Day: July 15, 2021

(COLUMBUS, OHIO 7/15/2021) – On Saturday, July 10, 2021, the Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) hosted a mapmaking workshop to advocate for equal districts that fairly represent the Muslim community.

CAIR-Ohio hosted more than 80 central Ohio community members to create maps representing the perspectives of Muslim residents on a mapmaking software called Districtr. The community maps allow citizens to tell their own stories and demonstrate to official map drawers why and how communities should be kept together.

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(COLUMBUS, OH – 7/14/2021) – On Thursday, July 14, 2021, the Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) joined the Council Residential Districting Commission (CDRC) Meeting for New Americans. The meeting was held at Ohio Family Health at Capital Park at 5:30 p.m. and was also open to Columbus residents through live online participation on social media.

The meeting was part of a robust districting process that will create nine districts in the city of Columbus, which will then coincide with nine elected City Council members. The city began its districting effort at the end of 2020, and it will carry through the end of 2021. The CDRC, made up of five community members, are tasked with submitting three maps by the end of 2021, which will eventually be voted on by the Columbus City Council. Throughout this process, the CDRC has been hosting regular public meetings to hear from community members and leaders about how the lines should be drawn, and issues of concern.

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