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Dear Muslim Advocates Friends and Family — As-Salaam-Alaikum,
I hope this letter finds you safe and well. After just a few weeks with the organization, I am already so deeply inspired by Muslim Advocates’ work, the staff’s dedication to our mission, and all of you — our supporters who champion a shared vision of a country that lives up to its promise of justice for all people. You have made our work possible through so many pivotal moments over the years. Your continued commitment is what will propel us forward. I am honored to be taking the reins of Muslim Advocates at this important time. I also would like to invite you to RSVP for a town hall discussion with me!
As you may know, Muslim Advocates was founded in 2005 after the passage of the Patriot Act to make sure our communities had expert and strategic representation and support where it mattered. And over the years, Muslim Advocates achieved important victories with Muslim communities that fought back against oppressive state power. The need for our work has only grown in recent years with continued surveillance of Muslim Americans, explicit anti-Muslim federal policies like the Muslim Ban, and a cultural environment where anti-Muslim, anti-Black, and nativist hate speech is weaponized against our people.
Muslim Advocates has an obligation to meet the demands of this moment by developing social justice solutions that produce enduring change. To achieve that goal, Muslim Advocates must be purposefully welcoming and inclusive of the full diversity of the Muslim experience in this country. We must further recognize that impact litigation and policy advocacy are important tools that we deploy in service of our strategic goals, but they are not solutions unto themselves. Instead, success for Muslim Advocates will be determined by how well we use our litigation and advocacy in service of frontline Muslim communities that are working to dismantle systemic oppression. It is only when we leverage our common voices and collective action that we have a chance at building a future that is better and safer for everyone.
As we near the end of the year, we are excited to highlight the successes that our collective efforts produced in 2022 even as we start to share more about our vision for Muslim Advocate’s future. This vision includes a focus on liberation, centering movements for social change, supporting and training the next generation of movement leaders, and more.
While our vision is ambitious, we know that a movement-led approach will be necessary to advance our mission. We hope we can continue to count on your commitment and support for the work ahead. You can get involved in a number of ways:
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Join
us
on
December
12th
for
Common
Voices,
Collective
Action,
a
virtual
town
hall
gathering
where
you
can
hear
more
about
our
new
vision
and
ask
me
and
our
team
questions
about
our
work
and
plans
for
the
future.
You
can
RSVP
for
this
event
here.
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in
touch
and
follow
us
on
social
media.
Our
handle
is
@MuslimAdvocates
on
all
platforms.
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Give
if
you
can
.
As
we
approach
the
end-of-year
giving
season,
all
of
us
at
Muslim
Advocates
hope
you
will
consider
making
a
gift
to
support
our
work.
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I am so grateful to count you as part of the Muslim Advocates community. I hope I have the chance to see you on December 12th and I look forward to the collective work ahead to ensure a more just world for Muslim communities and for us all.
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