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MPAC Recognizes International Day to Combat Islamophobia

On March 15, 2023 By MPAC

Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | March 15, 2023 — On this day, four years ago, 51 people were killed, and another 40 injured, in a mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. As we remember the victims and their loved ones, we are once again reminded that the…

Reflections on the National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Muslim Representation

On February 28, 2023 By MPAC

By: Isra Qadri and Qudsia Saeed, MPAC Policy Interns On September 24, 2016, President Barack Obama stated that “African-American history is not somehow separate from our larger American story, it’s not the underside of the American story, it is central to the American story,” as he inaugurated the National…

Malcolm X: Unity, Solidarity, and Liberation

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Muslim Representation

On February 25, 2023 By MPAC

By: Jasmine Rehman, MPAC Fellow Throughout Black History Month, we recognize and pay tribute to the many African Americans who have strived and continue striving to create a fair and equitable society. While Dr. Martin Luther King is known as the face of the American Civil Rights Movement, there are…

E Pluribus Unum: Protecting Voting Rights in the era of the Great Replacement Theory

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On February 17, 2023 By Rafay Siddiqui, MPAC Policy Intern

As Black History Month marches onward, it is essential to celebrate the legacies generational African-American leaders have forged in their communities. Previously, conventional history courses provided a distilled, oversimplified story of African American communities – from shackles to segregation to liberation. Earlier this month, the College Board unveiled the Advanced…

Reflections on State of the Union Address

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On February 8, 2023 By MPAC

Democracy forms the backbone of our country. For many, participation comes in the form of voting, but our system requires far more than that. To be a fully functional system of governance, the constituents must be engaged and involved in the civic process on a regular basis. The largest obstacle…

Dr. King’s Legacy of Faith in Action

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On February 1, 2023 By MPAC

By: Isra Qadri and Qudsia Saeed | MPAC Policy Interns Black History Month is a call to honor the many African Americans who have pushed, and continue to push, for an equal and just nation. Without their resiliency, progress would be lost. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. unequivocally transformed American…

Islamic Declaration Against Religious Police

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On January 4, 2023 By MPAC

The distressing events transpiring in the Islamic Republic of Iran impress upon us the need to issue a clear and declarative statement against the institution of religious or morality police in particular, and the ideology of compulsion in general. We do so not from a political or partisan perspective but…

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