ACTION ALERT: March 23 is Natl’ Call-In Day to Demand Malalai Joya Visa
March 21, 2011
Nearly a week after former Afghan Parliamentarian and acclaimed human rights activist Malalai Joya was denied a U.S. visa, a national network of activists is calling on everyone across the country to demand that the State Department let Ms. Joya in.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: On Wednesday March 23, call Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the State Department at 202-647-5291 between 9 am to 5 pm Eastern Standard Time. Press “1” and leave a comment stating that you are outraged at Malalai Joya’s exclusion from the U.S. and that you would like the State Department to immediately grant Ms. Joya an emergency appointment and visa at any U.S. Embassy she has applied.
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March 18, 2011
Here are 4 things YOU can do to try to reverse the U.S. Embassy’s decision to deny Afghan women’s rights activist and author Malalai Joya a visa to the U.S. for her speaking tour.
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Malalai Joya, the acclaimed Afghan activist and author of A Woman Among Warlords with Derrick O’Keefe, will tour the United States this Spring to call attention to the on-going Afghan war and prospects for ending it. A Woman Among Warlords has just been published in paperback and will be on sale at all her events. Click here for a preliminary schedule of her events.
Afghan Women’s Mission is proud to sponsor an art exhibit highlighting the devastating impact of the Afghanistan war on civilians. Windows and Mirrors is a collaboration of more than 40 artists from around the world, including U.S. students. Forty-five, 4-foot by 6-foot panels, each uniquely designed by an artist or group of artists, comprise one large display memorializing Afghan civilian casualties. The exhibit also includes images collected from Afghan high school students by Dr. Zahir Wahab, a professor at Lewis and Clark College who asked young Afghans to draw images from their daily reality.
WHEN: Saturday December 11th, from 11 am to 4 pm
WHERE: Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 3300 Wilshire Blvd, LA CA 90005 (Geneva Room – wheelchair accessible)
Buying gifts for your loved ones doesn’t have to violate your ethics or drain your bank account!
Browse through a large selection of affordable, sweatshop-free, unique arts and crafts made by artisans internationally and locally, including embroidered pillow-covers, wallets and purses from Afghanistan, fair trade olive oil and spices, vintage posters, locally made foods, jewelry, mirrors, soaps, candles, oils, conscious books, CDs, and much more!
Confirmed vendors include Afghan Women’s Mission, KPFK, Ten Thousand Villages, Garment Workers Center, Southern California Library, Zatoun Palestinian Olive Oil, Los Switcheros Del Norte, oceguera, Azadeh, Xothi Designs, Woodhaven, Sunshine, Radka Falk, Skool Boiz, Backyard in a Jar, 9 to 5, and Bus Riders Union.
Download the flyer here.
Entrance is Free. There will be complementary hot coffee and tea donated by Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, plus delectable cookies and pastries.
This event is sponsored by KPFK Pacifica Radio.
Read More...After a long-overdue renovation, our website is now ready! We moved to a new server and rebuilt our pages from scratch. Our goal is to make it easier than ever to find out about the work of RAWA and how you can help them. Making a donation online is faster and easier, and has some new options (we now accept PayPal, Discover Card, and electronic check).
We hope you’ll find the site easier to navigate. If you have any questions or comments on our new look, please contact us and let us know what you think!
Thank you for your patience as we made the change.
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You may have noticed minimal activity on this website for the past several months. That’s because we’re upgrading our website!
In late November, AWM will unveil a brand new website with all of the history of this current website, but much more navigable and easy to access. Most importantly, we’re working on making our donation methods more streamlined and reliable. Thank you for your patience!
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If you missed our Fair Trade and Conscious Gifts Holiday Bazaar last weekend because of the heavy rains, not to worry – you still have the chance to purchase our one-of-a-kind hand-made items from Afghanistan this Saturday at the Antimall!
WHAT: 8th Annual Antimall
WHEN: Saturday December 19th, 12 noon – 7 pm
WHERE: 3400 N. Figueroa Street. Cypress Park, CA 90065
Antimall is an annual alternative holiday market and festival. This year the event will be outdoors, with an entire street blocked off and filled with vendors. Look for the AWM table! We will be offering our purses (large and small), wallets, pillow covers, table cloths, wall hangings, jewelry, T-shirts, books, and DVDs.
There will be live music, DJs, surprise guests, Food, Toy giveaways, and Free Coffee. This is a family-friendly event!
For more information, email elpuente52@yahoo.com.
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Tired of submerging your conscience every holiday season?
Worried you won won’t be able to afford gifts this year?
JOIN US for the 4th Annual Fair Trade and Conscious Gifts Holiday Bazaar!
WHEN: Saturday December 12th 2009, 11 am – 4 pm
WHERE: Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 3300 Wilshire Blvd, LA (Geneva Room – wheelchair accessible)
PARKING: Street parking near the church, church lot, or Athena Parking lot across Berendo.
Browse through a large selection of affordable, sweatshop-free arts and crafts made by artisans internationally and locally, including embroidered pillow-covers, wallets and purses from Afghanistan, locally made jewelry, blankets, scarves and tote-bags, soaps, candles, oils, conscious books, CDs, and much more!
Entrance is Free. Complementary tea, coffee and pastries.
All proceeds will directly benefit the artists and workers who made the items.
Buying gifts for your loved ones doesn’t have to violate your ethics or drain your bank account!
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Known as the “most famous woman in Afghanistan,” dissident parliamentarian Malalai Joya returns to the US, this time to share her new political memoir, A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice, co-written with Derrick O’Keefe.
Listen to Malalai Joya on NPR’s Talk of the Nation.
“Perhaps the most remarkable feature of this inspiring memoir is that despite the horrors she relates, Malalai Joya leaves us with hope that the tormented people of Afghanistan can take their fate into their own hands if they are released from the grip of foreign powers, and that they can reconstruct a decent society from the wreckage left by decades of intervention and the merciless rule of the Taliban and the warlords who the invaders have imposed upon them. It is hard to find words to capture the incredible courage of this amazing young woman, and of the supporters who have gathered to protect her and carry on her work, particularly the many women ‘protesting with empty hands,’ evidence that ‘we are not only victims, and that women have the power to make changes in their lives and their country.’ She also shows how we can provide a helping hand — not with landmines, bullets, and bombs, but with ‘an invasion of hospitals, clinics and schools for boys and girls.’ Joya is raising an eloquent voice, and we owe to her, and to her people, to listen carefully, to learn, and to act.” – Noam Chomsky
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So Cal Events |
Events and Announcements
- Malalai Joya’s Defense Committee’s Campaign for Internally Displaced Afghans
- Malalai Joya Sends a Message to the World
- RAWA Responds to the Taliban Takeover
- AWM Thanks the Lisa Akbari Foundation
- One Young Man’s Holiday Wish: Raise Funds for RAWA
- RAWA Statement on 12th Anniversary of US War
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Afghanistan News Wire
- Malalai Joya Sends a Message to the World
- 20 Years of U.S. Occupation Was Brutal in Afghanistan—And So Will Be the Exit
- Malalai Joya on Democracy Now!
- Girls School in Danger of Closing
- Huffington Post: A Woman Among Warlords: An Interview With Malalai Joya
- The Cost of Courage: Malalai Joya’s Life-Risking Activism
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Press Releases
- Tenth Anniversary of Afghanistan War: RAWA Member Available for Interviews
- U.S. Responds to Broad Public Campaign, Grants Malalai Joya Visa!
- US government denies entry visa to Afghan women’s rights activist and author Malalai Joya
- Leading Afghan Feminist Urges Immediate end to U.S. War
- A Woman Among Warlords – Malalai Joya Available for Interviews
- Afghan Women’s Rights Activist Calls for an End to US Occupation
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