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FBI Raids Erode First Amendment

Statement from Friends for a Non-Violent World The FBI raids of anti-war activists in September, 2010, are symptomatic of a trend:  the erosion of our fundamental democratic rights in the name of national

Anh Pham

Anh Pham immigrated to the U.S. from Viet Nam with her family in 1975 after the end of the war. Her family raised her with a strong sense of community service and

Maureen Murphy

Maureen Murphy is a journalist and Palestine solidarity activist from Chicago. She spent a few years living and traveling throughout the Middle East, interning for the Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq in the

Hatem Abudayyeh

Hatem Abudayyeh is the Executive Director of the Arab American Action Network (AAAN), a community based organization that helps empower Arab Americans and Arab immigrants across Chicagoland through organizing, advocacy, social services, youth

Joe Iosbaker

Joe Iosbaker is a 20 year civil service employee at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).  Last year he was chosen Staff Person of the Year by the students in the College