(COLUMBUS, OHIO 5/6/2022) – Last week, the Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) attended community iftars at Dayton Mercy Society and at Ahlul Bayt Society to provide resources for Muslims, including voter education materials ahead of the May 3 primary election. Read More “CAIR-Ohio Provides Resources at Community Iftars”
CAIR-Ohio empowers American Muslim students with the necessary skills to positively impact their communities.
In 2021, we held our first ever six-week Summer Internship Development Program. This program gives a cohort of undergraduate students the opportunity to work on organizational projects both independently and collaboratively to gain important skills, community connections, and work experience to help advance their future academic and professional endeavors.
Watch the video below to learn more.
Registration for summer 2022 is now open. The program will take place in Columbus AND Cincinnati this year. The four-week training intensive is designed for college students looking to jump-start their skills in grassroots activism and advocacy.
Students may apply by May 15 for CAIR-Ohio’s 2022 Summer Internship Development Program at bit.ly/internwithcairohio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoCdwXixpcQ&feature=emb_logo
In 2021, our pro bono legal team assisted 365 community members. Our team filed 22 complaints for Muslims who experienced religious discrimination and handled 20 immigration cases.
With your support, we were able to reunite families, fight religious discrimination at work and in schools, and educate and empower our community.
We hope you will take a moment to celebrate these collective achievements and view our 2021 Annual Report.
(COLUMBUS, OHIO 4/6/2022) This week, CAIR-Ohio submitted proponent testimony to the Ohio House Higher Education and Career Readiness Committee on House Bill 353, known as the “Testing Your Faith Act,” in support of the bill protecting religious accommodations for Muslim college students. Read More “CAIR-Ohio Testifies in Support of Religious Accommodation Bill for College Students”
CAIR-Ohio is thrilled to announce its Cincinnati office is moving to a new space in Mason! This new office will allow us to expand our services and be more accessible to our Muslim community across Greater Cincinnati and Greater Dayton.
We look forward to welcoming you to our new location soon. Stay tuned for more details.
(COLUMBUS, OHIO 3/29/2022) Last Friday, CAIR-Ohio participated in a press conference outside the Ohio Statehouse to reinforce that the fight for fair maps in 2022 does not stop until the voters win.
“It is critical, as a community that often experiences discrimination – and is often ignored or vilified – that we have access to fair representation and our votes are not diluted through gerrymandering.” -CAIR-Ohio Acting Executive Director Amina Barhumi
CAIR-Ohio is a proud member of the Equal Districts Coalition, a group of over 30 Ohio advocacy organizations and labor unions engaged in the redistricting process.
Watch full press conference here.
(CINCINNATI, OHIO 3/28/2022) - The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned white supremacist vandalism targeting the campus of Xavier University. Read More “CAIR-Ohio Condemns White Supremacist Vandalism on Xavier University Campus”
ACTION ALERT: Join us in fighting for safe learning spaces for Muslim students and all marginalized communities. Legislators could soon consider this bill that censors honest education, intimidates teachers, and labels concepts around diversity as “divisive.”
Muslim students already face various forms of discrimination and this bill will further limit the ability of Muslim students, and all students of color, to receive an education that is grounded in facts and respectful of their experiences.
Tell legislators – the experiences of different races, genders, cultures, ethnicities, and religions are not divisive. SAY NO to HB 327: https://bit.ly/NO-HB327
Last week, Muslim Healthcare Professionals Advocacy Network (MPAN), a CAIR-Ohio project, partnered with Poligon to bring advocacy tools to healthcare professionals needed to engage with elected officials and support policies that improve healthcare for all Americans.
Signup to be part of the Muslim Healthcare Professionals Advocacy Network (MPAN) here.
For questions, contact Outreach & Government Affairs Director Whitney Siddiqi: wsiddiqi@cair.com | 513-904-6788.
(COLUMBUS, OHIO 3/3/2022) Last week, the Ohio Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) and other petitioners from Ohio Organizing Collaborative v. Ohio Redistricting Commission filed a motion to intervene as plaintiffs in Gonidakis et al v. Ohio Redistricting Commission and Frank Larose, a lawsuit filed in federal court. Mike Gonidakis, the president of Ohio Right to Life, and the other plaintiffs in the federal case seek to compel the Ohio Secretary of State to accept a recent version of legislative maps drawn by the Ohio Redistricting Commission. Read More “CAIR-Ohio’s Fight for Fair Maps is Heading to Federal Court”
