E/CN.4/2005/61/Add.1 Page 80 316. Directors of EEOC offices throughout the country sent out mass mailings and conducted community forums and stakeholder meetings to reach out to the Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern and Sikh communities and to educate the general public and employee and employer groups about the laws prohibiting religious and national discrimination in the workplace. District Directors also met with groups such as the Council on American Islamic Relations and the Arab-American League and gave interviews to television and radio stations serving the Arab and Muslim communities. 317. EEOC staff members have participated in a number of events to discuss discrimination against the Muslim community and stress EEOC's availability to help. 318. Some recent efforts include: (a) The Dallas District Office participated in events at the Festival of Sacrifice Celebrations held at the State Fair Grounds in Dallas and at the Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth. The office manned exhibits and distributed information and materials at both locations. The events were covered by the Dallas Morning News newspaper, which reported that more than 15,000 Muslims attended the event in Dallas; (b) District staff from the New York District Office met with several Islamic religious leaders at one of New York City's largest mosques to discuss discrimination against the Muslim community and the availability of EEOC to help. EEOC staff also visited a prayer meeting and distributed literature. Staff also participated with former Vice-Chair Paul Igasaki in outreach to the Muslim community on Long Island. They attended a noon prayer at a mosque along with 500 members and participated in a round table discussion with Muslim leaders regarding EEOC procedures and anti-harassment policies against different ethnic groups. The discussion was videotaped for distribution to the Muslim community; (c) Legal staff from the Washington, DC Field Office participated in a panel discussion at a joint forum on backlash sponsored by the Department of Justice. The presentation was on EEOC and Title VII discrimination based on national origin, religion, race and retaliation. The presentation was followed by a question and answer session; (d) The Regional Attorney from the Atlanta District Office participated in a round table discussion with business and religious community leaders at the law office of Powell Goldstein Frazier & Murphy. The discussions focused on the legal issues surrounding religion in the workplace and how companies are addressing the issue in the context of today's workplace following the events of 11 September; (e) Staff from the Chicago District Office participated on a panel before the Illinois Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights in a community forum on “Arab and Muslim Civil Rights Issues in the Chicago Metropolitan Area: Post-September 11.” The purpose of the meeting was to gather information on the treatment of Arabs and Muslims following the terrorist attacks on 11 September and related civil rights issues. Other panellists included the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, an FBI Special Agent, Regional Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and representatives from the Arab American Bar Association, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, and the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago; (f) EEOC staff in the New York District Office addressed the Council on Islamic Relations and other Muslim and Arab groups at the Council's New York