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Posted by Christina Abraham | Sep 18th, 2009
Reminding the World that Human Rights Abuses Continue on Al Quds Day
We are not here today to remember the human rights abuses that go on daily in the world. We are here to remind, because we don’t forget, and we won’t forget. And indeed, it’s the least we can do. We will all leave here tonight, drive off in our cars and sleep in our soft comfy beds in safety, while somewhere across the world a woman is raped, and somewhere else a child starves, and in yet another place...
Posted by Christina Abraham | Jan 19th, 2009
REMEMBERING DR KING’S MESSAGE AND THE INJUSTICES IN PALESTINE
We are here today to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, and to show support for the innocent people of this world who still suffer because of injustice, inequity and the illegal violations of their human rights. But do not confuse their innocence with weakness. They are not weak.
For a woman, coping with the death of her children takes strength that we must support. For a child, to retain hope for a...
Christina Abraham is the Civil Rights Director at CAIR-Chicago. Christina has spoken and written on issues related to Arab and Muslim civil rights, and actively works to pursue successful resolutions to incidents of discrimination through legal and non-legal channels. Christina is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights and a member of the Advisory Board of the BRussels International Tribunal. Christina holds a Masters in the Arts of Social Sciences (M.A.) at the University of Chicago where her focus was on Politics in the Middle East, and a Juris Doctorate at DePaul University where she received membership in the Order of the Barristers. She is admitted to practice in the State of Illinois.