Martin Luther King, Jr. Award’s Event a Success
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) in Michigan extends its heartfelt appreciation to the ADC members, friends, Program Committee, volunteers and supporters who helped make the 6th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Award’s Dinner at the Bint Jebail Cultural Center in Dearborn on January 27, 2005 a success.
A highlight of the evening, which hosted an audience of 500 guests, including elected officials, key government representatives, students, educators, and prominent community members, was the keynote address by Executive Director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) Wade Henderson, who traveled from Washington, DC to take part in the event. Henderson focused his remarks on the past struggles of the African American community and the current challenges facing Arab Americans. He went on to talk about the importance of brotherhood, unity and facing these challenges together as one community. Other highlights from the event included the award’s presentation to the ten high school scholarship recipients and special performances by the Detroit High School for the Fine and Performing Arts and the Riverside Middle School Choir.
Among the many distinguished guests at the event, were Congressmen John Dingell and John Conyers, Senator Irma Clark Coleman and representatives from the offices of Senator Carl Levin, Senator Debbie Stabenow and Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano. ADC Michigan extends its greatest appreciation to this year’s event partners, Ford Motor Company and Qatar Petroleum and sponsors, including DaimlerChrysler, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Life for Relief and Development, DTE Energy, The Pepsi Bottling Group, VITEC, Fairlane Town Center, Southgate Computers, Huntington National Bank Comerica Bank, the Arab American and Chaldean Council, the Lebanese American Heritage Club and the Arab American News.
ADC would be remiss, if it did not pay special gratitude to the volunteers that make up the MLK Program Committee, who commit their time and resources into this project. Their dedication to the project and to our younger generation is unparalleled. Special thanks to Lila Alcodray Amen, Suehaila Amen, Karim Bitti, Danene Charles, Dr. Amal K. David, Siham Awada Jaafar, Ikram Khalid, Maysoon Khatib, Ana Marie Ulloa, Warren Hollier and Wisam Kazaleh Sirdenis.
For more information on the ADC Michigan Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Program, visit www.adcmichigan.org, or read the Detroit Free Press article at: http://www.freep.com/news/cfp/11/kmlk20k_20050120.htm. To learn more about the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, visit www.civilrights.org
ADC Michigan Announces Winners of MLK Scholarship Contest
ADC Michigan is pleased to announce the winners of its 6th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Contest, which was open to all Arab and Chaldean American high school seniors in Michigan. This year, entries reached record numbers and were received from all parts of the State; a sign of the successful expansion of this program and people’s genuine interest in it. This year’s honorees are:
First Place Award Winner
Ms. Aisha Furrha, Michigan Islamic Academy - Ann Arbor, MI
Second Place Award Winner
Ms. Zubayda Labib, Portage Central High School - Portage, MI
Third Place Award Winner
Ms. Megan Elizabeth-Sabah Acho, Andover High School - Bloomfield Hills, MI
Fourth Place Award Winner
Ms. Sura Hassan, Adlai E. Stevenson High School – Livonia, MI
Ms. Stephanie Karmo, North Farmington High School - Farmington Hills, MI
Merit Awards
Mr. Mohammed Al-Saadi, Fordson High School – Dearborn, MI
Ms. Vieyaan Auri, Pershing High School – Detroit, MI
Ms. Mariam Farhat, Fordson High School – Dearborn, MI
Mr. Hadi Harp, Fordson High School – Dearborn, MI
Ms. Sara Kassem, Fordson High School – Dearborn, MI
Winners will be honored at ADC Michigan’s 6th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Awards Dinner on Thursday, January 27, 2005 at the Bint Jebail Cultural Center in Dearborn. Mr. Wade Henderson, the Executive Director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) in Washington, DC, will deliver the keynote address at the event, which will be emceed by FOX 2 News Reporter Fanchon Stinger. For more information on the MLK contest, or the Scholarship Dinner, visit www.adcmichigan.org, or call 313-581-1201.
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