On Monday, February 20th at 12:45-2 pm, Azadeh Shahshahani, the Legal & Advocacy Director of Project South (Atlanta, GA) will be in conversation with Professor Jennifer Chacón, Bruce Tyson Mitchell Professor of Law at Stanford Law School.

Azadeh will discuss her career and the work of the Defend & Protect Initiative of Project South, which connects legal and advocacy work and movement lawyers with grassroots organizations with a focus on immigrants’ rights and defending Muslim communities against state repression. Its work is also focused on connecting with and supporting social justice movements in the Global South.

Azadeh Shahshahani has worked for more than 15 years in the U.S. South to protect the human rights of immigrants and Muslim, Middle Eastern, and South Asian communities. She also brings years of experience in defense of global movements for liberation. She is a past president of the National Lawyers Guild.