CAIR San Diego has accomplished a lot this past year, first and foremost thanks to Allah and then to the generous donations and support of our community. When you donate to CAIR-SD, you empower this organization to stand for your civic and constitutional rights.
- An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. Enabling CAIR-SD to proactively prevent discrimination, bullying, government over-reach and hate crimes is far more economical than to 'fix the wrong' after it happens.
- Local Impact. Over 90% of your donations are used and spent locally on local cases, media appearances and advocating local government officials and agencies on behalf of the community.
- Make the vote count. By creating voting guides for local and state-wide election candidates and propositions, and getting the Muslim community to participate in the voting process, CAIR-SD ensures that elected officials listen and pay attention to the community's concerns and translate those into bills in the capitol.
- Defend Islam. The Jihad to defend Islam is in media, government and courts. This is CAIR's mission. Hence, CAIR comes under the 'Fi Sabil Allah' ('For the sake of Allah') category of Zakat recipients. You can make you Zakat donations to CAIR.
Your support in the form of donations, volunteering efforts and civic engagement has allowed the San Diego chapter to achieve many accomplishments:
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We are currently handling a large volume of cases. We have seen a 30% increase in our cases compared to previous year
- We received 9 awards & recognition from Congress, State of California and City of San Diego
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We have been very active in civic engagement. We are able to bring about 200 community members to our 3rd Annual Muslim Day at the Capitol in Sacramento to learn about civic engagement, lobbying and advocacy.
- We have advocated and lobbied on your behalf locally, at the state and national level, and have been able to successfully contribute in passing 4 state laws and 2 federal laws – legislation that will help all Americans.
- We have undertaken a major Anti-Bullying Campaign. We offer resources, publications and workshops to schools, administrations and communities.
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We continue to empower our high school youth through our Muslim Youth Leadership Program (MYLP) by providing training
in leadership, media, community activism and many other areas.
- We are proactively using media to present the truth about our community and defend our constitutional and civil rights
- We have made available resources and publications to help the community, including the first Anti-Bullying Report to help students, parents and school administration.
- Assisted 92 community members with free legal service on issues ranging fro DHS and FBI visits, employment disrimination, harassment, public accomodation, scan calls, school bullying, and travel delays.