#CAIR: TODAY 9 PM (EST) - National American Muslim Call-In on Ferguson + #MikeBrown Movement JOIN US TONIGHT - Thursday, August 21st, 2014 - 9 PM (EST) Call: 712-432-1001 - Attendee Code: 416280307# Assalamalaikum, Over the past couple of weeks, the world has witnessed a massive and growing uprising against police brutality on streets across the United States. In the wake of the tragic police killing of Mike Brown, an unarmed African-American teenager, thousands of protestors -- yelling #HandsUp #DontShoot #JusticeforMikeBrown -- continue to rise up. The City of #Ferguson has subsequently become a focal point in national consciousness, re-igniting deeper conversations about racism, profiling, police brutality, and police militarization. Join us tonight to hear from a number of Muslim-Americans who have been active, on the streets and online, in this movement; hear perspective on what this moment means for the country and for Muslim-Americans, and learn how to get involved during this critical time. Moderator: DAWUD WALID, is an African-American civil rights leader who serves as the Executive Director of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR - Michigan), a chapter of America’s largest advocacy and civil liberties organization for Muslims. Mr. Walid is a preacher of Islam, delivering sermons at Islamic centers nationwide, and is a political blogger for Detroit News. Read his recent op-ed on Mike Brown HERE SPEAKERS: LINDA SARSOUR is a Palestinian-American civil rights leader and working mother of three who leads in social justice movements on a national and local level, addressing police brutality, spying, and racial profiling. Linda is the Executive Director of Arab American Association of New York and Advocacy Director of National Network for Arab American Communities MUSTAFA ABDULLAH is an Egyptian-American, Program Associate at ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) of East Missouri. A former community organizer at CHANGE. Mr. Abdullah has been on the ground almost every other day and night, in Ferguson, engaging in community building and meeting with local officials and residents. See a recent civil rights-related op-ed HERE MUHAMMED MALIK is a Kashmiri-American, currently serving on Amnesty International USAs 13-member human rights delegation, which is on the ground monitoring police on the streets of Ferguson. Mr. Malik is a long-time organizer and Former Executive Director of CAIR (SFL); he is currently Communications Director at Florida New Majority. Read op-ed HERE FAIZAN SYED is Executive Director of CAIR-St. Louis. He was born in Lahore Pakistan and moved to the U.S. at the age of four. He grew up in Kirkwood Missouri where he lives today. Mr. Syed has been active in building relationships between communities on the ground in Ferguson. JOIN US TODAY - Thursday, August 21st, 2014 - 9PM (EST) Call: 712-432-1001 - Attendee Code: 416280307# *Martin Luther King: Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere!
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