Bridge Initiative
Bridge Initiative is a hard left activist group that refers to itself as a "multi-year research project on Islamophobia housed in Georgetown University."[1] They often cite the Southern Poverty Law Center and HOPE not hate in their "Fact Sheets".[2],[3],[4]
Team
As of October 4, 2020, the Bridge Initiative team was listed as the following:[5]
- John L. Esposito, Director
- Sanaa Anwar, Senior Research Fellow
- Nena Beecham, Senior Research Fellow
- Kris Garrity, Senior Research Fellow
- Mobashra Tazamal, Senior Research Fellow
- Imrul Islam, Digital Communications And Multimedia Manager
- Jordan Denari Duffner, Center Associate
- Susan Douglass, Center Associate
- Farid Hafez, Center Associate
- Arsalan Iftikhar, Center Associate
- Aamina Shaikh, Research Associate
Book about Hate
Arjun Sethi spoke[6] at an event about his book about hate sponsored by various groups at Georgetown University: Georgetown University Mosaic, The Bridge Initiative, No Lost Generation, Georgetown Asian American Student Association (AASA), Georgetown University South Asian Society, Center for Multicultural Equity & Access (CMEA), Georgetown Black Student Alliance, Georgetown University Muslim Students Association
From the Facebook Post:[7]
- "The Bridge Initiative is excited to host civil rights lawyer, community activist, and GU Law Professor Arjun Sethi for a book talk on :
American Hate: Survivors Speak Out
- "In American Hate: Survivors Speak Out, Arjun Sethi chronicles the stories of individuals affected by hate. In a series of powerful, unfiltered testimonials, survivors tell their stories in their own words and describe how the bigoted rhetoric and policies of the Trump administration have intensified bullying, discrimination, and even violence toward them and their communities. We hear from the family of Khalid Jabara, who was murdered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in August 2016 by a man who had previously harassed and threatened them because they were Arab American. Sethi brings us the story of Jeanette Vizguerra, an undocumented mother of four who took sanctuary in a Denver church in February 2017 because she feared deportation under Trump’s cruel immigration enforcement regime. Sethi interviews Taylor Dumpson, a young black woman who was elected student body president at American University only to find nooses hanging across campus on her first day in office. We hear from many more people impacted by the Trump administration, including Native, black, Arab, Latinx, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Muslim, Jewish, Sikh, undocumented, refugee, transgender, and queer persons, and people with disabilities. Sethi also provides ideas and recommendations for resistance to address hate both now and in the future.
Arjun Sethi is a community activist, civil rights lawyer, writer, and law professor based in Washington, DC. He works closely with Muslim, Arab, South Asian, and Sikh communities and advocates for racial justice, equity, and social change at the local and national levels. His writing has appeared in CNN Opinion, The Guardian, Politico Magazine, USA Today, and The Washington Post, and he is featured regularly on national radio and television. He holds faculty appointments at Georgetown University Law Center and Vanderbilt University Law School, and presently co-chairs the American Bar Association's National Committee on Homeland Security, Terrorism, and Treatment of Enemy Combatants. He lives in Washington, D.C.
- "We would like to thank our amazing co-sponsors: