Hero Round Table
Returns To Michigan
The second annual Hero Round Table
will bring 1,000 people to Flint and
teach them to be heroes.
This year's conference brings together
experts on whistle-blowing, psychology,
education and personal development to
give attendees practical know-how in cre-
ating heroism in their own communities.
Matt Langdon, the Round Table's
founder, says that anyone can act hero-
ically if they just prepare themselves.
"The opposite of a hero is not a vil-
lain; it's a bystander" Langdon said.
"When something bad happens, we all
have an urge to keep our heads down.
By learning to overcome that urge, we
take action where no one else will."
Langdon used this philosophy to build
a successful anti-bullying program for
kids, teaching them to speak up for their
peers and work proactively to improve
their schools. But he says the same prin-
ciples work for adults.
"If you see a coworker do something
wrong, it's a very uncomfortable feel-
ing; he said. "We're trained to stay silent
and that silence makes things worse.
Heroism is about overcoming your dis-
comfort and doing the right thine
Speakers include psychologist Phil
Zimbardo, Pentagon Papers whistle
blower Daniel Ellsberg, nurse advocate
Renee Thompson and subway hero
Chad Lindsey. Another speaker will
be Auschwitz survivor Dr. Edith Eger.
Starving, she was left for dead in a mass
grave where American soldiers found
her.Now a clinical psychologist, Eger
says the secret to her survival was realiz-
ing that even though she was a prisoner,
she still had power over her own mind.
The Hero Round Table will take place
Sept. 19-20. Tickets can be purchased at
heroroundtable.com.

Flint Killer Seeks
Deportation To Israel
JTA An Arab-Israeli immigrant to
the United States who is serving a life
sentence for an apparant racially moti-
vated murder has sued the U.S. govern-
ment in a bid to be deported to Israel.
Elias Abuelazam, 37, a Christian Arab
from Ramla, filed a lawsuit earlier this
month in a Michigan federal court say-
ing he committed a murder in Israel in
2009, months before he came to Flint and
stabbed Arnold Minor, a black man, to
death in 2010. Abuelazam was arrested
on Aug. 1 of that year in Atlanta after
boarding a flight to Israel. He claimed that
demons told him to commit the attacks,
but a jury rejected the insanity plea.
Abuelazam was not tried for two
other murders because he was given
a life sentence without parole in the
Michigan case.
Ed Zeineh, Abuelazam's attorney,
said his client could serve his sentence
in Israel if Israel would take him.
"I don't believe this is a mechanism
to get out from a life sentence Zeineh
told AR "Abuelazam was and is men-
tally ill, and I believe the structure of
the correctional system in Israel is able
to better treat mental illness:"

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