The Syrian American Council (SAC), a grassroots organization representing many Syrian Americans, is organizing a day of solidarity with the Syrian people to support popular demands for freedom and political change in Syria.
This event is scheduled for Tuesday, May 24, 2011, and will take place at the Hyatt Regency, in Washington DC. The meetings are open to all Syrian Americans who support the calls for political changes, and are concerned about the increasingly violent suppression of peaceful protests demanding freedom and political changes.
Agenda
The Freedom for Syria Day in Washington DC will include meetings with representatives of human rights organizations, US congressmen, representatives of Arab American and Muslim American organizations, and members of the diplomatic corps of key countries. We hope to achieve the following objectives:
- Visiting congressmen to demand a resolution in support of democratic changes.
- Drafting a plan to support the demands of the Syrian people for freedom.
- Forming committees and task forces to help implement the plan.
Schedule
- 10:00 am - 12:00 noon: the morning session will involve a rally in front of the Congress at the Capitol Hill in support of Syrian People's demands, and visits to congressmen in Capitol Hill.
- 2:00 - 6:00 pm: the afternoon session will be devoted to meetings with human rights organizations and other representatives, approving a plan of action, and forming committees and new chapters, and will take place at the Hyatt Regency.
Participation is free,
but advanced registration is required.
To register, please send an email to syriaday@sacouncil.com
or
call (630)642-0026.
Please visit www.sacouncil.com for more detail and update
The Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington DC is located at
400 New Jersey Avenue N.W.,
Washington, DC 20001
Phone Number (202)737-1234.
For Direction to the Hotel, please go to the following link:
http://sacongress.org/uploadfiles/Directions.pdf
Participants will be responsible for travel, hotel, and meals. For hotel accommodations, below is a list of suggested hotels, which are accessible by metro (pentagon city metro stop on the yellow line) both from the Airport and the conference location
Residence Inn Arlington Pentagon City
550 Army Navy Drive
Arlington, VA 22202
1 703-413-6630
Courtyard Arlington Crystal City/Reagan National Airport
2899 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202
1 703-549-3434
Residence Inn Arlington Capital View
2850 South Potomac Avenue
Arlington, VA 22202
1 703-415-1300
We urge all Syrian Americans who care about human rights and the future of Syria to attend