Arab American Action Network

🗓️🔏MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR JUNE 6!

🚨This Saturday, June 6th, we are calling on ALL people across the Midwest and beyond to join us at 1 PM CT in protesting the American Medical Association at the Hyatt Regency Chicago while both the Board of Trustees and the House of Delegates meet.

Dr. Abu Safiya deserves to be reunited with his family, and it is our responsibility to uplift and answer the call of our beloved people back home! Free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and free all of our Palestinian prisoners abducted and detained by Israel!

Join AAAN, USPCN, CAARPR, SS4P & others TOMORROW, June 3rd at 5 PM, at the OLPD to support the Kurdi family at this important protest demanding justice for Murod from the racist Oak Lawn village and police!

June marks 3 years since the Oak Lawn, IL, police allowed a white driver, Leanne Cusack, to leave the scene of the car accident in which she killed Arab American Murod Kurdi! It’s crucial for us all to show up and demand justice!



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Yesterday, AAAN’s youth organizing program hosted a beautiful event showcasing Palestinian and Arab culture, heritage, and struggle. We welcomed a full house of around 150 people, and our family, friends, and community were overjoyed to see all the hard work the youth put into the program during the Spring term

We were elated to end the program with a special Dakba workshop led by our talented instructor and friend, Muhammad Darawshe!

Thank you all who joined us, and we will catch you at the next one!

The youth organizing program of the AAAN serves youth between the ages of 13-18 in a program that focuses on cultural and political education, leadership development, and specifically the Youth-Led campaign to End Racial Profiling.

If you have or know of youth that can join our program, please fill out our interest form in our linktree in bio!

We hope to see you all tomorrow! Program starts at 2 pm sharp!

Join the Arab American Action Network’s Youth Organizing Program for a youth-led event on Sunday, May 31st at 2:00 PM at the Aden Center. Youth from the program will be showcasing the work and knowledge they’ve built throughout the term, featuring presentations centering Palestinian tatreez, food, art, and more!

Eid Mubarak 🌙 AAAN sends our warmest wishes to everyone celebrating ❤️

Today, Representative Abdelnasser Rashid, , presented Resolution HR0892 to the 104th General Assembly in Springfield. Presented on May 26th, adopted on May 13th, this resolution was passed as a Memorial for Murod Kurdi, May He Rest in Peace, to honor and mourn the death of Murod.

Murod Kurdi was deeply loved by his mother Fadia, his brother Suphi, his entire family, friends, and community. On June 5th, 2023, Murod was struck and killed by Leanne Cusack, a white woman who admitted to drinking before getting behind the wheel and was let go with nothing but a traffic violation. Oak Lawn Police Department admitted they had smelled alcohol on Leanne Cusack’s breath, and that she refused to take a breathalyzer or field sobriety test. Officers could have contacted the state’s attorney’s office to request a forced blood draw, but they decided not to detain her and instead sent her away with nothing but a Traffic violation for “failure to reduce speed.”

Oak Lawn Police Department allowed Leanne to leave the scene of the car crash in which Murod was ultimately killed. Not only has the oak lawn police department failed Murod by not following proper procedure and allowing his killer, Leanne Cusack, to leave the scene but also continuously participated in stonewalling and silencing Murod’s family. At every police and commission board meeting, Fadia, Murod’s mother, is not allowed to give her full testimony. Month after month, we attend the Fire and Police Commission meetings with our demands for accountability and justice; we will not rest nor stop until we see justice!

Shame on Oak Lawn Police Department and shame on the Fire and Police Commission Board for their racism, harm, and repeated violence against our communities. OLPD let a KILLER go, and their refusal to hold their police officers accountable for their actions shows us that they do not value the integrity of the law and the safety of the communities they supposedly “protect”.

We will continue to fight for justice for Murod, for his family, and for all who have faced institutional and state violence. Join us on June 3rd at 5 PM at the Oak Lawn Police Department - 9446 Raymond Ave., Oak Lawn, IL!

On Friday, May 22nd, AAAN hosted — a Palestinian-American engineer, storyteller, and author of “You, Me, and a Tree” and “The Book That Almost Rhymed” — for a special community reading in Little Palestine!

We welcomed a full house of around 30 children of all ages and their families from across our community for an afternoon of storytelling, book signings, and fun. Thank you to for the refreshments, and a huge thank you to Omar for coming out to Chicago and sharing such a meaningful experience with our kids. We’re grateful for your kindness, humility, and care for our community.

‼️ 3 YEAR COMMEMORATION PROTEST ‼️

WHEN: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026, at 5 PM

LOCATION: 9446 Raymond Ave., Oak Lawn, IL

June marks 3 years since the Oak Lawn, IL, police allowed a white driver, Leanne Cusack, to leave the scene of the car accident in which she killed Arab American Murod Kurdi!

Join AAAN, USPCN, CAARPR, SS4P & others to support the Kurdi family at this important protest demanding justice for Murod from the racist Oak Lawn village and police!

Read about this criminal injustice: https://southwestregionalpublishing.com/2023/12/06/fine-community-service-for-woman-who-killed-man-in-fatal-accident/

Petition IL Atty Gen Kwame Raoul: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3bHIgP7D_juGnu7fWMtFqGwRkUI3Jvw0WvSY-J2BLdSi9sA/viewform?pli=1

Join the Arab American Action Network’s Youth Organizing Program for a youth-led event on Sunday, May 31st at 2:00 PM at the Aden Center. Youth from the program will be showcasing the work and knowledge they’ve built throughout the term, featuring presentations centering Palestinian tatreez, food, art, and more!