SOURCE and MORE INFORMATION: https://waronterror25.org/
Dear Friends,
I hope you have been taking care as we continue to grieve the violence and disregard for life by the state. In the face of this violence, MCL remains committed to organizing across local, national, and international struggles. We hold everyone who is grieving, resisting, and surviving close and we know that together we can strengthen our movements, and cultivate communities rooted in solidarity, care, and collective liberation.
As many of you may know, this year marks two anniversaries: 25 years on the Global War on Terror as well as 250 years of the American empire. We can never truly quantify or unearth all the levels of harm that have been inflicted. However, we know that memorializing and gathering as a collective is one way we can grapple with how this War on Terror apparatus has reshaped the lives of Muslims, Arabs and other targeted communities in the U.S. and across the globe
In response, Muslim Counterpublics Lab is marking this anniversary through our convening: “When Will This War End: Lessons and Legacies of the War on Terror,” on Thursday and Friday, September 17-18, 2026 in Washington D.C. The conference will be held at the Elliott School of International Affairs in partnership with 25+ organizations.
We invite all of our partners, allies, organizations and community members to join us for this conference that will feature 12 plenaries and workshops with over 35 speakers over two days. Details such as speakers, session descriptions, the overall schedule and registration can be found on our website: WarOnTerror25.org
The goal of this conference is to confront the quarter-century of structural violence that has operated under problematic, violent policies that claim to battle “terrorism” by bringing together scholars, organizers, advocates, survivors, journalists, and community members to examine lessons from the War on Terror, explore what resistance to this framework of state violence has looked like, and ask how we can imagine a future where infrastructure of the War on Terror is finally abolished. Finally, this conference will hold space to mourn and remember survivors and the millions of victims of the War on Terror, as we continue to demand accountability, justice and reparations.
If your organization is interested in sponsorship, please fill out this form. Also, please be on the lookout on @MuslimCounterpublicsLab on socials and our website as we continue to share exciting updates and details of the conference! For any other questions or concerns, please reach out to gwotconference@muslimcounterpublicslab.org.
We would also greatly love your support in sharing this far and wide, with your listservs, social media team, partners, community members, staff and all that can benefit from this incredible space we are cultivating together!
