[O29] Arabs and Muslims, "Middle America, " and building our movement

[Steve Fake]

Hey all,
To my mind, the persecution of Arabs, Southeast Asians, etc after 9/11
is more directly tied to Iraq and the War on Terror than Haiti,
Palestine, etc and thus I think it makes sense to add the demand to
the flier. (Although... an issue was raised that this would be
problematic b/c we might need to secure the support of all the
endorsers - it's not clear to me  how serious a problem this would be
but it could potentially be reason enough not to add any demands).
That the demand could drive away moderate folks who would otherwise
come to the protest seems like a red herring.

However, I rather doubt simply having the demand on our flier will
have much impact. What will have an impact is good outreach to Arab,
Southeast Asian, etc communities to get them actively involved in the
event. (Can we get a copy of the flier in Arabic?) I'm sorry to say
that I've only just started to get involved in helping w/ this event
so I don't know to what extent this has been done but it seems like
where energies should be devoted.

Best,
Steve