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'''Samia Assed''' is a [[New Mexico]] activist. She is a Palestinian-American activist who has strong family roots in New Mexico. She is a wife and mother to nine children, as well as a local business owner and is currently the Board President at the [[Albuquerque Center for Peace & Justice]]. As President, she has advocated and organized with humanitarian and community groups such as the [[Islamic Center of New Mexico]], [[Friends of Sabeel]], [[Jewish Voice for Peace]], UNM [[Students for Justice in Palestine]], [[Red Nation,]] and [[Con Mujeres]] - [[SouthWest Organizing Project]] (board member) , where she has worked to dismantle Islamophobia, xenophobia, and racism. She was awarded the “Jeanne Gauna Social Justice Spirit Award” for her leadership in many communities. She was a lead organizer with 49 human rights organizations of the Stop Hate Rally in Albuquerque, NM, with over 1000 people in attendance in early in 2016. Her additional work involves being a part of the [[Friends Of Khuza]]’s Albuquerque campaign to fundraise to build a kindergarten and a water filtration system in Khuza’s village in Gaza, Palestine and works on solidarity building with Native, Chicano, and African American community in New Mexico. Samia prides herself on being a Muslim Palestinian-American and New Mexican, and recognizes that local struggles are intertwined with national and international struggles.<ref>[http://ggjalliance.org/meet-caravanistas]</ref> | '''Samia Assed''' is a [[New Mexico]] activist. She is a Palestinian-American activist who has strong family roots in New Mexico. She is a wife and mother to nine children, as well as a local business owner and is currently the Board President at the [[Albuquerque Center for Peace & Justice]]. As President, she has advocated and organized with humanitarian and community groups such as the [[Islamic Center of New Mexico]], [[Friends of Sabeel]], [[Jewish Voice for Peace]], UNM [[Students for Justice in Palestine]], [[Red Nation,]] and [[Con Mujeres]] - [[SouthWest Organizing Project]] (board member) , where she has worked to dismantle Islamophobia, xenophobia, and racism. She was awarded the “Jeanne Gauna Social Justice Spirit Award” for her leadership in many communities. She was a lead organizer with 49 human rights organizations of the Stop Hate Rally in Albuquerque, NM, with over 1000 people in attendance in early in 2016. Her additional work involves being a part of the [[Friends Of Khuza]]’s Albuquerque campaign to fundraise to build a kindergarten and a water filtration system in Khuza’s village in Gaza, Palestine and works on solidarity building with Native, Chicano, and African American community in New Mexico. Samia prides herself on being a Muslim Palestinian-American and New Mexican, and recognizes that local struggles are intertwined with national and international struggles.<ref>[http://ggjalliance.org/meet-caravanistas]</ref> | ||
| − | Samia has served as a panelist and has spoken for numerous causes/issues such as on Islamophobia, the Palestinian struggle and has worked campaigns with various groups | + | Samia has served as a panelist and has spoken for numerous causes/issues such as on Islamophobia, the Palestinian struggle and has worked campaigns with various groups including having co-organized the New Mexico Delegation to the [[Women’s March in Washington]], D.C. Samia is also the first Muslim-American women to serve on the State Central Committee of the [[Democratic Party of New Mexico]].<ref>[http://www.wef.org.in/samia-assed/]</ref> |
Revision as of 02:58, 22 July 2018
Template:TOCnestleft Samia Assed is a New Mexico activist. She is a Palestinian-American activist who has strong family roots in New Mexico. She is a wife and mother to nine children, as well as a local business owner and is currently the Board President at the Albuquerque Center for Peace & Justice. As President, she has advocated and organized with humanitarian and community groups such as the Islamic Center of New Mexico, Friends of Sabeel, Jewish Voice for Peace, UNM Students for Justice in Palestine, Red Nation, and Con Mujeres - SouthWest Organizing Project (board member) , where she has worked to dismantle Islamophobia, xenophobia, and racism. She was awarded the “Jeanne Gauna Social Justice Spirit Award” for her leadership in many communities. She was a lead organizer with 49 human rights organizations of the Stop Hate Rally in Albuquerque, NM, with over 1000 people in attendance in early in 2016. Her additional work involves being a part of the Friends Of Khuza’s Albuquerque campaign to fundraise to build a kindergarten and a water filtration system in Khuza’s village in Gaza, Palestine and works on solidarity building with Native, Chicano, and African American community in New Mexico. Samia prides herself on being a Muslim Palestinian-American and New Mexican, and recognizes that local struggles are intertwined with national and international struggles.[1]
Samia has served as a panelist and has spoken for numerous causes/issues such as on Islamophobia, the Palestinian struggle and has worked campaigns with various groups including having co-organized the New Mexico Delegation to the Women’s March in Washington, D.C. Samia is also the first Muslim-American women to serve on the State Central Committee of the Democratic Party of New Mexico.[2]
It Takes Roots People's Caravan
It Takes Roots People's Caravan took place in July 2016. Grassroots Global Justice Alliance launched the It Takes Roots to Change the System People’s Caravan from the RNC to the DNC. Nearly 40 community leaders and allies from the US and Honduras traveled in a bus from the Republican National Convention in Cleveland to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, stopping along the way to build with communities in Pittsburgh and Baltimore fighting for environmental and racial justice.
Caravanistas included Samia Assed, SouthWest Organizing Project, Albuquerque, NM.
Candidate Forum
Eastside Ward Chairs To Host Third Congressional District One Candidate Forum
Felicia Salazar, Dave Mulryan, Samia Assed.
Albuquerque, New Mexico— Three Ward Chairman of the Democratic Party on Albuquerque’s East Side are sponsoring the 3rd Congressional District One Candidate Forum, to be held Thursday, March 1st, and the Manzano Mesa Community Center, 501 Elizabeth, SE, starting at 6:30 PM.[3]
Haaland connection
Deb Haaland, June 4 ·
With Paulette Jordan and Samia Assed.