Hindu Americans United - End Racism, Religious Intolerance, Hinduphobia

7246 Cradlerock Way,Columbia MD 21045

09 October, 2022

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REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITH DETAILS ONCE YOUR REGISTRATION HAS BEEN APPROVED. Come celebrate Hindu Heritage Month with ICA & its Community partners. Learn about Hinduism and the issues confronting Hindu-Americans today. Meet your local elected leaders (Howard County and MD State). Hear from notable speakers, community leaders, and elected officials. REGISTRATION REQUIRED When: October 9, 2022 (4-8 pm) Where: Owen Brown Interfaith Center - 7246 Cradlerock Way, Columbia, MD 21045 Limited seating. Free of charge for all registered attendees. Dinner will be served. The event will focus on what it is to be a Hindu in America and the challenges facing Indian Americans and Hindu Americans today. Hindu culture is a peaceful one, the basic guiding Hindu belief is that the world is one family. Topics will include Hindu Persecution, and dismantling the false narratives advanced by extremist fundamentalists - Hindutva (irrational hatred of Hindus), the Swastika ban, etc. NOTABLE SPEAKERS & CONTRIBUTORS: Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, Producer & Director of "The Kashmir Files" Pallavi Joshi, Producer of "The Kashmir Files" Francois Gautier - noted journalist, author, humanist Sushil Pandit, renowned human rights activist, author, historian Hindu American Foundation CoHNA – Coalition of Hindus of North America Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America Hindu Swamsevak Sangh Kashmir Overseas Association Global Kashmiri Organization Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora Global Hindu Heritage Foundation U.S. India Friendship Council HinduPact American Hindus Against Defamation Sanjay Srivastava Other notable organizations & individuals will present topics of importance to the Hindu American community. Community leaders will speak about issues confronting the Hindu community in Howard County, Maryland, and the United States. Hindus are persecuted by extremist hate groups worldwide and in the United States. So that our children may live free, we are working to increase awareness, and educate the world about the challenges faced by Hindu Americans. A recent (July 2022) Rutgers study warns Hindu families and their children of the risk of increased physical violence in the United States. The same Rutgers University recommends Hindu families to be vigilant and to expect attacks against themselves and their families to increase. We look forward to seeing you on October 9th. Register today. This is the most important conversation we’ll have. REGISTER EARLY, SEATS ARE FILLING UP FAST. If you would like to sponsor this event, please let us know. [email protected] #HinduHeritageMonth #HinduLivesMatter #Hinduphobia #EndHinduHate #Peace #Humanism Hinduphobia describes a set of “antagonistic, destructive, and derogatory attitudes and behaviors” toward Hindus and Hinduism. On July 12, Rutgers University’s researchers released a historic study that tracked the rise of Hinduphobia and anti-Hindu hatred on social media and other messaging platforms. The report found a dramatic rise in, and patterns of, hate speech directed towards the Hindu community across these platforms – genocidal memes and coded language patterns advanced by white supremacists and Islamists along with Iranian trolls accusing Hindus of perpetrating a genocide against minorities in India. Researchers also discovered that Hinduphobic code words and memes reached record highs and warned that this could spill into real world violence against the community, especially in the light of escalating religious tension in India and the recent beheading of an Indian shopkeeper. John Farmer, the former Attorney General of New Jersey as well as a co-author, along with former Congressman and Miller Center Research Fellow Denver Riggleman also shared that the Hindu community, along with law enforcement, must unite to counter hate messaging before it leads to real world violence, as has been observed by such incidents involving the Jewish community in the United States.