CAIR-Philadelphia legal director, Amara Chaudhry, served as course planner for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s continuing legal education course, How to Litigate a School Bullying Case last Friday, April 12. This training, which Amara began planning almost a year ago, was…
Outreach and Communications Director Rugiatu Conteh conducted an anti-bullying presentation at the Muslim Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh (MCCGP) on Friday. About 50 youth and their parents attended the presentation and learned how to identify and address school bullying. Some…
October Spotlight: National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month “Terrorist.” “Osama.” “Towel Head.” “Go blow something up.” These hateful words and statements are the source of torment for many youth in our community. Anti-Islamic rhetoric and Muslim bashing has left Fox News and…
That’s right, a few months ago a young Muslim called CAIR-Philadelphia’s office expressing suicidal thoughts due to extreme school bullying. We immediately took necessary steps to resolve the situation, and the youth is doing fine now. School bullying and harassment…
CAIR-Philadelphia would like to congratulate youth of Voorhees Islamic Center for the successful completion of a MYLP workshop last Sunday. Participants were very engaged and asked many questions. One point of discussion was properly dealing with religious bullying and teasing. How should a student go about reporting being bullied because he or she is Muslim?
(PHILADELPHIA, P.A., 1/17/2025) — The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia) today called for a thorough disciplinary investigation into a teacher who reportedly responded to a Palestinian-American 7th grade student’s request to change his seat in the class…
Join us on Saturday, February 22, 2025!“Unstoppable: 20 Years of Defending, Empowering, and Thriving” Featured Speakers:Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton, and Amer Zahr Dear friends, Salam alaykum, CAIR-Philadelphia’s annual banquet is the largest gathering of our community members…
Salaam Friend, My name is Asiyah Jones! I am the Advocacy Projects Director and have had the pleasure of running CAIR-Philadelphia’s youth programs for the past three years. I’ve been working tirelessly to provide mentorship programs, leadership workshops, and advocacy…
As we reflect on Juneteenth and the ongoing work of building an anti-racist future, we are happy to report another successful Muslim Youth Leadership Summit where we took steps to contribute to that future. On June 8, 2024, we trained…
