DISAPPEARED IN AMERICA:
Art, Activism & Law in the Age of Insecurity

Saturday, April 9th, 2:30 PM
Queens Museum of Art
2nd Floor Auditorium
Refreshments will be served

For more details, go to:
http://www.queensmuseum.org/
http://www.disappearedinamerica.org/
http://www.thirdi.org/~ny/

Public events at the Queens Museum of Art are free with museum admission. They are made possible through support from Independence Community Foundation, Ford Foundation, and The Institute for Museum & Library Services.

Directions to the Queens Museum of Art

Subway: Via # 7 Flushing IRT, exit Shea Stadium/Willets Point stop. Follow signs to the Museum, which is located next to the Unisphere. A ten-minute walk through the park to the museum.

Car: Via the Grand Central Parkway, exit at Shea Stadium and follow signs to the Museum. Free parking.

For further information, contact: Prerana Reddy Director of Public Events Queens Museum of Art 718-592-9700 x222

Program

2:30 PM	Screening of WHOSE CHILDREN ARE THESE? (27 mins) which sheds light on the effects of post 9-11 policies such as special registration, detention and deportation on three immigrant youth in New York City.
3:00 PM	Panel Discussion & Q&A
4:30 PM	Walk-through discussion of DISAPPEARED IN AMERICA installation

Panelists

Maya Sen, Blue Triangle Network

Rachel Meeropol, attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights; editor of AMERICA'S DISAPPEARED

Aziz Huq, VISIBLE Collective; attorney at Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School on democracy and national security issues

Tariq Abdel-Muhti, son of Farouk Abdel-Muhti, Palestinian activist and WBAI reporter who died from heart attack from complications during his two-year detention.

Aimara Lin, activist, Not In Our Name; granddaughter of Japanese internees

Theresa Thanjan, director, WHOSE CHILDREN ARE THESE?

Moderator: Naeem Mohaiemen, Director, VISIBLE, a collective of Muslim and Other Artist-Activists

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