Appropriately, and not a moment too soon, an Iranian American "Know Your Rights" resolution H.Res.367 [1], condemning discrimination and bigotry against Iranian Americans, was introduced into the House last week [2]. This resolution is part of the new Iranian American Know Your Rights Campaign [3], spearheaded by the National Legal Sanctuary for Community Advancement (NLSCA) together with a coalition of community organizations.

To quote the Iranian American Political Action Committee: "The purpose of the campaign is to: (1) educate Iranian Americans of their civil rights and liberties under the Constitution and Bill of Rights; (2) offer legal protection where civil rights of the Iranian American community are being infringed upon; (3) Educate mainstream America on the Iranian American community; and (4) Create media outreach both within the Iranian American media and mainstream media sources."

For help with discrimination visit the National Iranian American Council's (NIAC) discrimination center [4]. For more general information on your rights in general and how the PATRIOT ACT has changed them, check out an earlier blog entry [5] on this subject.