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WASHINGTON - President of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Mary Rose Oakar, has announced the appointment of Kareem [Shora] as National Executive Director of ADC. Shora, who joined ADC in 2000 as legal advisor, has served most recently as Legal and Policy Director for ADC. In his new capacity as National Executive Director. Shora will work directly with, and report to ADC President Mary Rose Oakar.
Oakar said, "We are looking forward to working with Kareem in his role as National Executive Director. For the past six years he has demonstrated his unwavering commitment to ADC and to protecting the civil and human rights of all Americans. His ability to represent our community using a balanced, professional, yet passionate voice of reason has been recognized globally, nationally and by other leading organizations and agencies." She added, "In creating this new position and making this appointment, we will continue to build upon ADC successes of the past 26 years. Today, ADC is needed more than ever, and with this new structure we continue to move forward."The Ohio legislature recently passed Ohio Revised Code Section 3505.20(A), which would allow election judges at the polls to challenge the right of individuals to vote by asking them if they were born U.S. citizens or were naturalized. If they were naturalized, the law would have required them to show proof of citizenship before they could cast their votes, thus stopping a large portion of naturalized citizens from voting. On October 4, 2006, Judge [Christopher Boyko] ruled in favor of ADC, along with a group of naturalized citizens and organizations with naturalized citizen members, issuing a permanent injunction that will prevent the law from being enforced. Judge Boyko went on to say, "There can be no second-class citizen or second-class American as far as any court is concerned. ... Quite frankly, there wouldn't be any America without naturalized citizens."See the full content of this document
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Shora assumes new position as ADC national executive director
WASHINGTON - President of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Mary Rose Oakar, has announced the appointment of Kareem Shora as National Executive Director of ADC. Shora, who joined ADC in 2000 as legal advisor, has served most recently as Legal and Policy Director for ADC. In his new capacity as National Executive Director. Shora will work directly wit...See the full content of this document
