Confronting Discrimination in Post 9/11 Era Conference

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Confronting Discrimination in Post 9/11 Era Conference

Wednesday, October 19 2011, 9:00am - 2:00pm

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The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and the George Washington University Law School present: Confronting Discrimination in the Post-9/11 Era, Challenges and Opportunities Ten Years Later. This conference will look back on what happened and explore what civil rights challenges remain, what new obstacles have emerged, and how we as a Nation can best meet them now and in the years ahead. Speakers and panelists will include: Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez; Commissioner Stuart J. Ishimaru, EEOC; Former Assistant Attorney General Ralph F. Boyd, Jr.; Acting U.S. Attorney Dwight Holton, District of Oregon; Imam Mohamed Magid, President, Islamic Society of North America; Rabbi David Saperstein, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism; Professor Sahar Aziz, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law; Farhana Khera, President, Muslim Advocates; Amardeep Singh, Director of Programs, Sikh Coalition; Dr. James Zogby, President, Arab American Institute, and Scott Keeter, Director of Survey Research, Pew Research Center. R.S.V.P. to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (required to attend). Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Photo ID required.

Location: Jack Morton Auditorium, 805 21st St. NW, Washington DC
Contact: For more information, call Kathy Anderson at 202-598-2345

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