September 23, 2018
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Join Refugee Council USA, ACLU of Texas, CAIR Houston, United We Dream, and the Houston Coalition Against Hate for this timely discussion of the rise in hate across the country. Arjun Sethi, community activist and civil rights lawyer, will read excerpts from his new book, American Hate: Survivors Speak Out, which chronicles the stories of individuals targeted by hate.
The reading will be followed by a panel discussion with community leaders who will discuss how hate has impacted Houston and how to move forward.
Featuring:
Arjun Sethi, editor, American Hate: Survivors Speak Out
Sobia Siddiqui, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Houston chapter
Daniela Melendez, United We Dream
Moderated by Marjorie A. Joseph, Coordinator, Houston Coalition Against Hate
Presented by: Refugee Council USA, ACLU of Texas, CAIR Houston, United We Dream, and the Houston Coalition Against Hate
Audience Q&A and book signing to follow the discussion.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
In American Hate: Survivors Speak Out, Arjun Singh Sethi, a community activist and civil rights lawyer, chronicles the stories of individuals affected by hate. In a series of powerful, unfiltered testimonials, survivors tell their stories in their own words.
We hear from the family of Khalid Jabara, who was murdered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in August 2016 by a man who had previously harassed and threatened them because they were Arab American. Sethi brings us the story of Jeanette Vizguerra, an undocumented mother of four who took sanctuary in a Denver church in February 2017 because she feared deportation under Trump’s cruel immigration enforcement regime. Sethi interviews Taylor Dumpson, a young black woman who was elected student body president at American University only to find nooses hanging across campus on her first day in office. We hear from many more people impacted by the Trump administration, including Native, black, Arab, Latinx, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Muslim, Jewish, Sikh, undocumented, refugee, transgender, queer, and people with disabilities.
A necessary book for these times, American Hate explores this tragic moment in U.S. history by empowering survivors and provides ideas and practices for resistance that all of us can take to combat hate both now and in the future.
Event page here: https://www.brazosbookstore.com/event/arjun-singh-sethi-american-hate-survivors-speak-out
More about the book:
https://www.survivorsspeakout.org/
PARKING: There is a small lot available for parking and plenty of street parking around the bookstore.
