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Join a fascinating panel discussion featuring women immigrants who have made a positive difference in Rochester.

This Heirloom was exhibited at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, in California, as part of a retrospective including screenings of A Thin Wall and The Muslims I Know.

Readings by Pakistani novelist Uzma Aslam Khan and Indian American writer Sejal Shah on January 19th at the University of Rochester, followed by screenings of films directed by Ajay Bhardwaj and Mara Ahmed on January 20th at the Indian Community Center.

Dr. Maya Haber, from Partners for Progressive Israel, talks about “Muslim-Jewish Solidarity: Resisting the Occupation and Islamophobia Together” at the Islamic Center of Rochester.

Hampshire’s Creative Writing Program, South Asian Studies, the Eqbal Ahmad Initiative, and their cosponsors announce “Islamophobia and Its Discontents,” a panel discussion. It will feature Pakistani American filmmaker Mara Ahmed, whose talk is titled “Being Muslim in America.” She will be joined by Professors George Fourlas (philosophy), of Hampshire, who will address Islamophobia as racism, and Mehammed Mack (French and comparative literature), Smith College, who will speak on Islamophobia in France.

The #ROCDouglass Consortium presents a celebration of the 199th anniversary* of Frederick Douglass’ birth on February 14, 2017 -at his gravesite in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York.