News, August , 2007
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Arab American Institute
Kicks Off Yalla Vote 2008 Campaign in Iowa With Series of Political
Empowerment Workshops
Successful Workshops in Cedar Rapids and Cedar Falls to be Followed by Des Moines Event Thursday
WASHINGTON
– Aug. 15, 2007 – The Arab American
Institute (AAI) has kicked off a series of civic and political
empowerment workshops for Arab Americans in Iowa as part of its Yalla
Vote 2008 political mobilization campaign. AAI has
made Iowa an integral part of its national strategy to mobilize Arab
Americans for the 2008 presidential campaign season, and this week
organized well-attended political training workshops in Cedar Rapids and
Cedar Falls. A third workshop will be held in Des
Moines on Thursday from 6-9 p.m. at Hotel Fort Des Moines.
The Cedar Rapids event drew over 50 community members and featured
presidential campaign representatives, local party officials, and the
district representative for former U.S. Rep. Jim Leach
(R-Iowa).
Representatives from John Edwards’s
and Barack Obama’s
presidential campaigns spoke about their candidates and different ways
to become involved in a campaign, while the Linn County Democratic and
Republican Party chairs each spoke about ways to become involved in
local politics. Gary Grant, the former Leach aide, gave a
presentation on how to hold effective meetings with elected officials
and candidates. Tuesday’s workshop in Cedar Falls featured a
representative from Mitt Romney’s
presidential campaign, as well as Cedar Falls Mayor Jon
Crews and
State Rep. Bob Kressig
(D-19th).
The Des Moines workshop will include a Romney campaign representative as
well as Nader Halawa,
who worked on Howard Dean’s campaign in Des Moines in the last
presidential election cycle. As in Cedar Rapids and Cedar Falls,
the training in Des Moines will focus on opportunities to become
involved in campaigns, how to raise issues of importance to Arab
Americans in the presidential campaigns and how to become politically
involved at the local level.
WHAT:
AAI’s political empowerment workshop in Des Moines, organized by AAI
Director of Community Relations Valerie Smith and AAI Iowa Field
Organizer Emily Holley.
WHO: Current and former presidential campaign staffers, including a representative from Mitt Romney’s campaign and a former staffer for Howard Dean’s 2004 campaign; members of Des Moines’s Arab American community.
WHERE: Hotel Fort Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa.
WHEN: Thurs., Aug. 16, 6-9 p.m.
INFO: Visit www.aaiusa.org/iowaworkshops, read the Cedar Rapids Gazette’s coverage of Sunday's workshops.
Founded in 1985, the Arab American Institute (AAI) is a nonprofit organization committed to the civic and political empowerment of Americans of Arab descent. AAI provides policy, research and public affairs services to support a broad range of community activities.
For more information on AAI, please visit www.aaiusa.org.
1600 K Street, NW, Suite 601 Washington, DC 20006
phone (202) 429-9210 fax (202) 429-9214
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