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December 03, 2015
Experts on San Bernardino, Planned Parenthood, Climate Change, Supreme Court, Police Violence
This week we feature experts on the anti Muslim rhetoric following the mass shooting in San Bernardino, the attack at a Colorado Planned Parenthood, climate change, Dollar General v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, police violence in Baltimore, Chicago and Cleveland and women serving in combat.
Expert Spotlight
Deepa Iyer
Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives
Building Movement Project
For interviews on shooting in San Bernardino.
We SPOTLIGHT Deepa Iyer to discuss the negativity aimed at Muslims following the San Bernardino mass shooting. Deepa is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Social Inclusion, where she provides analysis, commentary and scholarship on the ways to build racial equity and solidarity in light of the rapid demographic transformation in America’s neighborhoods, schools and workplaces. She is an attorney who has worked on civil and immigrant rights issues in the non-profit and governmental sectors for 15 years, including serving as Executive Director of South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) for a decade. Deepa’s first book, We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future, was published this year. Deepa’s opinion editorials on issues ranging from the post 9/11 backlash to immigration reform to anti-Black racism have appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Al-Jazeera America, and The Nation.
Areas of Expertise:
Immigration, Race and ethnicity
WMC SheSource
Featured Expert
Dr. Achala Abeysinghe
Country Representative for Papua New Guinea
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
For interviews on Climate Change.
As the UN conference on climate change continues in Paris we FEATURE Dr. Achala Abeysinghe a Principal Researcher and Team Leader of Climate Law, Policy and Governance Programme at International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London. Dr. Abeysinghe is in Paris for COP21 where she is working as the legal advisor to the Chair of the Least Developed Countries Group- a group of 48 countries. She is a lawyer by training and a life member of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka. Her research interests are in legal issues in the UN climate change negotiations, issues related to equity & fairness, adaptation to climate change and finance for climate change adaptation. Media includes: Dhaka Tribune, Inside Climate News, The Conversation
Featured Expert
Lael Echo-Hawk
Principal
MThirtySix
For interviews on Dollar General v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
To discuss the Supreme Court case of Dollar General v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians that is due to start on December 7, we FEATURE Lael Echo-Hawk, a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. She is an attorney with the firm of Garvey Schubert Barer, specializing in public policy analysis, high-level intergovernmental negotiations and civil law. Her practice includes serving as Counselor to the Chair of the National Indian Gaming Association and the legislative director for the Native American Contractors Association. In addition, she served as in-house counsel to a tribal board of directors and subsidiary organizations with revenues in excess of $200 million. Media includes: Boston Herald, Indian Country, GSBLaw
Featured Expert
Charlene Carruthers
Political Strategist, Community Organizer & Author
For interviews on police-involved shootings.
With tensions still rising following the cases of Freddie Gray, Tamir Rice, and Laquan MacDonald, we FEATURE Charlene Carruthers, a community organizer and writer with over 10 years of experience in racial justice, feminist and youth leadership development movement work. Her passion for developing young leaders to build capacity within marginalized communities has led her to work on immigrant rights, economic justice and civil rights campaigns nationwide. Charlene is deeply committed to working with young organizers seeking to create a better world. She has facilitated and developed political trainings for organizations including the NAACP, the Center for Progressive Leadership, Young People For and Wellstone Action. Media includes:NPR, MSNBC, World BBC News, and WGN TV
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