Event Summary

This event will explore the legal constraints national security laws impose on U.S. charitable organizations compared with international codes of conduct for humanitarian aid and development programs. Ideas for reconciling these tensions will be explored.

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Event Description

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• A Q&A session will follow presentations.

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RSVP: info@charityandsecurity.org or call 202 729 6791

A reception to celebrate the launch of the Charity and Security Network website (www.charityandsecurity.org) will be held immediately following the panel. Light refreshments will be served.

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Speakers

• Mohammed Alomari, Chief Operating Officer, Life for Relief & Development
• Jan Lane, Policy Advisor and Senior Fellow, Homeland Security Policy Institute, George Washington University
• Brian Majewski, Partner, Global Emergency Group
• *Charles Swift, Swift and McDonald, counsel to Muslim Legal Foundation of American, counsel in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and US v. Hamdan
• Jennifer Turner, ACLU Human Rights Program, author of Blocking Faith, Freezing Charity: Chilling Muslim Charitable Giving in the "War on Terrorism Financing"

Panel moderated by Kay Guinane, Charity and Security Network Program Manager.

*New speaker

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