Usjid Hameed, Author at CAIR-Ohio https://staging.cair-ohio.com/author/uhameed/ Protecting Civil Rights. Fighting Bigotry. Promoting Tolerance. Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:48:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 173363196 CAIR-Columbus Participates in Criminal Justice Reform Panel at MSA Annual Benefit Dinner https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-columbus-participates-in-criminal-justice-reform-panel-at-msa-annual-benefit-dinner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-columbus-participates-in-criminal-justice-reform-panel-at-msa-annual-benefit-dinner Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:38:40 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=3628 (COLUMBUS, OH, 12/11/2019) – On Friday, November 22, CAIR-Columbus Government Affairs and Development Coordinator Usjid Hameed spoke at the Annual Benefit Dinner of The Muslim Students’ Association at Ohio State. The purpose […]

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]]> 3628 CAIR-Columbus Participates in Interfaith March for Peace and Justice https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-columbus-participates-in-interfaith-march-for-peace-and-justice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-columbus-participates-in-interfaith-march-for-peace-and-justice Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:46:45 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=3474 (COLUMBUS, OHIO, 9/25/19) – On Sunday, September 22, CAIR-Columbus participated in the 3rd Annual Interfaith March for Peace and Justice in downtown Columbus. The Interfaith March for Peace & Justice […]

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]]> 3474 CAIR-Ohio Hosts 3rd Annual Muslim Advocacy Day https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-ohio-hosts-3rd-annual-muslim-advocacy-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-ohio-hosts-3rd-annual-muslim-advocacy-day Wed, 25 Sep 2019 17:45:38 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=3467 (COLUMBUS, OHIO, 9/25/19) – On Tuesday, September 17, more than 100 Ohio Muslims took part in over 30 legislative meetings with lawmakers and their staff during CAIR-Ohio’s 3rd Annual Muslim […]

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]]> 3467 CAIR-Columbus Participates in Big Table Conversation https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-columbus-participates-in-big-table-conversation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-columbus-participates-in-big-table-conversation Thu, 29 Aug 2019 20:15:45 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=3416 (COLUMBUS, OH, 8/29/19) – On Wednesday, August 28, CAIR-Columbus participated in a Big Table conversation hosted by the Grange Insurance Audubon Center. The conversation, which featured participants from a wide […]

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]]> 3416 CAIR-Columbus Presents on History of Muslims in America on National Muslim Voter Registration Day https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-columbus-presents-about-history-of-muslims-in-america-on-national-muslim-voter-registration-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-columbus-presents-about-history-of-muslims-in-america-on-national-muslim-voter-registration-day Thu, 29 Aug 2019 20:13:17 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=3412 (COLUMBUS, OH, 8/29/19) – On Friday, August 23, CAIR-Columbus Government Affairs and Development Coordinator Usjid Hameed presented about the “The History of Muslims in America” at Noor Islamic Cultural Center […]

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]]> 3412 CAIR-Columbus Participates in Ohio Diversity Council’s Multicultural Roundtable https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-columbus-participates-in-ohio-diversity-councils-multicultural-roundtable/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-columbus-participates-in-ohio-diversity-councils-multicultural-roundtable Thu, 15 Aug 2019 18:10:37 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=3339 (COLUMBUS, OH, 8/15/19) – On Tuesday, August 13, CAIR-Columbus participated in the Ohio Diversity Council’s “2019 Columbus Multicultural Roundtable.” The event aimed to create awareness about the impact a non-inclusive […]

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]]> 3339 CAIR-Columbus Organizes Rally for Kashmir https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-columbus-organizes-rally-for-kashmir/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-columbus-organizes-rally-for-kashmir Wed, 14 Aug 2019 18:08:05 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=3334 (COLUMBUS, OH, 8/14/19) – On Friday, August 9, CAIR-Columbus organized a rally to protest India’s siege of Kashmir and to urge the U.S. State Department to pressure India to end its […]

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]]> 3334 Tell the State Department: Pressure India to End Siege of Muslim Majority Kashmir Valley https://staging.cair-ohio.com/tell-the-state-department-pressure-india-to-end-siege-of-muslim-majority-kashmir-valley/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tell-the-state-department-pressure-india-to-end-siege-of-muslim-majority-kashmir-valley Wed, 07 Aug 2019 20:14:05 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=3327 (COLUMBUS, OHIO 8/7/19) – The Columbus Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Ohio (CAIR-OHIO), Ohio’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged all Americans who support human rights […]

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]]> 3327 CAIR-Columbus Hosts Telephone Town Hall For Hajj Travelers https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-columbus-hosts-telephone-town-hall-for-hajj-travelers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-columbus-hosts-telephone-town-hall-for-hajj-travelers Fri, 26 Jul 2019 13:41:49 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=3309 (COLUMBUS, OH, 7/26/19) – On Tuesday, July 23, CAIR-Columbus hosted a Telephone Town Hall to educate community members on their rights while traveling for Hajj. Listeners from across Ohio participated […]

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]]> 3309 Hajj Travel Guide https://staging.cair-ohio.com/hajj-travel-guide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hajj-travel-guide Fri, 19 Jul 2019 21:09:51 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=3298 In just a short time, many Muslims around the world will set out to make the annual sacred pilgrimage to Makkah — Hajj. The CAIR-Columbus team has put together a […]

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]]> 3298 Tell Congress To Close the Detention Facilities at the Southern Border https://staging.cair-ohio.com/tell-congress-to-close-the-detention-facilities-at-the-southern-border/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tell-congress-to-close-the-detention-facilities-at-the-southern-border Tue, 09 Jul 2019 16:02:16 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=3266 The post Tell Congress To Close the Detention Facilities at the Southern Border appeared first on CAIR-Ohio.

]]> 3266 CAIR-Columbus Delivers 950+ Letters to Members of Congress in Support of Uyghurs https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-columbus-delivers-950-letters-to-members-of-congress-in-support-of-uyghurs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-columbus-delivers-950-letters-to-members-of-congress-in-support-of-uyghurs Thu, 27 Jun 2019 19:13:56 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=3258 (COLUMBUS, OH, 6/27/19) – On Thursday, June 27, CAIR-Columbus visited the central Ohio offices of multiple members of Congress to deliver 950+ letters urging the legislative body to pressure the […]

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]]> 3258 CAIR-Columbus Advocates for Uyghurs, Rohingya, and other minorities in Washington, D.C. https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-columbus-advocates-for-uyghurs-rohingya-and-other-minorities-in-washington-d-c/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-columbus-advocates-for-uyghurs-rohingya-and-other-minorities-in-washington-d-c Wed, 26 Jun 2019 17:46:34 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=3251 (COLUMBUS, OH, 6/26/19) – On Wednesday, June 19, CAIR-Columbus was in Washington, D.C. for the Capitol Hill Advocacy Day to urge Congress to take action against the oppression of the […]

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]]> 3251 CAIR-Columbus Speaks to Local High School Students about Islam & Challenges faced by American-Muslims https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-columbus-speaks-to-local-high-school-students-about-islam-challenges-faced-by-american-muslims/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-columbus-speaks-to-local-high-school-students-about-islam-challenges-faced-by-american-muslims Thu, 09 May 2019 18:17:55 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=3140 (COLUMBUS, OH, 5/9/19) – On Tuesday, April 30, CAIR-Columbus Government Affairs and Development Coordinator Usjid Hameed spoke about Islam and the challenges faced by American-Muslims to high school seniors at […]

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]]> 3140 CAIR-Columbus Hosts Active Shooter Mosque Trainings https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-columbus-hosts-active-shooter-mosque-trainings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-columbus-hosts-active-shooter-mosque-trainings Mon, 06 May 2019 18:39:12 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=3136 (COLUMBUS, OH, 05/03/19) – On Sunday, April 28 and Monday, April 29, CAIR-Columbus organized three active shooter mosque trainings. The trainings, which were attended by 150 people over the two-day […]

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