BRIC TV to Present 'MUSLIM IN NEW YORK' #BHeard Town Hall This Week

BRIC has announced that, as part of its BRIC TV initiative, and in partnership with CUNY CLEAR, The Intercept and The Secret Life of Muslims, it will present Muslim in New York: A Community Comes Together, a live-broadcast #BHeardtown hall discussion, Wednesday, October 11, 7-9pm, at BRIC House in Downtown Brooklyn.

The event, moderated by BRIC TVSenior Correspondent Brian Vines, will address the ramifications of the Trump Administration's recent travel ban and the effects of ongoing surveillance in Muslim communities. Watch a preview below!

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Within days of taking office, President Trump SIGNED an executive order banning travel from six countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The ban sent a familiar ripple of fear through Brooklyn's large Muslim community, still reeling from years of post-9/11 scrutiny, hate crimes and religious profiling. The "Muslim ban," as it came be known, brought thousands of people to the streets in a powerful show of unity and solidarity. From sit-ins at JFK Airport to the Yemeni bodega strikes, Brooklynites have rallied not just to stand against the ban, but to raise awareness about the devastating impact of discrimination.

As the Supreme Court convenes this fall to deliberate the future of the ban, BRIC TV, CUNY CLEAR, The Intercept and the Secret Life of Muslims will bring together organizers, faith leaders, members of directly affected Muslim communities and elected officials. Questions will include: How can Brooklyn's diverse communities come together in defense of our civil rights? As one of our largest minority groups is under surveillance, and their ability to move freely is being questioned, how can every Brooklynite become an ally against religious discrimination? And what are the next steps towards eradicating a legacy of fear and standing together as a community united?

IF YOU GO:

MUSLIM IN NEW YORK: A COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER
A live-broadcast #BHeard town hall discussion

Presented by BRIC TV, in Partnership with CUNY CLEAR, The Intercept and The Secret Life of Muslims

Moderator: Brian Vines, Senior Correspondent, BRIC TV

Featuring:
- Mehdi Hasan, Columnist at The Intercept
- Dr. Debbie Almontaser, President of Muslim Community Network
- Imam Khalid Latif, Chaplain of The Islamic Center at NYU
- Naz Ahmad, Attorney, Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility (CLEAR) Project, CUNY Law
- Amna Nawaz, ABC News Digital Anchor and Host of ABC Radio's Uncomfortable Podcast
- Moustafa Bayoumi, Author of This Muslim American Life: DISPATCHES from the War on Terror
- Zaheer Ali, Oral Historian and Director, Muslims in Brooklyn at Brooklyn Historical Society

On Wednesday, October 11, 7-9pm

At BRIC House, 647 Fulton Street, Downtown Brooklyn

And Online:
Event page: BRICartsmedia.org/bheard
#BHeard: Join the conversation. Submit your questions on social media using #BHeard and they may be answered live during the broadcast.
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CLEAR is a cross-clinical project between the Immigrant & Refugee Rights Clinic, directed by Professor Ramzi Kassem, and the Criminal Defense Clinic, directed by Professor Steve Zeidman. CLEAR is predominantly staffed by law students from both clinics in their final year of study, working under the supervision of law faculty and attorneys.

After NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden came forward with revelations of mass surveillance in 2013, journalists Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras and Jeremy Scahill decided to found a new media organization dedicated to the kind of reporting those disclosures required: fearless, adversarial journalism. They called it The Intercept.

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