- Dec 11, 2018
Tennessee For-Profit College Expels Muslim Student for Wearing Hijab, BLH Joins With Muslim Advocate
Today, Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP joined forces with Muslim Advocates, and sent a demand letter to Georgia Career Institute (“GCI”), a for-profit college operating in several southern states, after GCI staff expelled a college student from its Murfreesboro, Tennessee campus in February 2018 simply for wearing a hijab. The letter, addressed to GCI’s senior leadership, explains how Linde McAvoy, an esthetics student at GCI’s Murfreesboro campus, faced persistent and pervasive