Victims of Racial and Ethnic Profiling Recount Their Experiences and the Law-Related Ramifications

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 16, 2015 – American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) will host a timely discussion on racial, ethnic, and religious profiling, featuring victims of profiling.

The event, “Racial and Ethnic Profiling: The Stories and the Law” will be held on Monday, March 23 from 12:00-1:30 p.m. in the law school’s Room 603.

Speakers will include, Nicholas Peart, trial witness in the Floyd v. New York City “Stop and Frisk” case, Jose Magana-Salgado, immigration policy attorney for the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and Saba Ahmed, alumna, attorney, and Islamic lobbyist. A legal analysis by Magana-Salgado and Sunita Patel, AUWCL practitioner-in-residence and former attorney in the Floyd case will follow, along with a dialogue about the applicable laws and potential solutions moderated by Professor Angela Davis.

The Criminal Justice Practice & Policy Institute, the Black Law Students Association, the Latina/o Law Students Association, the Office of Diversity Services, the Program on Law and Government, and the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law will co-sponsor the event.

This event is open to AUWCL alumni, students, faculty, staff, and the general public. Learn more.

Media interested in attending should contact Megan Goodman, assistant director of public relations, AUWCL, megans@wcl.american.edu (email), 202-274-4276 (office).

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