Campaign Nonviolence Week in the Triangle Area of North Carolina This will be the second year of Campaign Nonviolence Week and the Campaign Nonviolence Festival. We hope that Campaign Nonviolence Week will become an annual event in Raleigh and the Triangle. Various faith and community organizations in the Raleigh area began to work in collaboration in 2015 … Continue reading NC Peace Week
Presentation on "Challenging Racism and Islamophobia" at Highland United Methodist Church Highland United Methodist Church in Raleigh, NC, will organize a talk titled "Challenging Racism and Islamophobia". This talk will be presented by Manzoor Cheema, coordinator of Movement to End Racism and Islamophobia or MERI. Movement to End Racism and Islamophobia is a network which stands … Continue reading Islamophobia Talk at Highland United Methodist Church
Forum titled Poisonous Politics: Faith, Fear and Democracy Impact of Islamophobia and racism in this election cycle and how we can challenge it When: Thursday, October 6, 2016 Where: McKimmon Center, 1101 Gorman St, Raleigh NC Join Triangle community members for a discussion about racism and the rise of Islamophobia in the United States and … Continue reading Forum on Islamophobia in Politics at McKimmon Center
2016 North Carolina Environmental Justice Summit October 22 - 23, 2016 Whitakers NC Learn more at: http://www.ncejn.org From NC Environmental Justice website: Our Mission “To promote health and environmental equality for all people of North Carolina through community action for clean industry, safe work places and fair access to all human and natural resources. We … Continue reading North Carolina Environmental Justice Summit
Linking Liberation Struggles Forum by AIME On Monday October 24, 6-8:30 p.m. at North Carolina Central University, the Abrahamic Initiative on the Middle East will present a second conference called Linking Liberation Struggles: Pursuing Global Awareness and CivicEngagement. Speakers are Native American activist Tennyson Welbourne; African American Durham City Council member Jillian Johnson; and Palestinian … Continue reading AIME Forum: Linking Liberation Struggles
During this era, there is an urgency to build a stronger social justice movement against all forms of oppression. This discussion will bring together members from anti-racism, worker rights, immigrant & refugee rights, anti-Islamophobia movements, and allies from all social justice movements. We will discuss challenges faced by these movements and how to build stronger … Continue reading Linking Our Struggles During the Trump Era
With the current political climate, there is concern among many groups about how to handle encounters with law enforcement. In particular, many Muslims were approached by the FBI the weekend before the election. Azadeh Shahshahani will be presenting legal information about your rights when approached by any law enforcement or government agency (police, FBI, etc), and … Continue reading “Know Your Rights” workshop
This is a local event to march in solidarity with the Women's March on Washington.
Join and help build the People's Assembly. The past few weeks have shown us just a glimpse about what we are up against at the state and Federal levels. The recent convening of 2017 Session of Congress announced major plans to attack health care and Federal employees rights on their first day. Trump has appointed … Continue reading Triangle-wide People’s Assembly
This is the fourth monthly session of the Triangle People's Assembly launched in December 2016. Location will be decided soon. MERI is a partner organization of Triangle People's Assembly. Triangle People's Assembly highlights struggles against racism, worker rights, immigrant rights, Islamophobia and other oppressions. Learn more here: https://www.facebook.com/TriangleUnityMayDayCoalition/