Got this email this morning. It’s from a group called Communities in Support of Khalil Girban International Academy:

Dear Friends,

As you know, the Khalil Gibran International Academy, the first Arabic/English dual-language NYC public school, has sustained fierce anti-Arab and Anti-Muslim attacks by groups who want to shut the Brooklyn school down. Implied in this attack on multicultural education is an attack of interfaith dialogue and coexistence programs. Tomorrow, the school’s founding principal, Debbie Almontaser, will deliver her application to the Department of Education for the position of principal and will speak to the press for the first time since her forced resignation.

As a close colleague who knows the value of interfaith dialogue, and who appreciates Debbie’s shining record as a community leader, please join Communities in Support of KGIA at this event tomorrow. Tell the Department of Education that we will not be silent until the DOE stands up to any anti-Arab and anti-Muslim attacks against the school and invites Debbie to return to her position as principal of the school.

When: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 5 pm
Where: The Steps of NYC City Hall

Speakers will Include:
Debbie Almontaser, joined by her Attorney Alan Levine
KGIA Parents
Councilman John Liu
Reverend Clinton Miller, Brown Memorial Baptist Church
Imam Talib Abdur Rashid
Other speakers TBA