CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
Our Civil Rights Department handles cases that range from prejudiced gestures to full blown discrimination and hate crimes. Our clients are predominantly Muslims.
Civil Rights Interns will work on any of the following projects, among others, as needed:
Citizenship Delay project - seeks to address the lengthy delays Muslims are facing in applying for citizenship
Police Misconduct project - addresses incidents where police officers have discriminated or used excessive force against Muslims
Prison project - secures the rights of Muslim inmates to practice their religion freely, and ensures that inmates are treated humanely
Airport/Border Profiling project - helps Muslims who have been discriminated against at airports or at the U.S.-Canadian border
Employment/School Discrimination project - helps Muslims discriminated against based on religion at the workplace, or in school or other place of learning.
CIVIL RIGHTS
INTERNIntern will work closely with the Executive Director on resolving cases of discrimination reported to CAIR-Washington.
Essential duties and responsibilities may include the following (many other duties may be assigned):
- Assist in documenting incidents of religious discrimination by counseling and interviewing complainants regarding their incidents
- Research laws and policies on employment, student conduct, and immigration procedures, as well as criminal offenses and other areas as seen fit
- Update databases with information about abuses reported to CAIR-Washington
- Assist in coordinating and conducting workshops to increase the Muslim community members' awareness of their rights as U.S. residents
- Arrange meetings with other organizations and agencies
- Draft or edit letters to offending parties on behalf of complainants
- Organized and demonstrate the ability to follow through the various on-going and newly assigned tasks