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During the evening, we will be honoring Chris Matthews of MSNBC
for his leadership in advancing civil rights for all Americans. Mr.
Matthews will also be joining our Executive Director, Farhana Khera,
onstage to discuss protecting the rights of Americans of all faiths.
Chris Matthews began his career on television in 1994 as host of a two-hour nightly program on the NBC-owned American's Talking network. Three years later, he launched Hardball with Chris Matthews,
now on MSNBC, which was the title of his best-selling handbook on
real-life politics published in 1988. He has been on the air every
weekday night since. Previously to his career on television, Chris
Matthews has served in the U.S. Senate, as a presidential speechwriter, a
top aide to the Speaker of the House, and Washington Bureau Chief for
the San Francisco Examiner. Throughout his career, he has never lost
his vigorous love of democracy and how it can serve to make this
country, through all its challenges, a more perfect union.
 We will also be honoring the law firm Hogan Lovells during dinner. Hogan
Lovells has been a longstanding pillar of the international legal
community, and its attorneys have taken on a variety of human rights,
civil rights, and civil liberties cases across the world. Recently,
Hogan authored an amicus brief in support of the Muslim Advocates appeal in the Hassan v. City of New York matter,
which is pending before the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Christopher Wolf, a partner with Hogan Lovells, is also an invaluable
participant in the anti-cyberhate working group that brings together
leading internet companies and advocacy groups to address online hate
for all communities. Muslim
Advocates is incredibly grateful to Hogan for bravely standing with us
in the fight for equality, liberty, and justice for all, regardless of
faith.
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