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Good News Alert: CAIR Sacramento Valley Director Appointed To State Census Committee
The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) is pleased to announce that Basim Elkarra, the executive director at CAIR’s Sacramento Valley chapter, has been appointed … Read More
Broad Coalition Unites for CA Values
For Immediate Release Broad Coalition Unites for CA Values, Against Trump-Inspired Vote in Los Alamitos (LOS ALAMITOS 4/16/2018) – On Monday April 16, Los Alamitos Community … Read More
Good News Alert: CAIR Sacramento Valley Director Appointed To State Census Committee
The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) is pleased to announce that Basim Elkarra, the executive director at CAIR’s Sacramento Valley chapter, has been appointed … Read More
Community Advisory: Punish A Muslim Day
COMMUNITY ADVISORY CAIR-LA Urges Increased Security Measures Following ‘Punish a Muslim Day’ Threat in UK In light of the alarming anonymous letters sent to mosques in … Read More
L.A. Japanese Daily News: Gardena DOR Focuses on Women In Camp
By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer Asmaa Ahmed said that women play a major role in CAIR. “We have several chapters where the executive directors are … Read More
L.A. Times: Protesters take to the streets to oppose Trump’s travel ban 3.0
By Deborah Netburn The march, dubbed “No Muslim Ban Ever,” began around 1 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. The location … Read More
What We Do
Outreach & Education
CAIR seeks to educate American Muslims about their rights so that they may fully engage in all aspects of civic life. CAIR also works with … Learn More
Youth Empowerment
CAIR has always believed that in order to secure a brighter future for our communities, investments must be made in providing our youth with the tools … Learn More
Civic Engagement
Through various programs, CAIR facilitates opportunities to engage with government bodies, to influence public policy by meeting with elected officials and to advocate for legislation that aims … Learn More
Legal Services
Civil rights advocacy remains at the center of CAIR’s work. CAIR has served more than 25,000 victims of discrimination since its founding. Our California offices … Learn More
Our Campaigns
Protect the California Values Act (SB 54)
The CA Values Act protects community members from federal abuses of power, limits racial profiling, and upholds our values of equality and justice. It helps … Learn More
Stop CVE in LA
CVE is a federal counter-terrorism initiative launched in 2011 that targets American Muslim communities and threatens their civil rights and religious freedoms. CVE operates under … Learn More
Voter Registration and Engagement
We launched our voter registration and engagement campaign towards the end of 2017. The focus of the campaign is on Muslims, minorities, women, and youth, … Learn More
Empowering Muslim Youth
Through our Leadership Development programs we focus on building a pipeline for Muslim youth to thrive and find success. With educational programs like the Muslim … Learn More
#NoMuslimBanEver
Together, we raise our voices to say: No Muslim Ban Ever. The Muslim Ban is one of our most important campaigns, which we have been … Learn More
