NIAC Progress Report as of April 2024
Transparency is core to NIAC’s values. Here is a breakdown of some of our work in 2024 through the month of April.
NIAC Action New York travels to Washington DC to demand a Ceasefire Now and No War with Iran
NIAC Action’s New York Chapter sponsored and led a team of 23 volunteers from New York City down to D.C. to meet with leading lawmakers from New York – including staff for the Senate majority and House minority leaders – to call for a ceasefire, halting an escalation to war with Iran, surging humanitarian aid and halting all offensive weapons transfers to Israel.
بانک آمریکا به دلیل تبعیض علیه ایرانیان مورد شکایت قرار گرفته است
بررسی پرونده «عبدالله نیا علیه بَنک آو اَمَریکا» می‌تواند تاثیر مهمی بر تلاش‌ها برای حفاظت از حقوق مدنی و دسترسی عادلانه به خدمات بانکی و مالی برای جامعه ایرانی در آمریکا داشته باشد. سازمان نایاک که خود سال‌ها بر روی موضوع بستن حساب‌های ایرانیان آمریکایی توسط بانک‌ها از
Bank of America is being sued for discriminating against Iranians
The case, Nia v. Bank of America, could have a significant impact on efforts to safeguard civil rights and equitable financial access for Iranian Americans. NIAC, which has consulted the plaintiff’s legal team and worked to combat the issue of banks closing the accounts of Iranian Americans.
California Legislature Introduces the MENA Inclusion Act🎉
The introduction of this bill is a crucial step to officially put our community on the map and open up new resources and benefits – from having better data to address health disparities in our communities, to economic growth opportunities, to increasing our political presence and participation.
NIAC Progress Report as of January 2024
Transparency is core to NIAC’s values. Here is a breakdown of some of our work in 2024 through the month of January
فرماندار فلوریدا ران دی‌سانتیس قانون تبعیض‌آمیزی را امضا کرده که دانشگا‌های این ایالت را از همکاری با دانشجویان ایرانی منع می‌کند.
در ۸ ژانویه ۲۰۲۴، خبرنامه The Alligator گزارش داد که دانشگاه‌های فلوریدا از دادن پیشنهاد استخدام در برنامه‌های کاری و پژوهشی به دانشجویانی که از کشورهای چین، ایران، کره شمالی، کوبا، ونزوئلا و سوریه هستند منع شده‌اند.
Ceasefire and Regional Escalation on the Hill: A Legislative Outlook
Where do the various legislative initiatives stand at this critical juncture? Congress has returned to work amid continued conflict and turmoil in the Middle East. While some voices in Washington continue to push for outrageous escalation, including calling for bombing Iran, those with level heads are working to end the horrific war between Israel and Palestine and prevent conflict from boiling over into full-blown regional war.
Discriminatory Florida Law Bars University Offers to Iranian Nationals
Apart from the bureaucratic complexities that professors in Florida now face, it is the students who remain in the most uncertainty as life-changing opportunities are being stripped away from them. This law is one of many broad-based discriminatory measures strategically guised as maintaining national security that have begun cropping up at the state level.
NIAC Progress Report as of September 2023
Transparency is core to NIAC’s values. Here is a breakdown of some of our work in 2023 through the month of August.
NIAC Progress Report as of August 2023
Transparency is core to NIAC’s values. Here is a breakdown of some of our work in 2023 through the month of August.
Americans must unite to reject 21st Century ‘alien land laws’
NIAC is glad to join with John Yang, President and Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice to call for Americans to unite to reject 21st Century ‘alien land laws’. Read our latest joint op-ed in The Hill here.