Our Partners

 
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It is the policy of CAIR-Chicago to view the diverse Muslim population as one community with shared values, common challenges, and one future. In order to achieve the goal of efficiency, we shall work with other organizations that do similar work so that we can maximize our breadth of scope and productivity. Our partnerships are not limited to Muslim organizations and institutions. The American Muslim identity is a unique and integral part of the whole that is America. We wish to identify universal values and common goals that are shared between our community and other communities and forge mutually beneficial partnerships.

How do we achieve that?

Put together a list of issues and concerns of relevance to our community > Meet with coordinators of the other organizations that are interested in these issues > Maintain a database of Muslim and non-Muslim community organizations, MSA’s, mosques, etc. > Appoint a liaison within each organization to act as the link to CAIR-Chicago > Create a CAIR-Chicago Bulletin Board within each MSA & mosque with which we partner communication between us and the constituency we serve.

 
 

Our current partners include but are not limited to the following organizations:

 

  • Muslim Bar Association

  • SAAPRI

  • National Association of Muslim Lawyers (NAML)

  • National Immigrant Justice Center

  • National Lawyers Guild

  • North American Islamic Trust

  • Refugee One

  • South Asian American Policy & Research Institute (SAAPRI)

  • South Asian Bar Association (SABA)—Chicago

  • StoryCorps

  • Syrian Community Network

  • TRUST Collective

  • Waraich Family Foundation

  • Zakat Foundation

  • IFANCA

  • IL Muslim Civic Coalition

  • American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)—Illinois

  • Asian American Advancing Justice (AAAJ)—Chicago

  • Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law

  • CIOGC

  • DePaul University

  • Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

  • Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, LTD

  • Illinois Coalition of Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR)

  • Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)—Chicago

  • Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (JCUA)

  • Latham & Watkins LLP

  • Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF)

“If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
— African Proverb
 
 

If you would like to partner with us, please contact Bassam Arnaout at barnaout@cair.com.