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OCON Film Contest featured in NYT

One Chicago, One Nation Online Film Contest featured in The New York Times. To read the article “Anti-Hate-Crime Video Offers Unsettling Lesson” By James Warren, read below:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/us/20cncwarren.html

IFYC Weekly Digest June 18th, 2010

1.      Irvine Responds to Heckling Incident, Inside Higher Ed – http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/06/15/irvine.  Tensions between Jews and Muslims at UC Irvine have been heightened since several pro-Palestinian students interrupted Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren’s speech in February.  Now the university has decided to suspend the Muslim Student Union for one year.  Muslim students protest that they [...]

IFYC Weekly Digest February 8, 2010

Muslims vs. terrorism: The vast majority of Muslim-Americans reject extremists and help to expose them, The Pittsburg Post-Gazette:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10022/1030132-109.stm#ixzz0dMYBQUcC

A Flight Is Diverted by a Prayer Seen as Ominous, The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/nyregion/22airplane.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y

Two interesting pieces on attempts to ban the Burqa in France:

France Fails to Talk About the Real Issue, The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/world/europe/19iht-politicus.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y

Why the Burqa, The [...]

Group works to counter negative view of Muslims – Chicago Sun Times

The Sun Times just did a great write-up on us. Come check it out!

Launch of Digital Multi-Media Social Action Initiative

PRESS RELEASE – LAUNCH OF DIGITAL MULTI-MEDIA SOCIAL ACTION INITIATIVE TO COMBAT MUSLIM STEREOTYPES & UNITE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES

Launch of Digital Multi-Media ‘Call To Action’

LAUNCH OF DIGITAL MULTI-MEDIA ‘CALL TO ACTION’ INITIATIVE TO COMBAT MUSLIM STEREOTYPES & MOBILIZE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN CHICAGO REGION
Eboo Patel, Rami Nashashibi, Bill Kurtis, Terry Mazany, Azhar Usman, Kevin Coval usher in Red Carpet Premiere featuring Film Contest, Community Ambassadors & Community Action Grants
WHAT:
One Nation with The Chicago Community Trust, Link TV, Interfaith Youth Core, [...]