Dear Friends and Colleagues:

As an advisor to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum Education team, it is with great excitement that I inform you that the 9/11 Memorial Museum is scheduled to open at the World Trade Center site in late 2012.

The Museum aims to become an authoritative source of information related to 9/11. It will capture the voices and memories of those directly and indirectly affected by this tragedy. The Museum will represent the voices of American Muslims in particular, and it will honor members of other communities who came together in support and collaboration with the Muslim community on September 11 and its aftermath.

Currently, the 9/11 Memorial Museum is gathering and developing content for the museum's collection. This includes chronicling the events of 9/11, investigating the plot that culminated in the 9/11 attacks, and highlighting the inspiring humanitarian gestures that defined the aftermath of this event –- for example, the intensity of the rescue, recovery and clean-up efforts at Ground Zero. The Museum will also explore the post-9/11 world and the many complex repercussions that followed 9/11, ranging from military responses to the establishment of the 9/11 Commission, N.I.S.T. studies, and ongoing efforts to identify the remains of the dead.

This is an exciting and important opportunity for you to tell your story by participating in the following ways:

Oral Histories

• If you are a Muslim who survived the attacks, who owned a business that was impacted, or who witnessed these unfolding events; if you know anyone who suffered discrimination, vandalism of property, etc. in the direct aftermath of the attack; if you know anyone who has stories of receiving aid or support from a member of another community as a response to the violence directed at Muslim community in the immediate wake of 9/11
• Muslim artists who responded to 9/11 through original painting, sculpture, theatre, film, photography, music or performance
• Stories of interfaith response or action and collaboration

Ephemera

Gather and submit original pamphlets, invitations, promotional materials, press releases, ticket stubs etc. related to any community and interfaith events that were held as a direct response to 9/11 or post- 9/11 issues or problems.

Photographs

Submit photographs that document any of the above events, peace vigils, gatherings, performances, immigration documentation experiences, etc.

Artifacts

Submit any objects that help to dramatize these stories.

Video Assets

Submit footage of any of the above events.

I encourage you to share your materials and stories with the Museum and forward this email to any other interested parties.

If you have any questions about the Museum or how to get involved, please contact Jenny Pachucki (jpachucki@sept11mm.org), an Oral Historian for Exhibitions who has been charged with building the Museum's permanent historical collection. In addition, kindly copy ASMA on all of your correspondence to the Museum at info@asmasociety.org.

Kind Regards,

Daisy Khan
Executive Director
ASMA (www.asmasociety.org)