The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced the launch of its Alabama satellite office and the hiring of veteran attorney Britton O’Shields to serve as the office’s lead attorney.
O’Shields is the first hire for CAIR’s revamped presence in the state of Alabama. A graduate of the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, she comes to CAIR with over a decade of legal experience, including time as a legal intern with CAIR in 2015-2016.
Since graduating law school, O’Shields’ dedication to public service shines through her work with other nonprofits such as Redemption Earned, which advocates for certain worthy inmates seeking parole, and Crisis Center Birmingham, where she provided programmatic assistance to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.
With CAIR’s office in Alabama, O’Shields will be assisting Alabama Muslims with civil rights complaints, educating the community about their rights, and acting as CAIR’s representative in local activist and policy coalitions.
CAIR-Alabama served the Alabama Muslim community as a state chapter from 2015 until limiting operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CONTACT: A. Britton O’Shields, Staff Attorney – Alabama Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Alabama), aoshields@cair.com, 205-206-6399, 205-616-0733;CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com