Program Agenda

Fighting Hate While Preserving Freedom: A Best Practices Forum

Tuesday, March 27, 2018
8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Rutgers Business School ∙ Room 1095 ∙ Livingston Campus

8:30 A.M.

Welcome Remarks and Introductions

  • John J. Farmer Jr., University Professor and Justice Alan B. Handler Scholar, Rutgers Law School; Director, Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience
  • Robert L. Barchi, President, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  • Paul S. Miller, Benefactor, Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience
  • Ruth B. Mandel, Director, Eagleton Institute of Politics; Board of Governors Professor of Politics; Senior Scholar, Center for American Women and Politics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
9:00 A.M. 

Opening Keynote

  •  Jeh Johnson, Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
    Combating Hate in Today's Homeland                             
  • Introduction by: Russell C. Deyo, Former Acting Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
9:45 A.M.

Reactive Panel

  • Russell C. Deyo, Moderator, Former Acting Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • Ronald K. Chen, Co-Dean, Rutgers Law School
  • Paul Fishman, Former U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Seton Hall University School of Law
  • Deborah T. Poritz, Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
10:30 A.M.  Break 
11:00 A.M. 

Countering Hate Directed at Houses of Worship: Challenges and Best Practices
 With a presentation by students of Professor Cohen

  • John D. Cohen, Moderator, Executive Director of the Center for Critical Intelligence Studies; Distinguished Professor of Professional Practice in Criminal Justice, School of Arts and Sciences, 
    Rutgers University–New Brunswick; Former Acting Undersecretary for Intelligence and Analysis, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • Mohammad Ali Chaudry, Co-Founder and President, Islamic Society of Basking Ridge
  • Jared Maples, Director, New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness
  • George Selim, Senior Vice President of Programs, Anti-Defamation League 
12:00 P.M.  Lunch Break 

12:45 P.M.

 

Lunch Keynotes

Introductions: Paul Goldenberg, Vice Chair, U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Faith-Based Council

  • 12:50 P.M. - George Selim, Senior Vice President of Programs, Anti-Defamation League 
    The Landscape of Intolerance: The National Perspective
  • 1:10 P.M. - Rabbi Francine Roston, Glacier Jewish Community/B’nai Shalom, Kalispell, Montana 
    Responding to Hate with Love: How One Jewish Community Survived Neo-Nazi Cyberattacks
1:30 P.M.

Countering Hate Online and On Campus                                                                

Overview: John D. Cohen, Executive Director of the Center for Critical Intelligence Studies; Distinguished Professor of Professional Practice in Criminal Justice, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Former Acting Undersecretary for Intelligence and Analysis, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

  • John Hoffman, Moderator, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  • Darren Baxley, Deputy Chief, University of Florida Police Department
  • Kenneth B. Cop, Chief of University Police and Executive Director of Police Services, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  • Imam Khalid Latif, Executive Director and Chaplain, Islamic Center at New York University
  • Adnan Zulfiqar, Assistant Professor, Rutgers Law School
2:30 P.M. Break 
3:00 P.M.

Countering Hate in the Community                                                                

 Overview: Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General of the State of New Jersey

  • Ava Majlesi, Moderator, Acting Director, Rutgers Institute for Violence Prevention and Community Safety
  • Sahar Aziz, Professor and Chancellor's Social Justice Scholar, Rutgers Law School
  • Paul Goldenberg, Vice Chair, U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Faith-Based Council
  • Ryan P. Haygood, President and CEO, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
  • Elie Honig, Director, Division of Criminal Justice, New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety
4:00 P.M.

Closing Remarks 

  • Debasish Dutta, Chancellor, Rutgers University–New Brunswick
4:15 P.M. Reception