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Executive Summary

Dear friends and colleagues, as-salamu’alaikum,

In its ten years of service, CAIR-Washington State (CAIR-WA) has resolved well over 350 cases of anti-Muslim discrimination, conducted hundreds of media interviews, and graduated over 50 interns.

In 2011:

• Our civil rights department successfully resolved 97 local cases of anti-Muslim discrimination at zero cost to our clients
• We conducted over 25 ‘Know Your Rights’ presentations , reaching a total of 12,000 Muslim community members
• Our assertive media outreach resulted in our staff members and volunteer activists being featured or quoted a total of over 500 times in local and national media outlets such as The Seattle Times, Bellevue Reporter, Tri-City Herald, The News Tribune, KCPQ13, KIRO7, KING5, KOMO4, KPLU, KUOW, KIRO FM, and many others.
• Our communications interns produced a groundbreaking report on The Seattle Times’ coverage of Islam and Muslims
• Our public education efforts, largely comprised of volunteer speakers, reached a total of over 5,000 live audience mem- bers at major agencies, colleges, and universities.
• Our government affairs interns planned a series of statewide political and media trainings leading to the formation of local statewide Community Action Groups in 2012
• Our annual Muslim Lobby Day in Olympia brought 400 Muslims from across WA to meet their state legislators
• We registered a total of 600 new Muslim voters
• Some 20 students graduated our 4-day intensive ‘Muslim Youth Leadership Program’
• We continue to build strong, strategic partnerships with individuals and organizations representing the ‘who is who’ of our region’s faith, non-profit and academic leadership
• To accomplish the above, we employed the talents of some 4 full-time staff persons, some 20 office interns, and over 90 volunteer activists.

Please consider this report as not just a summary of our accomplishments during 2011, but also an invitation to contribute to our work in some capacity. As you read the report you might imagine that you may be able to strengthen our work by doing as little as providing expert advice, to as much as joining one of our teams in an area that appeals to you most. As always, please contact us with comments or suggestions for improve- ment. We hope that you will continue to partner with us to defend civil rights, fight bigotry, empower the Muslim community, and promote understanding.

Sincerely,

S. Arsalan Bukhari
Executive Director