Video of this event with Qasim Rasid on March 6 HERE
Web site for Qasim Rashid HERE
Huffington Post articles by Qasim Rashid HERE
TIME magazine articles by Qasim Rashid HERE
Over 40% of Muslim American children report bullying in school from classmates and teachers. A 9-year-old black girl in Louisiana commits suicide due to racist taunts. Anti-Semitic hate crimes are at record highs. Violence against women, immigrants, and marginalized communities continue to increase. While daunting, such dire circumstances can be overcome with dialogue, education, and engaged local leaders. This lecture will speak to the practical steps each of us can take to create a better environment for our children, and a better more inclusive future for our nation.
Qasim Rashid is a writer, practicing attorney, former visiting fellow at Harvard University’s Islamic Studies program, & current Truman National Security Fellow. He tweets @MuslimIQ and is on Facebook and Instagram at @AuthorQasimRashid. Qasim is also the creator and host of the @ReSightIslam Podcast, available wherever you listen to podcasts.
He regularly publishes in multiple platform including on TIME, The Independent, and Washington Post. His work has additionally appeared in Politico, NBC, USA Today, The Daily Beast, and National Public Radio, among various other national and international outlets.
Qasim is a frequent speaker at a variety of universities and houses of worship, and interviews in a variety of media including the New York Times, FOX News, CNN, Muslim Television Ahmadiyya International, Al Jazeera, NBC, CBS, Voice of America, among several other national and international outlets.
He is the former Chairman of the Muslim Writers Guild of America, served as a Volunteer Chaplain for the Virginia State Prison system, and offered pro bono legal assistance to victims of domestic and sexual violence through the Virginia Poverty Law Center.
Qasim is an alum of Glenbard South High School Class of 2000. Qasim, his wife Ayesha, and their three children reside in Virginia.
This community event is co-sponsored by One Community, St. Mark’s, Ahmadiyya Mosque, Congregation Etz Chaim, and First Church of Lombard and their Social Justice Ministry (Amos Project).
Please join us ta 6:30pm for a Welcome Coffee
