Join us for an enlightening Zoom conversation titled "Allies in the Fight for Human Rights", featuring two distinguished advocates: Brooke Goldstein and Anila Ali.

Brooke Goldstein is a Miami-based human rights attorney, author, and award-winning filmmaker. She serves as the Executive Director and Founder of The Lawfare Project, the world's foremost organization dedicated to enforcing and protecting the civil and human rights of the Jewish people through strategic legal actions.

Anila Ali is a Pakistani-American philanthropist, author, activist, and politician. She is the founder and president of the American Muslim Women's Empowerment Council and has been a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions. Ali has dedicated her career to empowering Muslim women and fostering interfaith relations in the United States.

In this discussion, Goldstein and Ali will share their unique experiences and insights into combating human rights abuses, fostering interfaith dialogue, and building alliances across diverse communities. They will explore the challenges and triumphs they've encountered in their advocacy work and discuss the importance of unity in the ongoing fight for human rights.

This event offers a rare opportunity to hear from two leaders who, despite their diverse backgrounds, are united in their commitment to justice and equality. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how collaborative efforts can lead to meaningful change and how individuals can contribute to the global human rights movement.

Don't miss this chance to engage with and learn from these inspiring advocates.

FULL BIOS:

Anila Ali is a dedicated Muslim faith leader and author. She is a civil rights advocate committed to promoting interfaith dialogue, female leadership, and religious freedom. Born in Karachi, Pakistan, and having lived in the UK, Saudi Arabia, and the US, she is a retired LA public school teacher. Ali is the International Religious Freedom Roundtable Chair for Pakistan and also the Women’s Economic Forum WEF G100 Gender-Based Violence Chair for Pakistan. She has dedicated her life to promoting reconciliation between faiths and bringing humanity together. Co-founder of CalPak Education Services, a NGO that educates the most underprivileged girls in Pakistan’s remotest district of Tharparkar, she believes that education is the most powerful tool to change lives. She founded and started the first Muslim Women’s civil rights organization, AMMWEC, to an initiative empowering Muslim women leaders to build bridges with the interfaith community, law enforcement and government to be the first line of defence against extremism and bigotry. Ali’s advocacy has served millions of Muslims when she shared her story in a documentary about being profiled after 9/11. Through her advocacy and determination, she was able to get herself and more than 6 million Americans off a profiling list. Her organization has also championed efforts to counter terrorism and combat Islamophobia and antisemitism. She has held leadership roles with prestigious organizations like the Irvine Public School Foundation, International Leadership Foundation, California Southern University, The Olive Tree Initiative at University of California, Irvine. Ali was appointed a Children,Youth and Families Commissioner of the City of Irvine, where she raised her two children. She ran for office twice in Orange County California, paving the way for other Muslim women to follow her lead. She was given the prestigious Women, Politics, and Activism Since Suffrage Award by the CalState Fullerton University, California, for being the first Muslim woman to run for office in Orange County, California. Ali is a moderate Democrat and has been a national and state delegate for the Democratic Party. She is still serving on the International Advisory Board of the Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Ali’s work in peacebuilding and reconciliation between Arabs and Israelis has led the way forward for American Muslims interfaith delegations to South Asia, Israel, UAE, Morocco, Germany, and Poland with her partners, SHARAKA and Combat Antisemitism. Ali’s initiatives in Pakistan include the first women-led International Religious Freedom Roundtable IRF which blossomed into a nationwide movement of bridge building and peacemaking. Ali’s next initiative was to co-establish the Bangladesh International Religious Freedom Roundtable, to promote and empower faith leaders around the world to advocate for themselves. Ali’s voice against Christian persecution in her birth country has endeared her to the Christian community. She is in the process of producing a documentary to highlight the stories of Christians whose homes and churches were burnt by angry Muslim mobs in Pakistan. Ali’s fearless nature makes her a role-model for all women. Based in Washington, D.C., Ali is a mother to her two grown-up children who live in California. Ali’s books can be found on Amazon here. You can follow Ali on Instagram here.

Brooke Goldstein is a Miami-based human rights attorney, author, and award-winning filmmaker. She is the Executive Director and Founder of The Lawfare Project, the world’s foremost organization dedicated to enforcing and protecting the civil and human rights of the Jewish people via strategic legal actions. The Lawfare Project strives to achieve justice for the Jewish community while punishing and deterring acts of Jew-hatred. Clients include, among others, Jewish students and professors facing antisemitic discrimination and harassment on campus, Jewish professionals experiencing severe and institutionalized antisemitic hostility in the workplace, and companies targeted with commercial discrimination in relation to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign. The Lawfare Project has strategically pursued over 150 legal actions in 14 countries. With just four full-time attorneys, it works with and manages an international legal network of over 800 lawyers and dozens of law firms. The network has provided over $13,000,000 worth of pro bono legal services to the Jewish community since 2010. Currently, The Lawfare Project is working on 12 legal actions with five others in the early stages. Brooke is also the founder of the End Jew-Hatred Movement (EJH), a grassroots civil rights movement working to eliminate Jew-hatred through peaceful direct action and education. The movement seeks to empower and liberate Jews from centuries of persecution and discrimination. The movement demands a world in which Jew-hatred is acknowledged to be detestable and unacceptable, just as hatred or violence against any other group. Since its inception, the End Jew-Hatred movement has made significant strides in its mission to eradicate Jew-hatred and promote solidarity. With 24 active EJH communities and chapters, and 50 campus fellows across 40 universities, the movement is empowering individuals across the country to take action and educate others. In 2024 alone, 83 protests and actions have been organized, signaling a growing commitment to this cause. Additionally, 61 elected officials in 10 states have officially recognized April 29 as #EndJewHatred Day, while 120 organizational collaborators have joined forces to amplify the message. These efforts are helping to foster a world where Jew-hatred is universally condemned, alongside all forms of hatred and discrimination. Brooke’s first book, titled Lawfare: The War Against Free Speech: A First Amendment Guide For Reporting in an Age of Islamist Lawfare, gives practical guidance to journalists who wish to speak truthfully about the national security threats faced by liberal democracies. Brooke’s second book, End Jew Hatred: A Manual for Mobilization, will be released in early 2025, End Jew Hatred shows how the Jewish people can affect real and lasting change by championing the Jewish cause as a minority rights issue, and by harnessing the power of grassroots mobilization, direct action, and legal activism. Brooke’s award-winning documentary film, The Making of a Martyr, uncovers the illegal, state-sponsored indoctrination and recruitment of Palestinian children for suicide-homicide attacks. Filming Martyr, Brooke secured firsthand interviews with active and armed members of the Al-Aqsa, Fatah, Islamic Jihad, and Hamas terrorist groups as well as with families of suicide bombers, children imprisoned for attempting to blow themselves up, teachers at terrorist-run schools, and others involved in the phenomenon of child suicide bombing. Martyr is currently broadcast on television stations throughout the globe and is ranked as IMDb’s seventh most popular title on the West Bank. Brooke is a regular commentator on FOX News and has been featured in several media, including CNN, The New York Sun, Swindle Magazine, Defense Technology International, and on WABC News Talk Radio, and has been published in a variety of sources, including the New York Daily News, Commentary Magazine, The American Spectator, The Counter Terrorist Magazine, Special Ops Magazine, and others. She also hosts the television series Outspoken on Jewish Broadcasting Service (JBS) and is a contributor at Newsmax. Brooke is a seasoned public speaker and has lectured and taught seminars at numerous schools, including the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York University, Berkeley University, Stanford University, and others. Brooke has also been invited to brief government officials at the U.S. State Department, the White House, the Pentagon, the U.K. Parliament, and U.S. Central Command on issues of asymmetric warfare and human rights. Brooke is the 2007 recipient of the E. Nathaniel Gates Award for Outstanding Public Advocacy and the 2009 Inspire! Award bestowed by the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, was listed in 2009 as one of “36 Under 36 Young Innovators” by the Jewish Week, formerly served as an adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute, and is currently a Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations, an associate fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, a Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute, a member of the Scholars for Peace in the Middle East’s (SPME) Council of Scholars, an advisory board member of Belev Echad Charity, and a board member of The Mideast Reporter. She is also a recipient of The Blue Card’s 2016 The Irene Hizme Tikkun Olam Award, the UJA’s 2017 Defender of Israel award, and Belev Echad Charity’s 2015 Pillar of Courage award. In 2019, she was inducted into the Manhattan Jewish Historical Initiative’s (MJHI) Manhattan Jewish Hall of Fame. In 2020, she was named among the JNS top 40 global advocates for Israel online. In 2022, Brooke was presented with the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation’s (CAEF) Advocate Award of Excellence in recognition of The Lawfare Project’s work. In 2023, she was honored to receive the WIZO Charlotte and Sami Rohr Defender of Israel Award, established to pay tribute to those who have acted as guardians and protectors of the State of Israel and its people. From 2007-2009, Brooke served as director of the Legal Project at the Middle East Forum, an organization that arranges financial support for and pro-bono legal representation of persons wrongfully sued for exercising their right to free speech on issues of national security and public concern. Brooke is also the founder and director of the Children’s Rights Institute (CRI), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to track, spotlight, and legally combat violations of children’s basic human rights around the world. CRI has a special focus on the state-sponsored indoctrination and recruitment of children to become suicide-homicide bombers, child soldiers, and human shields. Additionally, Brooke is the co-founder of A2B Film Productions, Inc., a Canada-based independent documentary film production company focused on creating films that explore issues ignored by the mainstream media. Canadian born, Brooke earned her B.A. from McGill University and received her J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. She also attended Columbia University and University of Toronto’s exchange programs. Brooke holds American, Canadian and Israeli citizenship.

Brooke Goldstein & Anila Ali In Conversation

By The Lawfare Project

Brooke Goldstein & Anila Ali In Conversation

Allies In The Fight For Human Rights