Shayan Modarres
Legal Council, National Iranian American Council
Washington D.C.
Shayan Modarres is civil rights activist and trial lawyer.
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Jenan Mohajir
Curriculum Consultant, Interfaith Youth Core
Chicago, IL
Jenan Mohajir currently serves at Interfaith Youth Core’s Curriculum Consultant, overseeing the development and implementation of student leadership curriculum. She is an educator, a storyteller, a mother and a believer in building relationships across the lines that separate us. For the past decade, Ms.
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Rabbi Jack Moline
President, Interfaith Alliance
Washington D.C.
Rabbi Jack Moline is President of Interfaith Alliance. In a career spanning four decades, he has established himself as a powerful voice fighting for religious freedom for all Americans, regardless of their faith or belief system. As a rabbi, he has worked to create common ground between people of diverse religious and secular backgrounds.
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Avideh Moussavian
Senior Policy Attorney, National Immigration Law Center
Washington D.C.
Avideh Moussavian’s advocacy at NILC focuses on reducing the vulnerability of low-income immigrants to deportation on account of their race, class, or gender.
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- Immigration
Meira Neggaz
Executive Director, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
Washington, DC
Meira Neggaz is the Executive Director of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU), an organization that conducts objective, solution-seeking research that empowers American Muslims to develop their community and fully contribute to democracy. There, she is responsible for the institution’s overall leadership, representation, strategy and growth.
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- Hate Crimes and Violence
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Sheryl Olitzky
Executive Director, Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom
New York, NY
Sheryl is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, emerging out of a local women’s group designed to foster abiding relationships that are built on mutual trust, respect and friendship between local Muslim and Jewish women.
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Catherine Orsborn
Campaign Director, Shoulder to Shoulder
Washington, DC
Catherine Orsborn is the Campaign Director of Shoulder to Shoulder, a national campaign of religious and interfaith organizations dedicated to working collectively against anti-Muslim bigotry in the US.
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Riham Osman
Communications Coordinator, Muslim Public Affairs Council
Washington D.C.
Based in Washington, D.C., Riham Osman directs the Muslim Public Affairs Council's (MPAC) national digital media and communications strategy. Ms. Osman works to protect the civil rights of American Muslims through the use of digital media public affairs and advocacy. Ms.
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- Hate Crimes and Violence
Faiza Patel
Co-Director, Brennan Center for Justice
New York City, NY
Faiza Patel serves as co-director of the Brennan Center’s Liberty and National Security Program. She has testified before Congress opposing the dragnet surveillance of Muslims, organized advocacy efforts against state laws designed to incite fear of Islam, and developed legislation creating an independent Inspector General for the NYPD. Ms.
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Rabbi Jonah D. Pesner
Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner serves as the Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, and as Senior Vice President of the Union for Reform Judaism. Named one of the most influential rabbis in America by Newsweek magazine, he is an inspirational leader, creative entrepreneur, and tireless advocate for social justice.
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