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She Leads Assyria, Mount Prospect, IL (2026)

03/31/2026

As we welcome a new year, we carry both pride and pain.

This year feels different.
For many of us, celebrating in our homeland is not what it once was, but we are still here.

Our people continue to endure, remain rooted, and rebuild what is ours.

This is not only a celebration of our history, but a reminder of our responsibility to shape what comes next.

From the Nineveh Plains to the diaspora, we move forward together with purpose, strength, and hope.

Wishing everyone a prosperous and peaceful new year.

ܒܪܝܟܬܐ ܫܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ ܚܕܬܐ

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03/08/2026

International Women’s Day

Today, we celebrate women everywhere- their strength, their resilience, and the countless ways they shape the world around us.

But today we also send a special message to the Assyrian woman, who has carried the weight of our nation through some of its darkest moments.

Our history is filled with tattered dreams, forced displacement, and the constant question of where and how we will raise our children in safety. Sadly, even today, many Assyrian women once again find themselves facing the same painful uncertainties, while the world often remains silent to our suffering.

From the time of our ancient kingdoms to the years of genocide, displacement, and survival, Assyrian women have been the quiet strength behind our nation. They carried our language, our faith, and our identity through every storm.

And today, they continue to stand strong- fighting like lions to protect the next generation, because we understand what is at stake.

For many of us, this moment feels like our last chance to keep our people rooted in our homeland and our nation alive.

So today we honor the courage of Assyrian women- past, present, and future.

Your strength has carried a nation.
And it will continue to shape its future.

- She Leads Assyria

02/16/2026

As we move through February, we are preparing for a critical moment of global advocacy.

She Leads Assyria is proud to contribute to the collective effort leading into the 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) in New York. In collaboration with international partners, we are advocating for the implementation of CEDAW General Recommendation No. 39, centering the rights and lived realities of Indigenous women and women from religious minority communities.

We affirm clearly that Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac women are Indigenous to Iraq, rooted in the Nineveh Plains and surrounding regions for millennia. Their rights to land, identity, language, faith, and self-determination are not matters of modern politics — they are matters of historical continuity and international human rights law.

We are especially grateful to Shoushan Tower, Karmella Bourshan, and Ashuriena Abraham whose leadership initiated this work and ensured that the voices of Indigenous Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac women — alongside Yezidi women and other religious minorities in Iraq — are represented at the United Nations.

Through this joint written submission, She Leads Assyria highlighted:

• The enduring impact of ISIS’s genocide and gender-based violence against Assyrian and Yezidi women
• Discriminatory laws that enforce religious reclassification of children born from sexual violence
• Ongoing land grabbing and demographic change in the Nineveh Plains
• Barriers to justice, restitution, and safe return
• Economic exclusion and the lack of sustainable employment opportunities for women in their ancestral homelands

This work reflects advocacy rooted in lived experience. Indigenous Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac women are not historical footnotes — they are living communities working to secure justice, dignity, and equal protection under the law.

As we approach CSW70, we continue building alliances and ensuring that our voices are not spoken about — but spoken by us.

We extend our sincere gratitude to the Assyrian Aid Society – Iraq for their partnership and support, and to all of the organizations who stood alongside us by signing this joint submission. This collective effort reflects a shared commitment to ensuring Indigenous and religious minority women from Iraq are represented with integrity, unity, and strength on the global stage.

01/19/2026

Today, we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. — a man who reminded the world that justice is not passive, and silence in the face of oppression is a choice.

Dr. King taught us that peace without justice is fragile, and that communities who are ignored eventually pay the highest price.

Today, that truth feels painfully familiar.

As we speak:

Iran is erupting with protests, and Assyrians once again find themselves caught between state violence and instability.

In Syria, ceasefire agreements are failing, and the historic Assyrian village of Tel Tamer is being marched upon — threatening one of the last remaining Assyrian strongholds in the Khabur region.

We have already lost so much of our population across our indigenous lands. Village by village. Family by family. Generation by generation.

And once again, we fall in the middle of disputes that are not of our making — paying the price for borders, politics, and power struggles we did not choose.

Dr. King once said that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. For indigenous peoples like the Assyrians, injustice has never been theoretical — it has been lived, repeated, and normalized.

At She Leads Assyria, we believe honoring legacies like Dr. King’s means more than remembrance. It means refusing to look away. It means speaking when silence is easier. And it means continuing the work of protecting lives, land, and dignity — even when the world’s attention moves on.

🕊️ Justice is not selective.
🕊️ Peace is not sustainable without protection.
🕊️ And survival in our homeland should never be treated as negotiable.

We stand with our people — in Iran, in Syria, and across all of our ancestral lands — not just in memory, but in action.

01/12/2026

If you—or someone you know—are looking to hire remotely, we’d love to connect you.

Through She Leads Assyria, we’ve trained a talented group of indigenous youth in Atra (Nineveh Plains) who are ready to work.
They’re motivated, skilled, and eager for real opportunities—just waiting for the right door to open.

Hiring them isn’t just about getting great work done.
It’s about creating jobs, stability, and a future for our people in their homeland.

📩 Message us to learn more or to start a conversation.

12/24/2025

This Christmas, we wish our community peace — peace in our homes, peace in our villages, and peace in our hearts. We pray for a future where our people can live safely and with dignity on their ancestral lands, and where the indigenous people of this land are not forced to choose between staying and surviving.

We also extend our prayers for peace to all of our neighbors across the region. May this season remind us that justice, coexistence, and respect for one another are the foundations of a lasting peace.

From all of us at She Leads Assyria, we send you love, strength, and hope this Christmas season.

ܥܝܕܐ ܕܡܘܠܕܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܒܪܝܟܐ

12/07/2025

What our community has witnessed in recent days is deeply painful and unacceptable.

This past week, the Assyrian cemetery in Armouta was deliberately vandalized — concrete smashed, gravestones destroyed, and sacred resting places violated. Only days later, the Assyrian church in Derelok was intentionally damaged, another attack on a site that carries generations of our faith and history.

These are not simple acts of mischief. They are attacks on the memory, dignity, and identity of a people whose roots in this land stretch back thousands of years.

As the original inhabitants of these lands, we have always sought to live in peace with our neighbors. Our commitment to coexistence is strong — but coexistence must be built on mutual respect and the protection of every community’s sacred places.

We urge local authorities to take these incidents seriously, investigate fully, and ensure accountability.
Protecting vulnerable communities is essential for any society that hopes to thrive.

We stand firm, peaceful, and unshaken in our right to exist, to remember, and to remain in our homeland.

She Leads Assyria

12/04/2025

Congratulations to Khoyada on 34 Years of Service and Strength
A message from our Founder, Atorena Sheno

Today, we celebrate 34 years of the ChaldoAssyrian Student & Youth Union — a movement that has shaped generations of Assyrian youth and remains a pillar of hope for our nation.

For me, this anniversary carries a special meaning.

When I first met members of Khoyada in 2011, I had no idea how much they would change my life. At a time when I was still forming my understanding of Atra, they opened my eyes. Their discipline, their love for our people, and their commitment to our homeland shifted my entire perspective and planted the seeds of everything I would one day work toward.

And even in recent years, as She Leads Assyria began making small steps toward economic development and empowerment in Iraq, it was their influence that shaped so much of my path. Their example showed me what service truly looks like — steady, humble, principled, and driven by a deep belief that our nation deserves a future.

Khoyada has carried our community through some of its most difficult decades. Their members have protected our identity, uplifted our people, and inspired countless Assyrians — including me.

To every member past and present: thank you.
Thank you for 34 years of sacrifice, dedication, and unwavering commitment to Atra.
May the next 34 years be even stronger.

12/02/2025

This is one of our 25 trainees in the Nineveh Plains — showing up, learning, and preparing for real remote and call-center work.

We’re sharing this so you can see the hope and determination behind our Giving Tuesday fundraiser. These young people are doing everything they can to build a future in their own homeland. We are so close to getting them hired — but we need help to keep going long enough to reach that point.

👉 Please support our Giving Tuesday goal of $10,000 so we can finish training, continue operations, and secure their first job opportunities.

🧡 Donate here:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1b85GaBoBX/

If your company hires remotely — or if you know someone who does — we would love to connect. One opportunity can change a life.

Thank you for believing in our youth.
Thank you for standing with the Nineveh Plains.

12/02/2025

Helping 25 youth in the Nineveh Plains get hired.
This Giving Tuesday, we need $10,000 to keep our operations going long enough to secure their first remote and call-center jobs. Donate or share privately. Link in bio. ❤️

11/30/2025

This video shows Roben, an indigenous Assyrian business owner from Duhok, whose small shop was recently demolished.
He speaks with pain and honesty about the pressure, the unequal treatment, and what it feels like to be pushed aside in the very city he was born and raised in.
With nowhere else to turn, he directs this message to the President of the Region, asking for justice and dignity.

We often hear that the Kurdish Region is a “safe haven” for indigenous people.
But a true safe haven does not destroy the livelihoods of the original people of this land.

We want rights for everyone —
but our indigenous people cannot be the ones who sacrifice theirs for it.

*Note- We translated this video to the best of our ability so that Assyrians in the diaspora can understand what is happening in the homeland and stay informed.

11/13/2025

ShorayaLink Registration Now Open

We’re building a future here in the Nineveh Plains, the homeland of Iraq’s indigenous people.

Our online training prepares participants for real remote and call-center jobs.
While there’s no guaranteed placement, we’re actively partnering with companies and expanding our database to connect every trained candidate to real opportunities.

Apply here: https://forms.gle/hTRvTzFqtTeJKtrb9

نحن نبني المستقبل هنا في سهل نينوى، موطن الشعوب الأصلية في العراق.

برنامجنا التدريبي عبر الإنترنت يهيّئ المشاركين للعمل الحقيقي في وظائف عن بُعد ومراكز الاتصال.
ورغم أنه لا يوجد ضمان للتوظيف بعد انتهاء التدريب، إلا أننا نعمل بجدّ مع الشركات ونعمل على توسيع قاعدة بياناتنا لربط كل متدرّب بفرص عمل حقيقية عند توفرها.

للتسجيل: https://forms.gle/hTRvTzFqtTeJKtrb9

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