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Defending Constitutional Rights: Religious Freedom and Police Accountability
March 10, 2018 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Westchester Coalition against Islamophobia
invites you to join in a discussion.
Defending Constitutional Rights:
Religious Freedom and Police Accountability
A lawyer and a community activist will address the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) and surveillance. RLUIPA is used to challenge local governments that seek to hinder the establishment of religious institutions. They will also examine profiling, the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), Glomar response (police refusal to confirm or deny existence of records) and the Handschu agreement (guidelines for regulating police behavior with regard to political activity). Discussion will focus on how recent court cases have particularly affected Muslims and communities of color, including Black Lives Matter activists, and their ramifications for the civil rights of all. Q&A will follow.
Saturday, 10 March 2018, at 2 p.m.
(Snow date: Sunday, 11 March at 2 p.m.)
Ethical Culture Society of Westchester
7 Saxon Wood Rd.
White Plains, NY 10605
Panelists
Omar T. Mohammedi, Esq., Partner, OTM Law and President,
Association of Muslim American Lawyers (AMAL)
Jon Moscow, writer and community activist with New York Coalition
against Islamophobia and Jewish Voice for Peace-Northern NJ
This event is free and open to the public. Contributions will be gratefully accepted.
The list of co-sponsors is in formation.