Engaging Key Communities

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Engaging Key Communities
  
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Protecting Civil Rights
U.S. Department of JusticeCivil Rights Division
Initiative to Combat Post-9/11 Discriminatory
Backlash
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Investigate Complaints

• Role of CRCL
• 6 U.S.C 345
• Constitutional Statutory Rights
• Discrimination/Profiling
• Conditions of Detention
• Screening
• Traveler Redress - www.dhs.gov/trip

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Community Roundtables
Chicago

• Community-Government forums in key cities.
• - CRCL has targeted 6 key cities.
• Colleagues have such forums in several other
  cities.

Detroit
Buffalo
Boston
New York/New Jersey
Los Angeles
San Diego
Washington, DC
Houston
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Cultural Competency
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Cultural Competency

• Hajj Travel Information

http//www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/h
ajj.shtm
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Civil Service
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Civil Service
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DHS Incident Community Coordination Team

• With American, Arab, Muslim, Sikh, South Asian,
  and Middle Eastern American Communities

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• Shaarik H. Zafar
• Senior Policy Advisor
• Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
• Department of Homeland Security
• Shaarik.zafar_at_dhs.gov