US Congresswoman and Activist Sarsour Rally Support at CAIR-MA Awards Banquet

On 18 Novem­ber 2024, the Coun­cil on Amer­i­can-Islam­ic Rela­tions report­ed that Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Ayan­na Press­ley received their Cham­pi­on of Jus­tice Award while civ­il rights activist Lin­da Sar­sour deliv­ered a keynote address at CAIR-MA’s Annu­al Ban­quet. The arti­cle begins:

The Coun­cil on Amer­i­can-Islam­ic Rela­tions-Mass­a­chu­setts (CAIR-MA) host­ed its Annu­al Ban­quet on Sat­ur­day, Novem­ber 16, bring­ing togeth­er over 300 atten­dees to cel­e­brate the orga­ni­za­tion’s advo­ca­cy, legal, and edu­ca­tion­al efforts. The event launched CAIR-MA’s ambi­tious $1 mil­lion fundrais­ing cam­paign to com­bat ris­ing Islam­o­pho­bia and pro­vide crit­i­cal sup­port to the Mus­lim com­mu­ni­ty in Mass­a­chu­setts. The evening fea­tured pow­er­ful keynote remarks from civ­il rights advo­cate Lin­da Sar­sour and U.S. Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Ayan­na Press­ley (MA-07), who was hon­ored with CAIR-MA’s 2024 Cham­pi­on of Jus­tice Award. Pressley’s com­mit­ment to racial jus­tice, civ­il rights, and equi­table for­eign pol­i­cy, includ­ing her vocal calls for a cease­fire in Gaza, made her a stand­out hon­oree. In her remarks, she urged the audi­ence to embrace their inter­gen­er­a­tional respon­si­bil­i­ty, shar­ing words she lives by, “Be a bet­ter ances­tor than you are a descendant.”

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Key Points:

1. Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Press­ley and Lin­da Sar­sour addressed approx­i­mate­ly 300 atten­dees at the CAIR-MA Annu­al Ban­quet in Boston.
2. The event served as a plat­form for CAIR-MA’s new $1 mil­lion fundrais­ing ini­tia­tive, secur­ing $190,000 in ini­tial pledges.
3. Press­ley’s Cham­pi­on of Jus­tice Award rec­og­nized her advo­ca­cy for civ­il rights and vocal sup­port for a Gaza ceasefire.
4. Sar­sour’s keynote speech promised con­tin­ued ded­i­ca­tion, vow­ing to “keep fight­ing until my last breath or until justice.”