National Arab American Women’s Association

Please click on link to register.

naawa.us19.list-manage.com

Please join the National Arab American Women's Association (NAAWA) and Citizens for Just Policy for a virtual Advocacy Training!
June 11 at 7 pm on Google Meet
Click Here to Register
https://naawa.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6c71c24134497e0b72092fee4&id=e733c4cced&e=26af1e4f0b

Current events and a looming election mean it is especially crucial for our collective voice to reach our lawmakers. We recognize people within our communities feel they are not being heard.
---
This training will teach attendees how they can engage elected officials. Some of the topics covered will include:
Activism and Advocacy - How They Fit Together
An Overview of Congress - Bills, Chambers, Committees, Caucuses
Citizen Advocacy - How to Engage Your Representatives Effectively
You will receive the Google Meet link upon registration.
Follow NAAWA on Twitter and Instagram.
Follow CJP on Twitter and Instagram.

Register Here!
Facebook
Twitter
Link
Website
Copyright © 2024 NAAWA, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website.

Our mailing address is:
NAAWA
6551 Dearborn Drive
Falls Church, Virginia 22044

Add us to your address book

Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp

naawa.us19.list-manage.com

https://naawa.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6c71c24134497e0b72092fee4&id=e733c4cced&e=307929dfc4

Updated Flyer! Please register/donate using the QR or URL in the flyer.

Updated Flyer. Limited seating so please don't wait to register.

DON'T MISS Luncheon on Sunday, April 21st at Jerusalem Restaurant & Catering

Speakers include Hani Almadhoun, Hazami Barmada and Terry Ahwal
This year all proceeds will be donated to UNRWA USA

👇🏼
REGISTER NOW: https://shorturl.at/uAgHV

You can’t complain if you don’t vote! Albert Vega for Springfield Supervisor Delegate Irene Shin Ilryong Moon Dana Barakat at Centreville Immigration Forum “A Fight for Justice” Dinner

https://walkwithamal.org/events/the-women-of-my-village/

The women of my village - The Walk (Little Amal) Alone in Union Station with people rushing all around her, Amal is disorientated. She closes her eyes and remembers home.

LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY! New Dominion PAC & Virginia Arab American Political Forum’s 33rd Annual Candidates Night!

Still need a ticket? Get them before it sells out! https://ndpac.kindful.com/e/33rd-candidates-night

Happy Women's Equality Day!

Happy ! Today we celebrate emancipation and reflect on the long shadow of systemic racism in America. Let’s commit to ensuring justice and equality for all.

Wishing all our strong mothers a Happy Mother’s Day!!!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

Wishing all who celebrate Happy Eid Al-Fitr!

What is life like for Palestinian children growing up between the U.S. and Palestine? How do Palestinian children come to terms with conflicting identities and find a sense of belonging in these vastly different contexts of Palestine and the U.S.? Find out answers to these questions and more by watching this conversation that we hosted between author Nora Lester Murad and NAAWA member Aline Batarseh about Nora's latest young adult novel, "Ida in the Middle."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDRkK0Opp0A

NAAWA Event for Nora Lester Murad's young adult novel, "Ida in the Middle" (44:19) The National Arab American Women's Association (NAAWA) and Busboys and Poets Bookstore in Shirlington, VA host author Nora Lester Murad and Aline Batarseh on...

Wishing all who celebrate a Blessed Easter!

Here is to STRONG WOMEN:

May we KNOW them
May we BE them
May we RAISE them

Women don't compete with each other they one another

Let's support ALL WOMEN to LIVE BETTER

Wishing you a happy and healthy month of Ramadan!

Wishing you a happy and heathy Ramadan!

The National Arab-American Women’s Association (NAAWA)’s 8th Annual International Women’s Day Luncheon
March 19th, 2023 | 1pm | Westin Tysons Corner. Use the link below to register. Registration closes at the end of the day today
https://secure.everyaction.com/3VoNn7mmCkeVx6NzQK9Xow2?fbclid=IwAR1IKC0ip3NNSD49mdlhN4bOZIfIceTP_zoPDXM1dFeLN0ChGmvlRUCjMgs

_____________________________
Dr. Manal Fakhoury (Master of Ceremony) Leadership Coach, Activist
Dr. Manal Fakhoury has strong business intuition and a distinctive skill set of strategy, organizational skills, fundraising, and is best known to be results-oriented. She has a passion for community service, communication, and leadership.
Manal earned her undergraduate, and doctorate from the University of Southern California, and MBA from Webster University. Manal has been recognized with many professional and community awards including Person of the Year, Business Women of the Year, Communicator or the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Webster’s University Distinguished Alumni Award, and many others.Manal has extensive experience in both the non-profit and for profit space.With over 35 years of non-profit and leadership experience, she serves on many community and national boards. She is past Chairwoman of Chamber of Commerce and has served in many top leadership positions. Currently: Chairwoman for CAIR National, Center for Arab American Philanthropy (CAAP), Middle East Institute (MEI), Truist Bank board of directors, YMCA Executive Board, American Heart Association Heart Walk Chair , Rotary International President, Toastmasters International, Founder and President of Ollin Women International, curator for TEDxOcala and Gavel Club Counselor for the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC).Graduate of Leadership Florida. Manal has brought innovative personal development programs to the FDOC. Manal is also a consultant pharmacist, inspirational speaker, coach, trainer, TEDx speaker, and mentor. Manal was honored to participate in the Climb of Hope and summit Mt. Kilimanjaro in January 2014. She enjoys traveling, exercising, advocating for peace, and lifting up people. Manal brings a very strong background in community service, leadership and fundraising.

Don't Miss NAAWA's 8th Annual International Women's Day Luncheon Get Your Tickets Before it's Too Late!

Use the link below to register. Live Arabic entertainment, Silent Auction and dynamic speakers.

https://secure.everyaction.com/3VoNn7mmCkeVx6NzQK9Xow2?fbclid=IwAR1IKC0ip3NNSD49mdlhN4bOZIfIceTP_zoPDXM1dFeLN0ChGmvlRUCjMgs

Meet our Speaker Dr. Lara Sheehi- Last day to register

https://secure.everyaction.com/3VoNn7mmCkeVx6NzQK9Xow2?fbclid=IwAR1IKC0ip3NNSD49mdlhN4bOZIfIceTP_zoPDXM1dFeLN0ChGmvlRUCjMgs

Lara Sheehi, PsyD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology
Dr. Lara Sheehi is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at the George Washington University’s Professional Psychology Program where she is the founding faculty director of the Psychoanalysis and the Arab World Lab. Dr. Sheehi’s work takes up decolonial and anti-oppressive approaches to psychoanalysis, with a focus on liberation struggles in the Global South. She is co-author with Stephen Sheehi of Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practicing Resistance in Palestine (Routledge, 2022) which won the Middle East Monitor's 2022 Palestine Book Award for Best Academic Book. Dr. Sheehi is the President of the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (APA, Division 39), the Chair of the Teachers’ Academy of the American Psychoanalytic Association, and co-editor of Studies in Gender and Sexuality and Counterspace in Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society. She is also a
contributing editor to the Psychosocial Foundation’s Parapraxis Magazine and on the advisory board for the USA-Palestine Mental Health Network.

Don't Miss NAAWA's 8th Annual International Women's Day Luncheon Get Your Tickets Before it's Too Late!