Mansoor Shams is a U.S. Marine Veteran, business owner, and Muslim youth leader, and is also the founder of MuslimMarine.org. He served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he attained the rank of corporal (non-commissioned officer) and received several honors including Marine of the Quarter and Certificate of Commendation. Mr.
Hina Shamsi is the director of the ACLU National Security Project, which is dedicated to ensuring that U.S. national security policies and practices are consistent with the Constitution, civil liberties, and human rights.
Sirine Shebaya is a Senior Staff Attorney with Muslim Advocates. Prior to joining Muslim Advocates, she spent many years advocating for the civil rights of immigrants and other communities of color.
Hassan Shibly is a nationally recognized advocate for civil rights and has helped CAIR Florida grow into one of the largest civil rights organizations in the country. Hassan is a lawyer, a speaker, and a teacher. He has dedicated his life to fostering a healthy cohesive relationship between American Muslims & society at large and protecting civil liberties.
Sim J. Singh is the National Advocacy Manager for the Sikh Coalition, the largest Sikh civil rights organization in the United States, and works on advocacy issues that challenge political rhetoric against immigrant and minority communities. Singh’s work focuses on grassroots and national advocacy against hate crime, school bullying, employer discrimination, and racial profiling.
Simran Jeet Singh is an award-winning educator, writer, activist, and scholar who believes deeply that love, equity, and justice are closely intertwined.
Reverend Ron Stief, an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, is the executive director of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, an interfaith organization of more than 325 religious organizations committed to ending U.S.-sponsored torture, the torture of solitary confinement, and anti-Muslim bigotry.
Imam Sohaib N. Sultan is the full-time Muslim Chaplain at Princeton University, where he directs the Muslim Life Program out of the Office of Religious Life. Mr.
Yusufi Vali is the Executive Director of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISBCC), which serves over 1400 congregants and is the largest Islamic institution in New England. At the ISBCC, his primary role is to work with Senior Imam Shaykh Yasir Fahmy and the board to set the institution’s vision, strategy, and oversee its administration. Before joining ISBCC, Mr.
Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky serves as Appleman Professor of Midrash and Interreligious Studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Professor Visotzky also serves as the Louis Stein Director of the Finkelstein Institute for Religious and Social Studies at JTS, charged with programs on public policy, and directs the Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue at JTS.