There are two types of dwellings and two different systems for the people in Israel and the occupied Palestine. One for Jews and another for Palestinians. An indigenous West Bank Palestinian is caged behind an apartheid wall while a Zionist settler roams freely in the occupied land of Palestine.
Author Archives: Shakeel Syed
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Syed: Independence – From What & From Whom?
Shakeel Syed, Executive Director for Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development (OCCORD) urges residents celebrating this Independence Day, to not forget the immeasurable human pain and poverty that continues to exist amidst us, calling on people to continue to fight for the oppressed and against the oppressors.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Syed: MLK Reminds Us Change Comes Through Struggle
Shakeel Syed, Executive Director of Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development (OCCORD), memorializes Martin Luther King Jr. focusing on a well-known King adage – change comes through continuous struggle – to highlight the challenges ahead for working families in Orange County.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Syed: Delayed Citizenship Processing is Voter Suppression
Shakeel Syed, Executive Director of Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development (OCCORD), writes that the continued backlog of citizenship applications before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) not only undermines our democracy but suppresses voters.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Syed: From OC to DC, Yes to Hate
Shakeel Syed, Executive Director of Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development (OCCORD), writes that Orange County Supervisors are distracting the public away from mismanagement and lack of leadership by joining the federal lawsuit against California.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Syed: Welcome Amazon, But …
In the bid to attract an Amazon HQ to local cities, Shakeel Syed, Executive Director of Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development, writes that city leaders need to be careful about offering public subsidies to private interests.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Syed: Making Sense of Senseless Mayhem
Shakeel Syed, executive director of Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development, writes that while we all should condemn the mayhem and the loss of life this weekend in Virginia, we also need to open our eyes to the racism in America that fuels this kind of hate.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
Syed: Trumpism, Moment or Movement?
Is Trump a passing moment or an enduring movement?
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Syed: Short-Term Rentals, Long-Term Disaster
Should the Anaheim City Council ban short-term rentals in their city? Do they add value to the city or do they drain city coffers?
