12-Year-Old Gaza Survivor to arrive in Atlanta
CAIR-GA, JVP, GAMVP Respond to Chancellor Sonny Perdue’s Disturbing Comments
(ATLANTA, GA, 12/10/2024) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-GA), Georgia Muslim Voter Project, and Jewish Voice for Peace – Atlanta released a statement after Chancellor Sonny Perdue made disturbing comments at the UGA Biennial Institute for Georgia Legislators. SEE: Georgia chancellor says protest crackdown attracted out-of-state students Statement: Today, speaking to the Georgia […]
CAIR-Georgia commends Senator Ossoff’s and Senator Warnock’s vote to limit weapons to Israel
(ATLANTA, GA, 11/21/2024) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia), the local chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization (CAIR), today commended Senator Ossoff’s and Senator Warnock’s vote in favor of the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval’s introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senator Bernie Sanders and others. […]
CAIR-Georgia Commends Georgia Muslim Voters for High Turnout, Congratulates Muslim Electees, Responds to Trump’s Reelection
(Atlanta, GA, 11/6/24) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today commends Georgia Muslims for their high voter turnout rate in the 2024 presidential election, with approximately 50,000 Georgia Muslims participating in early voting and congratulates Muslim elected officials Georgia House Representative Ruwa Romman, State Senator Nabilah Islam-Parkes and State Senator […]
CAIR-Georgia, UGA 6 Call on University to Drop Disciplinary Charges for Anti-Genocide Protests
(ATLANTA, GA, 9/23/2024) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-GA) and students arrested and suspended by University of Georgia (UGA) for participating in anti-genocide protests on the UGA campus (also known as the UGA 6) today held a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol, asking UGA to drop disciplinary charges against anti-genocide […]
Title VI Complaint against University of Georgia
CAIR-Georgia, Co-Counsel File Civil Rights Complaint on Behalf of University of Georgia Students
(ATLANTA, GA, 9/10/2024) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia), Attorneys Sarah Gerwig and Samantha Hamilton, individual University of Georgia (UGA) students, and the organization Georgia Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) (formerly UGA Students for Justice in Palestine) today announced the filing of a Title VI federal civil rights complaint with […]
CAIR, ADC Designate GWU, UCLA, and Emory as “Institutions of Particular Concern” Following Targeting of Anti-Genocide Student Protesters
(WASHINGTON D.C., 8/14/2024) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) today designated The George Washington University (GWU), the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and Emory University as “institutions of particular concern” at a press conference in Washington D.C. due to their creation of a hostile campus environment for Palestinian, […]
CAIR-Georgia Condemns Alleged Harassment of Muslim Women in Downtown Alpharetta
(ATLANTA, GA, 7/25/24) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the alleged stalking and harassment of two Muslim women who were wearing the hijab (Islamic head scarf) in downtown Alpharetta, Georgia. The two Muslim women were reportedly peacefully […]
CAIR, CAIR-GA, Atlanta Multifaith Coalition Call on Georgia’s Elected Leaders to Boycott Netanyahu’s Address to Congress
(ATLANTA, GA, 7/23/2024) – The Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its Georgia chapter (CAIR-Georgia) today joined the Atlanta Multifaith Coalition for Palestine (AMCP), a large group of multiethnic, multiracial, multigenerational coalition of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim leaders in holding a press conference to denounce Netanyahu’s visit to U.S. Congress and called on Georgia elected […]