Anyone who met President Joe Biden last week in North Carolina: *Did you address the situation in Elizabeth Ciy related to Andrew Brown’s case? *Did you talk about the miserable conditions where refugee children are kept at our southern border?
Call to Action: Abrar Omeish Under Attack
Call To Action URGENT Fairfax County friends…School board member Abrar Omeish is under attack for standing in solidarity with Palestinians as they are under a ferocious settler-colonial attack. Please sign this petition to have her back! https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsign.moveon.org%2Fpetitions%2Fdefend-free-speech-and-abrar-omeish-against-racist-gop-attacks%3Fbucket%26source%3Dfacebook-share-button%26time%3D1621269321%26utm_campaign%26utm_source%3Dfacebook%26share%3D2ada5324-452c-4abc-b587-a85bd14dbdbf%26fbclid%3DIwAR0eVRB_KbH5Zwjs_Veq4YN_PiwlJeXveLDodeQoEQ4-lGiehruRvSnumag&h=AT2XXHxZBcxIzelk1pCUb5Zq7_mERn7UVkDTmqjVtQb0TTwJwne_fWF9PWqq5L0URDFRsLnFvxrchyje1MDFaCMjfhUwpU-cIjF8rSrsHIrSYmuMwXIKp_EehzD_4ZKbXBJ5&__tn__=H-R&c[0]=AT2Mp6gwPeji0fnnkrVm5F5uHwD_4cfFt2pXZ2sAdGmHr-r0rqONRIKWYZklWPEBNNID1aPqIcOlkCkdVQp5sp1rkwLSRMtnIxjb39QSCrXAfnKRiPj_s1zuH_8Se5f4U-VSuYVwBeikcjxrv-LopNDnQJM
Call to Action: Reps and Senators
Call To Action: Please call your Reps and Senators For the last four to five years there have been numerous protests and rallies all across the country. Faisal R. Khan with Carolina Peace Center organized number of events on cruel
Call to Action: What has been done for the Immigrant Community?
Call To Action: Please call your reps and senators President Joe Biden has officially been in office for 100 days. How has the Biden administration helped immigrant communities so far & what still needs to be done? Read below for
We Oppose the NC Senate Bill 101
SB 101 Tell lawmakers to oppose SB 101 Carolina Peace Center oppose North Carolina Senate Bill 101 (SB 101) requiring local sheriff officers to cooperate with ICE to interrogate individuals about their immigration status and assist (ICE) federal agents in
Administration does not Defend Limiting Policy
The Biden administration notified the Supreme Court on Tuesday that it will no longer defend a government policy seeking to impose new limits on the admission of immigrants considered likely to become overly dependent on government benefits.
Call to Action: Undue Racial Policies
Call To Action: The Biden administration has made clear that their administration is going all-in undoing the horrors of the trump administration’s racist and cruel immigration policies. But already Senators like Josh Hawley and Tom Cotton are feverishly working to
Call to Action: Expel Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene
For Immediate Action: Carolina Peace Center is calling on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to be expelled from Congress. Article 1 Section 5 Clause 2 of the United States Constitution provides that “[e]ach House [of Congress] may determine the Rules of
Moving Forward after Insurrection
Moving Forward By Faisal R. Khan Questions and frustration hovers across America as the nation recovers from tragic events of Wednesday where the radicalized right wing terrorists stormed into the nation’s heart, the capitol building while the United States Congress
Human Rights Day Emergency Press Conference
***We will also be livestreaming the press conference on the NC Medicare For All Coalition Facebook page.*** Emergency Press Conference On Human Rights Day to Address the Worsening COVID-19 Crisis and to Demand Medicare for All SPEAKERS TO INCLUDE MEDICAL
Peaceful Rally for George Floyd
Saturday evening Faisal Khan of Carolina Peace Center spoke with other coalition partners in a peaceful rally in Raleigh on black and brown racism and the tragic death of George Floyd. “It was an emotional and difficult speech to talk
Peaceful and Nonviolent Rally
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 30, 2020 Subject: Peaceful and nonviolent rally Where: 316 Fayetteville St. Raleigh, NC 27601 Time: 5:00 PM Media Contact: Faisal Khan (630) 335-2846 In the wake of brutal murder of George Floyd in the hands of
Repudiate Hate-Filled Christian Remarks
Carolina Peace Center urge leaders of the Catholic Church in Minnesota to repudiate these hate-filled and un-Christian remarks. After City Pages published an article about the sermon Wednesday, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Minnesota) issued a
Release the Full Mueller Report Event
This is a national mobilization; there are over 300 local events registered, and counting. Thousands of people have already signed up for the Raleigh event. We will have a peaceful rally and, for those who are able, a march around
Our gratitude for those who attended Wednesday’s rally!
Hundreds of North Carolinians — including native-born and immigrant Americans as well as undocumented — gathered in Bicentennial Plaza in Raleigh Wednesday afternoon in protest of the Trump Administration’s policy directing families to be separated at the border. A policy
EVENT: Families Belong Together
Hundreds gathered to protest the separation of migrant families at the border. RSVP on Facebook. WUNC coverage Carolina Resistance coverage N&O Coverage La Conexion coverage ABC coverage
Vigil for Victims of Santa Fe Shooting
Raleigh, NC | Community members gathered Wednesday for a candlelight vigil, prayers, die-in, and Chinese lantern send-off for each one of the victims of the #SantaFeShooting. A gathering to remember the victims of Sante Fe and all other acts of gun
Moral Monday Poor People’s Campaign
Carolina Peace Center supports nonviolent, peaceful struggle for the rights of marginalized communities. Honored today to stand by Rev. Barber in Moral Monday Poor People’s Campaign.
The Democratic Party & the Future
Faisal Khan spoke at the Democratic Party town hall this evening in Dare County, Outer Banks, addressing the challenges in the party and strategies moving forward. He was also asked to talk about Carolina Peace Center and the work we do.
North Carolina Teachers Rally
Great turnout of teachers, students, parents and activists to support and show solidarity to our NC teachers and education in Releigh. Carolina Peace Center supports for a better pay for our teachers and more funding for a quality education. North
March for Our Lives – Raleigh
Amazing march and rally today in Raleigh, North Carolina joining students movement “March for Our Lives” across the nation. Estimated 13,000 came out today to march from downtown Raleigh to Halifax Mall for a rally and speaker’s event. The March
HKonJ March
Raleigh, North Carolina Great turnout of many groups and organizations showing solidarity and unity. Carolina Peace Center was honored to be part of such a prestigious march. This is an amazing symbolic and uplifting event that takes place every year.
Constituents Rally to Oppose Trump-GOP Tax Bill
December 3, 2017 – Great turnout of constituents to oppose Trump-GOP tax bill at CCB plaza in Durham today. Wonderful speakers who raised serious questions about this tax bill and how it will affect their lives. The Senate version of
Civic Engagement and Challenge of Activism – NC State
Rise to the Occasion Civic Engagement and Challenge of Activism North Carolina State University This evening I was honored to speak at North Carolina State University. My aim was to invigorate and motivate students towards the direction of becoming active citizens
Education, Activism and Rohingya for Middle Schoolers
October 25, 2017 I was honored today to be invited at the Islamic Center of Raleigh to speak middle school students of Al-Iman school. The talk took place in the praying area. The focus of my talk was on activism
Chapel Hill & Carrboro NAACP
A Day Long Gathering To Help Build A Perfect Union A great event organized by Chapel Hill & Carrboro NAACP at the Peace and Justice Center. I’m honored to speak with some inspiring speakers including Ragging Grannies. Racism and white
Call to Action: Unite for a Hate Free America
Cary, North Carolina On August 20, 2017 – the community came together as ONE, united front for a hate-free America that celebrates diversity and binds us under the same banner of humanity in Cary, North Carolina. CPC Founder Faisal R.
We Shall Overcome: Vigil for Racial Justice and Equality-Durham
#Charlottesville Durham, North Carolina People of all backgrounds and colors came out in droves to stand together in solidarity against the hatred and bigotry that has become all too common in the United States. People from all walks of life,
Rally for Charlottesville – Martin Luther King Garden
#Charlottesville Raleigh, North Carolina August 14, 2017 – Carolina Peace Center founder Faisal R. Khan was honored to speak with some wonderful activists at Martin Luther King Garden in Raleigh, North Carolina. Great turnout of diversity, the event was held to
Community Protests Litigation Ban Against Center for Civil Rights
Protesters gathered on Tuesday outside UNC’s Center for School Leadership Development to voice their disapproval for the proposed UNC Board of Governor’s litigation ban against UNC Law School’s Center for Civil Rights. The BOG’s education policy committee met in the building Tuesday to decide
2018 Voter Strategic Forum
On April 20th, 2017 the Democratic Party Voter 2018 Strategic Forum was held at the Umstead Park United Church of Christ. Organized by the Carolina Peace Center (CPC) in cooperation with the Indivisible Triangle Daily Call to Action, a panel
Chapel Hill Town Hall
Carolina Peace Center Founder Faisal R. Khan spoke at the Chapel Hill Town Hall on Friday,