Shannon Erwin is an attorney and the executive director of the Muslim Justice League, a Boston-based, Muslim-led and driven organization defending human and civil rights at risk in the ongoing “War on Terror.” She has previously worked with the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute and the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, and she serves on the Board of Directors of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. She earned a JD from Harvard Law School and a BFA from the University of Pennsylvania in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.