Be Counted, Have a Voice … Support the MENA Checkbox!
We're asking for your help to address our community’s concerns including access to health and social services and expanding civil rights protection. Support the creation of the MENA (Middle East/North...
View ArticleContact Your Senator to Support the FAA Training Policies Amendment
The Aviation Consumer Protection Division received 37 percent more reports of discrimination on our nation’s airlines in 2016 than the previous year. Incidents include passengers being removed for...
View Article#DefendDACA now by supporting the Dream Act
DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Admissions) was the response to a broken political system that failed to pass comprehensive immigration reform. It was a way to provide relief to more than 800,000...
View ArticleTell Congress to Rescind the Muslim Ban Immediately #NoMuslimBanEver
We have joined several other organizations in a letter to Congress asking them to rescind the Muslim Ban immediately. Sign on to the petition here. The Trump administration has once again rolled out a...
View ArticleTell your Members of Congress to Attend ‘Open Bethlehem’ Screening
On December 12th, AAI will host a screening of ‘Open Bethlehem,’ a film that aims to bring the story of Bethlehem to millions around the world, including the reality of living under Israeli military...
View ArticleTell your Members of Congress to Attend ‘Open Bethlehem’ Screening
On December 12th, AAI will host a screening of ‘Open Bethlehem,’ a film that aims to bring the story of Bethlehem to millions around the world, including the reality of living under Israeli military...
View ArticleUrge Your Members of Congress to Promote Human Rights by Ending Israeli...
This week, Congresswoman Betty McCollum introduced HR 4391, the Promoting Human Rights by Ending Israeli Military Detention of Palestinian Children Act. This bill aims to prevent US aid to Israel from...
View ArticleTell Congress to Lift Restrictions on the Palestinian DC Office
The Trump Administration is threatening to shut down the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) General Delegation office in Washington, DC, in the false premise that the Palestinians are making...
View ArticleProtect the Civil Rights of All Americans; Tell the Senate Committee to...
This week, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a hearing for nominees to serve in the Departments of Labor & Education, including Kenneth Marcus, nominee to lead the...
View ArticleURGENT: Call your senators and urge them to oppose the confirmation of...
The Senate is about to vote on the nomination of Kenneth Marcus for the position of Assistant Secretary of the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Education. His appointment would be a huge...
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TAKE ACTION – Legislation Introduced to Shut Down Free Speech Critical of Israel
A bicameral bill was introduced in the House and Senate that seeks to restrict criticism of Israel at the expense of our First Amendment protected right to free speech. Introduced in the House as...
View ArticleURGENT: Send Comments on Info Collection on 2020 Census by Aug. 7
The Census Bureau has come under fire for several issues that can negatively impact an accurate count on the upcoming 2020 census. The Census Bureau must ensure an accurate count which is why we have...
View ArticleTell Leaders in Congress to Oppose the Covert Attempt to Unconstitutionally...
Reports have surfaced that lawmakers plan to hide two controversial bills in large omnibus packages for passage before the next Congress is sworn in.Some pro-Israel groups have been trying to push...
View ArticleTake Action: Tell your Senators to Oppose Rubio’s Attack on the First Amendment
With every new Congress, the House and the Senate set their biggest priorities for their terms in the very first bills they introduce. Typically, these priorities focus on fundamental American...
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Tell Speaker Pelosi Not to Enable Smear Against Rep. Ilhan Omar
Congress is reportedly preparing to introduce a resolution ostensibly against anti-Semitism. Based on a leaked draft of the resolution, some of the proposed language condemns anti-Semitic hatred and...
View ArticleTell Chairman Engel to Not Advance anti-BDS Resolution
BACKGROUND/CONTEXT:From the tea boycott of the American revolution to the Montgomery bus boycott of the civil rights movement, political boycotts have been a fundamental part of our country’s progress,...
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Tell your Congressperson to Vote H.Res.246
Congress is voting soon on H.Res. 246, a resolution undermining advocacy for Palestinian human rights by attacking the BDS campaign with factual misrepresentations. Click here to take...
View ArticleExtend and Re-Designate TPS for Syria
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s temporary protected status (TPS) allows citizens of specified war-torn or disaster-impacted countries to live and work in the U.S. Removing a country from...
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The Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer NO HATE Act
We need better hate crime data and we need it now.Under the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990, the federal government collects data on hate crimes reported by law enforcement agencies across the...
View ArticleTAKE ACTION: Support the NO BAN Act!
The National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act (“NO BAN Act”) is a historic civil rights bill that would essentially end the Muslim, Refugee and Asylum Bans and prevent...
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