Sept. 14: Panel discussion: We Are All Suspects Now

We Are All Suspects Now: A Panel Discussion
Sept.14, 7-9PM

NYU School of Law
D'Agostino Hall, Lipton Hall (lower level)
108 West 3rd Street
(between Sullivan and MacDougal Streets)

Join us for an exciting panel discussion on the impact of post-9/11 policy shifts on immigrant communities. We Are All Suspects Now, a groundbreaking new book by Tram Nguyen, tells the stories of those who were detained and deported, who abandoned entire neighborhoods in their flight from the U.S., and whose family lives were unjustly disrupted in the crackdown on immigrants after 9/11. From a community of Somali refugees in Minnesota to self-styled vigilantes who patrol the U.S.-Mexico border, We Are All Suspects Now examines the domestic impact of misguided policies associated with the war on terror in compelling narrative form.

Panelists include:
Tram Nguyen, the book's author and editor of ColorLines magazine;
Aziz Huq, Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law;
Ninaj Raoul, Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees; and
Aarti Shahani, Families for Freedom.
The panel wil be moderated by Andrew Hsiao, editor at The New Press and host on WBAI radio.

We Are All Suspects Now books will be on sale.

Tram Nguyen, Executive Editor of ColorLines magazine, is an award-winning writer and editor with a particular interest in race, immigration and organizing. Nguyen is based in Oakland, CA.

Ninaj Raoul is the Executive Director of Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees, a Brooklyn-based organization that Raoul co-founded in response to her experiences working as a translator for Haitian refugees who were detained by the U.S. on the Guantanamo Bay naval base in the early-1990s.

Aarti Shahani is an organizer with Families For Freedom, a grassroots network that organizes family members of individuals facing deportation. Families For Freedom has worked extensively with Carribean, Latino, and South Asian communities, which have been= particularly impacted by post-9/11 policy shifts.

Aziz Huq is an attorney in the Liberty and National Security program at the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law. His expertise is in the legal ramifications of post-9/11 policy shifts. Huq previously worked with the International Crisis Groups in Afganistan, focusing on the constitutional drafting process.

Andrew Hsiao is a senior editor with The New Press. He was a longtime editor and staff writer for the Village Voice and hosts a weekly radio program on WBAI 99.5 FM.

The program is sponsored by the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law, NYU Asian/Pacific/American Studies, and the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA).

To RSVP or for more information,
contact Kafayat Alli-Balogun at
212.998.6735 or kafayat@nyu.edu.

We Are All Suspects Now:Untold Stories from Immigrant Communities after 9/11
by Tram Nguyen
Beacon Press
Foreword by Edwidge Danticat