Promoting Dialogue on Campuses – Past Events
AHA Foundation’s campus program, the Critical Thinking Unit (CTU), promotes freedom of speech and thought, human rights and liberty for all on college campuses across North America.
In conjunction with our partner Ideas Beyond Borders, our student leaders host impartial debates and events about cultural, religious and policy issues, especially the adaptability of Islam with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Diversity of thought and freedom of expression is decreasing on college campuses across North America, and CTU works to defend these rights for all students, especially those within the political and ideological minority on their campuses.May 19, 2021
Watch: Event Description: Faisal Saeed Al Mutar interviewed Masih Alinejad on the status of women’s rights in Iran […]
May 12, 2021
Watch: Event Description: Speakers Fraidy Reiss, Forced Marriage survivor and Founder of Unchained at Last, and Amanda Parker, […]
April 29, 2021
Watch: Event Description: Speakers F.A. Cole, FGM survivor, Mariya Taher, FGM survivor and Sahiyo Founder, Amanda Parker, AHA […]
March 5, 2021
Watch: Event Description: This panel, “Free Speech and Minority Rights: Perspectives of a Danish Blasphemer and an American […]
February 11, 2021
Watch: Event Description: Nimco Ali is a British Somali feminist, social activist, and survivor of female genital mutilation […]
November 5, 2020
Watch: Event Description: A survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM), child sexual assault, and rape, F.A. Cole […]
October 7, 2020
Event Description: This event screened a short film called “Speaking Frankly: Child Marriage” by CBS Originals and featured […]
February 26, 2020
Event Description: On February 26, 2020 College Republicans, with support from CTU, screened Islam and the Future of […]
February 22, 2020
Event Description: On February 22, 2020, ten students with diverging viewpoints at Harvard University gathered to eat dinner […]
November 5, 2019
Video Link: Event Description: Female Genital Mutilation: A Survivor’s Story took place Tuesday, November 5 at […]
October 1, 2019
Video Link: Event Description: After facing repeated attempts, some of which were successful, to ban her […]
September 12, 2019
Video Link: Event Description: On September 12, 2019, Faisal Saeed Al-Mutar gave a lecture about the […]
April 23, 2019
Video Link: Watch our CTU event LIVE at the University of Notre Dame featuring Former ACLU president Nadine […]
April 16, 2019
Video Link: Event Description: AHA Senior Director Amanda Parker spoke to students at the University of […]
March 31, 2019
Video Link: Event Description: Nina Van Harn, forced marriage survivor and the winner of the first […]
March 28, 2019
Video Link: https://www.facebook.com/TheCriticalThinkingUnit/videos/281181346111601/ Event Description: Nadine Strossen, the youngest-ever and first female serving president of the American […]
March 21, 2019
Video Link: Event Description: On Thursday, March 21 the University of Rochester College Republicans and Ahmadiyya […]
February 26, 2019
Written by Vassar College CTU fellow, Grace Roebuck On February 26th, an audience made up of both […]
February 22, 2019
Video Link: Event Description: On February 22nd, Columbia Colloquia, with support from CTU, screened Islam and […]
February 21, 2019
Event Description: On February 21st, fellows at the University of Cincinnati, with support from CTU, screened Islam […]
February 20, 2019
Video Link: Event Description: FGM Beyond Borders was a discussion focused on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): […]
November 29, 2018
Video Link: Event Description: By Columbia CTU fellow Serena Killion: On October 28, Danish human […]
November 27, 2018
Event Description: “End Female Genital Mutilation” was a presentation on what Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is, where […]
November 27, 2018
Video link: Event Description: On November 27th, 2018, students and outside guests gathered at George Washington University […]
November 26, 2018
Video Link: Event Description: “Countering Extremism in the Age of Polarization” was a conversation between Dr. Muhammad Fraser-Rahim […]
November 13, 2018
Video: Event Description: Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, an Iraqi-born award-winning human rights activist, writer and counter extremism […]
November 1, 2018
Video: Event Description: Dr. Tawfik Hamid, M.D., is a journalist and scholar, originally from Egypt, and the […]
November 1, 2018
Video Link: Event Description: “FGM in the U.S.: A Call to Action” was a presentation on what Female […]
October 24, 2018
Video Link: https://www.facebook.com/IdeasBorders/videos/2115348931831841/ Event Description: “Minority Muslims in the Media” was a discussion of representation of Muslims, […]
October 13, 2018
Event Description: Written by Harvard CTU fellow Natalie Le The Students for Liberty “Fight for Justice” conference focused […]
October 9, 2018
Video Link: Event Description: On October 9, 100 attendees, made up of both Columbia students and outside guests, […]
May 22, 2018
Event Description: Human rights activists Faisal Saeed Al Mutar and Yasmine Mohammed hosted a conversation about the […]
April 26, 2018
Event Description: The Red Sand Gala was a night dedicated to advocacy and awareness on human trafficking. […]
April 23, 2018
YouTube video of full event: “Taking on the Islamist Establishment” Event Description: M. Zuhdi Jasser, M.D., is the […]
April 19, 2018
Event Description: This panel, “Dissent from Minorities Within Minorities” featured Mustafa Akyol, Faisal Saeed Al Mutar and Flemming […]
April 17, 2018
AHA YouTube Clip “People have rights, ideas don’t have rights” Event Description: Yasmine Mohammed spoke for roughly an […]
April 10, 2018
Watch: Event Description: Dr. Elham Manea is a Swiss-Yemeni Muslim reformer, human rights activist and academic who researches […]
April 7, 2018
YouTube video of Full Event Event Description: Dr. Elham Manea is a Swiss-Yemeni Muslim reformer, human rights activist […]
April 4, 2018
YouTube Clip: “I have the right to criticize my religion” Event Description: Dr. Elham Manea is a Swiss-Yemeni […]
April 2, 2018
Event Description: Dr. Zudhi Jasser, an expert on Islamism and a former Naval officer, spoke at Duke University […]
April 2, 2018
Event Description: Faisal Saeed al-Mutar was born in Iraq and admitted to the United States as a refugee […]
April 2, 2018
Event Description: Dr. Elham Manea is a Swiss-Yemeni Muslim reformer, human rights activist and academic who researches and […]
March 22, 2018
Event Description: Gissou Nia is a human rights lawyer and Iran expert. She most recently acted as the […]
March 15, 2018
Event Description: Yasmine is an Arab-Canadian college instructor, activist, podcaster and writer. Yasmine shares her story of growing […]
November 28, 2017
Event Description: “FGM, Child Marriage and Breastfeeding Across Cultures” was a talk by Elisabeth Ubbe, a Swedish photojournalist […]
November 28, 2017
Event Description: “Harmful Cultural Practices” was a panel featuring award-winning Swedish photojournalist and former midwife Elisabeth Ubbe, as […]
November 8, 2017
Event Description: Faisal Saeed al-Mutar was born in Iraq and admitted to the United States as a refugee […]
October 10, 2017
Event Description: Faisal Saeed al-Mutar was born in Iraq and admitted to the United States as a refugee […]