CAIR-Chicago’s Communications Coordinator Sultan Muhammad attended the Chicago Bar Foundation’s Communications Workshop with a cross section of Illinois legal aid spokespersons and public interest law organization executives for a full day’s presentation designed to impart practical tools to improve outreach and advance the overall cause of equal access to justice.

This week CAIR-Chicago conducted a large scale mobilization effort to protect the civil rights of a Muslim-American activist.

This week CAIR-Chicago conducted a large scale mobilization effort to protect the civil rights of a Muslim-American activist.

CAIR-Chicago Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed was invited to speak on a political activism panel discussion sponsored by Community Builders in Arlington Heights on Wednesday, April 26, 2006.

CAIR-Chicago co-sponsored a public forum on torture, entitled: Torture: Immoral, Illegal and Ineffective.

CAIR-Chicago's Staff Attorney, Heena Musabji, and Employment Discrimination Project Coordinator, Maaria Mozaffar, represented a Muslim man in a private mediation session through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

CAIR-Chicago’s Employment Discrimination Project Coordinator Maaria Mozaffar represented a woman at an unemployment benefits hearing.

CAIR-Chicago Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed conducted an informational workshop on immigration reform at the Islamic Community Center of Des Plaines on Friday, April 14, 2006.

CAIR-Chicago’s Executive Director Ahmed Rehab and Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham met with Deputy Superintendent Dana Starks and Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) Director Vance Henry to discuss strategies to bridge the gap between the Muslim community and Chicago Police.

The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR), along with many co-sponsors including CAIR-Chicago, held a community briefing session on current immigration legislation in the United States Senate at Truman College on Monday, April 10 which was also the National Day of Action for immigrant rights.

CAIR-Chicago’s Executive Director Ahmed Rehab, and Operations Coordinator Sabah Ahmed joined 200 members of the Jewish community and friends in a Passover Seder ritual at the downtown Spertus Institute last Thursday.

The University of Chicago's Muslim Student Association held a Social Justice Fair as part of its annual Islamic Awareness Week.

CAIR-Chicago met with the attorney for a village involved in a police misconduct case.

CAIR-Chicago is currently in the planning process of its third Cafe Finjan event.

On Saturday, April 1, 2006, CAIR-Chicago volunteers and interns participated in the first of a two part workshop series on 501(c)3 guidelines which took place at the Indo-American Center located in Chicago.

CAIR-Chicago conducted sensitivity training for approximately 30 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and administrators in Chicago.

Following suite on Monday afternoon, immigrant organizations convened on the West Lawn of the Capitol Building to speak out against the anti-immigration legislation on the Senate Floor.

CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham and AAAN Family Empowerment Program Director Ahlam Jbarra conducted a workshop regarding the lengthy delays in obtaining citizenship that many Muslims are facing.

Attorneys for the Citizenship Delay Project met with 14 clients to inform the clients of the progress that has been made on the project and the next steps that are soon to come.

CAIR-Chicago recently resolved an incident in which a Muslim man was being harassed by a fellow tenant in his building.