“FROM ANGUISH TO ACTION” Conference Supporting the Muslim Uyghurs Sunday 11 July 2021 at 5pm on TheUS.tv/action PRESENTED BY
Magen Avot Synagogue, Hendon
PROUDLY PARTNERED WITH
PROMOTED BY THE UNITED SYNAGOGUE MEDIA PARTNER
ENDORSED BY MAGEN AVOT CONFERENCE Supporting the Muslim Uyghurs – Sunday 11 July 2021 @ 5.00pm
5.00pm – Conference Welcome by Rabbi Joel Kenigsberg
5.10pm – Session 1: Interfaith and Ethical and Moral imperatives Chair: Rabbi Joel Kenigsberg – Magen Avot Synagogue Hendon Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis Imam Qari Asim MBE – Senior Imam at Makkah Mosque in Leeds Benedict Rogers – Christian Solidarity Worldwide Rahima Mahmut – World Uyghur Congress Henry Grunwald OBE QC – Head of World Jewish Relief and former President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews Rabbi Dr Michael Harris – Hampstead Synagogue
6.10pm – Session 2: Political action – what can we really achieve with China? Chair: Dr Matthew Offord – Conservative MP for Hendon Sir Iain Duncan Smith – MP for Chingford and Woodford Green. Former leader of the Conservative Party and Cabinet minister Kelley Eckels Currie – Former UN Ambassador at large for Women’s issues and former U.S. Representative at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women Alan Mendoza – Director of the Henry Jackson Society Marie Van Der Zyl – President of the Board of Deputies Lisa Nandy – MP for Wigan. Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the United Kingdom Rodney Dixon QC – Human Rights Expert who works at the International Criminal Court in the Hague
7.10pm – Session 3: Practical Consumer Protest - who do we target effectively? Chair: Rabbi David Mason – Muswell Hill Synagogue Bennett Freeman – Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights & Labour Mia Hasenson-Gross - Director of Rene Cassin (The Jewish Voice for Human Rights) Louisa Coan Greve – Director of Global advocacy at Uygur Human Rights Project Clare Carlile – Researcher at Ethical Consumer Nina Freedman – Union of Jewish Students
7.55pm – Rabbi Kenigsberg: Conference Closing Remarks
Please Note: Items and speakers may be subject to change