YALLA VOTE ‘08 Our Voice. Our Future.

Last week, Yalla Vote was  interviewed by the Boston Globe at the Islamic Center of America in Michigan.  Michael Paulson, a reporter for the Boston Globe, interviewed us regarding the Yalla Vote initiative.  He interviewed our new office intern, Samer Hijazi and I at the mosque about the Yalla Vote campaign’s  mission and our thoughts about how the presidential candidates are reaching out to Arab Americans. During this time, Yalla Vote had a voter registration table at the mosque as we met Mr. Paulson. We were also spreading the word about our new call tool that we will soon be having. This new call tool allows volunteers to call Arab Americans who are registered to vote and remind them on election day to vote. It can be done at your computer and at your convenience!  If you would like to volunteer to make phone calls, e-mail me at aai-Michigan@yallavote.org or call our Michigan office at (313) 945-9221 to get involved.   It  was extremely exciting to get interviewed by them and great for Yalla Vote. Letting our voices be heard is what we are all about!

-Jana