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From the Front Lines: Structural Poverty in America
Panelists Stressed the Need For Engagement To Combat Social Injustices Impacting Minority Communities Islamic Relief USA kicked off a webinar series on Wednesday, July 8, with its first installment, “From the Front Lines: Structural Poverty in America.” The discussion was moderated by Tariq Touré, senior communications specialist at IRUSA, and the featured speakers were Imam Makram El-Amin of Al-Maa’uun mosque, and Alia Bilal of the Inner-city Muslim Action Network (IMAN) of Chicago/Atlanta. It focused on the intersections of poverty and systemic racism that are being exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the killing of George Floyd, a Minneapolis man who died as a result of a police officer forcing his…