Panel discussion: Charlie Hebdo…Global and Local Implications

Starts: March 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Ends: March 4, 2015 at 7:30 pm

Hartford Public Library presents…
Charlie Hebdo and the Four Freedoms:  Global and Local Implications. 

The recent terrorist attacks in Paris have heightened passions and concerns around freedom of speech and religious sensitivity; bringing to mind FDR’s Four Freedoms that he stated in 1941 ought to be enjoyed by everyone the world over:  freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

March 4 Panel:

Dr. Saud Anwar
Co-Chair, American Muslim Peace Initiative & Mayor of South Windsor

Chris Doucot
Co-Founder, The Hartford Catholic Worker & Adjunct Professor of Sociology and Religion at Central Connecticut State University and University of Hartford

Dr. Reza Mansoor
Founding President, Muslim Coalition of Connecticut & President, Islamic Association of Greater Hartford (Berlin Mosque)

James H. Smith
President, Connecticut Council on Freedom of Information & Retired Newspaper Editor

Moderated by author and teacher Susan Campbell.

Hartford History Center, 3rd floor, Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.