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Muslims for American Progress — Dearborn

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Muslims for American Progress — Dearborn

April 11, 2017 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Free
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Join us in Rm. 1030 CB for “Muslims for American Progress: Understanding Muslim Contributions to Michigan”!

When nearly half of all Americans do not know a Muslim and 80 percent of news coverage about Islam and Muslims in the United States is negative, there is a lot of misinformation. Not only is the coverage of Muslims negative, it is limiting, framing Muslims purely through a security lens and primarily talking about Muslims instead of to them. In an effort to educate the public on the American Muslim community, the Muslims for American Progress (MAP) project quantified the contributions of Muslims in the state of Michigan, pairing hard facts with human faces. Please join the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) and the Center for Arab American Studies Program as we provide a much-needed, evidence-based portrait of a deeply misunderstood community.

The featured speaker is Rebecca Karam, Primary Investigator of the MAP Study, with opening remarks from Dr. Sally Howell, Director of the Center for Arab American Studies

Details

Date:
April 11, 2017
Time:
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Cost:
Free

Venue

University of Michigan – Dearborn
College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, Richard Dr
Dearborn, MI 48128 United States
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Organizers

ISPU
University of Michigan Dearborn Center for Arab American Studies