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AAI Bulletin
Posted on Tuesday February 28, 2006

Taleb Salhab, Ali Baleed, Kenwah Dabaja and Dennis Denno were among the Arab American Democrats who attended the Michigan Democratic Party’s “Kickoff Convention” to learn more about the issues for the upcoming 2006 elections. They are pleased that one of the items at the top of the MI Democratic Party agenda this year will be defeating the “Michigan Civil Rights Initiative,” an anti-affirmative action proposal. This initiative is of concern to Michigan Arab Americans because it would affect funding for ESL classes and after-school programs important to the community. Participation in the effort to defeat the initiative also provides an opportunity to work in solidarity with other groups who would be impacted.

During the convention, Arab American Democrats were also able to renew acquaintances with party leaders, and sign up to help in the re-election campaigns of Governor Granholm and Senator Stabenow. They also committed to recruit additional Arab American political activists to participate in Michigan’s Progressive Democratic Political Action Training Program sessions to be held in March and April. For more information on the training program, visit www.justicecaucus.org.