Events

August 24 – AALDEF Forum on Post 9/11 Issues and the Muslim American Community

Hate crimes. Religious profiling. Special Registration. Detentions. Deportations. How has the Muslim American community been affected by the 9-11 tragedy, and what challenges remain ten years later?

Join us for an evening of dialogue with AALDEF staff attorney Sameer Ahmed and Adem Carroll of the Muslim Progressive Traditionalist Alliance as they discuss the impacts of 9/11 on the Muslim American community. AALDEF senior staff attorney Stanley Mark will be the moderator, with a Q&A session to follow.

Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Time:6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Place:NAACP-LDF, 16th floor conference room99 Hudson Street (between Franklin and Harrison Streets), NYC(#1 to Franklin Street or #2, 3, A, C, E to Chambers )

Limited seating. Please RSVP by August 23:212.966.5932 x204 or info@aaldef.org

Co-sponsored by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), Muslim Progressive Traditionalist Alliance (MPTA) and Prepare NY, a Project of Interfaith Center of New York.