Now Hiring: Law Clerk
Position: Law Clerk Areas of Practice: Immigration, Policing, Prisoners’ Rights, Employment, Religious Accommodations, Other Civil Rights Location: Atlanta, Georgia; Hybrid Reports to: Legal Director Start Date: Exact dates negotiable Application due date for Summer: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. About CAIR Georgia CAIR-Georgia is the Georgia chapter of the Council on American […]
CAIR-GA, Georgia Muslim Voter Project Host Muslim Advocacy Day at the Georgia Capitol
(ATLANTA, GA, 2/28/2025) – On Thursday February 27th, the Georgia Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) and Georgia Muslim Voter Project (GAMVP) hosted Muslim Advocacy Day at the Georgia State Capitol. For the third consecutive year, this event brought over 100 Georgia Muslims to the state capitol for an opportunity to meet with their […]
CAIR-Georgia Welcomes Judge Stacey Hydrick’s Stepping Down from Judicial Watchdog After Backlash Over Biased Comments on Palestinians
(ATLANTA, GA, 2/27/25) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today welcomed DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Stacey Hydrick stepping down from the Investigative Panel of the Judicial Qualifications Commission. Judge Hydrick’s decision to step down from the watchdog panel comes days after CAIR-Georgia condemned her recently-deleted social media post asserting that “there are no […]
CAIR-Georgia, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta File Title VI Civil Rights Complaint Against Fulton County School District
(ATLANTA, GA, 2/26/2025) Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta (Advancing Justice-Atlanta) and the Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-GA), the local chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group (CAIR), today announced at a press conference at the Fulton Schools headquarters, the filing of a federal Title VI Civil Rights Complaint against […]
Read Title VI Civil Rights Complaint Against Fulton County Schools, Filed By CAIR-Georgia and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta
CAIR-GA, Emory Faculty and Students Call on Emory School of Medicine to Reinstate Wrongfully Suspended Palestinian-American Student
(ATLANTA, GA, 2/11/2025) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-GA), the local chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group (CAIR), today called on Emory University to reinstate and drop the charges against Umaymah Mohammad, a Palestinian Emory MD/PhD student. CAIR-GA was joined by suspended medical student Umaymah Mohammad, Emory Faculty […]
Civil Rights Groups, Emory SJP Address Federal Recognition of Hostile Environment Concerns At Emory University
Emory University is forced to revise campus protest policies, nondiscrimination policies, and bias report process even as it cuts student complainants out of the resolution process. (Atlanta, GA, 1/17/25) – Emory Students for Justice in Palestine (ESJP), the Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia), and Palestine Legal, today addressed the announcement and resolution by the […]
CAIR-Georgia Welcomes ‘Long Overdue’ Gaza Ceasefire, Calls for Concrete Steps to End Occupation
(ATLANTA, GA, 1/17/2025) The Georgia Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia), the local chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization (CAIR), today welcomed the “long overdue” ceasefire deal to end the genocide in Gaza. CAIR-Georgia called for the incoming Trump administration to support a just, lasting peace by ensuring Israel’s compliance with the deal and […]
CAIR-Georgia Honors the Legacy of President Jimmy Carter Following His Passing
On behalf of the Georgia Muslim community, CAIR-Georgia offers our sincere condolences to the Carter family on the passing of President Jimmy Carter on December 29, 2024. President Carter was a man of strong faith and principle, who raised his voice for Palestinians and others suffering human rights abuses and other social injustices. In his […]