FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON D.C. March 15, 2019 – The Afghan Diaspora for Equality and Progress (ADEP) is devastated to learn of the terrorist attacks on Muslims that were congregated in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. We fiercely condemn these unspeakable acts against New Zealand’s Muslim community. We call on all major media outlets and networks to completely halt airing…
Written by Ali A. Olomi Rocked by the horrific tragedy of yet another mass shooting—a phenomenon of soul-numbing regularity unique to the American experience—the students of Stoneman Douglas High School have sparked a vigorous debate about gun control. The cyclical pattern of mass shooting, public outrage, followed by inaction have become a feature of American life as much as guns…
Washington, D.C.: The Afghan Diaspora for Equality and Progress stands in solidarity with minorities and people of color across this country as we face white supremacist hate and violence. The events of Charlottesville are a keen reminder that as a nation our political leaders desperately need the moral courage to stand up to the systemic and social denigration of vulnerable…