Date: Saturday, August 20, 2011
Time: 1PM to 4PM
Place: 25 West 43rd Street, 19th Floor
between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan
As the 10-year anniversary of September 11th approaches, join us at a community hearing in to discuss and learn about the impact of 9/11 on the Muslim, Arab, Sikh, and South Asian communities in New York City.
Speakers Include:
Eric Treene, Special Counsel, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice
Council Member Daniel Dromm, Chair, New York City Council Immigration Committee
Rudolph Pyatt, Deputy General
Counsel, New York City Human Rights Commission
Professor Smita Narula, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University Law School
Pardiss Kebriaei, Staff Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights
Amardeep Singh, Program Director, Sikh Coalition
Linda Sarsour, Advocacy and Civic Engagement Coordinator, National Network for Arab American Communities
Udai Tambar, Executive Director, South Asian Youth Action
The Reverend Chloe Breyer, Interfaith Center of New York
Co-Sponsors:
- American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
- Arab American Association of New York
- Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY (Organizer)
- Association of American Muslim Lawyers
- Center for Constitutional Rights
- Center of Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University Law School
- Interfaith Center of New York
- The Interfaith Alliance
- Muslim Advocates
- Muslim Consultative Network
- Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition
- South Asian Americans Leading Together
- South Asian Youth Action
- The Sikh Coalition (Organizer)
Endorsers:
- Asian American Justice Center
- UNITED SIKHS
