Waleed Shahid

Waleed Shahid is an organizer, writer and trainer with Movement Mastery, currently based in Philadelphia. He grew up in Northern Virginia on pulao, pho, pupusas, and a steady stream of government surveillance.

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Marissa Johnson, left, speaks as Mara Jacqueline Willaford stands with her. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., stands nearby as the two women take over the microphone at a rally Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015, in downtown Seattle. The women, co-founders of the Seattle chapter of Black Lives Matter, took over the microphone moments after Sanders began speaking. Sanders eventually left the stage without speaking further. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Faith groups launch 10-day #MoralTakeover of Pa. Capitol over education inequity

Starting Saturday, June 20, the Capitol in Harrisburg was transformed into a place of worship and protest for the largest interfaith mobi ...

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Undocumented immigrants fight for driver’s licenses in Pennsylvania

A driver’s license would reduce a lot of her fear, said Lucy Marquez, an immigrant from Mexico who commutes to three separate schools i ...

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Philly students disrupt anti-union film screening at school district HQ

Yesterday evening, students from the Philadelphia Student Union disrupted a ...

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Screen capture from online video in a Media Matters article

Does Bill Maher think I might kill him?

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A new generation of activists learn, build community in Philadelphia

Amit Schwalb, 19, is a biology and education major at Swarthmore College, where he has spent much of the year outside of the classroom wo ...

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Camera training with Lajna Ima’illah (the women's auxiliary of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community) at Scribe Video Center while in production on 'Maidservants of Allah: Muslim Women in Perspective.' (Image courtesy of Lori Waselchuk)

Filming Philadelphia’s Muslim past and present

For many Muslims born to immigrant parents in this country, our first encounters with an indigenous American Muslim tradition a ...

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The West Philadelphia High School building is located at 4700 Walnut Street. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)

Selling gentrification to neighbors of the old West Philadelphia High School building

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How community organizers fought deportation in Philadelphia and won

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