Amina Sharif will be speaking to a class at the University of Illinois at Chicago about the important role communications and public relations plays in non-profit activism and the skills required to be an effective social justice leader today.

CAIR-Chicago Communications Coordinator Amina Sharif delivered a presentation to students at the University of Illinois at Chicago on Wednesday, Nov. 18th to share how CAIR-Chicago engages with the media and advocates for a fair depiction of Muslim-Americans.

Sharif discussed CAIR-Chicago’s work to combat religious discrimination and promote religious tolerance, and explained how media plays a critical role in that effort. She also described how CAIR-Chicago serves as a resource to journalists and news producers by offering them support and expert analysis as they develop their news reports.

Please join the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR), along with CAIR-Chicago and other advocacy and community organizations, for the Illinois launch of the national immigration campaign “Reform Immigration FOR America.”

A UIC professor applied to become a citizen in 2002—then spent years battling the government

Mohammed Reza Ghaffarpour believed his path to citizenship would be smooth after he aced his 2003 English and U.S. history exam and received a letter saying he was being recommended for approval.

WHAT – Khutbah (Friday Prayer Sermon)

SPEAKER – Ahmed Rehab, Director of Communications, CAIR-Chicago