FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE McLean, VA February 20, 2018 Foreign Policy Forum to Highlight Candidates in VA-10 Democratic Primary It is time for a new conversation about America’s engagement in the world. We need leaders who will stand for strong, principled American foreign policy. With the mid-term elections a few months away, who will fight to
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C. February 13, 2018 Leading PACs of Color Unite to Elect Progressive Candidates The AAPI Victory Fund, Emgage PAC and the Latino Victory Fund are united in supporting diverse, progressive minority candidates in the upcoming midterm elections. In this partnership, the three groups-with their own track record of success-will also
PRESS RELEASE February 8, 2018 Emgage Action Strongly OPPOSES NOMINATION OF KEN ISAACS TO LEAD IOM Earlier this month, President Donald Trump made a controversial decision to nominate Ken Isaacs, an individual who has openly mocked Islam, as Director General of the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM). Mr. Isaacs has written extensively on
PRESS RELEASE February 8, 2018 Burma Act (S.2060) of 2017 Passes Senate Foreign Relations Committee On February 7, 2018 Senate Bill 2060 was voted out of the Foreign Relations Committee, showing strong bipartisan support for addressing ongoing human rights violations against the Rohingya people of Burma. Since August 2017, more than 680,000 Rohingya have fled
Saba moved to Texas from Pakistan when she was just 11 years old and has resided in Texas ever since. Saba had originally come to the United States to visit her grandfather, a U.S. citizen, who had an established business in Fort Worth. Wanting to keep his extended family together, her grandfather petitioned for Saba
Dear Friends, As the year draws to an end, and despite the numerous challenges we have faced as people of conscience, compassion, and justice, I am still filled with hope for what we can do together in the New Year. From the Muslim Ban, to undermining the middle class, to abandoning our global leadership, I
Travel Ban On 4 December 2017, the Supreme Court allowed the third iteration of President Trump’s proposed travel ban go into full effect, affecting those from Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen. Already there has been a sharp decrease in Muslim immigration, especially from the countries cited in the ban. This
Joint Appeal to the UN Security Council to Act on Burma’s Rohingya Crisis Emgage Action signs on to urge the Security Council to protect and “never again” allow atrocities in Burma In advance of the United Nations Security Council’s December 12 meeting on the situation in Burma, we, a global coalition of 69 human
Emgage commends the passage of the Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2017 (H.R. 1730), a bill that Emgage has supported, by the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill was adopted by a vote of 402-2, and will expand coverage of federal hate crime laws protecting houses of worship to include religiously affiliated institutions, which