Linda Sarsour Talking Immigration Policy At Brooklyn Museum This Feb. 9

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A slate of top activists, including "Women's March on Washington" leader Linda Sarsour, will be at The Brooklyn Museum this Thursday for a free panel discussion on immigration policy. The Feb. 9th event will center on "the ongoing impact on Brooklynites of the recent executive order on immigration" signed by President Donald Trump.

The event will run from 6:30–8:30 p.m. in the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium on the Museum's 3rd floor. Panel participants include:

• Linda Sarsour, the executive director of the Arab American Association of New York
• Murad Awawdeh, New York Immigration Coalition
• Carl Lipscombe, Black Alliance for Just Immigration
• Lisa Schreibersdorf, Brooklyn Defender Services
• and Nayim Islam, DRUM/Desis Rising Up and Moving

The discussion will be moderated by Cecilia Clarke, who leads the Brooklyn Community Foundation. Kavita Pawria-Sanchez, who serves as an assistant commissioner at the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, will also be speaking.

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Pictured at top: Linda Sarsour. Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum.