Causes: Civil Rights, Crime & Law, Minority Rights, Public Interest Law
Mission: CAIR's mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions of mutual understanding. CAIR-MN seeks to empower the Minnesota Muslim community and encourage their participation in political and social conversations while also building bridges of understanding with the greater Minnesota community.
Results: We carry out our mission through several programs - free brief-advice legal clinics, presentations and trainings, civic engagement, community and coalition building and police accountability work. CAIR-MN is the only organization of its kind in our state. We are uniquely positioned to meet the needs of the various diverse Minnesota Muslim communities spanning the various geographical, sectarian, linguistic and racial/ethnic categories, as well as levels of religiosity in in the Twin Cities, suburbs and across Greater Minnesota. We are a critical and credible civil rights champion for Muslims and minorities in our state. In addition to anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant discrimination and general xenophobia, Minnesota Muslims also confront anti-black, anti-Arab, and anti-South Asian racism, xenophobia and antisemitism, which intersect with the Muslim, Arab, and South Asian (MASA) communities in Minnesota. We are trusted and respected not only for our legal aid and expertise, and are exemplary in our ability to be a connector who people trust not only for our legal expertise but for our ability to connect other social justice groups with minority communities. Additionally, we deal with cases involving the area of Public Benefits and Pubic Accommodation, and, primarily pre-Covid, cases of school bullying and discrimination. We also receive questions regarding immigration law and even some health-care related issues.
Target demographics: those who have faced racial, religious, or ethnic discrimination.
Direct beneficiaries per year: (despite Covid) our two civil rights attorneys handled over 300 legal cases and uptick from the 160 cases from 2019, ranging from employment discrimination claims to FBI & Law Enforcement harassment, to issues of hate crimes/incidents and travel. Our office has also seen a large increase in housing issues, in particular, for the East African immigrant community, with cases of landlords taking unfair advantage of tenants who don’t understand their rights as renters. Additionally, we deal with cases involving the area of Public Benefits and Pubic Accommodation, and, primarily pre-Covid, cases of school bullying and discrimination. We also receive questions regarding immigration law and even some health-care related issues.
Geographic areas served: Twin Cities Metro and Greater Minnesota
Programs: complaint resolution through pro bono legal aid and advocacy, media justice and balanced views, community empowerment trainings, and civic engagement.
Mission: CAIR's mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions of mutual understanding. CAIR-MN seeks to empower the Minnesota Muslim community and encourage their participation in political and social conversations while also building bridges of understanding with the greater Minnesota community.
Results: We carry out our mission through several programs - free brief-advice legal clinics, presentations and trainings, civic engagement, community and coalition building and police accountability work. CAIR-MN is the only organization of its kind in our state. We are uniquely positioned to meet the needs of the various diverse Minnesota Muslim communities spanning the various geographical, sectarian, linguistic and racial/ethnic categories, as well as levels of religiosity in in the Twin Cities, suburbs and across Greater Minnesota. We are a critical and credible civil rights champion for Muslims and minorities in our state. In addition to anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant discrimination and general xenophobia, Minnesota Muslims also confront anti-black, anti-Arab, and anti-South Asian racism, xenophobia and antisemitism, which intersect with the Muslim, Arab, and South Asian (MASA) communities in Minnesota. We are trusted and respected not only for our legal aid and expertise, and are exemplary in our ability to be a connector who people trust not only for our legal expertise but for our ability to connect other social justice groups with minority communities. Additionally, we deal with cases involving the area of Public Benefits and Pubic Accommodation, and, primarily pre-Covid, cases of school bullying and discrimination. We also receive questions regarding immigration law and even some health-care related issues.
Target demographics: those who have faced racial, religious, or ethnic discrimination.
Direct beneficiaries per year: (despite Covid) our two civil rights attorneys handled over 300 legal cases and uptick from the 160 cases from 2019, ranging from employment discrimination claims to FBI & Law Enforcement harassment, to issues of hate crimes/incidents and travel. Our office has also seen a large increase in housing issues, in particular, for the East African immigrant community, with cases of landlords taking unfair advantage of tenants who don’t understand their rights as renters. Additionally, we deal with cases involving the area of Public Benefits and Pubic Accommodation, and, primarily pre-Covid, cases of school bullying and discrimination. We also receive questions regarding immigration law and even some health-care related issues.
Geographic areas served: Twin Cities Metro and Greater Minnesota
Programs: complaint resolution through pro bono legal aid and advocacy, media justice and balanced views, community empowerment trainings, and civic engagement.
info@mn.cair.com
2511 East Franklin Avenue Suite 100, Minneapolis, MN 55406
612-206-3360
Civil Rights
Minneapolis
