NAAP Conference Seeks to Empower Arab-American Community.

The article reports that Network of Arab American Professionals held its second annual conference in Boston, Massachusetts during September 24 to 26, 2004. Founded to advance Arab Americans and Arab culture, as well as to promote full participation in U.S. society, the theme of this year's conference was "Empowering Our Community." To that end, panels were divided into various areas of concentration including professional, foreign policy, civic education, and films and the media. Within those sections were panels on such varied topics as Palestine, Iraq, how to organize, Arab women's movements, the vote, and civil rights and nonprofit law.