Date: October 21, 2018

Show: Mic Check

Host: Mike Merli

Guest: Stan Heller (of Middle East Crisis Committee and Promoting Enduring Peace)

Description:

Stan Heller discusses a number of urgent topics including:

- Unsettling Saudi ties to the University of New Haven and Yale Law School's Abduallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law

{Stan and Middle East Crisis Committee featured in Newsweek coverage here:
https://www.newsweek.com/saudi-police-ties-connecticut-college-1179960?fbclid=IwAR2qnUT0wkjaJfvVIza2j4l0Cw071Hi6JfiOww53n8Rcxmnc0bRlXXfuopQ}

- The real cost of the U.S. government's $110 billion arms deal with the Saudi princes

and

- The upcoming November 11th Trevor Noah appearance at The Klein Memorial Auditorium in Bridgeport to benefit the Anti-Defamation League of Connecticut

{Helpful background on the ADL here from Jewish Voice for Peace:
https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/about-the-anti-defamation-league/?fbclid=IwAR2emACuRb4cQMc-kvgmUMUdwHb2YnNt12qzKTNjYAvfhYty-tyiplsNiKo}

For more information on the Middle East Crisis Committee:
https://www.facebook.com/Middle-East-Crisis-Committee-MECC-199956110037870/

For more information on Promoting Enduring Peace:
https://www.facebook.com/PromotingEnduringPeace/