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Cost: $65
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Arab-Americans in Michigan, a crucial swing state, have recently made headlines as a key demographic in the 2024 election. Impacted by events in Palestine and Lebanon, this community launched a protest vote movement in the Democratic primary. This Dearborn-based field trip—the heart of Arab American cultural, economic, and political life—will include meetings with local organizers, political actors and allied worker coalitions to explore the formation and mobilization of this new political and cultural resistance movement, along with an architecture bus tour of the Southend and east Dearborn. This visit offers unique insight into nascent urban solidarity efforts among racialized and marginalized communities.

Presentations (if applicable) and Session Agenda:
2:30pm-3:00pm: departure from conference towards Dearborn
3:00-4:00pm: bus tour of East Dearborn and the South End led by a member of the Arab American National Museum (AANM)
4:00-4:30pm: Drive back to AANM
4:30-5:45pm: Tour of the AANM
5:45-6:00pm: Break
6:00-7:30pm: Panel of local Dearborn political actors and activists + Q&A
7:30-9:00pm: locally catered Iftar dinner
9:00pm: Pickup from AANM and return to conference.

Cost: $65
Advanced sign up required. To add this field trip to your conference agenda, log in and modify your current registration. www.aag.org/events/aag2025

Accessibility Info: The bus and the visited places are ADA accessible.

Non-Presenting Participants