Location
ADC National Convention
Hyatt Regency, Capitol Hill
Washington, DC
Date
Jun 14, 2009
12:30 p.m.
Presentation notes
To receive the Annual Rachel Corrie Peace & Justice Award at the Annual Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee Convention entitled "From the Grassroots to the Nation's Capitol: Change for our Future." During the Palestine Luncheon, presided by His Excellency Archbishop Hilarion Capucci of Jerusalem and Congressman Brian Baird(D-WA). Others speaking at the convention will include President Bill Clinton; Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute; Helen Thomas; Congressman John Conyers; Congressman Keith Ellison; Congressman John Dingell; Congresswoman Donna Edwards; Congressman Jim Moran; Professor John Mearsheimer, co-author of "The Israel Lobby"; Professor Saad Eddine Ibrahim; Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street Executive Director; Salam Al-Marayati, MPAC Executive Director; Preetmohan Singh, ACLU National Board Member; John Miller, FBI Assistant Director for Public Affairs; Heba El-Shazli, AFL-CIO Middle East and North Africa Director; and Said Naffaa, Palestinian Member of the Israeli Knesset. Register at http://www.adc.org/convention/register.html