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South Asian, Mus­lim, Sikh, Hin­du, Mid­dle East­ern, and Arab com­mu­ni­ties are sub­ject to an increas­ing­ly hos­tile cli­mate in the Unit­ed States, char­ac­ter­ized by high­er lev­els of xeno­pho­bic polit­i­cal rhetoric and hate vio­lence. SAALT’s forth­com­ing report, Under Sus­pi­cion, Under Attack, doc­u­ments near­ly 160 reports of xeno­pho­bic polit­i­cal rhetoric and hate vio­lence with­in the last three years and iden­ti­fies trends, impact, and bet­ter prac­tices to address these issues. Please join us for this brief­ing to learn of trends in xeno­pho­bic polit­i­cal rhetoric and hate crimes tar­get­ing these com­mu­ni­ties, hear from experts on these issues, and high­light bet­ter prac­tices for gov­ern­ment, com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers, orga­ni­za­tions, and the media.

Panelists:
Fahd Ahmed
Act­ing Direc­tor, DRUM — South Asian Orga­niz­ing Center

Sameera Hafiz
Pol­i­cy Con­sul­tant, South Asian Amer­i­cans Lead­ing Togeth­er (SAALT)

Lin­da Sarsour
Senior Strate­gist, Take on Hate Campaign

Suman Raghu­nathan (Mod­er­a­tor)
Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, South Asian Amer­i­cans Lead­ing Togeth­er (SAALT)

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Mem­bers of Con­gress have been invited.