On June 14, USIP, along with the University of Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs and its Ansari Institute for Global Engagement, took a closer look at the complex social, political, economic and religious factors that fuel discrimination towards religious minority communities during periods of political uncertainty. Panelists discussed cross-national trends identified through the USAID-USIP Closing the Gap project, as well as recent events in Myanmar and Iraq. They will also examined anti-Semitism in a global context. And finally, this conversation considered lessons from the U.S. context and explore policy interventions for reducing tensions and promoting peace.
SpeakersMahan Mirza, opening remarks Executive Director, Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion, University of Notre Dame
Sabrina Dent Senior Faith Advisor, Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Billy Ford Program Officer, Burma, U.S. Institute of Peace
Knox Thames Senior Fellow, Institute of Global Engagement
Jason Klocek, moderator Senior Researcher, U.S. Institute of Peace
For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/religious-discrimination-during-crises-global-perspective
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