Speaking Event: LUMA Chicago on Muslim-American Art

“On Common Ground”: CIW, faith leaders come together in NYC for “an extraordinary conversation”… – Coalition of Immokalee Workers. Hussein reflected a bit on human rights as that which we owe one another but “from a faith perspective, human dignity is vouchsafed by the divine, it is something is inherent and promised to us, over which we have no agency except to forget that we have it.  And that’s an important way to think through, ‘How do we assure dignity?’”   Appreciating the expertise that farmworkers brought to creating the Fair Food Program’s human rights solution and how important it is…

Hussein Rashid | 8.5 Million. Hussein Rashid teaches religious and cultural literacy to facilitate a widespread understanding of Islam and educate against anti-Muslim bias.

Writing God(s): The Creation of Modern Mythologies and Post-Modern Theologies in Comics – Event Search (For Guest Page) – New York Comic Con – October 5 – 8, 2017 – Javits Center. Superheroes are Gods. We read stories of their glory and revel. We bear witness to their losses and mourn. We viciously defend the sanctity of their character against any who would misrepresent them. We attend gatherings with the fellow devoted. We pore over every word that has been written about them so that we may preserve an accurate account of our shared history. We look to their examples…