In the season finale of #FOODHEROES , we meet Rida Hamida, the driving force behind Latino Muslim Unity and the innovative #TacoTrucksAtEveryMosque initiative, a taco truck serving halal tacos outside mosques to bridge communities.

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'People are dying in Palestine and there's a genocide happening,' said Rida Hamida, Latino and Muslim Unity's Executive Director who, along with other local orgs, organized a protest during the parade. Video courtesy of Hamida. Pasadena Star News San Gabriel Valley Tribune So Cal News Group

¡Viva Palestina! Long Live Palestine!
RISE UP! Now more than ever WE NEED YOU to Call your member of Congress and DEMAND an immediate CEASEFIRE & access to HUMANITARIAN AID! #FreePalestine #ceasefire #humanity #endtheoccupation #ceasefire #stopgenocide #riseup Latino Muslim Unity

In the run-up to the midterms, Muslim groups and mosques are pushing for voter engagement. To Rida Hamida, it’s important to recognize that Muslim Americans “are a voting bloc, not just as a faith but as different ethnicities and different races.”
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Civic engagement with a side of tacos? Yes, please! It’s a delicious way to vote early! #TacoTrucksatEveryMosque #tacos #Vote #Anaheim #mosque #unity #thursdayvibes #Civicduty California Endowment First We Feast Voto Latino

NEWS: Karine Jean-Pierre says BIDEN believes Nury Martinez and others should resign from the LA city council over racist remarks in private conversation.

'They all should step down...the language that was used...was unacceptable, and it was appalling.'

We Will Not Be Complicit.
Speak out even if it's against yourself.
#Unity #Solidarity #Equity #Respect #JusticeforAll

Honoring women and their right to choose — because our communities deserve bodily autonomy and liberation.

🎨 @pinkhijabofoc x @latinomuslimunity on IG

BREAKING: Anaheim City Council members vote 5-0-1 to designate an area along Brookhurst St., from Ball Rd to Broadway, as Little Arabia in the west end of town.

In Anaheim w/ friends who’ve worked for over a decade for Little Arabia to be formally designed. They’ve opened business, beautification projects etc creating a district that invites all in to experience diverse cultures, food & traditions. Vote Yes on #LittleArabia Anaheim CC

A COMMUNITY UNITED WILL NEVER BE DIVIDED! We made history in #Anaheim & got #LittleArabia Designated! Thank you to the whole community that made this happen and took part over the past 30 years to grow and uplift Little Arabia Arab American Civic Council ADC National CAIR - Greater Los Angeles Col. Gustavo Arellano @kpcc @npr

Tell the Anaheim City Council to #DesignateLittleArabia to honor the economic prosperity and cultural impact of Arab American businesses in #Anaheim ’s unofficial Little Arabia 🛣.

🚨 Click here to sign the petition:
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Happy International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples! 🌎 Where we celebrate and honor their culture, and call for #LANDBACK !

“We do exist. You see us. You see our skin. You see our eyes. You see our businesses. You hear our language. So as much as they try to ignore us, I think what keeps driving us forward is the fact that we’re here. We are a part of Anaheim, and we’re contributing,” Amin Nash, AACC

The first thing one notices in Rida Hamida is her hot pink hijab, tied in a turban style at the nape of her neck.

'Everyone calls me the pink hijabi of Orange County,' Hamida, founder and executive director of Latino & Muslim Unity says. kcet.org/shows/the-migr…

Rida Hamida's #TacoTrucksInEveryMosque initiative has been a vessel for serving up delicious halal tacos all the while unifying and bridging the Latino and Muslim communities in Orange County. (story by Yusra Farzan)
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'I wanted to create a space where we would be celebrated and we would have a sense of joy, even in that resistance.” Rida Hamida

my latest for KCET-TV / I got to highlight the humanity of two misunderstood communities.
USC Annenberg

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Free anti-racist tacos for everyone! Fighting hate one halal taco at a time 4/23 7:30pm at Islamic Center of Santa Ana. #SantaAna #Unity #Tacos #Ramadan

Hi friends! Some of you have heard me talk about the #TacoTrucksatEveryMosque project run by Latino Muslim Unity. We’re doing an urgent fundraiser for an event happening this Saturday! If you have anything to give this would mean the world to me… and if you can attend flyer ⬇️