Hayat Imam is an American-Muslim of Bangladeshi origin. She is a feminist-activist committed to building global social justice movements. Former Executive Director of the Boston Womens Fund and Board Chair of Grassroots International, she is an active member of Mass Peace Action and Dorchester People for Peace. Hayat was a keynote speaker at the Boston Womens March in January 2017 and, in the summer of 2018, at the Poor Peoples Campaign on the War Economy. She offers a four-part Course on Islam called: Understanding Islam: A Muslim Womans Perspective on the Essence of Islam, the Diversity of the Muslim World, and its Relationship with the West. Here's a link to the course offered via Massachusetts Peace Action. Email with questions to [email protected] Hayat was one of 5 women who created the material for a book back in 1984, called Watermelons Not War: A Support Book for Parenting in the Nuclear Age.