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University student government asks Iowa City to proclaim MENA American Heritage Month and proposes wording changes
Summary
University of Iowa Student Government asked the City Council to adopt a proclamation recognizing April as Middle East and North African (MENA) American Heritage Month, requested the proclamation list MENA countries explicitly and suggested reorganizing an ethnicity clause to include Arab subgroups within the Arab designation.
Shefat, a representative of the University of Iowa Student Government (USG), asked the City of Iowa City Council on May 6 to issue a proclamation recognizing April as Middle East and North African (MENA) American Heritage Month and to adopt two specific amendments to the draft proclamation language.
Why it matters: The request would align the city with USG and other jurisdictions that formally recognize MENA heritage and would be…
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