Convention Program

10:00 am    
REGISTRATION OPENS

11:00 am - 12:45 pm   
PLENARY I - U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: POTENTIALS & PITFALLS

  • Jerrold Green - President & CEO, Pacific Council on International Policy
  • Manal Omar - Director of Iraq, Iran & North African programs, U.S. Institute for Peace Center for Post-conflict Peace and Stability Operations
  • Joe Stork - Deputy Director, Human Rights Watch Middle East & North Africa division  
  • Ahmed Younis - Senior Analyst, Gallup Center for Muslim Studies
  • James Zogby - President & CEO, Arab American Institute

12:45 - 1:45 pm   
DHUHR PRAYER & LUNCH BREAK

12:45 - 1:45 pm
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS NETWORKING LUNCHEON
Featuring Paul Monteiro, White House Office of Public Engagement
(Separate ticket purchase: $15)

2:00 - 3:15 pm    
WORKSHOP - THE INDUSTRY OF HATE IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE

  • Wajahat Ali - Researcher, Center for American Progress & Co-Author of "Fear, Inc."
  • Stephen Rohde - Chair of the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, President of ICUJP

3:15 - 3:45 pm    
ASR PRAYER & BREAK

4:00 - 5:45 pm    
PLENARY II - ISLAMIC MOVEMENTS: HELP OR HINDRANCE?

  • Geneive Abdo - Director of the Iran Program, The Century Foundation
  • Jasser Auda - Associate Professor, Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies
  • Maher Hathout - Co-Founder & Senior Adviser, Muslim Public Affairs Council
  • Haroon Moghul - Fellow, Institute for Social Policy & Understanding
  • Yasir Qadhi - Instructor, Al-Maghrib Institute

5:45 pm    
MAGHRIB PRAYER & SCREENING OF SHORT FILMS

6:30 - 9:30 pm    
ANNUAL BANQUET

Keynote Speakers:  

  • Dr. Cornel West - Professor of Religion at Princeton University and acclaimed author and activist
  • Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool - South African Ambassador the U.S.

Community Leadership Award recipients:

  • Human Rights Watch
  • White House Office of Public Engagement



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