Dear Pre-Law Society signers:<br><br><br>I am trying to plan out some events for Banafsheh Akhlaghi's visit, and am writing to ask your help in planning and advertising those events and her public talk on Tuesday night.<br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br><font size="1"><font size="2">I thought it could be useful for the students (in the Law Program and in other areas) to have a chance to speak with her over lunch perhaps? I thought Tuesday lunchtime might be a good day for that. Is that something you think students might be interested in? And if so, is it something you might be able to organize? If not, that's perfectly fine, too. I just wanted to make the option available.<br>
<br>In any event, below is a revised announcement. If all of you could forward it to your various listserves (Hampshire and 5 College), I would appreciate it.<br>
<br>Thanks.<br><br>F. Sheth<br></font><br>***********************************************************************************************<br><br>Hampshire College invites you to join us in considering our collective future:</font><br>
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<br> <br><br><font size="6">"National Security <br>within a Human Rights Framework"</font><br>
<br> <br> <br><font size="4">Banafsheh Akhlaghi, Esq.</font><br> <br><br>Founder and President<br><br>National Legal Sanctuary for Community Advancement<br><br> <br><br>Ms. Akhlaghi will explore how national security objectives can be achieved through a human rights framework, and how human security as the genesis of the dialogue can lead to effective national and international security policies. In her talk, she will look at successful models in Northern Ireland, truth and reconciliation commission of South Africa and the redress movement in the United States can aid in providing a new perspective in our approach today.<br>
<br> <br><br><font size="4">Tuesday, April 8, 2008<br><br>5 pm<br><br>West Lecture Hall<br>Franklin Patterson Hall<br>Hampshire Campus<br></font><br> <br><br> <br><br>Banafsheh Akhlaghi, an attorney of Iranian descent, is the Founder and President of the National Legal Sanctuary for Community Advancement (NLSCA), a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the human rights and dignity of Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian (MEMSA) peoples.<br>
<br>Since September 11, 2001, she has represented 2700 individuals of Muslim, Middle Eastern, and South Asian descent, who have been detained or questioned by the FBI and the Dep't. of Homeland Security.<br><br>Prior to practicing law, Ms. Akhlaghi was a professor of Constitutional Law at the John F. Kennedy University School of Law, in California. In 2001, Ms. Akhlaghi gave up her teaching position to create Akhlaghi & Associates, a private practice specializing in immigration and civil rights post 9/11. In May of 2005, NLSCA broadened its focus to human rights at the international level, when Ms. Akhlaghi was retained as a consultant to the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). She has testified before Congress on numerous occasions, including the 2003 Amnesty International Racial Profiling Hearings, and she regularly conducts cultural Sensitivity Trainings with branches of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). <br>
<br>She has won numerous awards from the media, legal associations, and the U.S. Congress.<br><br> <br><br>She has been featured on<br>Democracy Now with Amy Goodman<br>Her clients have been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CNN, and other major media. <br>
<br></div></div>Sponsored by the Law Program, the Global Migrations Program, Social Science, and Dean of Faculty's Office of Hampshire College.<br>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Falguni A. Sheth, Ph.D.<br>Associate Professor<br>of Philosophy and Political Theory<br>School of Social Science<br>Hampshire College<br>Amherst, MA 01002<br><a href="mailto:fsheth@hampshire.edu">fsheth@hampshire.edu</a><br>
413.559.5388<br><br>