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Challenging Racism and Islamophobia - Sunday, 12:15pm, VFH



About Manzoor:
A resident of Raleigh, NC, Manzoor Cheema has been an active member of social justice movements for over 15 years. In 2004, he launched a grassroots social justice TV show, Independent Voices that ran for five years.  He went on to co-found Muslims for Social Justice, an organization dedicated to pursuing Muslim liberation theology in 2013. In 2015, he launched the Movement to End Racism and Islamophobia (MERI), a network of organizations to fight racism and Islamophobia. In 2017, Manzoor joined Atlanta-based Project South, a 32-year old organization dedicated to the elimination of poverty and genocide. Manzoor lives in Raleigh, NC, and travels throughout the U.S. South to support the grassroots movements for social justice. Manzoor is the recipient of the 2014 International Human Rights Award, awarded by the Human Rights Coalition of North Carolina, and the 2016 Self-Determination Award by Black Workers for Justice.  Manzoor Cheema’s work on social justice has been covered in the local, national, and international media.