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The Arab American Action Network (AAAN) strives to strengthen the Arab community in the Chicago area by building its capacity to be an active agent for positive social change. As a grassroots nonprofit, our strategies include community organizing, advocacy, education, providing social services, leadership development, cultural outreach and forging productive relationships with other communities. Our vision is for a strong Arab American community whose members have the power to make decisions about actions and policies that affect their lives and have access to a range of social, political, cultural and economic opportunities in a context of equity and social justice.

Founded in 2002, the Arab American and Muslim Congress sponsors workshops, seminars and conferences in the United States and the Middle East. The organization has been promoting peace, freedom, human rights, education and anti-discrimination throughout the world in general and within the United States and the Middle East in particular through dialog , acceptance and understanding of the differences and beliefs of many cultural Groups. The Arab American and Muslim Congress is an umbrella organization representing many Arab and Muslim American organizations to work for lobbying the Arab and Muslim American issues.