Annual Moroccan-American Coalition wraps up with marked will to unite.

Summary: The 4th annual convention of the Moroccan American Coalition (MAC), held over last weekend under the theme "Connect, Inspire, Grow", wrapped up late Sunday in Washington, in an optimistic tone, coupled with a clear will to unite the voice of the Moroccan-American community.

The 4th annual convention of the Moroccan American Coalition (MAC), held over last weekend under the theme "Connect, Inspire, Grow", wrapped up late Sunday in Washington, in an optimistic tone, coupled with a clear will to unite the voice of the Moroccan-American community.Aa Aware that unity is strength, the organizers of the two-day meeting, as well as participants from different regions of the U.S., underscored the importance of endeavouring to better know one another and to make efforts in a context of alliance. <p>AaAa Aziz El Madi, co-director of the Boston-based "Volunteer Morocco" association, thinks the 4th MAC Convention is an "important" initiative, and believes the coalition should include other Moroccan associations. He told MAP the meeting has progressed in terms of organization and participation, emphasizing that the ultimate aim of such an event is to connect and unite Moroccans in order to promote joint projects developed by Moroccan NGOs and associations in the U.S.

AaAa This viewpoint is shared by Yanouri Ahmed, co-chairman of the MAC Convention, who says the Moroccan community has "come a long way" in recent years. Yanouri, who comes from Dallas, where the Moroccan community has "a good reputation," stresses that the Moroccans living in the U.S. aspire today to achieve key gains like other communities that have already succeeded in having a great influence, and even impacting the course of American politics.

AaAaAa "These communities provide an example that if we are united, we can achieve great things for the Moroccan community here (in the U.S.) and in Morocco," he argues.

AaAa Mohammed Bourdi, Vice-Chairman of the association Moroccan American Society for Life Sciences, and researcher at the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) notes that the Moroccan community is becoming more organized and more visible, especially in terms of objectives. He stresses the need for initiatives that can bring together scientists from Morocco across the United States.

AaAaAa For Nadia Serhani, founding member and SG of the Morocco Foundation, an organization recognized of public utility by the U.S. government, continues in the same course by highlighting the communication and networking as one of the major challenges facing the Moroccan community.

AaAaAa The MAC conference, Serhani stresses, had the merit of bringing together Moroccans of diverse backgrounds from around the United States. The 4th Convention of the MAC is in fact an expression of the contribution of twenty Moroccan associations established in various American states.

AaAaAa Founded in 2006, MAC is a communication and cooperation channel aimed at addressing issues related to the common interests of the Moroccan community in the U.S. and to strengthen their identity and attachment to the motherland.

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