National Security and Civil Rights

Date: Friday, October 30, 2009
Time: 10:45 - 12:15
Place: Room 5, First Floor
Workshop Track: Civil & Human Rights

Since September 11, 2001, Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim and South Asian Americans (AMEMSA) have come face to face with racial and religious discrimination with disturbing regularity. From the workplace to schools to the United States border, these communities are subjected to higher levels of scrutiny and suspicion in the name of national security. This workshop will showcase how community members and advocates are working to reverse the trends in laws, policies and attitudes that have endangered the civil rights and civil liberties of all.

The Asian Pacific American Legal Center is a California State Bar certified provider of MCLE credits and this workshop has been approved for 1 hour of credit. To receive California MCLE credit, attorneys must pay an additional $10 per workshop that offers MCLE credit. Payment collected separately onsite.

Speakers:

	Sameer Ahmed Skadden Fellow Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund		Jamil Dakwar Director, Human Rights Program American Civil Liberties Union
	Veena Dubal Staff Attorney Asian Law Caucus (Workshop Moderator)		Hamid Khan Executive Director South Asian Network