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MONDAY, MARCH 20 / 4-5:15 PM
LAUREL HALL ROOM 302
"U.S. IMMIGRATION, ISLAMOPHOBIA, AND THE LAW"
In this timely and important discussion, our guest speaker is acclaimed attorney Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, who will discuss her own experiences as well as the future for Muslim individuals in the United States. Attorney Amatul-Wadud advocates for laws responsive to the needs of women and girls and runs her own practice with a focus on civil rights and domestic law. She was honored at the White House 2015 Celebrating and Protecting America's Tradition of Religious Pluralism for her work as a Muslim woman engaging in interfaith outreach efforts to increase religious literacy.
This event is sponsored by the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Asian/Asian American Studies Institute in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
CONTACT Prof. Sherry Zane, Associate Director of WGSS at sherry.zane@uconn.edu FOR MORE INFORMATION.
For more information, contact: Prof. Sherry Zane at sherry.zane@uconn.edu