APPAC Hosted a large group of Pakistani Americans from New Jersey to engage their United States Senator and now the Presidential Candidate for 2020, Senator Cory Booker. Around 60 Pakistani Americans came out to not only hear from the Senator but also discuss their concerns that ranged from the issue of Kashmir to how to make America sustainable on clean energy to fight climate change. The energy that was exhibited by the New Jersey Residents was inspiring. Senator Booker was also very excited to be within his constituents. For APPAC, it was another excellent opportunity to engage the Pakistani Americans Diaspora in a conversation revolving around real deliverables. As APPAC grows from State to state, people of New Jersey showed an unbelievable amount of passion for getting behind a message and an organization that wants to change the narrative by making sure we are present at the table where the policies and narratives are shaped.
Would you like to be able to report bias, hate and discrimination incidents with the help of an application on your phone? Now that’s easy. In late June 2017 the Council on American-Islamic Relations launched a new civil rights app this week called “Making Democracy Work for Everyone.” It allows users to quickly report bias incidents they experience, “an important feature during a period of increased hate incidents targeting American Muslims and other minority groups,” says a CAIR press release.
The app’s launch comes a few weeks after Nabra Hassanen – a Muslim teen was attacked and killed near a Virginia Mosque. There has been an unprecedented spike in hate crimes targeting Muslims and other minority groups since the election of President Trump.
In response to increased number of hate attacks around the country the American Pakistani Public Affairs Committee has also launched its Monitoring, Documenting and Reporting Program in late June 2017. Now you can also report incidents of bias, hate and discrimination by reaching out to us at our e-mail info@appac.co or calling 1-877-62 APPAC: If you are interested in volunteering to assist us with program tasks, please contact us. Thank you!
APPAC hosted our Annual Thanksgiving dinner. We were honored to have almost all the Pakistani American community organizations join us, in addition, a large number of activists both within the Pakistani American community as well as from without were present to break bread with us. Special thanks NYS Senator John Liu and Councilman Barry Grodenchik who stopped by the dinner to wish everyone a great Thanksgiving.
