MEDIA ADVISORY: CAIR-NY to Respond to Firing of Nurse Over Pro-Palestinian Comments in Award Acceptance Speech
(NEW YORK, NY, 6/4/2023) - On Wednesday, June 5, the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, along with Musa-Obregon Law PC, will host a press conference addressing the employment termination of Hesen Jabr, a nurse at NYU Langone who was allegedly unjustly fired after expressing compassion for Palestinians in an award acceptance speech.
On May 7th, during National Nurses Week, NYU Langone presented Jabr with the Sebastian Brun Passionate Care Award, honoring Jabr for her exceptional, compassionate care for those suffering perinatal loss. During her acceptance speech, Jabr briefly discussed her identity as a Palestinian-Muslim American and expressed her pain at the inability to help grieving mothers who have lost children in Gaza due to the ongoing genocide.
On May 22nd, the first shift back after receiving her award, she was reportedly called into an impromptu meeting with NYU Langone administration discussing NYU’s dissatisfaction with her comments. Jabr was subsequently fired at the end of her shift and was escorted off the premises by a plain-clothes police officer.
SEE: Nurse in New York fired after calling Israel's war in Gaza 'genocide'
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Jabr will be speaking at the press conference.
WHAT: Press Conference for the Unjust Firing of Hesen Jabr
WHEN: Wednesday, June 5, 10 AM
WHERE: Council of American Islamic Relations, 80 Broad St, Sixth Floor, Room 631, New York, 10004
CONTACT: Burhan Carroll, Esq. Staff Attorney, BCarroll@cair.com; Saira Amar, MPA, CAIR-NY, Communications Coordinator, SAmar@cair.com
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CONTACT:
Burhan Carroll, Esq., CAIR-NY Staff Attorney, BCarroll@cair.com; (646) 665-7599
Saira Amar, MPA, CAIR-NY, Communications Coordinator, SAmar@cair.com