On April 28–29, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will take part in the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations’ (USCMO) 10th Annual National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. with the theme “Defending Rights, Shaping Policy.”
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This milestone event will bring together American Muslim organizations, leaders, activists, and constituents from across the country to directly engage with members of Congress on policies that impact our communities. Every year, Muslims from across the country gather and share their event experiences online using the hashtag #MuslimHillDay.
This year’s National Muslim Advocacy Day will focus on holding our elected officials accountable and ensuring that our communities have a strong voice in shaping policies that affect us all.
Legislative Agenda
This year, we will be urging Congress to take action on the following key issues:
- Protecting Free Speech and Nonprofit Advocacy Rights in the face of growing legislative threats and McCarthy style investigations targeting Muslim, Arab, Palestinian, allied Jewish, and other community organizations;
- Opposing Discriminatory Travel Bans by supporting the NO BAN Act and rejecting the reimplementation of Muslim-majority country extreme visa restrictions; and,
- Calling for U.S. Action to End Genocide and Human Rights Abuses in Gaza, Sudan, China (Xinjiang), and Burma (Myanmar), where Muslim communities face unspeakable violence and oppression.
- Supporting Key Muslim Community Legislation – Encouraging lawmakers to endorse and pass critical bills.
For the past decade, National Muslim Advocacy Day (#MuslimHillDay) has been a powerful opportunity for our communities to engage with lawmakers, strengthen our political voice, and hold elected officials accountable. With increasing challenges to civil rights and foreign policy decisions that impact global Muslim communities, this year’s advocacy efforts are more urgent than ever.
We join USCMO and its member organizations in inviting all American Muslims to participate in this historic event, meet with their representatives, and help drive meaningful policy change.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw@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