For centuries, our people have been oppressed by governments and tyrants of the Middle East, as a step forward towards their liberty, the first Middle Eastern American Convention for Freedom and Democracy will be held on October 1, 2004 in
Wardman Park Marriott
Washington, DC
Starting at 6:00 pm
Guest of Honor: President George W. Bush
The conference, hosted by a broad coalition of pro-democracy organizations, will unite Middle Eastern Americans of diverse ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds to promote a message of democratic progress and reform in the Middle East.
While some vocally anti-U.S. Arab-American, Middle Eastern American, and Muslim American organizations have long claimed to represent the Middle Eastern American community, we believe most Americans of Middle Eastern descent support democratic reform and freedom in the Middle East.
Your attendance at the upcoming Convention is the single most important factor in assuring the Convention’s success. Your presence will contribute to an assemblage of 1,000 like-minded activists and reformers. The more numerous and more diverse our attendees, the more media and public attention will be directed toward our message of freedom and reform in the Middle East. We urge you to join your voice with those of hundreds of individuals and organizations in their call for democracy.
Tickets are available at a cost of $100 (U.S.), including registration fees and dinner.
you can make reservations and buy tickets here
www.middleeastfreedom.org/events/index.htm
we would like to thank you for your support and urges you to attend this unprecedented gathering of organizations and individuals with a unified goal: the equality and liberty of all peoples, regardless of religion, language, ethnicity, or gender, in the Middle East and North Africa.
We look forward to seeing you in Washington on October 1st.
list of the U.S. Officials invited.
President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, National Security Council Advisor, Sec. of State, Sec of Defense, Sec. of Homeland Security, Attorney General
-Other: Paula Dobriansky, Pat Harrison, Paul Wolfowitz, Douglas Feith, William Burns, Elizabeth Dibble
-US Congress:
Majority and Minority Leaders: Bill Frist, Tom Daschle,Dennis Hastert,Nancy Pelosi
Senate: Foreign Relations Chairman, Middle East Subcommittee Chairman
House International Relations Chairman, Middle East Subcommittee Chairman
Other members of Congress: Sam Brownback, Frank Wolf, Eliot Engel