Fwd: [bangla-vision] Two Important Events in One Weekend - Atlanta, GA, May 13-14, 2011

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Date: Wed, May 11, 2011 at 6:03 PM
Subject: [bangla-vision] Two Important Events in One Weekend - Atlanta, GA, May 13-14, 2011

 

A CONVERSATION ON THE LIFE & LEGACY

 

OF

 

IMAM JAMIL ABDULLAH AL-AMIN

<The former H. Rap Brown>

 

FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2011...6 PM

 

Georgia State University

Student Center Auditorium

Courtland & Gilmer Sts.

Atlanta, GA

 

 

Featured panelists for this very important event will be: Karima Al-Amin, activist, civil attorney, and the wife of Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin; Faye Bellamy, a former SNCC officer who worked closely with H. Rap Brown during one of America's most turbulent revolutionary periods; and Professor Akinyele Umojo, who undertook an in depth study of COINTELPRO and how it targeted Imam Jamil from the days when he was known as H. Rap Brown.

 

El-Hajj Mauri' Saalakhan, Director of Operations for The Peace Thru Justice Foundation, will conclude the forum with information on why the case of Imam Jamil is so important, and offer advice on initiatives that concerned citizens can undertake to help breathe new life into a campaign for justice.

 

The forum will be moderated by Imam Khalid Fattah Griggs, resident imam of The Community Mosque of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

 

Principle Sponsors for this event are: The Sankofa Society & The Peace Thru Justice Foundation

 

Supporting Co-sponsors (in alphabetical order):

 

Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought - Atlanta, GA

Jamaat al-Muslimeen - Baltimore, MD

Malcolm X Grassroots Movement - Atlanta, GA

Masjid At-Taqwa - Brooklyn, NY

Masjid Mujahideen - Philadelphia, PA

Majlis Ash-Shura (Islamic Leadership Council) of NY, Justice Committee

Majlis Ashura of Philadelphia. PA

Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA)

Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood, Inc. - Harlem, NY

National Jericho Movement

Project SALAM - Albany, NY

Shifa & Haris Support Committee - Atlanta, GA

The Community Mosque of Atlanta, GA

The Community Mosque of Winston-Salem, NC

 

 

* A very special fundraising support program for Imam Jamil will be held ONE WEEK LATER (Saturday, May 21st) in White Hall, Alabama. Please mark your calendars and plan to join us!

 

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SATURDAY, MAY 14 -

 

                   NATIONAL COALITION TO PROTECT CIVIL FREEDOMS

                                                                       

                                                  PRESENTS

                                                                

               Law as a Weapon of War

A Peoples Assembly to Confront Preemptive Prosecution via the War on Terror, the War on Drugs, and Anti-Immigrant Legislation in the 21st Century

Preemptive Prosecution = The investigation, prosecution and imprisonment of persons by US law enforcement agencies and legal strategies based on religion, country of origin, political beliefs, and alleged aspirational intent - but not necessarily on material actions

Join organizers, legal advocates, families, academics, and human rights activists to build alliances between communities affected by preemptive prosecution, racial profiling, and criminalization.

GOALS:
- To build a common understanding of the post-9/11 political climate & context regarding preemptive prosecution and racial profiling
- To connect the tactics & strategies of the War on Terror, the War on Drugs, and anti- immigrant legislation
- To connect the Southern historical and racial context to these strategies
- To build alliances across communities targeted by law enforcement agencies, including but limited to immigrant communities, Muslim communities, and Black communities 
- To lay the foundation for a legal advocacy infrastructure connected to social movements

WHEN:
Saturday, May 14
12:30PM--  5PM

WHERE:
Auburn Avenue Research Library
101 Auburn Avenue Northeast
Atlanta, GA 

Panel Speakers Include:  
Mauri Saalakhan, Founder & Director of The Peace Thru Justice Foundation

Steve Downs, Esq., Attorney and Co-Founder Project SALAM,
Nahal Zamani, Center For Constitutional Rights (CCR)

Azadeh Shahshahani, Director of the National Security & Immigrant Rights Project, ACLU-Georgia

Sonali Sadequee, Co-founder Atlanta Transformative Justice Collaborative

Family Testimonies: 
Mel Underbakke, Friends of Human Rights, on the case of Sami Al Arian

Jess Sundin, Anti-war activist from Minnesota, on Stop the FBI Rpression of peace activist
Samia Ahmed, Educator and sister of Haris Ahmed, on the case of Haris Ahmed, Atlanta
Laila Yaghi, Palestinian American and mother of Ziyad Yaghi, on the case of Raleigh 7
Laila Murad, Arab-American activist, on the case of Tariq Mehenna, Boston, MA
Barandra Kennedy, on the case in Dallas, TX
Lejla Duka, statement on the case of Fort Dix 5, New Jersey

And Atlanta local folks targeted by racial profiling

Panel Will Be Followed by 3 Round-Table Discussions 

Participant Organizations Include:  National Coalition To Protect Civil Freedoms (NCPCF); Center For Constitutional Rights (CCR); Project South; Families United For Justice In America (FUJA); The Peace Thru Justice Foundation, Project SALAM, Atlanta International Action Center, National Committee to Stop FBI Repression, Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought (ICIT), National Jericho Movement, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)-GA, Amnesty International-GA, Georgia Immigrants and Refugee Rights Coalition, Movement to End Israeli Apartheid (MEIA-GA); Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation (MAS Freedom); Friends of Human Rights-Tampa; Rights Working Group-Washington, DC;  Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition/Atlanta

***** Refreshments will be served*****

 To RSVP and co-sponsor the event and to learn more:
                                                                    
Contact: CivilFreedoms@gmail.com
Atlanta Contacts: freeshifa@gmail.com AND stephanie@projectsouth.org

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--
Palash Biswas
Pl Read:
http://nandigramunited-banga.blogspot.com/