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November 21, 2022

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Meet our two new board members Javed & Essma!

Meet our two new board members Javed & Essma!

Javed has been volunteering with CAIR San Diego since 2000 and joined the Governance Board in 2023. He has an MBA from Santa Clara University and worked in Silicon Valley for 20 years mostly in the medical device space. He also volunteers with Kitchens for Good and Mama’s Kitchen.

Essma has been part of the San Diego Muslim community since 2008. She obtained her bachelor’s degree from the University of California San Diego and her master’s degree from the University of San Diego. Essma is also serving on the executive board of the non-profit Southern California Immigration Project (SCIP), which provides pro-bono legal representation to the underserved and disadvantaged. She is also serving on the Staff Advisory Council at the School of Global Policy and Strategy.

Does your family have an outstanding immigration s

Does your family have an outstanding immigration story that’s worth preserving? Join us next Monday at the Mingei Art Museum to create artwork that expresses your family’s history. Seats are limited, please RSVP! #storytelling #immigration #art

Excited to share the beautiful space of the @minge

Excited to share the beautiful space of the @mingeimuseum where we will host an immigration art workshop on Monday, June 5th!

On Monday, May 22, CAIR-CA brought more than 400 A

On Monday, May 22, CAIR-CA brought more than 400 American Muslim activists to the California state capitol in Sacramento for the 12th Annual Muslim Day at the Capitol. Attendees advocated for three CAIR-CA-sponsored bills that are crucial to our community. Yesterday, we welcomed the passage of one of those bills through the California State Senate.

The bill will now crossover to the California State Assembly, where it must pass through the chamber’s committees.

Stay tuned for more updates as we advocate for our bills to become law!

Yesterday at Maryland Elementary School, Executive

Yesterday at Maryland Elementary School, Executive Director Tazheen Nizam read the incredible, “The Proudest Blue” by Ibtihaj Muhammad and S.K. Ali. A story about two sisters and their experience wearing hijab. This special moment of reading to an entire 4th Grade class as their inquisitive minds learned about the Muslim identity is how CAIR San Diego builds culturally inclusive and empower future leaders. #educate #community #futureleaders

Meet our very special team member: Blessing Chiri

Meet our very special team member:

Blessing Chirimbani is a Development Contractor at CAIR-SD. Her passion is rooted in serving the community, shaping her intense involvement with Model United Nations since 2014 as Secretary General & President. In college, Blessing worked on numerous civil rights projects with different nonprofits and has grown to understand that speaking on issues of marginalization is not enough without actions that bring about tangible change. She strongly believes that fighting for equity and equality is a way of life and not just a job or a hobby.

Despite making campaign promises to overturn inhum

Despite making campaign promises to overturn inhumane policies and stop forced deportations that violate due process, the #Biden administration has instead decided to punish people fleeing for their lives and exercising their right to seek safety by implementing what is essentially an #asylumban.

The Department of Homeland Security has confirmed that the #Bidenadministration has chosen to replace #Title42, a #Trump-era pandemic policy that blocked asylum-seekers from entering the country in the name of preserving public health, with one of the most inhumane asylum bans yet. The new policy would disqualify migrants from asylum eligibility if they did not seek asylum in the countries they passed through to get to the U.S. border. The ban also blocks reentry into the U.S. for five years and prosecutes immigrants attempting to seek safety in the U.S.

At the State Capitol for Immigrant Day of Action w

At the State Capitol for Immigrant Day of Action with San Diego advocates. #cipc

In light of #AAPIHeritageMonth, we wanted to intro

In light of #AAPIHeritageMonth, we wanted to introduce Manzanar which was an internment camp established during World War II, where over 10,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated and detained by the US government. The camp's purpose was to remove Japanese Americans from the West Coast, out of fear they would collaborate with Japan in the war. The internment was later recognized as a grave injustice, and survivors and their descendants continue to advocate for its remembrance and for the protection of civil liberties for all.

Photo Credit: National Park Service
#Manzanar #JapaneseInternment #NeverForget #CivilLiberties #Injustice.

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