In a much anticipated official launch, the new MYLS initiative welcomes 100 select students from 5 Muslim schools scattered around the Chicagoland area for a two full-day program on the weekend of April 5 and 6 at the Mosque Foundation Community Center

CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Tricia Kemling filed a complaint on behalf of a man who experienced discrimination at his place of employment.

CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Tricia Kemling filed another complaint on behalf of a Muslim man experiencing a delay in obtaining citizenship.

CAIR-Chicago Volunteer Attorney Rima Kapitan, a partner at Amal Law Group, represented a Muslim woman at a status hearing regarding her employment discrimination complaint.

This week, CAIR-Chicago joined a broad coalition advocating for the Access to Religious Ministry Act, which seeks to ensure religious workers’ reasonable access to immigrant detainees in county jails across the state

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Congressman Keith Ellison will be the key note speaker for CAIR-NJ's 2008 Annual Banquet. Ahmed Rehab, CAIR’s National Strategic Communications Coordinator and CAIR-Chicago’s Executive Director will be a guest speaker.

CAIR-Chicago joined the Remy Bumppo Theatre Company and its sponsors, Chicago Public Radio and the McCormick Tribune Foundation, for a performace project titled “thinkTank: The InSecurity Blanket.”

KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke with Ahmed Rehab of the Council on American Islamic Relations about the re-publishing of the cartoon and about racism targeting Muslims.

This March 6 - 20 the Remy Bumppo Theatre will explore the tension between national security and individual freedom through modern classics, world premieres, hip hop and more.

I was surprised to read in the column by Ray Hanania, "Don't let violence sabotage efforts toward peace," that Christians, Muslims and Jews have "never lived together in peace."

The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) announces the New Americans Democracy Project, a five-month fellowship program for young people who are interested in working hard while exploring a career in social justice work, receiving quality training, and contributing to the participation of new citizens in the American democratic process.

CAIR has come together with a diverse coalition of religious and civic organizations to urge advertisers to boycott Michael Savage’s radio talk show The Savage Nation. Joining a growing constituency of advertisers, three more major companies have already removed their ads from the nationally syndicated show.

WHAT: MCC Full Time School Benefit Dinner "Accountability & Responsibility: Leading by Example"

CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Director, Christina Abraham, will join a new project to educate high school students about constitutional civil rights.