Rights Measure”, By Frederick Kunkle: January 26, 2011.  http://voices.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2011/01/va_house_passes_states_rights.html

“The Case against a Repeal Amendment”, By Marc Adler,

Posted January 7, 2011.   at scholarlywritingreviewed.com

The Richmond Times Dispatch. “Repeal Amendment Tops Tea Party Goals”, By Wesley P. Hester, Olympia Meola: February1, 2011.

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/feb/01/tdmain01-tea-partys-top-goal-repeal-amendment-ar-811757/

The Richmond Times Dispatch, “Cuccinelli Supports Repeal Amendment”.  Editorial By: Jim Nolan: December 21, 2010.  http://www.mytimesdispatch.com/index.php/virginiapolitics/cuccinelli_supports_repeal_amendment/

A fundraiser for Dr. Babur Lateef

http://lateefforchair.com/
@BaburLateef

Zakat Appeal For Homeless Muslim Women & Children In America

Asma Hanif, Executive Director

Muslimat Al Nisaa, INC
Health, Education, Social & Shelter Services
5115 Liberty Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD 21207
(410) 466-8686  fax             (410) 466-5949 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            (410) 466-5949      end_of_the_skype_highlighting      

www.mnisaa.org
A Registered 501(c)3 Charitable Organization

"In Service To Those Who Serve ALLAH(SWT)"   

Imam Johari Appointed To D.C. Mayor's Council

On behalf of the Council of Muslim Organizations (CMO) of the greater Washington area I would like to congratulate Washington, DC  Mayor Vincent Gray on his appointment of Imam Johari Abdul-Malik to the Mayor's Interfaith Council of Washington DC. It has been estimated that there are almost 55,000 Muslims residing in the District of Columbia and many more that work, pray, and visit the Nation’s Capitol.  The Council applauds Mayor Gray's outreach to the Muslim community and we look forward to a productive working relationship with his administration.  Imam Johari is the current Treasurer and past President for The Council (CMO). His leadership in the Muslim community has been a great blessing to us all. We look forward to his service on the Mayor's Council and hope to see a greater involvement from the Muslim community in local government.

Imam Johari Abdul-Malik serves as the Outreach Director for the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center, Muslim Chaplain at Howard University Hospital, Associate Imam at the First Hijrah Islamic Center in northwest Washington, DC and is a board member of the Interfaith Conference (IFC) of Metropolitan Washington DC.  He is also a founding board member of the Muslim Advocacy Commission of Washington, DC.  The Imam has previously served on the Interfaith Councils of Mayor Anthony Williams and Mayor Adrian Fenty. 

Wassalamu Alaikum,
Asma Hanif, Chairperson of CMO,
Council Muslim Organizations
            (410) 466-8686      
Director Muslimat Al-Nisaa
Health & Shelter Organization
www.mnisaa.org