Presentations
Below you will find a list of presentations that our founding attorney, Farrah Qazi, has led and organized at various events across the United States.
Legal Presentations
- Trafficking: The Reality and Ways to Identify and Prevent it
- Modern Day Slavery and Why Our Laws Aren’t Enough - Main Speaker for South Asian Bar Association’s Panel on Human Trafficking
- Know Your Rights: Travelers’ Rights at the Airport in the Trump Era
- The Real Muslim Ban: The Realities and Fallacies of this Administration’s Immigration Policies
- Half the Sky: Looking at the Legal Rights of Women Around the World - Faith Club presentation (October 2016)
- How We Can Prevent the Trafficking of Women and Children
- VAWA (Violence Against Women Act): Legislation that can Save the Lives of Abused Women
- Deportation and Removal: How Laws Can Protect You and Your Families
- Can Places of Worship Become Modern-day Sanctuaries for Unlawful Immigrants? A Closer Look at Sanctuary Law and its Purpose
- The Need for Proper Estate Planning: Living Trusts, Wills and Powers of Attorneys
- Why Women Must Take Control of Their Finances
- Stories of Domestic Violence and an Understanding of Protective Orders and Other Resources
- Empowerment Begins with Financial and Estate Planning
- What is a Human Rights Violation? What is the United Nations’ Role? What can Ordinary Citizens Do?
- Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan and the Disenfranchisement of Minorities - International Bar Association (November 2014)
- TITLE XXI ‘s Implications for Ahmadi Muslims Around the World - Los Angeles (February 2015)
- Refugee and Asylum Laws: Let’s talk about the process - Washington, DC (June 2016)
- Domestic Violence in America: The Laws and Protections in Place - Keynote speaker: American Ahmadi Lawyers Conference (Dec 2015)
Interfaith Matters
- “True Islam in a Charged Political Environment” - Outspoken with Karon Gibson, Television appearance (January 21, 2016)
- “The True Face of Muslim Women” - Outspoken with Karon Gibson, Television appearance (November 6, 2012)
- Beyond the Veil | Understanding Muslim Women’s Role in Society: Religion vs. Culture - St. Thomas Church (December 2016)
- Women as Peacemakers in a post-9/11 World - Chicago (March 2015)
- Half the Sky and How Women Make the World Better: Roundtable Discussion - Chicago (March 2016)
- Modern Day Slavery and How Interfaith Communities Can Respond - Baetul Jaamey Mosque (May 2016)
- Inspirational Women in History and the Modern World: Learning from Them, and Becoming Our Best Selves
- Muslims as the New “Other”
- Unity and Community: Not Just Semantics
- Teaching Our Kids to Embrace Diversity
- Islam 101: What You Need to Know
- Bridging the Gap Between Religions and Recognizing Our Commonalities
- Dare to Be Different: You are You - Presentation given to youth from surrounding schools, churches and synagogues (September 2014)
- Is Malala Our Only Role Model? - Chicago (March 2014)