I recently joined the Interfaith Center of New York (ICNY) because ICNY does important advocacy, grassroots interfaith and public education work with diverse houses of worship on social justice challenges including prisoner re-entry and torture accountability, while combating bigotry and misunderstanding.
I am a social justice attorney and Algerian-American, Muslim woman. My career began at the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS-CRCL) in Washington D.C. At DHS-CRCL I worked on a host of important policy reforms dealing with immigration and national security issues. I then transitioned to the American Civil Liberties Union’s Center for Justice (ACLU). At the ACLU I worked full-time on the militarization of policing investigation which germinated into the War Comes Home report published right before the 2014 Ferguson, Missouri protests. I went on to work on affirmative and defensive asylum, cancellation of removal and appellate cases of undocumented migrants at the law firm of Youman, Madeo and Fasano.
As the world becomes more interconnected, understanding differences becomes vital. Importantly, ICNY promotes diversity through interfaith dialogue often missing today. I hope we can help fill this void together. Reach me at iman@interfaithcenter.org or 212-870-3515. I look forward to hearing from you.
