Council On American-Islamic Relations Of Washington State

Programs: Civil rights defense: in 2014, cair-wa: *processed over 400 complaints received by our office during 2014 from local community members *delivered over 30 brief 'know your rights' announcements reaching live audiences of over 10,000 local muslim community members *secured federal prosecution and sentencing of hate-motivated attacker of local sikh american man

community empowerment: in 2014, cair-wa: muslim youth leadership program(learn more at www. Cairseattle. Org/mylp) *our 2014 muslim youth leadership program (mylp) provided over 40 students, and each of their parents, an opportunity to meet with over 30 executives at seattles top law firms, public relations firms, and media outlets, as well as with political leaders and top law enforcement officials. *connected at least 5 of these students with summer internships in political and media outlets for

public education: responsive media engagement (learn more at www. Cairseattle. Org/seattletimes) *released report analyzing coverage during 2012 by the seattle times of islam and muslims *held meetings with editors of the seattle times and other major media outlets to discuss findings and recommendations. *worked continuously with editors as well as with community members, leading to discussions among editors around the labels, terms, and context used in coverage of islam and muslims, resulting in

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