Upload
anna-facci
View
215
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 116
2015CIVILRIGHTSReport
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 216
3000 Unied Founders Blvd Se 226 OKC OK 731124052866009 | inookcaircom | cairoklahomacom
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 316
TABLE OF CONTENTS983098
LETTER FROM CIVIL RIGHTS DIRECTOR
LETTER FROM CAIR983085OK BOARD
ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
SCHOOL AND HIGHER EDUCATION
HATE INCIDENTS
REFERRAL SERVICES
MEDIATIONS amp LEADERSHIP
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS SEMINARS
OUTREACH EFFORTS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
983089
983090
983091
983093
983094
983095
983096983097
983089983088
983089983089
983089983090
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 416
LETTER FROM CIVIL RIGHTSDIRECTOR
Assalamu Alaikum o my CAIR Oklahoma riends and amily
A he firs anniversary o my ime as your Saff Atorney andhen Civil Righs Direcor I am reflecing on a year filled wihgrowh and learning I wan o hank you rom he botom o
my hear or he opporuniy you have given me o become anadvocae or your communiy and a riend o so many o youThis yearrsquos firs ever Civil Righs Repor is o benefi you hecommuniy and give you and up-close look a wha we do in heCivil Righs Deparmen Irsquos also my way o hanking you oryour suppor and conribuions ha make our work possible
In he pas year I have grown as a young lawyer hroughneworking wih oher civil righs leaders and acivissreaffirming my proessional commimen o equaliy and social jusice Close parnerships wih a variey o oher legal serviceproviders have given me posiive examples and a place o gowih my quesions and concerns Through he many CAIR-OK evens and programs ha we have held I have been ableo discuss how my services can bes reach he communiysrenghening he growh o civil righs advocacy in our sae
I have also grown personally expanding my knowledge o he
Oklahoma Muslim communiy and o Islam as a world religionAs an ally o he Muslim communiy I have been learning heways I can bes suppor my Muslim brohers and sisers boh inand ou o he office I has been a wonderul journey and I amso orunae o have hese experiences as par o my workingculure
Building a career in he civil righs world has ruly been anhonor and a privilege and serving CAIR Oklahoma as yourCivil Righs Direcor is a pleasure I look orward o every dayThank you so much or his opporuniy o serve you and yourcommuniy and enjoy our firs Civil Righs Repor
Sincerely
Veronica Laizure
983089
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 516
LETTER FROM CAIR983085OK BOARD
983090
Assalamu Alaikum
On behal o he board o direcors and saff o CAIR Oklahomawe wan o express our sincere graiude or your suppor overhe las 9 years ha has allowed us o proec he civil liberieso Oklahoma Muslims This work would no be possible wihouhe generous suppor o he Oklahoma Muslim communiy and
or ha we are appreciaive
I was in 2006 ha members rom he local communiy beganmeeing in Islamic Ceners around he sae and in heir homeso make he dream o having a CAIR chaper in Oklahoma a
realiy A ha ime i was hard o imagine ha one day we wouldhave saff ha could ake on he bulk o he work le alone anatorney solely dedicaed o proecing Oklahoma Muslimsrsquo civil
righs
Afer several brainsorming and planning sessions ha began in2013 he board o direcors and CAIR-OK Execuive DirecorAdam Solani were finally able o announce a job opening orour firs ever ull-ime saff atorney and civil righs direcorSince joining us in November 2014 Veronica Laizure has shownher commimen o upholding civil liberies enhancing he
undersanding o Islam challenging Islamophobia and promoingdialogue
The release o our firs Civil Righs Repor serves an example owha our communiy can achieve when we come ogeher wih aocused vision hard work and suppor o communiy membersThe accomplishmens o CAIR-OK do no belong solely o heorganizaion bu raher are a reflecion o he Oklahoma Muslimcommuniy as a whole
SincerelyCAIR-OK Board o Direcors
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 616
COMMON ISSUES HANDLED BY OUR DEPARTMENT983098
DISCRIMINATION CASES
Employmen
Schools and Sudens
Harassmen Bullying amp Hae Incidens
Denial o Religious AccommodaionDenial o Service or Access
FBI Conac
Law Enorcemen
ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
The Civil Righs Deparmen consanly receives calls seeking legal aid or assisance Some cases
pose issues o discriminaion or harassmen agains Oklahoma Muslims Our firs sep is o ascerain
i here is evidence o discriminaion in he siuaion a hand Through inerviews discussions and
reviewing documens we deermine i he case is appropriae or he Civil Righs Deparmen o
handle From here we provide help and represenaion or dozens o people and amilies fighing
discriminaion or civil righs violaions
983091
Employment
9
Denial of Religious
Accommodation
32
Denial of Service or Access
9
Bullying
9
Harassment
27
FBI
4
StateLocal Law Enforcemen
5
FederalGovt Agency
5
Cases ha includeevidence odiscriminaion akea variey o ormsWe sor cases inohese caegories oshow paterns andcommon acors
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 716
983092
Where a case or issue is outside thescope of our work we refer our clientsto a network of other legal serviceproviders and monitor the case asit progresses providing support to
clients navigating the legal system
CASES REFERRED TO OTHER SERVICES983098
Family amp Cusody Dispues
Immigraion Law
Non-Discriminaory Employmen Law
Criminal Represenaion
Propery amp Landlord-Tenan Dispues
WE ALSO PROVIDE CONNECTIONS
TO A VARIETY OF OTHER SERVICES983098
Mediaion Sessions
Menal Healh
Sae and Federal Suppor Programs
Women and Childrenrsquos Suppor Services
EVIDENCE OF DISCRIMINATION
YES
42
NO
58
Alhough abouhal o our cases do
no show evidenceo discriminaionwe sill spendime making sureha each clienhas access o heservices hey need
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 816
983093
Harassmen is defin
as unwelcome condha is based on racolor religion s
(including pregnancnaional origin adisabiliy or geneinformaion
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
Some o he mos common siuaions ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen handlesare workplace and employmen issues Unorunaely Islamophobia and prejudice sillaffec American Muslims in he workplace Approximaely hal o he discriminaion-relaedcases ha we handle ocus on he need or religious accommodaions in he workplace
The mos requen complains in employmen cases are ha employers are ailingo provide reasonable accommodaions or daily prayer Friday prayer or uniormexempions We also hear complains ha applicans or jobs eel hey have beenpassed over or no hired because o heir religion
Tile VII o he Civil Righs Ac o 1964 prohibis employmen discriminaion basedon religion naional origin and race This includes reusing o accommodae anemployeersquos sincerely held religious belies or pracices unless he accommodaionwould impose an undue hardship on he employer A religious pracice may besincerely held by an individual even i newly adoped no consisenly observed ordifferen rom he commonly ollowed enes o he individualrsquos religion
Oher siuaions ha Muslims ace in he workplace are culures o harassmen bullying andhumiliaion ha akes place over a long period o ime creaing a hosile work environmen
EEOC MEDIATION WITH CAIR983085OK
Our clien was hired hrough a empagency o work a a manuacuring plan inTulsa OK Afer perorming his job wihou
problems when Ramadan approachedhe requesed a couple o small changeso his work environmen He asked o bemoved o a building wih beter cooling
and venilaion so ha he would avoidheasroke while asing However hissupervisor responded very negaively andulimaely he was fired
CAIR Oklahoma helped him repor hiso he Equal Employmen Opporuniies
Commission (EEOC) Afer i wasinvesigaed we accompanied him o a
mediaion session and guided him hroughhe process where he was awarded a
setlemen o make up or losing his job
FROM TULSA TO THE SUPREME COURT
When Samanha Elau applied o work a he popular clohing reailer Abercrombie Kids in Tulsa OK she excelled a her inerview bu wasnoffered he job She ound ou ha alhough she did well and wasoherwise suied o work here he regional manager recommendedagains hiring her because her hijab did no fi he sorersquos ldquolook policyrdquoShe repored o CAIR-OK who hen reerred her o he EEOC
Afer years o liigaion including supporing bries filed by CAIRSamanharsquos case wen all he way o he Supreme Cour whoconsidered he quesion o wheher an employer could reuse o hirepoenial employee because hey knew ha employee would require religious accommodaion The Supreme Cour ruled ha Abercrombihad violaed Tile VII by ailing o hire her because o her need or anexcepion o heir ldquolook policyrdquo and se in place proecions or job
applicans who need religious accommodaions a work
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 916
DIVERSITY TRAINING
A young suden a a local elemenary school and hismoher a hijabi were harassed by a eacher while hey hadlunch ogeher They repored he harassmen o CAIR-OK who ollowed up by conacing he school and helping
he moher file a civil righs complain wih he disric
Alhough he disricrsquos invesigaion did no find anyspecific wrongdoing a he school he adminisraion
invied CAIR-OK o hos a raining session on he needsand righs o young Muslim sudens Through our DiversiyTraining we educaed eachers on he paricular needs o
Muslim sudens and heir amilies and helped aciliae
cross-culural undersanding opimizing he educaionalsuccess o oher young Muslims a ha school
SCHOOL AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Unorunaely we see cases where sudenssruggle wih he prejudice and ignorance oheir peers heir classmaes and even heireachers When we hear abou hese siuaionswe inervene and spread awareness andeducaion ensuring ha he learning environmenis proeced or our Muslim children We also
conduc workshops wih boh Muslim youh andnon-Muslim eachers and oher service providerso make sure ha everyone is proeced rom
religious discriminaion
COALITION BUILDING AT OU
In early 2015 a video emerged osome sudens rom he Universiy oOklahomarsquos Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE)chaper singing a disurbing chan The
chan which apparenly was par o heraerniyrsquos radiion included reerenceso lynching black men and repeaeduse o he n-word Afer he video wen
viral CAIR-OK and oher communiyorganizaions released saemenscondemning he language in he video andcalling or he universiy o respond
OU Presiden David Boren quicklysepped up o reierae he universiyrsquoscommimen o diversiy and olerance
on campus The raerniy was disbandedand he wo sudens responsible orleading he chan were expelled OU
also developed a diversiy and inclusionraining ha all incoming reshmen arenow required o ake
One o he mos imporan aspecs o he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen is supporing our young peoplehrough heir educaion Schooling wheher in privae or public aciliies is a vial par o a young personrsquoslie Our job is o make sure ha every suden has a sae producive and supporive learning environmenin which o ge he bes educaion possible
983094
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1016
983096
HATE INCIDENTS
Alhough hey are rare hae incidens and vandalism occasionally ouch he lives o Oklahomarsquos Muslimcommuniy Islamophobic media along wih a lack o posiive porrayals o Muslims creaes a culure o earand disrus which can someimes resul in dangerous hurul conronaionsWhen hese hae-ueled incidens or acs o vandalism occur CAIR-OK works wih he impaced pary
local law enorcemen local media and our ineraih and communiy parners o address he roos oIslamophobia ensure ha hose responsible are brough o jusice and mainain he saey o our communiy
RAMADAN ATTACK
During Ramadan a local amily was havingheir pre-dawn meal a a resauran inEdmond While hey were eaing anoherresauran paron approached heir ableand began screaming racial invecivesand haeul slurs a hem hreaening hewomen and young children as well Theamily called he police bu he man andhis companion drove off
The amily repored he inciden oCAIR-OK and we conneced wih localpolice o ensure ha hey had ulfilledheir responsibiliies We also warned ourcommuniy abou he possibiliy o heseencouners by releasing Acion Alers andoher updaes using inpu rom local policeand oher law enorcemen sources
MUSLIM DAY AT THE CAPITOL
During our firs ever Oklahoma Muslim Day a he Capiol inFebruary 2015 we planned a day o lecures and panels wihdisinguished guess and local lawmakers culminaing in Fridayprayers hosed in he Capiolrsquos beauiul Rounda However we wereinormed ha a group o proesors were planning o hos a rallyouside he Capiol argeing our own paricipans as hey enered
he buildingDespie his negaive publiciy we worked wih Capiol securiy andvoluneers o ensure he saey o our paricipans Our ineraihparners arrived in droves ounumbering he proesors andshielded our guess rom he haeul invecives hrown a hemCapiol securiy responded quickly o our concerns and we were
joined by parners rom all over he sae Overall he day was aresounding success and we were proud o our achievemens ha
overshadowed he mean-spiried bu small group o proesors
ISLAMOPHOBIA IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE
As he 2016 presidenial elecion season approached variouscandidaes began espousing Islamophobic saemens or allowingheir supporers o make some very dangerous ani-Muslimremarks Concerned abou he growh o Islamophobic senimen
in he presidenial race he Civil Righs Deparmen along wihoher ineraih and communiy organizaions held a press releaseIn he conerence we called on all poliical candidaes o sopnormalizing ani-Muslim ear and hared and o ocus on he real
issues hey will ace as poenial Presidens o he Unied Saes
CAIR-OK Civil Righs Direcor TV inerview abou Islamophobia in Oklahom983095
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1116
983096
REFERRAL SERVICES
Someimes we find ha a case is ou ohe scope o our mission oo cosly oroo ime-consuming or us o reasonablyhandle In hese rare siuaions we are
careul o reer our cliens o oher firsrae service providers who can assis Wealso monior cases afer he clien has beenreerred and are always available o helpour cliens navigae heir relaionship wihlegal service providers Nearly hal o ourime is spen on non-discriminaion relaedcases where we keep our cliens connecedand inormed abou he services and legalprocesses ha affec hem
Through building srong parnerships wecan confidenly reer our cliens o a varieyo legal service providers in he areaso immigraion amily law criminal lawpropery law personal injury and more
TESTIMONIAL FROM YOUNES REBBAJ983098
NON DISCRIMINATION CALLS
Employment
41
Family
12
Immigration
9
Services
6
Property
3
Criminal
16
Other
13
lsquorsquoI am inernaional suden on an F-1
Visa swiching my immigraion sauso an H1-B Work VISA Even wih havingmy employerrsquos atorney working on myimmigraion case I conaced CAIRrsquos Civil
Righs Direcor Veronica Laizure a coupleimes o ge some pracical legal adviceRegardless of he complexiy of he mater
Veronica was exremely knowledgeableand available and was always ready oanswer any quesion I had during he
process No only ha Veronica lisened
carefully o my quesions and commensand responded quickly and clearly wihanalysis and advice aimed direcly a myown case Thank you so much CAIR for all
your help and atenion o resolving our problems Your work is very appreciaed
Keep i Uprsquorsquo
To serve our cliensha uilize ourreerral serviceswe have developeda nework oproviders ha wework wih in a varieyo differen areas
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1216
983097
Occasionally cliens come o us wih inerpersonal conflics ha need o be resolved Raher han solving heissue in cour which can be ime-consuming cosly and have high sakes we offer ree mediaion services inselec cases where a neural hird pary can inervene beween wo people in conflic
During he mediaion which happens in a sae neural space boh people have he opporuniy o explainheir posiions and decide wha i anyhing would saisy hem This session has sric rules ha enorcerespec or each oher and he mediaor This allows people o be hones abou heir eelings and sae whamigh resolve he conflic knowing heir posiions will be ully heard We hen help hem compromise andsetle he issue finishing wih a signed and legally binding conrac This helps boh people o adhere o heiragreemen and usually boh people walk away eeling more saisfied han hey would i hey had aken he
issue o cour
MEDIATION SERVICES
LEADERSHIPThe Civil Righs Deparmen akes par in all our youh leadership programs like he Muslim Youh
Leadership Symposium and he Oklahoma Muslim Gamechangers We also le young people come o shadowour daily aciviies in and ou o he office and ge an idea o wha civil righs advocacy looks like on heground Hosing workshops and presenaions we help o educae a uure generaion o aciviss advocaesand communiy leaders who will be he new voice o he Oklahoma Muslim communiy
MIKAEL BRYANT983084 SUMMER 983090983088983089983093 LEGAL INTERN983098
ldquoMy summer a CAIR Oklahoma had a profound impac on hedevelopmen of my legal professional and personal life Myinernship was srucured in a way ha gave me he opporuniyo learn how o work independenly helping me develop skills o
make me more of a self-sarer while allowing me o have focusedguidance from Ms Laizure which helped me beter undersandwha i means o be a precise and ehical professional I was alsogiven he chance o exercise and develop my public speaking skills
having my firs opporuniy o hos a professional banque a heSummer Youh Symposium Finally my inernship had a profoundimpac on he developmen of my personal growh as a human
being giving me he chance o learn abou he perspecives ofdisenfranchised communiies from a unique and vas specrumCAIR Oklahoma does amazing work and is such a valuableresource for Muslims and he communiy a large and I will
remember and value my ime here for he res of my liferdquo
LEGAL INTERNSHIPS
Our new Legal Inernship program brings
op sudens rom local universiieso work developing cases in he Civil
Righs Deparmen From clien inakeonwards inerns are deeply involvedin all he seps o clien represenaionhrough resoluion They also have heopporuniy o work in our many areasouside o legal services governmenoureach legislaive racking communiy
presenaions and more Finally heyculminae heir inernship wih aresearch projec ha examines a opico heir ineres relevan o he Muslim
communiy Throughou he programhey develop vial skills ha will helphem in heir uure careers
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1316
SOME OF THE TOPICS WE COVERED IN 983090983088983089983093 INCLUDE983098
Students Know Your Rights ndash Your schoolrsquos responsibiliy o you as a Muslim suden or paren o a Muslim suden
Girls and Womenrsquos Rights ndash Focused on he righs o girls and women o wearhijab bu also covered oher opics
Travel Rights ndash In ime or Hajj discussed common issues while raveling and he
various agencies or deparmens you migh encouner hroughou your journey
Law Enforcement ndash Wha o do i yoursquore sopped by police how o proec yourFourh and Fifh Amendmen righs wha o say o law enorcemen officers
If you need o bring a KYR seminar o your communiy simply email or call he CivilRighs Deparmen o se up a workshop
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS SEMINARS
One o he mos imporan services ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmenprovides is empowering he Oklahoma Muslim communiy o know heir own righs anddeend hem when aced wih discriminaion We conduc opic-specific Know YourRighs workshops ha each individuals wha hey can do or say in given siuaionscomplee wih examples and quesion and answer sessions
Civil Righs Direcor delivers ldquoKnow Your Righs Hijabi Ediionrdquo aTulsa Peace Academy
983089983088
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1416
Civil Righs Direcor a Tulsarsquos John Hope Franklin Symposium onReconciliaion and he Media delivering presenaion ldquoThugs
Terroriss and Troubled Souls The Narraive of Race and Crimerdquo
OUTREACH EFFORTS
The CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen brings educaional presenaions o hose ouside
he Muslim communiy o Oklahoma in hopes o dispelling myhs abou Islam and reducing
he Islamophobia spread by misinormaion and ignorance
In he one year ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen has been esablished we have been inviedo over a dozen non-Muslim organizaions and evens o speak on he realiy o he Oklahoma Muslim
communiy
John Franklin Hope Symposium Tulsa OK ldquoTerroriss Thugs and Trouble Souls The Narraives
of Race and Crimerdquo Explored differences in media presenaion o perperaors o crimeIslamophobic depicions o erroriss and he consequences o skewed represenaion on helives o American Muslims
St Stephens Church Norman OK ldquo10 Things You Though You Knew Abou Islamrdquo Dispellingsereoypes and addressing common misconcepions abou Islam and Muslim
Rotary Club of Oklahoma City Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoIslamophobia and he Mediardquo Deailedexaminaion o how he media skews percepions o erroriss and errorism demonizesMuslims and conribues o he discriminaion aced by American Muslims
Sequoyah Elementary School Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoEliminaing Bias Undersanding Muslim Sudens and Familiesrdquo In response o repors o harassmen o Muslim amily presened
an inroducion o Islam and explored ways ha eachers could suppor and empower heirMuslim sudens and amilies
Comparative Religions Class Oklahoma Ciy Universiy OK ldquoHae Speech vs Freedom ofSpeechrdquo Examined differences in legal reamen o hae speech in American Consiuional
regime as compared o he European Cour o Human Righs and he UNDHR
We also work closely wih our parners a he Equal Employmen Opporuniies Commission he OklahomaCouny Bar Associaion he American Civil Liberies Union o Oklahoma he YWCA o Oklahoma Ciy andcounless oher local and sae-wide organizaions ha spread our messages o olerance and pluralism in he
civil righs world
CAIR-OK Saff visis he YWCAof Oklahoma Ciy
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1516
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1616
3000 Unied Founders Blvd Se 226 OKC OK 731124052866009 | inookcaircom | cairoklahomacom
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 216
3000 Unied Founders Blvd Se 226 OKC OK 731124052866009 | inookcaircom | cairoklahomacom
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 316
TABLE OF CONTENTS983098
LETTER FROM CIVIL RIGHTS DIRECTOR
LETTER FROM CAIR983085OK BOARD
ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
SCHOOL AND HIGHER EDUCATION
HATE INCIDENTS
REFERRAL SERVICES
MEDIATIONS amp LEADERSHIP
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS SEMINARS
OUTREACH EFFORTS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
983089
983090
983091
983093
983094
983095
983096983097
983089983088
983089983089
983089983090
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 416
LETTER FROM CIVIL RIGHTSDIRECTOR
Assalamu Alaikum o my CAIR Oklahoma riends and amily
A he firs anniversary o my ime as your Saff Atorney andhen Civil Righs Direcor I am reflecing on a year filled wihgrowh and learning I wan o hank you rom he botom o
my hear or he opporuniy you have given me o become anadvocae or your communiy and a riend o so many o youThis yearrsquos firs ever Civil Righs Repor is o benefi you hecommuniy and give you and up-close look a wha we do in heCivil Righs Deparmen Irsquos also my way o hanking you oryour suppor and conribuions ha make our work possible
In he pas year I have grown as a young lawyer hroughneworking wih oher civil righs leaders and acivissreaffirming my proessional commimen o equaliy and social jusice Close parnerships wih a variey o oher legal serviceproviders have given me posiive examples and a place o gowih my quesions and concerns Through he many CAIR-OK evens and programs ha we have held I have been ableo discuss how my services can bes reach he communiysrenghening he growh o civil righs advocacy in our sae
I have also grown personally expanding my knowledge o he
Oklahoma Muslim communiy and o Islam as a world religionAs an ally o he Muslim communiy I have been learning heways I can bes suppor my Muslim brohers and sisers boh inand ou o he office I has been a wonderul journey and I amso orunae o have hese experiences as par o my workingculure
Building a career in he civil righs world has ruly been anhonor and a privilege and serving CAIR Oklahoma as yourCivil Righs Direcor is a pleasure I look orward o every dayThank you so much or his opporuniy o serve you and yourcommuniy and enjoy our firs Civil Righs Repor
Sincerely
Veronica Laizure
983089
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 516
LETTER FROM CAIR983085OK BOARD
983090
Assalamu Alaikum
On behal o he board o direcors and saff o CAIR Oklahomawe wan o express our sincere graiude or your suppor overhe las 9 years ha has allowed us o proec he civil liberieso Oklahoma Muslims This work would no be possible wihouhe generous suppor o he Oklahoma Muslim communiy and
or ha we are appreciaive
I was in 2006 ha members rom he local communiy beganmeeing in Islamic Ceners around he sae and in heir homeso make he dream o having a CAIR chaper in Oklahoma a
realiy A ha ime i was hard o imagine ha one day we wouldhave saff ha could ake on he bulk o he work le alone anatorney solely dedicaed o proecing Oklahoma Muslimsrsquo civil
righs
Afer several brainsorming and planning sessions ha began in2013 he board o direcors and CAIR-OK Execuive DirecorAdam Solani were finally able o announce a job opening orour firs ever ull-ime saff atorney and civil righs direcorSince joining us in November 2014 Veronica Laizure has shownher commimen o upholding civil liberies enhancing he
undersanding o Islam challenging Islamophobia and promoingdialogue
The release o our firs Civil Righs Repor serves an example owha our communiy can achieve when we come ogeher wih aocused vision hard work and suppor o communiy membersThe accomplishmens o CAIR-OK do no belong solely o heorganizaion bu raher are a reflecion o he Oklahoma Muslimcommuniy as a whole
SincerelyCAIR-OK Board o Direcors
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 616
COMMON ISSUES HANDLED BY OUR DEPARTMENT983098
DISCRIMINATION CASES
Employmen
Schools and Sudens
Harassmen Bullying amp Hae Incidens
Denial o Religious AccommodaionDenial o Service or Access
FBI Conac
Law Enorcemen
ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
The Civil Righs Deparmen consanly receives calls seeking legal aid or assisance Some cases
pose issues o discriminaion or harassmen agains Oklahoma Muslims Our firs sep is o ascerain
i here is evidence o discriminaion in he siuaion a hand Through inerviews discussions and
reviewing documens we deermine i he case is appropriae or he Civil Righs Deparmen o
handle From here we provide help and represenaion or dozens o people and amilies fighing
discriminaion or civil righs violaions
983091
Employment
9
Denial of Religious
Accommodation
32
Denial of Service or Access
9
Bullying
9
Harassment
27
FBI
4
StateLocal Law Enforcemen
5
FederalGovt Agency
5
Cases ha includeevidence odiscriminaion akea variey o ormsWe sor cases inohese caegories oshow paterns andcommon acors
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 716
983092
Where a case or issue is outside thescope of our work we refer our clientsto a network of other legal serviceproviders and monitor the case asit progresses providing support to
clients navigating the legal system
CASES REFERRED TO OTHER SERVICES983098
Family amp Cusody Dispues
Immigraion Law
Non-Discriminaory Employmen Law
Criminal Represenaion
Propery amp Landlord-Tenan Dispues
WE ALSO PROVIDE CONNECTIONS
TO A VARIETY OF OTHER SERVICES983098
Mediaion Sessions
Menal Healh
Sae and Federal Suppor Programs
Women and Childrenrsquos Suppor Services
EVIDENCE OF DISCRIMINATION
YES
42
NO
58
Alhough abouhal o our cases do
no show evidenceo discriminaionwe sill spendime making sureha each clienhas access o heservices hey need
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 816
983093
Harassmen is defin
as unwelcome condha is based on racolor religion s
(including pregnancnaional origin adisabiliy or geneinformaion
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
Some o he mos common siuaions ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen handlesare workplace and employmen issues Unorunaely Islamophobia and prejudice sillaffec American Muslims in he workplace Approximaely hal o he discriminaion-relaedcases ha we handle ocus on he need or religious accommodaions in he workplace
The mos requen complains in employmen cases are ha employers are ailingo provide reasonable accommodaions or daily prayer Friday prayer or uniormexempions We also hear complains ha applicans or jobs eel hey have beenpassed over or no hired because o heir religion
Tile VII o he Civil Righs Ac o 1964 prohibis employmen discriminaion basedon religion naional origin and race This includes reusing o accommodae anemployeersquos sincerely held religious belies or pracices unless he accommodaionwould impose an undue hardship on he employer A religious pracice may besincerely held by an individual even i newly adoped no consisenly observed ordifferen rom he commonly ollowed enes o he individualrsquos religion
Oher siuaions ha Muslims ace in he workplace are culures o harassmen bullying andhumiliaion ha akes place over a long period o ime creaing a hosile work environmen
EEOC MEDIATION WITH CAIR983085OK
Our clien was hired hrough a empagency o work a a manuacuring plan inTulsa OK Afer perorming his job wihou
problems when Ramadan approachedhe requesed a couple o small changeso his work environmen He asked o bemoved o a building wih beter cooling
and venilaion so ha he would avoidheasroke while asing However hissupervisor responded very negaively andulimaely he was fired
CAIR Oklahoma helped him repor hiso he Equal Employmen Opporuniies
Commission (EEOC) Afer i wasinvesigaed we accompanied him o a
mediaion session and guided him hroughhe process where he was awarded a
setlemen o make up or losing his job
FROM TULSA TO THE SUPREME COURT
When Samanha Elau applied o work a he popular clohing reailer Abercrombie Kids in Tulsa OK she excelled a her inerview bu wasnoffered he job She ound ou ha alhough she did well and wasoherwise suied o work here he regional manager recommendedagains hiring her because her hijab did no fi he sorersquos ldquolook policyrdquoShe repored o CAIR-OK who hen reerred her o he EEOC
Afer years o liigaion including supporing bries filed by CAIRSamanharsquos case wen all he way o he Supreme Cour whoconsidered he quesion o wheher an employer could reuse o hirepoenial employee because hey knew ha employee would require religious accommodaion The Supreme Cour ruled ha Abercrombihad violaed Tile VII by ailing o hire her because o her need or anexcepion o heir ldquolook policyrdquo and se in place proecions or job
applicans who need religious accommodaions a work
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 916
DIVERSITY TRAINING
A young suden a a local elemenary school and hismoher a hijabi were harassed by a eacher while hey hadlunch ogeher They repored he harassmen o CAIR-OK who ollowed up by conacing he school and helping
he moher file a civil righs complain wih he disric
Alhough he disricrsquos invesigaion did no find anyspecific wrongdoing a he school he adminisraion
invied CAIR-OK o hos a raining session on he needsand righs o young Muslim sudens Through our DiversiyTraining we educaed eachers on he paricular needs o
Muslim sudens and heir amilies and helped aciliae
cross-culural undersanding opimizing he educaionalsuccess o oher young Muslims a ha school
SCHOOL AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Unorunaely we see cases where sudenssruggle wih he prejudice and ignorance oheir peers heir classmaes and even heireachers When we hear abou hese siuaionswe inervene and spread awareness andeducaion ensuring ha he learning environmenis proeced or our Muslim children We also
conduc workshops wih boh Muslim youh andnon-Muslim eachers and oher service providerso make sure ha everyone is proeced rom
religious discriminaion
COALITION BUILDING AT OU
In early 2015 a video emerged osome sudens rom he Universiy oOklahomarsquos Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE)chaper singing a disurbing chan The
chan which apparenly was par o heraerniyrsquos radiion included reerenceso lynching black men and repeaeduse o he n-word Afer he video wen
viral CAIR-OK and oher communiyorganizaions released saemenscondemning he language in he video andcalling or he universiy o respond
OU Presiden David Boren quicklysepped up o reierae he universiyrsquoscommimen o diversiy and olerance
on campus The raerniy was disbandedand he wo sudens responsible orleading he chan were expelled OU
also developed a diversiy and inclusionraining ha all incoming reshmen arenow required o ake
One o he mos imporan aspecs o he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen is supporing our young peoplehrough heir educaion Schooling wheher in privae or public aciliies is a vial par o a young personrsquoslie Our job is o make sure ha every suden has a sae producive and supporive learning environmenin which o ge he bes educaion possible
983094
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1016
983096
HATE INCIDENTS
Alhough hey are rare hae incidens and vandalism occasionally ouch he lives o Oklahomarsquos Muslimcommuniy Islamophobic media along wih a lack o posiive porrayals o Muslims creaes a culure o earand disrus which can someimes resul in dangerous hurul conronaionsWhen hese hae-ueled incidens or acs o vandalism occur CAIR-OK works wih he impaced pary
local law enorcemen local media and our ineraih and communiy parners o address he roos oIslamophobia ensure ha hose responsible are brough o jusice and mainain he saey o our communiy
RAMADAN ATTACK
During Ramadan a local amily was havingheir pre-dawn meal a a resauran inEdmond While hey were eaing anoherresauran paron approached heir ableand began screaming racial invecivesand haeul slurs a hem hreaening hewomen and young children as well Theamily called he police bu he man andhis companion drove off
The amily repored he inciden oCAIR-OK and we conneced wih localpolice o ensure ha hey had ulfilledheir responsibiliies We also warned ourcommuniy abou he possibiliy o heseencouners by releasing Acion Alers andoher updaes using inpu rom local policeand oher law enorcemen sources
MUSLIM DAY AT THE CAPITOL
During our firs ever Oklahoma Muslim Day a he Capiol inFebruary 2015 we planned a day o lecures and panels wihdisinguished guess and local lawmakers culminaing in Fridayprayers hosed in he Capiolrsquos beauiul Rounda However we wereinormed ha a group o proesors were planning o hos a rallyouside he Capiol argeing our own paricipans as hey enered
he buildingDespie his negaive publiciy we worked wih Capiol securiy andvoluneers o ensure he saey o our paricipans Our ineraihparners arrived in droves ounumbering he proesors andshielded our guess rom he haeul invecives hrown a hemCapiol securiy responded quickly o our concerns and we were
joined by parners rom all over he sae Overall he day was aresounding success and we were proud o our achievemens ha
overshadowed he mean-spiried bu small group o proesors
ISLAMOPHOBIA IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE
As he 2016 presidenial elecion season approached variouscandidaes began espousing Islamophobic saemens or allowingheir supporers o make some very dangerous ani-Muslimremarks Concerned abou he growh o Islamophobic senimen
in he presidenial race he Civil Righs Deparmen along wihoher ineraih and communiy organizaions held a press releaseIn he conerence we called on all poliical candidaes o sopnormalizing ani-Muslim ear and hared and o ocus on he real
issues hey will ace as poenial Presidens o he Unied Saes
CAIR-OK Civil Righs Direcor TV inerview abou Islamophobia in Oklahom983095
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1116
983096
REFERRAL SERVICES
Someimes we find ha a case is ou ohe scope o our mission oo cosly oroo ime-consuming or us o reasonablyhandle In hese rare siuaions we are
careul o reer our cliens o oher firsrae service providers who can assis Wealso monior cases afer he clien has beenreerred and are always available o helpour cliens navigae heir relaionship wihlegal service providers Nearly hal o ourime is spen on non-discriminaion relaedcases where we keep our cliens connecedand inormed abou he services and legalprocesses ha affec hem
Through building srong parnerships wecan confidenly reer our cliens o a varieyo legal service providers in he areaso immigraion amily law criminal lawpropery law personal injury and more
TESTIMONIAL FROM YOUNES REBBAJ983098
NON DISCRIMINATION CALLS
Employment
41
Family
12
Immigration
9
Services
6
Property
3
Criminal
16
Other
13
lsquorsquoI am inernaional suden on an F-1
Visa swiching my immigraion sauso an H1-B Work VISA Even wih havingmy employerrsquos atorney working on myimmigraion case I conaced CAIRrsquos Civil
Righs Direcor Veronica Laizure a coupleimes o ge some pracical legal adviceRegardless of he complexiy of he mater
Veronica was exremely knowledgeableand available and was always ready oanswer any quesion I had during he
process No only ha Veronica lisened
carefully o my quesions and commensand responded quickly and clearly wihanalysis and advice aimed direcly a myown case Thank you so much CAIR for all
your help and atenion o resolving our problems Your work is very appreciaed
Keep i Uprsquorsquo
To serve our cliensha uilize ourreerral serviceswe have developeda nework oproviders ha wework wih in a varieyo differen areas
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1216
983097
Occasionally cliens come o us wih inerpersonal conflics ha need o be resolved Raher han solving heissue in cour which can be ime-consuming cosly and have high sakes we offer ree mediaion services inselec cases where a neural hird pary can inervene beween wo people in conflic
During he mediaion which happens in a sae neural space boh people have he opporuniy o explainheir posiions and decide wha i anyhing would saisy hem This session has sric rules ha enorcerespec or each oher and he mediaor This allows people o be hones abou heir eelings and sae whamigh resolve he conflic knowing heir posiions will be ully heard We hen help hem compromise andsetle he issue finishing wih a signed and legally binding conrac This helps boh people o adhere o heiragreemen and usually boh people walk away eeling more saisfied han hey would i hey had aken he
issue o cour
MEDIATION SERVICES
LEADERSHIPThe Civil Righs Deparmen akes par in all our youh leadership programs like he Muslim Youh
Leadership Symposium and he Oklahoma Muslim Gamechangers We also le young people come o shadowour daily aciviies in and ou o he office and ge an idea o wha civil righs advocacy looks like on heground Hosing workshops and presenaions we help o educae a uure generaion o aciviss advocaesand communiy leaders who will be he new voice o he Oklahoma Muslim communiy
MIKAEL BRYANT983084 SUMMER 983090983088983089983093 LEGAL INTERN983098
ldquoMy summer a CAIR Oklahoma had a profound impac on hedevelopmen of my legal professional and personal life Myinernship was srucured in a way ha gave me he opporuniyo learn how o work independenly helping me develop skills o
make me more of a self-sarer while allowing me o have focusedguidance from Ms Laizure which helped me beter undersandwha i means o be a precise and ehical professional I was alsogiven he chance o exercise and develop my public speaking skills
having my firs opporuniy o hos a professional banque a heSummer Youh Symposium Finally my inernship had a profoundimpac on he developmen of my personal growh as a human
being giving me he chance o learn abou he perspecives ofdisenfranchised communiies from a unique and vas specrumCAIR Oklahoma does amazing work and is such a valuableresource for Muslims and he communiy a large and I will
remember and value my ime here for he res of my liferdquo
LEGAL INTERNSHIPS
Our new Legal Inernship program brings
op sudens rom local universiieso work developing cases in he Civil
Righs Deparmen From clien inakeonwards inerns are deeply involvedin all he seps o clien represenaionhrough resoluion They also have heopporuniy o work in our many areasouside o legal services governmenoureach legislaive racking communiy
presenaions and more Finally heyculminae heir inernship wih aresearch projec ha examines a opico heir ineres relevan o he Muslim
communiy Throughou he programhey develop vial skills ha will helphem in heir uure careers
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1316
SOME OF THE TOPICS WE COVERED IN 983090983088983089983093 INCLUDE983098
Students Know Your Rights ndash Your schoolrsquos responsibiliy o you as a Muslim suden or paren o a Muslim suden
Girls and Womenrsquos Rights ndash Focused on he righs o girls and women o wearhijab bu also covered oher opics
Travel Rights ndash In ime or Hajj discussed common issues while raveling and he
various agencies or deparmens you migh encouner hroughou your journey
Law Enforcement ndash Wha o do i yoursquore sopped by police how o proec yourFourh and Fifh Amendmen righs wha o say o law enorcemen officers
If you need o bring a KYR seminar o your communiy simply email or call he CivilRighs Deparmen o se up a workshop
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS SEMINARS
One o he mos imporan services ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmenprovides is empowering he Oklahoma Muslim communiy o know heir own righs anddeend hem when aced wih discriminaion We conduc opic-specific Know YourRighs workshops ha each individuals wha hey can do or say in given siuaionscomplee wih examples and quesion and answer sessions
Civil Righs Direcor delivers ldquoKnow Your Righs Hijabi Ediionrdquo aTulsa Peace Academy
983089983088
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1416
Civil Righs Direcor a Tulsarsquos John Hope Franklin Symposium onReconciliaion and he Media delivering presenaion ldquoThugs
Terroriss and Troubled Souls The Narraive of Race and Crimerdquo
OUTREACH EFFORTS
The CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen brings educaional presenaions o hose ouside
he Muslim communiy o Oklahoma in hopes o dispelling myhs abou Islam and reducing
he Islamophobia spread by misinormaion and ignorance
In he one year ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen has been esablished we have been inviedo over a dozen non-Muslim organizaions and evens o speak on he realiy o he Oklahoma Muslim
communiy
John Franklin Hope Symposium Tulsa OK ldquoTerroriss Thugs and Trouble Souls The Narraives
of Race and Crimerdquo Explored differences in media presenaion o perperaors o crimeIslamophobic depicions o erroriss and he consequences o skewed represenaion on helives o American Muslims
St Stephens Church Norman OK ldquo10 Things You Though You Knew Abou Islamrdquo Dispellingsereoypes and addressing common misconcepions abou Islam and Muslim
Rotary Club of Oklahoma City Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoIslamophobia and he Mediardquo Deailedexaminaion o how he media skews percepions o erroriss and errorism demonizesMuslims and conribues o he discriminaion aced by American Muslims
Sequoyah Elementary School Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoEliminaing Bias Undersanding Muslim Sudens and Familiesrdquo In response o repors o harassmen o Muslim amily presened
an inroducion o Islam and explored ways ha eachers could suppor and empower heirMuslim sudens and amilies
Comparative Religions Class Oklahoma Ciy Universiy OK ldquoHae Speech vs Freedom ofSpeechrdquo Examined differences in legal reamen o hae speech in American Consiuional
regime as compared o he European Cour o Human Righs and he UNDHR
We also work closely wih our parners a he Equal Employmen Opporuniies Commission he OklahomaCouny Bar Associaion he American Civil Liberies Union o Oklahoma he YWCA o Oklahoma Ciy andcounless oher local and sae-wide organizaions ha spread our messages o olerance and pluralism in he
civil righs world
CAIR-OK Saff visis he YWCAof Oklahoma Ciy
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1516
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1616
3000 Unied Founders Blvd Se 226 OKC OK 731124052866009 | inookcaircom | cairoklahomacom
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 316
TABLE OF CONTENTS983098
LETTER FROM CIVIL RIGHTS DIRECTOR
LETTER FROM CAIR983085OK BOARD
ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
SCHOOL AND HIGHER EDUCATION
HATE INCIDENTS
REFERRAL SERVICES
MEDIATIONS amp LEADERSHIP
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS SEMINARS
OUTREACH EFFORTS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
983089
983090
983091
983093
983094
983095
983096983097
983089983088
983089983089
983089983090
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 416
LETTER FROM CIVIL RIGHTSDIRECTOR
Assalamu Alaikum o my CAIR Oklahoma riends and amily
A he firs anniversary o my ime as your Saff Atorney andhen Civil Righs Direcor I am reflecing on a year filled wihgrowh and learning I wan o hank you rom he botom o
my hear or he opporuniy you have given me o become anadvocae or your communiy and a riend o so many o youThis yearrsquos firs ever Civil Righs Repor is o benefi you hecommuniy and give you and up-close look a wha we do in heCivil Righs Deparmen Irsquos also my way o hanking you oryour suppor and conribuions ha make our work possible
In he pas year I have grown as a young lawyer hroughneworking wih oher civil righs leaders and acivissreaffirming my proessional commimen o equaliy and social jusice Close parnerships wih a variey o oher legal serviceproviders have given me posiive examples and a place o gowih my quesions and concerns Through he many CAIR-OK evens and programs ha we have held I have been ableo discuss how my services can bes reach he communiysrenghening he growh o civil righs advocacy in our sae
I have also grown personally expanding my knowledge o he
Oklahoma Muslim communiy and o Islam as a world religionAs an ally o he Muslim communiy I have been learning heways I can bes suppor my Muslim brohers and sisers boh inand ou o he office I has been a wonderul journey and I amso orunae o have hese experiences as par o my workingculure
Building a career in he civil righs world has ruly been anhonor and a privilege and serving CAIR Oklahoma as yourCivil Righs Direcor is a pleasure I look orward o every dayThank you so much or his opporuniy o serve you and yourcommuniy and enjoy our firs Civil Righs Repor
Sincerely
Veronica Laizure
983089
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 516
LETTER FROM CAIR983085OK BOARD
983090
Assalamu Alaikum
On behal o he board o direcors and saff o CAIR Oklahomawe wan o express our sincere graiude or your suppor overhe las 9 years ha has allowed us o proec he civil liberieso Oklahoma Muslims This work would no be possible wihouhe generous suppor o he Oklahoma Muslim communiy and
or ha we are appreciaive
I was in 2006 ha members rom he local communiy beganmeeing in Islamic Ceners around he sae and in heir homeso make he dream o having a CAIR chaper in Oklahoma a
realiy A ha ime i was hard o imagine ha one day we wouldhave saff ha could ake on he bulk o he work le alone anatorney solely dedicaed o proecing Oklahoma Muslimsrsquo civil
righs
Afer several brainsorming and planning sessions ha began in2013 he board o direcors and CAIR-OK Execuive DirecorAdam Solani were finally able o announce a job opening orour firs ever ull-ime saff atorney and civil righs direcorSince joining us in November 2014 Veronica Laizure has shownher commimen o upholding civil liberies enhancing he
undersanding o Islam challenging Islamophobia and promoingdialogue
The release o our firs Civil Righs Repor serves an example owha our communiy can achieve when we come ogeher wih aocused vision hard work and suppor o communiy membersThe accomplishmens o CAIR-OK do no belong solely o heorganizaion bu raher are a reflecion o he Oklahoma Muslimcommuniy as a whole
SincerelyCAIR-OK Board o Direcors
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 616
COMMON ISSUES HANDLED BY OUR DEPARTMENT983098
DISCRIMINATION CASES
Employmen
Schools and Sudens
Harassmen Bullying amp Hae Incidens
Denial o Religious AccommodaionDenial o Service or Access
FBI Conac
Law Enorcemen
ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
The Civil Righs Deparmen consanly receives calls seeking legal aid or assisance Some cases
pose issues o discriminaion or harassmen agains Oklahoma Muslims Our firs sep is o ascerain
i here is evidence o discriminaion in he siuaion a hand Through inerviews discussions and
reviewing documens we deermine i he case is appropriae or he Civil Righs Deparmen o
handle From here we provide help and represenaion or dozens o people and amilies fighing
discriminaion or civil righs violaions
983091
Employment
9
Denial of Religious
Accommodation
32
Denial of Service or Access
9
Bullying
9
Harassment
27
FBI
4
StateLocal Law Enforcemen
5
FederalGovt Agency
5
Cases ha includeevidence odiscriminaion akea variey o ormsWe sor cases inohese caegories oshow paterns andcommon acors
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 716
983092
Where a case or issue is outside thescope of our work we refer our clientsto a network of other legal serviceproviders and monitor the case asit progresses providing support to
clients navigating the legal system
CASES REFERRED TO OTHER SERVICES983098
Family amp Cusody Dispues
Immigraion Law
Non-Discriminaory Employmen Law
Criminal Represenaion
Propery amp Landlord-Tenan Dispues
WE ALSO PROVIDE CONNECTIONS
TO A VARIETY OF OTHER SERVICES983098
Mediaion Sessions
Menal Healh
Sae and Federal Suppor Programs
Women and Childrenrsquos Suppor Services
EVIDENCE OF DISCRIMINATION
YES
42
NO
58
Alhough abouhal o our cases do
no show evidenceo discriminaionwe sill spendime making sureha each clienhas access o heservices hey need
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 816
983093
Harassmen is defin
as unwelcome condha is based on racolor religion s
(including pregnancnaional origin adisabiliy or geneinformaion
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
Some o he mos common siuaions ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen handlesare workplace and employmen issues Unorunaely Islamophobia and prejudice sillaffec American Muslims in he workplace Approximaely hal o he discriminaion-relaedcases ha we handle ocus on he need or religious accommodaions in he workplace
The mos requen complains in employmen cases are ha employers are ailingo provide reasonable accommodaions or daily prayer Friday prayer or uniormexempions We also hear complains ha applicans or jobs eel hey have beenpassed over or no hired because o heir religion
Tile VII o he Civil Righs Ac o 1964 prohibis employmen discriminaion basedon religion naional origin and race This includes reusing o accommodae anemployeersquos sincerely held religious belies or pracices unless he accommodaionwould impose an undue hardship on he employer A religious pracice may besincerely held by an individual even i newly adoped no consisenly observed ordifferen rom he commonly ollowed enes o he individualrsquos religion
Oher siuaions ha Muslims ace in he workplace are culures o harassmen bullying andhumiliaion ha akes place over a long period o ime creaing a hosile work environmen
EEOC MEDIATION WITH CAIR983085OK
Our clien was hired hrough a empagency o work a a manuacuring plan inTulsa OK Afer perorming his job wihou
problems when Ramadan approachedhe requesed a couple o small changeso his work environmen He asked o bemoved o a building wih beter cooling
and venilaion so ha he would avoidheasroke while asing However hissupervisor responded very negaively andulimaely he was fired
CAIR Oklahoma helped him repor hiso he Equal Employmen Opporuniies
Commission (EEOC) Afer i wasinvesigaed we accompanied him o a
mediaion session and guided him hroughhe process where he was awarded a
setlemen o make up or losing his job
FROM TULSA TO THE SUPREME COURT
When Samanha Elau applied o work a he popular clohing reailer Abercrombie Kids in Tulsa OK she excelled a her inerview bu wasnoffered he job She ound ou ha alhough she did well and wasoherwise suied o work here he regional manager recommendedagains hiring her because her hijab did no fi he sorersquos ldquolook policyrdquoShe repored o CAIR-OK who hen reerred her o he EEOC
Afer years o liigaion including supporing bries filed by CAIRSamanharsquos case wen all he way o he Supreme Cour whoconsidered he quesion o wheher an employer could reuse o hirepoenial employee because hey knew ha employee would require religious accommodaion The Supreme Cour ruled ha Abercrombihad violaed Tile VII by ailing o hire her because o her need or anexcepion o heir ldquolook policyrdquo and se in place proecions or job
applicans who need religious accommodaions a work
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 916
DIVERSITY TRAINING
A young suden a a local elemenary school and hismoher a hijabi were harassed by a eacher while hey hadlunch ogeher They repored he harassmen o CAIR-OK who ollowed up by conacing he school and helping
he moher file a civil righs complain wih he disric
Alhough he disricrsquos invesigaion did no find anyspecific wrongdoing a he school he adminisraion
invied CAIR-OK o hos a raining session on he needsand righs o young Muslim sudens Through our DiversiyTraining we educaed eachers on he paricular needs o
Muslim sudens and heir amilies and helped aciliae
cross-culural undersanding opimizing he educaionalsuccess o oher young Muslims a ha school
SCHOOL AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Unorunaely we see cases where sudenssruggle wih he prejudice and ignorance oheir peers heir classmaes and even heireachers When we hear abou hese siuaionswe inervene and spread awareness andeducaion ensuring ha he learning environmenis proeced or our Muslim children We also
conduc workshops wih boh Muslim youh andnon-Muslim eachers and oher service providerso make sure ha everyone is proeced rom
religious discriminaion
COALITION BUILDING AT OU
In early 2015 a video emerged osome sudens rom he Universiy oOklahomarsquos Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE)chaper singing a disurbing chan The
chan which apparenly was par o heraerniyrsquos radiion included reerenceso lynching black men and repeaeduse o he n-word Afer he video wen
viral CAIR-OK and oher communiyorganizaions released saemenscondemning he language in he video andcalling or he universiy o respond
OU Presiden David Boren quicklysepped up o reierae he universiyrsquoscommimen o diversiy and olerance
on campus The raerniy was disbandedand he wo sudens responsible orleading he chan were expelled OU
also developed a diversiy and inclusionraining ha all incoming reshmen arenow required o ake
One o he mos imporan aspecs o he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen is supporing our young peoplehrough heir educaion Schooling wheher in privae or public aciliies is a vial par o a young personrsquoslie Our job is o make sure ha every suden has a sae producive and supporive learning environmenin which o ge he bes educaion possible
983094
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1016
983096
HATE INCIDENTS
Alhough hey are rare hae incidens and vandalism occasionally ouch he lives o Oklahomarsquos Muslimcommuniy Islamophobic media along wih a lack o posiive porrayals o Muslims creaes a culure o earand disrus which can someimes resul in dangerous hurul conronaionsWhen hese hae-ueled incidens or acs o vandalism occur CAIR-OK works wih he impaced pary
local law enorcemen local media and our ineraih and communiy parners o address he roos oIslamophobia ensure ha hose responsible are brough o jusice and mainain he saey o our communiy
RAMADAN ATTACK
During Ramadan a local amily was havingheir pre-dawn meal a a resauran inEdmond While hey were eaing anoherresauran paron approached heir ableand began screaming racial invecivesand haeul slurs a hem hreaening hewomen and young children as well Theamily called he police bu he man andhis companion drove off
The amily repored he inciden oCAIR-OK and we conneced wih localpolice o ensure ha hey had ulfilledheir responsibiliies We also warned ourcommuniy abou he possibiliy o heseencouners by releasing Acion Alers andoher updaes using inpu rom local policeand oher law enorcemen sources
MUSLIM DAY AT THE CAPITOL
During our firs ever Oklahoma Muslim Day a he Capiol inFebruary 2015 we planned a day o lecures and panels wihdisinguished guess and local lawmakers culminaing in Fridayprayers hosed in he Capiolrsquos beauiul Rounda However we wereinormed ha a group o proesors were planning o hos a rallyouside he Capiol argeing our own paricipans as hey enered
he buildingDespie his negaive publiciy we worked wih Capiol securiy andvoluneers o ensure he saey o our paricipans Our ineraihparners arrived in droves ounumbering he proesors andshielded our guess rom he haeul invecives hrown a hemCapiol securiy responded quickly o our concerns and we were
joined by parners rom all over he sae Overall he day was aresounding success and we were proud o our achievemens ha
overshadowed he mean-spiried bu small group o proesors
ISLAMOPHOBIA IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE
As he 2016 presidenial elecion season approached variouscandidaes began espousing Islamophobic saemens or allowingheir supporers o make some very dangerous ani-Muslimremarks Concerned abou he growh o Islamophobic senimen
in he presidenial race he Civil Righs Deparmen along wihoher ineraih and communiy organizaions held a press releaseIn he conerence we called on all poliical candidaes o sopnormalizing ani-Muslim ear and hared and o ocus on he real
issues hey will ace as poenial Presidens o he Unied Saes
CAIR-OK Civil Righs Direcor TV inerview abou Islamophobia in Oklahom983095
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1116
983096
REFERRAL SERVICES
Someimes we find ha a case is ou ohe scope o our mission oo cosly oroo ime-consuming or us o reasonablyhandle In hese rare siuaions we are
careul o reer our cliens o oher firsrae service providers who can assis Wealso monior cases afer he clien has beenreerred and are always available o helpour cliens navigae heir relaionship wihlegal service providers Nearly hal o ourime is spen on non-discriminaion relaedcases where we keep our cliens connecedand inormed abou he services and legalprocesses ha affec hem
Through building srong parnerships wecan confidenly reer our cliens o a varieyo legal service providers in he areaso immigraion amily law criminal lawpropery law personal injury and more
TESTIMONIAL FROM YOUNES REBBAJ983098
NON DISCRIMINATION CALLS
Employment
41
Family
12
Immigration
9
Services
6
Property
3
Criminal
16
Other
13
lsquorsquoI am inernaional suden on an F-1
Visa swiching my immigraion sauso an H1-B Work VISA Even wih havingmy employerrsquos atorney working on myimmigraion case I conaced CAIRrsquos Civil
Righs Direcor Veronica Laizure a coupleimes o ge some pracical legal adviceRegardless of he complexiy of he mater
Veronica was exremely knowledgeableand available and was always ready oanswer any quesion I had during he
process No only ha Veronica lisened
carefully o my quesions and commensand responded quickly and clearly wihanalysis and advice aimed direcly a myown case Thank you so much CAIR for all
your help and atenion o resolving our problems Your work is very appreciaed
Keep i Uprsquorsquo
To serve our cliensha uilize ourreerral serviceswe have developeda nework oproviders ha wework wih in a varieyo differen areas
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1216
983097
Occasionally cliens come o us wih inerpersonal conflics ha need o be resolved Raher han solving heissue in cour which can be ime-consuming cosly and have high sakes we offer ree mediaion services inselec cases where a neural hird pary can inervene beween wo people in conflic
During he mediaion which happens in a sae neural space boh people have he opporuniy o explainheir posiions and decide wha i anyhing would saisy hem This session has sric rules ha enorcerespec or each oher and he mediaor This allows people o be hones abou heir eelings and sae whamigh resolve he conflic knowing heir posiions will be ully heard We hen help hem compromise andsetle he issue finishing wih a signed and legally binding conrac This helps boh people o adhere o heiragreemen and usually boh people walk away eeling more saisfied han hey would i hey had aken he
issue o cour
MEDIATION SERVICES
LEADERSHIPThe Civil Righs Deparmen akes par in all our youh leadership programs like he Muslim Youh
Leadership Symposium and he Oklahoma Muslim Gamechangers We also le young people come o shadowour daily aciviies in and ou o he office and ge an idea o wha civil righs advocacy looks like on heground Hosing workshops and presenaions we help o educae a uure generaion o aciviss advocaesand communiy leaders who will be he new voice o he Oklahoma Muslim communiy
MIKAEL BRYANT983084 SUMMER 983090983088983089983093 LEGAL INTERN983098
ldquoMy summer a CAIR Oklahoma had a profound impac on hedevelopmen of my legal professional and personal life Myinernship was srucured in a way ha gave me he opporuniyo learn how o work independenly helping me develop skills o
make me more of a self-sarer while allowing me o have focusedguidance from Ms Laizure which helped me beter undersandwha i means o be a precise and ehical professional I was alsogiven he chance o exercise and develop my public speaking skills
having my firs opporuniy o hos a professional banque a heSummer Youh Symposium Finally my inernship had a profoundimpac on he developmen of my personal growh as a human
being giving me he chance o learn abou he perspecives ofdisenfranchised communiies from a unique and vas specrumCAIR Oklahoma does amazing work and is such a valuableresource for Muslims and he communiy a large and I will
remember and value my ime here for he res of my liferdquo
LEGAL INTERNSHIPS
Our new Legal Inernship program brings
op sudens rom local universiieso work developing cases in he Civil
Righs Deparmen From clien inakeonwards inerns are deeply involvedin all he seps o clien represenaionhrough resoluion They also have heopporuniy o work in our many areasouside o legal services governmenoureach legislaive racking communiy
presenaions and more Finally heyculminae heir inernship wih aresearch projec ha examines a opico heir ineres relevan o he Muslim
communiy Throughou he programhey develop vial skills ha will helphem in heir uure careers
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1316
SOME OF THE TOPICS WE COVERED IN 983090983088983089983093 INCLUDE983098
Students Know Your Rights ndash Your schoolrsquos responsibiliy o you as a Muslim suden or paren o a Muslim suden
Girls and Womenrsquos Rights ndash Focused on he righs o girls and women o wearhijab bu also covered oher opics
Travel Rights ndash In ime or Hajj discussed common issues while raveling and he
various agencies or deparmens you migh encouner hroughou your journey
Law Enforcement ndash Wha o do i yoursquore sopped by police how o proec yourFourh and Fifh Amendmen righs wha o say o law enorcemen officers
If you need o bring a KYR seminar o your communiy simply email or call he CivilRighs Deparmen o se up a workshop
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS SEMINARS
One o he mos imporan services ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmenprovides is empowering he Oklahoma Muslim communiy o know heir own righs anddeend hem when aced wih discriminaion We conduc opic-specific Know YourRighs workshops ha each individuals wha hey can do or say in given siuaionscomplee wih examples and quesion and answer sessions
Civil Righs Direcor delivers ldquoKnow Your Righs Hijabi Ediionrdquo aTulsa Peace Academy
983089983088
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1416
Civil Righs Direcor a Tulsarsquos John Hope Franklin Symposium onReconciliaion and he Media delivering presenaion ldquoThugs
Terroriss and Troubled Souls The Narraive of Race and Crimerdquo
OUTREACH EFFORTS
The CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen brings educaional presenaions o hose ouside
he Muslim communiy o Oklahoma in hopes o dispelling myhs abou Islam and reducing
he Islamophobia spread by misinormaion and ignorance
In he one year ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen has been esablished we have been inviedo over a dozen non-Muslim organizaions and evens o speak on he realiy o he Oklahoma Muslim
communiy
John Franklin Hope Symposium Tulsa OK ldquoTerroriss Thugs and Trouble Souls The Narraives
of Race and Crimerdquo Explored differences in media presenaion o perperaors o crimeIslamophobic depicions o erroriss and he consequences o skewed represenaion on helives o American Muslims
St Stephens Church Norman OK ldquo10 Things You Though You Knew Abou Islamrdquo Dispellingsereoypes and addressing common misconcepions abou Islam and Muslim
Rotary Club of Oklahoma City Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoIslamophobia and he Mediardquo Deailedexaminaion o how he media skews percepions o erroriss and errorism demonizesMuslims and conribues o he discriminaion aced by American Muslims
Sequoyah Elementary School Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoEliminaing Bias Undersanding Muslim Sudens and Familiesrdquo In response o repors o harassmen o Muslim amily presened
an inroducion o Islam and explored ways ha eachers could suppor and empower heirMuslim sudens and amilies
Comparative Religions Class Oklahoma Ciy Universiy OK ldquoHae Speech vs Freedom ofSpeechrdquo Examined differences in legal reamen o hae speech in American Consiuional
regime as compared o he European Cour o Human Righs and he UNDHR
We also work closely wih our parners a he Equal Employmen Opporuniies Commission he OklahomaCouny Bar Associaion he American Civil Liberies Union o Oklahoma he YWCA o Oklahoma Ciy andcounless oher local and sae-wide organizaions ha spread our messages o olerance and pluralism in he
civil righs world
CAIR-OK Saff visis he YWCAof Oklahoma Ciy
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1516
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1616
3000 Unied Founders Blvd Se 226 OKC OK 731124052866009 | inookcaircom | cairoklahomacom
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 416
LETTER FROM CIVIL RIGHTSDIRECTOR
Assalamu Alaikum o my CAIR Oklahoma riends and amily
A he firs anniversary o my ime as your Saff Atorney andhen Civil Righs Direcor I am reflecing on a year filled wihgrowh and learning I wan o hank you rom he botom o
my hear or he opporuniy you have given me o become anadvocae or your communiy and a riend o so many o youThis yearrsquos firs ever Civil Righs Repor is o benefi you hecommuniy and give you and up-close look a wha we do in heCivil Righs Deparmen Irsquos also my way o hanking you oryour suppor and conribuions ha make our work possible
In he pas year I have grown as a young lawyer hroughneworking wih oher civil righs leaders and acivissreaffirming my proessional commimen o equaliy and social jusice Close parnerships wih a variey o oher legal serviceproviders have given me posiive examples and a place o gowih my quesions and concerns Through he many CAIR-OK evens and programs ha we have held I have been ableo discuss how my services can bes reach he communiysrenghening he growh o civil righs advocacy in our sae
I have also grown personally expanding my knowledge o he
Oklahoma Muslim communiy and o Islam as a world religionAs an ally o he Muslim communiy I have been learning heways I can bes suppor my Muslim brohers and sisers boh inand ou o he office I has been a wonderul journey and I amso orunae o have hese experiences as par o my workingculure
Building a career in he civil righs world has ruly been anhonor and a privilege and serving CAIR Oklahoma as yourCivil Righs Direcor is a pleasure I look orward o every dayThank you so much or his opporuniy o serve you and yourcommuniy and enjoy our firs Civil Righs Repor
Sincerely
Veronica Laizure
983089
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 516
LETTER FROM CAIR983085OK BOARD
983090
Assalamu Alaikum
On behal o he board o direcors and saff o CAIR Oklahomawe wan o express our sincere graiude or your suppor overhe las 9 years ha has allowed us o proec he civil liberieso Oklahoma Muslims This work would no be possible wihouhe generous suppor o he Oklahoma Muslim communiy and
or ha we are appreciaive
I was in 2006 ha members rom he local communiy beganmeeing in Islamic Ceners around he sae and in heir homeso make he dream o having a CAIR chaper in Oklahoma a
realiy A ha ime i was hard o imagine ha one day we wouldhave saff ha could ake on he bulk o he work le alone anatorney solely dedicaed o proecing Oklahoma Muslimsrsquo civil
righs
Afer several brainsorming and planning sessions ha began in2013 he board o direcors and CAIR-OK Execuive DirecorAdam Solani were finally able o announce a job opening orour firs ever ull-ime saff atorney and civil righs direcorSince joining us in November 2014 Veronica Laizure has shownher commimen o upholding civil liberies enhancing he
undersanding o Islam challenging Islamophobia and promoingdialogue
The release o our firs Civil Righs Repor serves an example owha our communiy can achieve when we come ogeher wih aocused vision hard work and suppor o communiy membersThe accomplishmens o CAIR-OK do no belong solely o heorganizaion bu raher are a reflecion o he Oklahoma Muslimcommuniy as a whole
SincerelyCAIR-OK Board o Direcors
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 616
COMMON ISSUES HANDLED BY OUR DEPARTMENT983098
DISCRIMINATION CASES
Employmen
Schools and Sudens
Harassmen Bullying amp Hae Incidens
Denial o Religious AccommodaionDenial o Service or Access
FBI Conac
Law Enorcemen
ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
The Civil Righs Deparmen consanly receives calls seeking legal aid or assisance Some cases
pose issues o discriminaion or harassmen agains Oklahoma Muslims Our firs sep is o ascerain
i here is evidence o discriminaion in he siuaion a hand Through inerviews discussions and
reviewing documens we deermine i he case is appropriae or he Civil Righs Deparmen o
handle From here we provide help and represenaion or dozens o people and amilies fighing
discriminaion or civil righs violaions
983091
Employment
9
Denial of Religious
Accommodation
32
Denial of Service or Access
9
Bullying
9
Harassment
27
FBI
4
StateLocal Law Enforcemen
5
FederalGovt Agency
5
Cases ha includeevidence odiscriminaion akea variey o ormsWe sor cases inohese caegories oshow paterns andcommon acors
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 716
983092
Where a case or issue is outside thescope of our work we refer our clientsto a network of other legal serviceproviders and monitor the case asit progresses providing support to
clients navigating the legal system
CASES REFERRED TO OTHER SERVICES983098
Family amp Cusody Dispues
Immigraion Law
Non-Discriminaory Employmen Law
Criminal Represenaion
Propery amp Landlord-Tenan Dispues
WE ALSO PROVIDE CONNECTIONS
TO A VARIETY OF OTHER SERVICES983098
Mediaion Sessions
Menal Healh
Sae and Federal Suppor Programs
Women and Childrenrsquos Suppor Services
EVIDENCE OF DISCRIMINATION
YES
42
NO
58
Alhough abouhal o our cases do
no show evidenceo discriminaionwe sill spendime making sureha each clienhas access o heservices hey need
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 816
983093
Harassmen is defin
as unwelcome condha is based on racolor religion s
(including pregnancnaional origin adisabiliy or geneinformaion
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
Some o he mos common siuaions ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen handlesare workplace and employmen issues Unorunaely Islamophobia and prejudice sillaffec American Muslims in he workplace Approximaely hal o he discriminaion-relaedcases ha we handle ocus on he need or religious accommodaions in he workplace
The mos requen complains in employmen cases are ha employers are ailingo provide reasonable accommodaions or daily prayer Friday prayer or uniormexempions We also hear complains ha applicans or jobs eel hey have beenpassed over or no hired because o heir religion
Tile VII o he Civil Righs Ac o 1964 prohibis employmen discriminaion basedon religion naional origin and race This includes reusing o accommodae anemployeersquos sincerely held religious belies or pracices unless he accommodaionwould impose an undue hardship on he employer A religious pracice may besincerely held by an individual even i newly adoped no consisenly observed ordifferen rom he commonly ollowed enes o he individualrsquos religion
Oher siuaions ha Muslims ace in he workplace are culures o harassmen bullying andhumiliaion ha akes place over a long period o ime creaing a hosile work environmen
EEOC MEDIATION WITH CAIR983085OK
Our clien was hired hrough a empagency o work a a manuacuring plan inTulsa OK Afer perorming his job wihou
problems when Ramadan approachedhe requesed a couple o small changeso his work environmen He asked o bemoved o a building wih beter cooling
and venilaion so ha he would avoidheasroke while asing However hissupervisor responded very negaively andulimaely he was fired
CAIR Oklahoma helped him repor hiso he Equal Employmen Opporuniies
Commission (EEOC) Afer i wasinvesigaed we accompanied him o a
mediaion session and guided him hroughhe process where he was awarded a
setlemen o make up or losing his job
FROM TULSA TO THE SUPREME COURT
When Samanha Elau applied o work a he popular clohing reailer Abercrombie Kids in Tulsa OK she excelled a her inerview bu wasnoffered he job She ound ou ha alhough she did well and wasoherwise suied o work here he regional manager recommendedagains hiring her because her hijab did no fi he sorersquos ldquolook policyrdquoShe repored o CAIR-OK who hen reerred her o he EEOC
Afer years o liigaion including supporing bries filed by CAIRSamanharsquos case wen all he way o he Supreme Cour whoconsidered he quesion o wheher an employer could reuse o hirepoenial employee because hey knew ha employee would require religious accommodaion The Supreme Cour ruled ha Abercrombihad violaed Tile VII by ailing o hire her because o her need or anexcepion o heir ldquolook policyrdquo and se in place proecions or job
applicans who need religious accommodaions a work
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 916
DIVERSITY TRAINING
A young suden a a local elemenary school and hismoher a hijabi were harassed by a eacher while hey hadlunch ogeher They repored he harassmen o CAIR-OK who ollowed up by conacing he school and helping
he moher file a civil righs complain wih he disric
Alhough he disricrsquos invesigaion did no find anyspecific wrongdoing a he school he adminisraion
invied CAIR-OK o hos a raining session on he needsand righs o young Muslim sudens Through our DiversiyTraining we educaed eachers on he paricular needs o
Muslim sudens and heir amilies and helped aciliae
cross-culural undersanding opimizing he educaionalsuccess o oher young Muslims a ha school
SCHOOL AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Unorunaely we see cases where sudenssruggle wih he prejudice and ignorance oheir peers heir classmaes and even heireachers When we hear abou hese siuaionswe inervene and spread awareness andeducaion ensuring ha he learning environmenis proeced or our Muslim children We also
conduc workshops wih boh Muslim youh andnon-Muslim eachers and oher service providerso make sure ha everyone is proeced rom
religious discriminaion
COALITION BUILDING AT OU
In early 2015 a video emerged osome sudens rom he Universiy oOklahomarsquos Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE)chaper singing a disurbing chan The
chan which apparenly was par o heraerniyrsquos radiion included reerenceso lynching black men and repeaeduse o he n-word Afer he video wen
viral CAIR-OK and oher communiyorganizaions released saemenscondemning he language in he video andcalling or he universiy o respond
OU Presiden David Boren quicklysepped up o reierae he universiyrsquoscommimen o diversiy and olerance
on campus The raerniy was disbandedand he wo sudens responsible orleading he chan were expelled OU
also developed a diversiy and inclusionraining ha all incoming reshmen arenow required o ake
One o he mos imporan aspecs o he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen is supporing our young peoplehrough heir educaion Schooling wheher in privae or public aciliies is a vial par o a young personrsquoslie Our job is o make sure ha every suden has a sae producive and supporive learning environmenin which o ge he bes educaion possible
983094
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1016
983096
HATE INCIDENTS
Alhough hey are rare hae incidens and vandalism occasionally ouch he lives o Oklahomarsquos Muslimcommuniy Islamophobic media along wih a lack o posiive porrayals o Muslims creaes a culure o earand disrus which can someimes resul in dangerous hurul conronaionsWhen hese hae-ueled incidens or acs o vandalism occur CAIR-OK works wih he impaced pary
local law enorcemen local media and our ineraih and communiy parners o address he roos oIslamophobia ensure ha hose responsible are brough o jusice and mainain he saey o our communiy
RAMADAN ATTACK
During Ramadan a local amily was havingheir pre-dawn meal a a resauran inEdmond While hey were eaing anoherresauran paron approached heir ableand began screaming racial invecivesand haeul slurs a hem hreaening hewomen and young children as well Theamily called he police bu he man andhis companion drove off
The amily repored he inciden oCAIR-OK and we conneced wih localpolice o ensure ha hey had ulfilledheir responsibiliies We also warned ourcommuniy abou he possibiliy o heseencouners by releasing Acion Alers andoher updaes using inpu rom local policeand oher law enorcemen sources
MUSLIM DAY AT THE CAPITOL
During our firs ever Oklahoma Muslim Day a he Capiol inFebruary 2015 we planned a day o lecures and panels wihdisinguished guess and local lawmakers culminaing in Fridayprayers hosed in he Capiolrsquos beauiul Rounda However we wereinormed ha a group o proesors were planning o hos a rallyouside he Capiol argeing our own paricipans as hey enered
he buildingDespie his negaive publiciy we worked wih Capiol securiy andvoluneers o ensure he saey o our paricipans Our ineraihparners arrived in droves ounumbering he proesors andshielded our guess rom he haeul invecives hrown a hemCapiol securiy responded quickly o our concerns and we were
joined by parners rom all over he sae Overall he day was aresounding success and we were proud o our achievemens ha
overshadowed he mean-spiried bu small group o proesors
ISLAMOPHOBIA IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE
As he 2016 presidenial elecion season approached variouscandidaes began espousing Islamophobic saemens or allowingheir supporers o make some very dangerous ani-Muslimremarks Concerned abou he growh o Islamophobic senimen
in he presidenial race he Civil Righs Deparmen along wihoher ineraih and communiy organizaions held a press releaseIn he conerence we called on all poliical candidaes o sopnormalizing ani-Muslim ear and hared and o ocus on he real
issues hey will ace as poenial Presidens o he Unied Saes
CAIR-OK Civil Righs Direcor TV inerview abou Islamophobia in Oklahom983095
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1116
983096
REFERRAL SERVICES
Someimes we find ha a case is ou ohe scope o our mission oo cosly oroo ime-consuming or us o reasonablyhandle In hese rare siuaions we are
careul o reer our cliens o oher firsrae service providers who can assis Wealso monior cases afer he clien has beenreerred and are always available o helpour cliens navigae heir relaionship wihlegal service providers Nearly hal o ourime is spen on non-discriminaion relaedcases where we keep our cliens connecedand inormed abou he services and legalprocesses ha affec hem
Through building srong parnerships wecan confidenly reer our cliens o a varieyo legal service providers in he areaso immigraion amily law criminal lawpropery law personal injury and more
TESTIMONIAL FROM YOUNES REBBAJ983098
NON DISCRIMINATION CALLS
Employment
41
Family
12
Immigration
9
Services
6
Property
3
Criminal
16
Other
13
lsquorsquoI am inernaional suden on an F-1
Visa swiching my immigraion sauso an H1-B Work VISA Even wih havingmy employerrsquos atorney working on myimmigraion case I conaced CAIRrsquos Civil
Righs Direcor Veronica Laizure a coupleimes o ge some pracical legal adviceRegardless of he complexiy of he mater
Veronica was exremely knowledgeableand available and was always ready oanswer any quesion I had during he
process No only ha Veronica lisened
carefully o my quesions and commensand responded quickly and clearly wihanalysis and advice aimed direcly a myown case Thank you so much CAIR for all
your help and atenion o resolving our problems Your work is very appreciaed
Keep i Uprsquorsquo
To serve our cliensha uilize ourreerral serviceswe have developeda nework oproviders ha wework wih in a varieyo differen areas
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1216
983097
Occasionally cliens come o us wih inerpersonal conflics ha need o be resolved Raher han solving heissue in cour which can be ime-consuming cosly and have high sakes we offer ree mediaion services inselec cases where a neural hird pary can inervene beween wo people in conflic
During he mediaion which happens in a sae neural space boh people have he opporuniy o explainheir posiions and decide wha i anyhing would saisy hem This session has sric rules ha enorcerespec or each oher and he mediaor This allows people o be hones abou heir eelings and sae whamigh resolve he conflic knowing heir posiions will be ully heard We hen help hem compromise andsetle he issue finishing wih a signed and legally binding conrac This helps boh people o adhere o heiragreemen and usually boh people walk away eeling more saisfied han hey would i hey had aken he
issue o cour
MEDIATION SERVICES
LEADERSHIPThe Civil Righs Deparmen akes par in all our youh leadership programs like he Muslim Youh
Leadership Symposium and he Oklahoma Muslim Gamechangers We also le young people come o shadowour daily aciviies in and ou o he office and ge an idea o wha civil righs advocacy looks like on heground Hosing workshops and presenaions we help o educae a uure generaion o aciviss advocaesand communiy leaders who will be he new voice o he Oklahoma Muslim communiy
MIKAEL BRYANT983084 SUMMER 983090983088983089983093 LEGAL INTERN983098
ldquoMy summer a CAIR Oklahoma had a profound impac on hedevelopmen of my legal professional and personal life Myinernship was srucured in a way ha gave me he opporuniyo learn how o work independenly helping me develop skills o
make me more of a self-sarer while allowing me o have focusedguidance from Ms Laizure which helped me beter undersandwha i means o be a precise and ehical professional I was alsogiven he chance o exercise and develop my public speaking skills
having my firs opporuniy o hos a professional banque a heSummer Youh Symposium Finally my inernship had a profoundimpac on he developmen of my personal growh as a human
being giving me he chance o learn abou he perspecives ofdisenfranchised communiies from a unique and vas specrumCAIR Oklahoma does amazing work and is such a valuableresource for Muslims and he communiy a large and I will
remember and value my ime here for he res of my liferdquo
LEGAL INTERNSHIPS
Our new Legal Inernship program brings
op sudens rom local universiieso work developing cases in he Civil
Righs Deparmen From clien inakeonwards inerns are deeply involvedin all he seps o clien represenaionhrough resoluion They also have heopporuniy o work in our many areasouside o legal services governmenoureach legislaive racking communiy
presenaions and more Finally heyculminae heir inernship wih aresearch projec ha examines a opico heir ineres relevan o he Muslim
communiy Throughou he programhey develop vial skills ha will helphem in heir uure careers
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1316
SOME OF THE TOPICS WE COVERED IN 983090983088983089983093 INCLUDE983098
Students Know Your Rights ndash Your schoolrsquos responsibiliy o you as a Muslim suden or paren o a Muslim suden
Girls and Womenrsquos Rights ndash Focused on he righs o girls and women o wearhijab bu also covered oher opics
Travel Rights ndash In ime or Hajj discussed common issues while raveling and he
various agencies or deparmens you migh encouner hroughou your journey
Law Enforcement ndash Wha o do i yoursquore sopped by police how o proec yourFourh and Fifh Amendmen righs wha o say o law enorcemen officers
If you need o bring a KYR seminar o your communiy simply email or call he CivilRighs Deparmen o se up a workshop
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS SEMINARS
One o he mos imporan services ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmenprovides is empowering he Oklahoma Muslim communiy o know heir own righs anddeend hem when aced wih discriminaion We conduc opic-specific Know YourRighs workshops ha each individuals wha hey can do or say in given siuaionscomplee wih examples and quesion and answer sessions
Civil Righs Direcor delivers ldquoKnow Your Righs Hijabi Ediionrdquo aTulsa Peace Academy
983089983088
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1416
Civil Righs Direcor a Tulsarsquos John Hope Franklin Symposium onReconciliaion and he Media delivering presenaion ldquoThugs
Terroriss and Troubled Souls The Narraive of Race and Crimerdquo
OUTREACH EFFORTS
The CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen brings educaional presenaions o hose ouside
he Muslim communiy o Oklahoma in hopes o dispelling myhs abou Islam and reducing
he Islamophobia spread by misinormaion and ignorance
In he one year ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen has been esablished we have been inviedo over a dozen non-Muslim organizaions and evens o speak on he realiy o he Oklahoma Muslim
communiy
John Franklin Hope Symposium Tulsa OK ldquoTerroriss Thugs and Trouble Souls The Narraives
of Race and Crimerdquo Explored differences in media presenaion o perperaors o crimeIslamophobic depicions o erroriss and he consequences o skewed represenaion on helives o American Muslims
St Stephens Church Norman OK ldquo10 Things You Though You Knew Abou Islamrdquo Dispellingsereoypes and addressing common misconcepions abou Islam and Muslim
Rotary Club of Oklahoma City Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoIslamophobia and he Mediardquo Deailedexaminaion o how he media skews percepions o erroriss and errorism demonizesMuslims and conribues o he discriminaion aced by American Muslims
Sequoyah Elementary School Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoEliminaing Bias Undersanding Muslim Sudens and Familiesrdquo In response o repors o harassmen o Muslim amily presened
an inroducion o Islam and explored ways ha eachers could suppor and empower heirMuslim sudens and amilies
Comparative Religions Class Oklahoma Ciy Universiy OK ldquoHae Speech vs Freedom ofSpeechrdquo Examined differences in legal reamen o hae speech in American Consiuional
regime as compared o he European Cour o Human Righs and he UNDHR
We also work closely wih our parners a he Equal Employmen Opporuniies Commission he OklahomaCouny Bar Associaion he American Civil Liberies Union o Oklahoma he YWCA o Oklahoma Ciy andcounless oher local and sae-wide organizaions ha spread our messages o olerance and pluralism in he
civil righs world
CAIR-OK Saff visis he YWCAof Oklahoma Ciy
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1516
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1616
3000 Unied Founders Blvd Se 226 OKC OK 731124052866009 | inookcaircom | cairoklahomacom
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 516
LETTER FROM CAIR983085OK BOARD
983090
Assalamu Alaikum
On behal o he board o direcors and saff o CAIR Oklahomawe wan o express our sincere graiude or your suppor overhe las 9 years ha has allowed us o proec he civil liberieso Oklahoma Muslims This work would no be possible wihouhe generous suppor o he Oklahoma Muslim communiy and
or ha we are appreciaive
I was in 2006 ha members rom he local communiy beganmeeing in Islamic Ceners around he sae and in heir homeso make he dream o having a CAIR chaper in Oklahoma a
realiy A ha ime i was hard o imagine ha one day we wouldhave saff ha could ake on he bulk o he work le alone anatorney solely dedicaed o proecing Oklahoma Muslimsrsquo civil
righs
Afer several brainsorming and planning sessions ha began in2013 he board o direcors and CAIR-OK Execuive DirecorAdam Solani were finally able o announce a job opening orour firs ever ull-ime saff atorney and civil righs direcorSince joining us in November 2014 Veronica Laizure has shownher commimen o upholding civil liberies enhancing he
undersanding o Islam challenging Islamophobia and promoingdialogue
The release o our firs Civil Righs Repor serves an example owha our communiy can achieve when we come ogeher wih aocused vision hard work and suppor o communiy membersThe accomplishmens o CAIR-OK do no belong solely o heorganizaion bu raher are a reflecion o he Oklahoma Muslimcommuniy as a whole
SincerelyCAIR-OK Board o Direcors
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 616
COMMON ISSUES HANDLED BY OUR DEPARTMENT983098
DISCRIMINATION CASES
Employmen
Schools and Sudens
Harassmen Bullying amp Hae Incidens
Denial o Religious AccommodaionDenial o Service or Access
FBI Conac
Law Enorcemen
ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
The Civil Righs Deparmen consanly receives calls seeking legal aid or assisance Some cases
pose issues o discriminaion or harassmen agains Oklahoma Muslims Our firs sep is o ascerain
i here is evidence o discriminaion in he siuaion a hand Through inerviews discussions and
reviewing documens we deermine i he case is appropriae or he Civil Righs Deparmen o
handle From here we provide help and represenaion or dozens o people and amilies fighing
discriminaion or civil righs violaions
983091
Employment
9
Denial of Religious
Accommodation
32
Denial of Service or Access
9
Bullying
9
Harassment
27
FBI
4
StateLocal Law Enforcemen
5
FederalGovt Agency
5
Cases ha includeevidence odiscriminaion akea variey o ormsWe sor cases inohese caegories oshow paterns andcommon acors
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 716
983092
Where a case or issue is outside thescope of our work we refer our clientsto a network of other legal serviceproviders and monitor the case asit progresses providing support to
clients navigating the legal system
CASES REFERRED TO OTHER SERVICES983098
Family amp Cusody Dispues
Immigraion Law
Non-Discriminaory Employmen Law
Criminal Represenaion
Propery amp Landlord-Tenan Dispues
WE ALSO PROVIDE CONNECTIONS
TO A VARIETY OF OTHER SERVICES983098
Mediaion Sessions
Menal Healh
Sae and Federal Suppor Programs
Women and Childrenrsquos Suppor Services
EVIDENCE OF DISCRIMINATION
YES
42
NO
58
Alhough abouhal o our cases do
no show evidenceo discriminaionwe sill spendime making sureha each clienhas access o heservices hey need
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 816
983093
Harassmen is defin
as unwelcome condha is based on racolor religion s
(including pregnancnaional origin adisabiliy or geneinformaion
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
Some o he mos common siuaions ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen handlesare workplace and employmen issues Unorunaely Islamophobia and prejudice sillaffec American Muslims in he workplace Approximaely hal o he discriminaion-relaedcases ha we handle ocus on he need or religious accommodaions in he workplace
The mos requen complains in employmen cases are ha employers are ailingo provide reasonable accommodaions or daily prayer Friday prayer or uniormexempions We also hear complains ha applicans or jobs eel hey have beenpassed over or no hired because o heir religion
Tile VII o he Civil Righs Ac o 1964 prohibis employmen discriminaion basedon religion naional origin and race This includes reusing o accommodae anemployeersquos sincerely held religious belies or pracices unless he accommodaionwould impose an undue hardship on he employer A religious pracice may besincerely held by an individual even i newly adoped no consisenly observed ordifferen rom he commonly ollowed enes o he individualrsquos religion
Oher siuaions ha Muslims ace in he workplace are culures o harassmen bullying andhumiliaion ha akes place over a long period o ime creaing a hosile work environmen
EEOC MEDIATION WITH CAIR983085OK
Our clien was hired hrough a empagency o work a a manuacuring plan inTulsa OK Afer perorming his job wihou
problems when Ramadan approachedhe requesed a couple o small changeso his work environmen He asked o bemoved o a building wih beter cooling
and venilaion so ha he would avoidheasroke while asing However hissupervisor responded very negaively andulimaely he was fired
CAIR Oklahoma helped him repor hiso he Equal Employmen Opporuniies
Commission (EEOC) Afer i wasinvesigaed we accompanied him o a
mediaion session and guided him hroughhe process where he was awarded a
setlemen o make up or losing his job
FROM TULSA TO THE SUPREME COURT
When Samanha Elau applied o work a he popular clohing reailer Abercrombie Kids in Tulsa OK she excelled a her inerview bu wasnoffered he job She ound ou ha alhough she did well and wasoherwise suied o work here he regional manager recommendedagains hiring her because her hijab did no fi he sorersquos ldquolook policyrdquoShe repored o CAIR-OK who hen reerred her o he EEOC
Afer years o liigaion including supporing bries filed by CAIRSamanharsquos case wen all he way o he Supreme Cour whoconsidered he quesion o wheher an employer could reuse o hirepoenial employee because hey knew ha employee would require religious accommodaion The Supreme Cour ruled ha Abercrombihad violaed Tile VII by ailing o hire her because o her need or anexcepion o heir ldquolook policyrdquo and se in place proecions or job
applicans who need religious accommodaions a work
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 916
DIVERSITY TRAINING
A young suden a a local elemenary school and hismoher a hijabi were harassed by a eacher while hey hadlunch ogeher They repored he harassmen o CAIR-OK who ollowed up by conacing he school and helping
he moher file a civil righs complain wih he disric
Alhough he disricrsquos invesigaion did no find anyspecific wrongdoing a he school he adminisraion
invied CAIR-OK o hos a raining session on he needsand righs o young Muslim sudens Through our DiversiyTraining we educaed eachers on he paricular needs o
Muslim sudens and heir amilies and helped aciliae
cross-culural undersanding opimizing he educaionalsuccess o oher young Muslims a ha school
SCHOOL AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Unorunaely we see cases where sudenssruggle wih he prejudice and ignorance oheir peers heir classmaes and even heireachers When we hear abou hese siuaionswe inervene and spread awareness andeducaion ensuring ha he learning environmenis proeced or our Muslim children We also
conduc workshops wih boh Muslim youh andnon-Muslim eachers and oher service providerso make sure ha everyone is proeced rom
religious discriminaion
COALITION BUILDING AT OU
In early 2015 a video emerged osome sudens rom he Universiy oOklahomarsquos Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE)chaper singing a disurbing chan The
chan which apparenly was par o heraerniyrsquos radiion included reerenceso lynching black men and repeaeduse o he n-word Afer he video wen
viral CAIR-OK and oher communiyorganizaions released saemenscondemning he language in he video andcalling or he universiy o respond
OU Presiden David Boren quicklysepped up o reierae he universiyrsquoscommimen o diversiy and olerance
on campus The raerniy was disbandedand he wo sudens responsible orleading he chan were expelled OU
also developed a diversiy and inclusionraining ha all incoming reshmen arenow required o ake
One o he mos imporan aspecs o he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen is supporing our young peoplehrough heir educaion Schooling wheher in privae or public aciliies is a vial par o a young personrsquoslie Our job is o make sure ha every suden has a sae producive and supporive learning environmenin which o ge he bes educaion possible
983094
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1016
983096
HATE INCIDENTS
Alhough hey are rare hae incidens and vandalism occasionally ouch he lives o Oklahomarsquos Muslimcommuniy Islamophobic media along wih a lack o posiive porrayals o Muslims creaes a culure o earand disrus which can someimes resul in dangerous hurul conronaionsWhen hese hae-ueled incidens or acs o vandalism occur CAIR-OK works wih he impaced pary
local law enorcemen local media and our ineraih and communiy parners o address he roos oIslamophobia ensure ha hose responsible are brough o jusice and mainain he saey o our communiy
RAMADAN ATTACK
During Ramadan a local amily was havingheir pre-dawn meal a a resauran inEdmond While hey were eaing anoherresauran paron approached heir ableand began screaming racial invecivesand haeul slurs a hem hreaening hewomen and young children as well Theamily called he police bu he man andhis companion drove off
The amily repored he inciden oCAIR-OK and we conneced wih localpolice o ensure ha hey had ulfilledheir responsibiliies We also warned ourcommuniy abou he possibiliy o heseencouners by releasing Acion Alers andoher updaes using inpu rom local policeand oher law enorcemen sources
MUSLIM DAY AT THE CAPITOL
During our firs ever Oklahoma Muslim Day a he Capiol inFebruary 2015 we planned a day o lecures and panels wihdisinguished guess and local lawmakers culminaing in Fridayprayers hosed in he Capiolrsquos beauiul Rounda However we wereinormed ha a group o proesors were planning o hos a rallyouside he Capiol argeing our own paricipans as hey enered
he buildingDespie his negaive publiciy we worked wih Capiol securiy andvoluneers o ensure he saey o our paricipans Our ineraihparners arrived in droves ounumbering he proesors andshielded our guess rom he haeul invecives hrown a hemCapiol securiy responded quickly o our concerns and we were
joined by parners rom all over he sae Overall he day was aresounding success and we were proud o our achievemens ha
overshadowed he mean-spiried bu small group o proesors
ISLAMOPHOBIA IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE
As he 2016 presidenial elecion season approached variouscandidaes began espousing Islamophobic saemens or allowingheir supporers o make some very dangerous ani-Muslimremarks Concerned abou he growh o Islamophobic senimen
in he presidenial race he Civil Righs Deparmen along wihoher ineraih and communiy organizaions held a press releaseIn he conerence we called on all poliical candidaes o sopnormalizing ani-Muslim ear and hared and o ocus on he real
issues hey will ace as poenial Presidens o he Unied Saes
CAIR-OK Civil Righs Direcor TV inerview abou Islamophobia in Oklahom983095
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1116
983096
REFERRAL SERVICES
Someimes we find ha a case is ou ohe scope o our mission oo cosly oroo ime-consuming or us o reasonablyhandle In hese rare siuaions we are
careul o reer our cliens o oher firsrae service providers who can assis Wealso monior cases afer he clien has beenreerred and are always available o helpour cliens navigae heir relaionship wihlegal service providers Nearly hal o ourime is spen on non-discriminaion relaedcases where we keep our cliens connecedand inormed abou he services and legalprocesses ha affec hem
Through building srong parnerships wecan confidenly reer our cliens o a varieyo legal service providers in he areaso immigraion amily law criminal lawpropery law personal injury and more
TESTIMONIAL FROM YOUNES REBBAJ983098
NON DISCRIMINATION CALLS
Employment
41
Family
12
Immigration
9
Services
6
Property
3
Criminal
16
Other
13
lsquorsquoI am inernaional suden on an F-1
Visa swiching my immigraion sauso an H1-B Work VISA Even wih havingmy employerrsquos atorney working on myimmigraion case I conaced CAIRrsquos Civil
Righs Direcor Veronica Laizure a coupleimes o ge some pracical legal adviceRegardless of he complexiy of he mater
Veronica was exremely knowledgeableand available and was always ready oanswer any quesion I had during he
process No only ha Veronica lisened
carefully o my quesions and commensand responded quickly and clearly wihanalysis and advice aimed direcly a myown case Thank you so much CAIR for all
your help and atenion o resolving our problems Your work is very appreciaed
Keep i Uprsquorsquo
To serve our cliensha uilize ourreerral serviceswe have developeda nework oproviders ha wework wih in a varieyo differen areas
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1216
983097
Occasionally cliens come o us wih inerpersonal conflics ha need o be resolved Raher han solving heissue in cour which can be ime-consuming cosly and have high sakes we offer ree mediaion services inselec cases where a neural hird pary can inervene beween wo people in conflic
During he mediaion which happens in a sae neural space boh people have he opporuniy o explainheir posiions and decide wha i anyhing would saisy hem This session has sric rules ha enorcerespec or each oher and he mediaor This allows people o be hones abou heir eelings and sae whamigh resolve he conflic knowing heir posiions will be ully heard We hen help hem compromise andsetle he issue finishing wih a signed and legally binding conrac This helps boh people o adhere o heiragreemen and usually boh people walk away eeling more saisfied han hey would i hey had aken he
issue o cour
MEDIATION SERVICES
LEADERSHIPThe Civil Righs Deparmen akes par in all our youh leadership programs like he Muslim Youh
Leadership Symposium and he Oklahoma Muslim Gamechangers We also le young people come o shadowour daily aciviies in and ou o he office and ge an idea o wha civil righs advocacy looks like on heground Hosing workshops and presenaions we help o educae a uure generaion o aciviss advocaesand communiy leaders who will be he new voice o he Oklahoma Muslim communiy
MIKAEL BRYANT983084 SUMMER 983090983088983089983093 LEGAL INTERN983098
ldquoMy summer a CAIR Oklahoma had a profound impac on hedevelopmen of my legal professional and personal life Myinernship was srucured in a way ha gave me he opporuniyo learn how o work independenly helping me develop skills o
make me more of a self-sarer while allowing me o have focusedguidance from Ms Laizure which helped me beter undersandwha i means o be a precise and ehical professional I was alsogiven he chance o exercise and develop my public speaking skills
having my firs opporuniy o hos a professional banque a heSummer Youh Symposium Finally my inernship had a profoundimpac on he developmen of my personal growh as a human
being giving me he chance o learn abou he perspecives ofdisenfranchised communiies from a unique and vas specrumCAIR Oklahoma does amazing work and is such a valuableresource for Muslims and he communiy a large and I will
remember and value my ime here for he res of my liferdquo
LEGAL INTERNSHIPS
Our new Legal Inernship program brings
op sudens rom local universiieso work developing cases in he Civil
Righs Deparmen From clien inakeonwards inerns are deeply involvedin all he seps o clien represenaionhrough resoluion They also have heopporuniy o work in our many areasouside o legal services governmenoureach legislaive racking communiy
presenaions and more Finally heyculminae heir inernship wih aresearch projec ha examines a opico heir ineres relevan o he Muslim
communiy Throughou he programhey develop vial skills ha will helphem in heir uure careers
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1316
SOME OF THE TOPICS WE COVERED IN 983090983088983089983093 INCLUDE983098
Students Know Your Rights ndash Your schoolrsquos responsibiliy o you as a Muslim suden or paren o a Muslim suden
Girls and Womenrsquos Rights ndash Focused on he righs o girls and women o wearhijab bu also covered oher opics
Travel Rights ndash In ime or Hajj discussed common issues while raveling and he
various agencies or deparmens you migh encouner hroughou your journey
Law Enforcement ndash Wha o do i yoursquore sopped by police how o proec yourFourh and Fifh Amendmen righs wha o say o law enorcemen officers
If you need o bring a KYR seminar o your communiy simply email or call he CivilRighs Deparmen o se up a workshop
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS SEMINARS
One o he mos imporan services ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmenprovides is empowering he Oklahoma Muslim communiy o know heir own righs anddeend hem when aced wih discriminaion We conduc opic-specific Know YourRighs workshops ha each individuals wha hey can do or say in given siuaionscomplee wih examples and quesion and answer sessions
Civil Righs Direcor delivers ldquoKnow Your Righs Hijabi Ediionrdquo aTulsa Peace Academy
983089983088
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1416
Civil Righs Direcor a Tulsarsquos John Hope Franklin Symposium onReconciliaion and he Media delivering presenaion ldquoThugs
Terroriss and Troubled Souls The Narraive of Race and Crimerdquo
OUTREACH EFFORTS
The CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen brings educaional presenaions o hose ouside
he Muslim communiy o Oklahoma in hopes o dispelling myhs abou Islam and reducing
he Islamophobia spread by misinormaion and ignorance
In he one year ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen has been esablished we have been inviedo over a dozen non-Muslim organizaions and evens o speak on he realiy o he Oklahoma Muslim
communiy
John Franklin Hope Symposium Tulsa OK ldquoTerroriss Thugs and Trouble Souls The Narraives
of Race and Crimerdquo Explored differences in media presenaion o perperaors o crimeIslamophobic depicions o erroriss and he consequences o skewed represenaion on helives o American Muslims
St Stephens Church Norman OK ldquo10 Things You Though You Knew Abou Islamrdquo Dispellingsereoypes and addressing common misconcepions abou Islam and Muslim
Rotary Club of Oklahoma City Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoIslamophobia and he Mediardquo Deailedexaminaion o how he media skews percepions o erroriss and errorism demonizesMuslims and conribues o he discriminaion aced by American Muslims
Sequoyah Elementary School Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoEliminaing Bias Undersanding Muslim Sudens and Familiesrdquo In response o repors o harassmen o Muslim amily presened
an inroducion o Islam and explored ways ha eachers could suppor and empower heirMuslim sudens and amilies
Comparative Religions Class Oklahoma Ciy Universiy OK ldquoHae Speech vs Freedom ofSpeechrdquo Examined differences in legal reamen o hae speech in American Consiuional
regime as compared o he European Cour o Human Righs and he UNDHR
We also work closely wih our parners a he Equal Employmen Opporuniies Commission he OklahomaCouny Bar Associaion he American Civil Liberies Union o Oklahoma he YWCA o Oklahoma Ciy andcounless oher local and sae-wide organizaions ha spread our messages o olerance and pluralism in he
civil righs world
CAIR-OK Saff visis he YWCAof Oklahoma Ciy
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1516
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1616
3000 Unied Founders Blvd Se 226 OKC OK 731124052866009 | inookcaircom | cairoklahomacom
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 616
COMMON ISSUES HANDLED BY OUR DEPARTMENT983098
DISCRIMINATION CASES
Employmen
Schools and Sudens
Harassmen Bullying amp Hae Incidens
Denial o Religious AccommodaionDenial o Service or Access
FBI Conac
Law Enorcemen
ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
The Civil Righs Deparmen consanly receives calls seeking legal aid or assisance Some cases
pose issues o discriminaion or harassmen agains Oklahoma Muslims Our firs sep is o ascerain
i here is evidence o discriminaion in he siuaion a hand Through inerviews discussions and
reviewing documens we deermine i he case is appropriae or he Civil Righs Deparmen o
handle From here we provide help and represenaion or dozens o people and amilies fighing
discriminaion or civil righs violaions
983091
Employment
9
Denial of Religious
Accommodation
32
Denial of Service or Access
9
Bullying
9
Harassment
27
FBI
4
StateLocal Law Enforcemen
5
FederalGovt Agency
5
Cases ha includeevidence odiscriminaion akea variey o ormsWe sor cases inohese caegories oshow paterns andcommon acors
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 716
983092
Where a case or issue is outside thescope of our work we refer our clientsto a network of other legal serviceproviders and monitor the case asit progresses providing support to
clients navigating the legal system
CASES REFERRED TO OTHER SERVICES983098
Family amp Cusody Dispues
Immigraion Law
Non-Discriminaory Employmen Law
Criminal Represenaion
Propery amp Landlord-Tenan Dispues
WE ALSO PROVIDE CONNECTIONS
TO A VARIETY OF OTHER SERVICES983098
Mediaion Sessions
Menal Healh
Sae and Federal Suppor Programs
Women and Childrenrsquos Suppor Services
EVIDENCE OF DISCRIMINATION
YES
42
NO
58
Alhough abouhal o our cases do
no show evidenceo discriminaionwe sill spendime making sureha each clienhas access o heservices hey need
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 816
983093
Harassmen is defin
as unwelcome condha is based on racolor religion s
(including pregnancnaional origin adisabiliy or geneinformaion
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
Some o he mos common siuaions ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen handlesare workplace and employmen issues Unorunaely Islamophobia and prejudice sillaffec American Muslims in he workplace Approximaely hal o he discriminaion-relaedcases ha we handle ocus on he need or religious accommodaions in he workplace
The mos requen complains in employmen cases are ha employers are ailingo provide reasonable accommodaions or daily prayer Friday prayer or uniormexempions We also hear complains ha applicans or jobs eel hey have beenpassed over or no hired because o heir religion
Tile VII o he Civil Righs Ac o 1964 prohibis employmen discriminaion basedon religion naional origin and race This includes reusing o accommodae anemployeersquos sincerely held religious belies or pracices unless he accommodaionwould impose an undue hardship on he employer A religious pracice may besincerely held by an individual even i newly adoped no consisenly observed ordifferen rom he commonly ollowed enes o he individualrsquos religion
Oher siuaions ha Muslims ace in he workplace are culures o harassmen bullying andhumiliaion ha akes place over a long period o ime creaing a hosile work environmen
EEOC MEDIATION WITH CAIR983085OK
Our clien was hired hrough a empagency o work a a manuacuring plan inTulsa OK Afer perorming his job wihou
problems when Ramadan approachedhe requesed a couple o small changeso his work environmen He asked o bemoved o a building wih beter cooling
and venilaion so ha he would avoidheasroke while asing However hissupervisor responded very negaively andulimaely he was fired
CAIR Oklahoma helped him repor hiso he Equal Employmen Opporuniies
Commission (EEOC) Afer i wasinvesigaed we accompanied him o a
mediaion session and guided him hroughhe process where he was awarded a
setlemen o make up or losing his job
FROM TULSA TO THE SUPREME COURT
When Samanha Elau applied o work a he popular clohing reailer Abercrombie Kids in Tulsa OK she excelled a her inerview bu wasnoffered he job She ound ou ha alhough she did well and wasoherwise suied o work here he regional manager recommendedagains hiring her because her hijab did no fi he sorersquos ldquolook policyrdquoShe repored o CAIR-OK who hen reerred her o he EEOC
Afer years o liigaion including supporing bries filed by CAIRSamanharsquos case wen all he way o he Supreme Cour whoconsidered he quesion o wheher an employer could reuse o hirepoenial employee because hey knew ha employee would require religious accommodaion The Supreme Cour ruled ha Abercrombihad violaed Tile VII by ailing o hire her because o her need or anexcepion o heir ldquolook policyrdquo and se in place proecions or job
applicans who need religious accommodaions a work
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 916
DIVERSITY TRAINING
A young suden a a local elemenary school and hismoher a hijabi were harassed by a eacher while hey hadlunch ogeher They repored he harassmen o CAIR-OK who ollowed up by conacing he school and helping
he moher file a civil righs complain wih he disric
Alhough he disricrsquos invesigaion did no find anyspecific wrongdoing a he school he adminisraion
invied CAIR-OK o hos a raining session on he needsand righs o young Muslim sudens Through our DiversiyTraining we educaed eachers on he paricular needs o
Muslim sudens and heir amilies and helped aciliae
cross-culural undersanding opimizing he educaionalsuccess o oher young Muslims a ha school
SCHOOL AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Unorunaely we see cases where sudenssruggle wih he prejudice and ignorance oheir peers heir classmaes and even heireachers When we hear abou hese siuaionswe inervene and spread awareness andeducaion ensuring ha he learning environmenis proeced or our Muslim children We also
conduc workshops wih boh Muslim youh andnon-Muslim eachers and oher service providerso make sure ha everyone is proeced rom
religious discriminaion
COALITION BUILDING AT OU
In early 2015 a video emerged osome sudens rom he Universiy oOklahomarsquos Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE)chaper singing a disurbing chan The
chan which apparenly was par o heraerniyrsquos radiion included reerenceso lynching black men and repeaeduse o he n-word Afer he video wen
viral CAIR-OK and oher communiyorganizaions released saemenscondemning he language in he video andcalling or he universiy o respond
OU Presiden David Boren quicklysepped up o reierae he universiyrsquoscommimen o diversiy and olerance
on campus The raerniy was disbandedand he wo sudens responsible orleading he chan were expelled OU
also developed a diversiy and inclusionraining ha all incoming reshmen arenow required o ake
One o he mos imporan aspecs o he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen is supporing our young peoplehrough heir educaion Schooling wheher in privae or public aciliies is a vial par o a young personrsquoslie Our job is o make sure ha every suden has a sae producive and supporive learning environmenin which o ge he bes educaion possible
983094
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1016
983096
HATE INCIDENTS
Alhough hey are rare hae incidens and vandalism occasionally ouch he lives o Oklahomarsquos Muslimcommuniy Islamophobic media along wih a lack o posiive porrayals o Muslims creaes a culure o earand disrus which can someimes resul in dangerous hurul conronaionsWhen hese hae-ueled incidens or acs o vandalism occur CAIR-OK works wih he impaced pary
local law enorcemen local media and our ineraih and communiy parners o address he roos oIslamophobia ensure ha hose responsible are brough o jusice and mainain he saey o our communiy
RAMADAN ATTACK
During Ramadan a local amily was havingheir pre-dawn meal a a resauran inEdmond While hey were eaing anoherresauran paron approached heir ableand began screaming racial invecivesand haeul slurs a hem hreaening hewomen and young children as well Theamily called he police bu he man andhis companion drove off
The amily repored he inciden oCAIR-OK and we conneced wih localpolice o ensure ha hey had ulfilledheir responsibiliies We also warned ourcommuniy abou he possibiliy o heseencouners by releasing Acion Alers andoher updaes using inpu rom local policeand oher law enorcemen sources
MUSLIM DAY AT THE CAPITOL
During our firs ever Oklahoma Muslim Day a he Capiol inFebruary 2015 we planned a day o lecures and panels wihdisinguished guess and local lawmakers culminaing in Fridayprayers hosed in he Capiolrsquos beauiul Rounda However we wereinormed ha a group o proesors were planning o hos a rallyouside he Capiol argeing our own paricipans as hey enered
he buildingDespie his negaive publiciy we worked wih Capiol securiy andvoluneers o ensure he saey o our paricipans Our ineraihparners arrived in droves ounumbering he proesors andshielded our guess rom he haeul invecives hrown a hemCapiol securiy responded quickly o our concerns and we were
joined by parners rom all over he sae Overall he day was aresounding success and we were proud o our achievemens ha
overshadowed he mean-spiried bu small group o proesors
ISLAMOPHOBIA IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE
As he 2016 presidenial elecion season approached variouscandidaes began espousing Islamophobic saemens or allowingheir supporers o make some very dangerous ani-Muslimremarks Concerned abou he growh o Islamophobic senimen
in he presidenial race he Civil Righs Deparmen along wihoher ineraih and communiy organizaions held a press releaseIn he conerence we called on all poliical candidaes o sopnormalizing ani-Muslim ear and hared and o ocus on he real
issues hey will ace as poenial Presidens o he Unied Saes
CAIR-OK Civil Righs Direcor TV inerview abou Islamophobia in Oklahom983095
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1116
983096
REFERRAL SERVICES
Someimes we find ha a case is ou ohe scope o our mission oo cosly oroo ime-consuming or us o reasonablyhandle In hese rare siuaions we are
careul o reer our cliens o oher firsrae service providers who can assis Wealso monior cases afer he clien has beenreerred and are always available o helpour cliens navigae heir relaionship wihlegal service providers Nearly hal o ourime is spen on non-discriminaion relaedcases where we keep our cliens connecedand inormed abou he services and legalprocesses ha affec hem
Through building srong parnerships wecan confidenly reer our cliens o a varieyo legal service providers in he areaso immigraion amily law criminal lawpropery law personal injury and more
TESTIMONIAL FROM YOUNES REBBAJ983098
NON DISCRIMINATION CALLS
Employment
41
Family
12
Immigration
9
Services
6
Property
3
Criminal
16
Other
13
lsquorsquoI am inernaional suden on an F-1
Visa swiching my immigraion sauso an H1-B Work VISA Even wih havingmy employerrsquos atorney working on myimmigraion case I conaced CAIRrsquos Civil
Righs Direcor Veronica Laizure a coupleimes o ge some pracical legal adviceRegardless of he complexiy of he mater
Veronica was exremely knowledgeableand available and was always ready oanswer any quesion I had during he
process No only ha Veronica lisened
carefully o my quesions and commensand responded quickly and clearly wihanalysis and advice aimed direcly a myown case Thank you so much CAIR for all
your help and atenion o resolving our problems Your work is very appreciaed
Keep i Uprsquorsquo
To serve our cliensha uilize ourreerral serviceswe have developeda nework oproviders ha wework wih in a varieyo differen areas
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1216
983097
Occasionally cliens come o us wih inerpersonal conflics ha need o be resolved Raher han solving heissue in cour which can be ime-consuming cosly and have high sakes we offer ree mediaion services inselec cases where a neural hird pary can inervene beween wo people in conflic
During he mediaion which happens in a sae neural space boh people have he opporuniy o explainheir posiions and decide wha i anyhing would saisy hem This session has sric rules ha enorcerespec or each oher and he mediaor This allows people o be hones abou heir eelings and sae whamigh resolve he conflic knowing heir posiions will be ully heard We hen help hem compromise andsetle he issue finishing wih a signed and legally binding conrac This helps boh people o adhere o heiragreemen and usually boh people walk away eeling more saisfied han hey would i hey had aken he
issue o cour
MEDIATION SERVICES
LEADERSHIPThe Civil Righs Deparmen akes par in all our youh leadership programs like he Muslim Youh
Leadership Symposium and he Oklahoma Muslim Gamechangers We also le young people come o shadowour daily aciviies in and ou o he office and ge an idea o wha civil righs advocacy looks like on heground Hosing workshops and presenaions we help o educae a uure generaion o aciviss advocaesand communiy leaders who will be he new voice o he Oklahoma Muslim communiy
MIKAEL BRYANT983084 SUMMER 983090983088983089983093 LEGAL INTERN983098
ldquoMy summer a CAIR Oklahoma had a profound impac on hedevelopmen of my legal professional and personal life Myinernship was srucured in a way ha gave me he opporuniyo learn how o work independenly helping me develop skills o
make me more of a self-sarer while allowing me o have focusedguidance from Ms Laizure which helped me beter undersandwha i means o be a precise and ehical professional I was alsogiven he chance o exercise and develop my public speaking skills
having my firs opporuniy o hos a professional banque a heSummer Youh Symposium Finally my inernship had a profoundimpac on he developmen of my personal growh as a human
being giving me he chance o learn abou he perspecives ofdisenfranchised communiies from a unique and vas specrumCAIR Oklahoma does amazing work and is such a valuableresource for Muslims and he communiy a large and I will
remember and value my ime here for he res of my liferdquo
LEGAL INTERNSHIPS
Our new Legal Inernship program brings
op sudens rom local universiieso work developing cases in he Civil
Righs Deparmen From clien inakeonwards inerns are deeply involvedin all he seps o clien represenaionhrough resoluion They also have heopporuniy o work in our many areasouside o legal services governmenoureach legislaive racking communiy
presenaions and more Finally heyculminae heir inernship wih aresearch projec ha examines a opico heir ineres relevan o he Muslim
communiy Throughou he programhey develop vial skills ha will helphem in heir uure careers
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1316
SOME OF THE TOPICS WE COVERED IN 983090983088983089983093 INCLUDE983098
Students Know Your Rights ndash Your schoolrsquos responsibiliy o you as a Muslim suden or paren o a Muslim suden
Girls and Womenrsquos Rights ndash Focused on he righs o girls and women o wearhijab bu also covered oher opics
Travel Rights ndash In ime or Hajj discussed common issues while raveling and he
various agencies or deparmens you migh encouner hroughou your journey
Law Enforcement ndash Wha o do i yoursquore sopped by police how o proec yourFourh and Fifh Amendmen righs wha o say o law enorcemen officers
If you need o bring a KYR seminar o your communiy simply email or call he CivilRighs Deparmen o se up a workshop
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS SEMINARS
One o he mos imporan services ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmenprovides is empowering he Oklahoma Muslim communiy o know heir own righs anddeend hem when aced wih discriminaion We conduc opic-specific Know YourRighs workshops ha each individuals wha hey can do or say in given siuaionscomplee wih examples and quesion and answer sessions
Civil Righs Direcor delivers ldquoKnow Your Righs Hijabi Ediionrdquo aTulsa Peace Academy
983089983088
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1416
Civil Righs Direcor a Tulsarsquos John Hope Franklin Symposium onReconciliaion and he Media delivering presenaion ldquoThugs
Terroriss and Troubled Souls The Narraive of Race and Crimerdquo
OUTREACH EFFORTS
The CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen brings educaional presenaions o hose ouside
he Muslim communiy o Oklahoma in hopes o dispelling myhs abou Islam and reducing
he Islamophobia spread by misinormaion and ignorance
In he one year ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen has been esablished we have been inviedo over a dozen non-Muslim organizaions and evens o speak on he realiy o he Oklahoma Muslim
communiy
John Franklin Hope Symposium Tulsa OK ldquoTerroriss Thugs and Trouble Souls The Narraives
of Race and Crimerdquo Explored differences in media presenaion o perperaors o crimeIslamophobic depicions o erroriss and he consequences o skewed represenaion on helives o American Muslims
St Stephens Church Norman OK ldquo10 Things You Though You Knew Abou Islamrdquo Dispellingsereoypes and addressing common misconcepions abou Islam and Muslim
Rotary Club of Oklahoma City Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoIslamophobia and he Mediardquo Deailedexaminaion o how he media skews percepions o erroriss and errorism demonizesMuslims and conribues o he discriminaion aced by American Muslims
Sequoyah Elementary School Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoEliminaing Bias Undersanding Muslim Sudens and Familiesrdquo In response o repors o harassmen o Muslim amily presened
an inroducion o Islam and explored ways ha eachers could suppor and empower heirMuslim sudens and amilies
Comparative Religions Class Oklahoma Ciy Universiy OK ldquoHae Speech vs Freedom ofSpeechrdquo Examined differences in legal reamen o hae speech in American Consiuional
regime as compared o he European Cour o Human Righs and he UNDHR
We also work closely wih our parners a he Equal Employmen Opporuniies Commission he OklahomaCouny Bar Associaion he American Civil Liberies Union o Oklahoma he YWCA o Oklahoma Ciy andcounless oher local and sae-wide organizaions ha spread our messages o olerance and pluralism in he
civil righs world
CAIR-OK Saff visis he YWCAof Oklahoma Ciy
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1516
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1616
3000 Unied Founders Blvd Se 226 OKC OK 731124052866009 | inookcaircom | cairoklahomacom
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 716
983092
Where a case or issue is outside thescope of our work we refer our clientsto a network of other legal serviceproviders and monitor the case asit progresses providing support to
clients navigating the legal system
CASES REFERRED TO OTHER SERVICES983098
Family amp Cusody Dispues
Immigraion Law
Non-Discriminaory Employmen Law
Criminal Represenaion
Propery amp Landlord-Tenan Dispues
WE ALSO PROVIDE CONNECTIONS
TO A VARIETY OF OTHER SERVICES983098
Mediaion Sessions
Menal Healh
Sae and Federal Suppor Programs
Women and Childrenrsquos Suppor Services
EVIDENCE OF DISCRIMINATION
YES
42
NO
58
Alhough abouhal o our cases do
no show evidenceo discriminaionwe sill spendime making sureha each clienhas access o heservices hey need
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 816
983093
Harassmen is defin
as unwelcome condha is based on racolor religion s
(including pregnancnaional origin adisabiliy or geneinformaion
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
Some o he mos common siuaions ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen handlesare workplace and employmen issues Unorunaely Islamophobia and prejudice sillaffec American Muslims in he workplace Approximaely hal o he discriminaion-relaedcases ha we handle ocus on he need or religious accommodaions in he workplace
The mos requen complains in employmen cases are ha employers are ailingo provide reasonable accommodaions or daily prayer Friday prayer or uniormexempions We also hear complains ha applicans or jobs eel hey have beenpassed over or no hired because o heir religion
Tile VII o he Civil Righs Ac o 1964 prohibis employmen discriminaion basedon religion naional origin and race This includes reusing o accommodae anemployeersquos sincerely held religious belies or pracices unless he accommodaionwould impose an undue hardship on he employer A religious pracice may besincerely held by an individual even i newly adoped no consisenly observed ordifferen rom he commonly ollowed enes o he individualrsquos religion
Oher siuaions ha Muslims ace in he workplace are culures o harassmen bullying andhumiliaion ha akes place over a long period o ime creaing a hosile work environmen
EEOC MEDIATION WITH CAIR983085OK
Our clien was hired hrough a empagency o work a a manuacuring plan inTulsa OK Afer perorming his job wihou
problems when Ramadan approachedhe requesed a couple o small changeso his work environmen He asked o bemoved o a building wih beter cooling
and venilaion so ha he would avoidheasroke while asing However hissupervisor responded very negaively andulimaely he was fired
CAIR Oklahoma helped him repor hiso he Equal Employmen Opporuniies
Commission (EEOC) Afer i wasinvesigaed we accompanied him o a
mediaion session and guided him hroughhe process where he was awarded a
setlemen o make up or losing his job
FROM TULSA TO THE SUPREME COURT
When Samanha Elau applied o work a he popular clohing reailer Abercrombie Kids in Tulsa OK she excelled a her inerview bu wasnoffered he job She ound ou ha alhough she did well and wasoherwise suied o work here he regional manager recommendedagains hiring her because her hijab did no fi he sorersquos ldquolook policyrdquoShe repored o CAIR-OK who hen reerred her o he EEOC
Afer years o liigaion including supporing bries filed by CAIRSamanharsquos case wen all he way o he Supreme Cour whoconsidered he quesion o wheher an employer could reuse o hirepoenial employee because hey knew ha employee would require religious accommodaion The Supreme Cour ruled ha Abercrombihad violaed Tile VII by ailing o hire her because o her need or anexcepion o heir ldquolook policyrdquo and se in place proecions or job
applicans who need religious accommodaions a work
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 916
DIVERSITY TRAINING
A young suden a a local elemenary school and hismoher a hijabi were harassed by a eacher while hey hadlunch ogeher They repored he harassmen o CAIR-OK who ollowed up by conacing he school and helping
he moher file a civil righs complain wih he disric
Alhough he disricrsquos invesigaion did no find anyspecific wrongdoing a he school he adminisraion
invied CAIR-OK o hos a raining session on he needsand righs o young Muslim sudens Through our DiversiyTraining we educaed eachers on he paricular needs o
Muslim sudens and heir amilies and helped aciliae
cross-culural undersanding opimizing he educaionalsuccess o oher young Muslims a ha school
SCHOOL AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Unorunaely we see cases where sudenssruggle wih he prejudice and ignorance oheir peers heir classmaes and even heireachers When we hear abou hese siuaionswe inervene and spread awareness andeducaion ensuring ha he learning environmenis proeced or our Muslim children We also
conduc workshops wih boh Muslim youh andnon-Muslim eachers and oher service providerso make sure ha everyone is proeced rom
religious discriminaion
COALITION BUILDING AT OU
In early 2015 a video emerged osome sudens rom he Universiy oOklahomarsquos Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE)chaper singing a disurbing chan The
chan which apparenly was par o heraerniyrsquos radiion included reerenceso lynching black men and repeaeduse o he n-word Afer he video wen
viral CAIR-OK and oher communiyorganizaions released saemenscondemning he language in he video andcalling or he universiy o respond
OU Presiden David Boren quicklysepped up o reierae he universiyrsquoscommimen o diversiy and olerance
on campus The raerniy was disbandedand he wo sudens responsible orleading he chan were expelled OU
also developed a diversiy and inclusionraining ha all incoming reshmen arenow required o ake
One o he mos imporan aspecs o he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen is supporing our young peoplehrough heir educaion Schooling wheher in privae or public aciliies is a vial par o a young personrsquoslie Our job is o make sure ha every suden has a sae producive and supporive learning environmenin which o ge he bes educaion possible
983094
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1016
983096
HATE INCIDENTS
Alhough hey are rare hae incidens and vandalism occasionally ouch he lives o Oklahomarsquos Muslimcommuniy Islamophobic media along wih a lack o posiive porrayals o Muslims creaes a culure o earand disrus which can someimes resul in dangerous hurul conronaionsWhen hese hae-ueled incidens or acs o vandalism occur CAIR-OK works wih he impaced pary
local law enorcemen local media and our ineraih and communiy parners o address he roos oIslamophobia ensure ha hose responsible are brough o jusice and mainain he saey o our communiy
RAMADAN ATTACK
During Ramadan a local amily was havingheir pre-dawn meal a a resauran inEdmond While hey were eaing anoherresauran paron approached heir ableand began screaming racial invecivesand haeul slurs a hem hreaening hewomen and young children as well Theamily called he police bu he man andhis companion drove off
The amily repored he inciden oCAIR-OK and we conneced wih localpolice o ensure ha hey had ulfilledheir responsibiliies We also warned ourcommuniy abou he possibiliy o heseencouners by releasing Acion Alers andoher updaes using inpu rom local policeand oher law enorcemen sources
MUSLIM DAY AT THE CAPITOL
During our firs ever Oklahoma Muslim Day a he Capiol inFebruary 2015 we planned a day o lecures and panels wihdisinguished guess and local lawmakers culminaing in Fridayprayers hosed in he Capiolrsquos beauiul Rounda However we wereinormed ha a group o proesors were planning o hos a rallyouside he Capiol argeing our own paricipans as hey enered
he buildingDespie his negaive publiciy we worked wih Capiol securiy andvoluneers o ensure he saey o our paricipans Our ineraihparners arrived in droves ounumbering he proesors andshielded our guess rom he haeul invecives hrown a hemCapiol securiy responded quickly o our concerns and we were
joined by parners rom all over he sae Overall he day was aresounding success and we were proud o our achievemens ha
overshadowed he mean-spiried bu small group o proesors
ISLAMOPHOBIA IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE
As he 2016 presidenial elecion season approached variouscandidaes began espousing Islamophobic saemens or allowingheir supporers o make some very dangerous ani-Muslimremarks Concerned abou he growh o Islamophobic senimen
in he presidenial race he Civil Righs Deparmen along wihoher ineraih and communiy organizaions held a press releaseIn he conerence we called on all poliical candidaes o sopnormalizing ani-Muslim ear and hared and o ocus on he real
issues hey will ace as poenial Presidens o he Unied Saes
CAIR-OK Civil Righs Direcor TV inerview abou Islamophobia in Oklahom983095
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1116
983096
REFERRAL SERVICES
Someimes we find ha a case is ou ohe scope o our mission oo cosly oroo ime-consuming or us o reasonablyhandle In hese rare siuaions we are
careul o reer our cliens o oher firsrae service providers who can assis Wealso monior cases afer he clien has beenreerred and are always available o helpour cliens navigae heir relaionship wihlegal service providers Nearly hal o ourime is spen on non-discriminaion relaedcases where we keep our cliens connecedand inormed abou he services and legalprocesses ha affec hem
Through building srong parnerships wecan confidenly reer our cliens o a varieyo legal service providers in he areaso immigraion amily law criminal lawpropery law personal injury and more
TESTIMONIAL FROM YOUNES REBBAJ983098
NON DISCRIMINATION CALLS
Employment
41
Family
12
Immigration
9
Services
6
Property
3
Criminal
16
Other
13
lsquorsquoI am inernaional suden on an F-1
Visa swiching my immigraion sauso an H1-B Work VISA Even wih havingmy employerrsquos atorney working on myimmigraion case I conaced CAIRrsquos Civil
Righs Direcor Veronica Laizure a coupleimes o ge some pracical legal adviceRegardless of he complexiy of he mater
Veronica was exremely knowledgeableand available and was always ready oanswer any quesion I had during he
process No only ha Veronica lisened
carefully o my quesions and commensand responded quickly and clearly wihanalysis and advice aimed direcly a myown case Thank you so much CAIR for all
your help and atenion o resolving our problems Your work is very appreciaed
Keep i Uprsquorsquo
To serve our cliensha uilize ourreerral serviceswe have developeda nework oproviders ha wework wih in a varieyo differen areas
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1216
983097
Occasionally cliens come o us wih inerpersonal conflics ha need o be resolved Raher han solving heissue in cour which can be ime-consuming cosly and have high sakes we offer ree mediaion services inselec cases where a neural hird pary can inervene beween wo people in conflic
During he mediaion which happens in a sae neural space boh people have he opporuniy o explainheir posiions and decide wha i anyhing would saisy hem This session has sric rules ha enorcerespec or each oher and he mediaor This allows people o be hones abou heir eelings and sae whamigh resolve he conflic knowing heir posiions will be ully heard We hen help hem compromise andsetle he issue finishing wih a signed and legally binding conrac This helps boh people o adhere o heiragreemen and usually boh people walk away eeling more saisfied han hey would i hey had aken he
issue o cour
MEDIATION SERVICES
LEADERSHIPThe Civil Righs Deparmen akes par in all our youh leadership programs like he Muslim Youh
Leadership Symposium and he Oklahoma Muslim Gamechangers We also le young people come o shadowour daily aciviies in and ou o he office and ge an idea o wha civil righs advocacy looks like on heground Hosing workshops and presenaions we help o educae a uure generaion o aciviss advocaesand communiy leaders who will be he new voice o he Oklahoma Muslim communiy
MIKAEL BRYANT983084 SUMMER 983090983088983089983093 LEGAL INTERN983098
ldquoMy summer a CAIR Oklahoma had a profound impac on hedevelopmen of my legal professional and personal life Myinernship was srucured in a way ha gave me he opporuniyo learn how o work independenly helping me develop skills o
make me more of a self-sarer while allowing me o have focusedguidance from Ms Laizure which helped me beter undersandwha i means o be a precise and ehical professional I was alsogiven he chance o exercise and develop my public speaking skills
having my firs opporuniy o hos a professional banque a heSummer Youh Symposium Finally my inernship had a profoundimpac on he developmen of my personal growh as a human
being giving me he chance o learn abou he perspecives ofdisenfranchised communiies from a unique and vas specrumCAIR Oklahoma does amazing work and is such a valuableresource for Muslims and he communiy a large and I will
remember and value my ime here for he res of my liferdquo
LEGAL INTERNSHIPS
Our new Legal Inernship program brings
op sudens rom local universiieso work developing cases in he Civil
Righs Deparmen From clien inakeonwards inerns are deeply involvedin all he seps o clien represenaionhrough resoluion They also have heopporuniy o work in our many areasouside o legal services governmenoureach legislaive racking communiy
presenaions and more Finally heyculminae heir inernship wih aresearch projec ha examines a opico heir ineres relevan o he Muslim
communiy Throughou he programhey develop vial skills ha will helphem in heir uure careers
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1316
SOME OF THE TOPICS WE COVERED IN 983090983088983089983093 INCLUDE983098
Students Know Your Rights ndash Your schoolrsquos responsibiliy o you as a Muslim suden or paren o a Muslim suden
Girls and Womenrsquos Rights ndash Focused on he righs o girls and women o wearhijab bu also covered oher opics
Travel Rights ndash In ime or Hajj discussed common issues while raveling and he
various agencies or deparmens you migh encouner hroughou your journey
Law Enforcement ndash Wha o do i yoursquore sopped by police how o proec yourFourh and Fifh Amendmen righs wha o say o law enorcemen officers
If you need o bring a KYR seminar o your communiy simply email or call he CivilRighs Deparmen o se up a workshop
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS SEMINARS
One o he mos imporan services ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmenprovides is empowering he Oklahoma Muslim communiy o know heir own righs anddeend hem when aced wih discriminaion We conduc opic-specific Know YourRighs workshops ha each individuals wha hey can do or say in given siuaionscomplee wih examples and quesion and answer sessions
Civil Righs Direcor delivers ldquoKnow Your Righs Hijabi Ediionrdquo aTulsa Peace Academy
983089983088
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1416
Civil Righs Direcor a Tulsarsquos John Hope Franklin Symposium onReconciliaion and he Media delivering presenaion ldquoThugs
Terroriss and Troubled Souls The Narraive of Race and Crimerdquo
OUTREACH EFFORTS
The CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen brings educaional presenaions o hose ouside
he Muslim communiy o Oklahoma in hopes o dispelling myhs abou Islam and reducing
he Islamophobia spread by misinormaion and ignorance
In he one year ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen has been esablished we have been inviedo over a dozen non-Muslim organizaions and evens o speak on he realiy o he Oklahoma Muslim
communiy
John Franklin Hope Symposium Tulsa OK ldquoTerroriss Thugs and Trouble Souls The Narraives
of Race and Crimerdquo Explored differences in media presenaion o perperaors o crimeIslamophobic depicions o erroriss and he consequences o skewed represenaion on helives o American Muslims
St Stephens Church Norman OK ldquo10 Things You Though You Knew Abou Islamrdquo Dispellingsereoypes and addressing common misconcepions abou Islam and Muslim
Rotary Club of Oklahoma City Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoIslamophobia and he Mediardquo Deailedexaminaion o how he media skews percepions o erroriss and errorism demonizesMuslims and conribues o he discriminaion aced by American Muslims
Sequoyah Elementary School Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoEliminaing Bias Undersanding Muslim Sudens and Familiesrdquo In response o repors o harassmen o Muslim amily presened
an inroducion o Islam and explored ways ha eachers could suppor and empower heirMuslim sudens and amilies
Comparative Religions Class Oklahoma Ciy Universiy OK ldquoHae Speech vs Freedom ofSpeechrdquo Examined differences in legal reamen o hae speech in American Consiuional
regime as compared o he European Cour o Human Righs and he UNDHR
We also work closely wih our parners a he Equal Employmen Opporuniies Commission he OklahomaCouny Bar Associaion he American Civil Liberies Union o Oklahoma he YWCA o Oklahoma Ciy andcounless oher local and sae-wide organizaions ha spread our messages o olerance and pluralism in he
civil righs world
CAIR-OK Saff visis he YWCAof Oklahoma Ciy
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1516
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1616
3000 Unied Founders Blvd Se 226 OKC OK 731124052866009 | inookcaircom | cairoklahomacom
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 816
983093
Harassmen is defin
as unwelcome condha is based on racolor religion s
(including pregnancnaional origin adisabiliy or geneinformaion
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
Some o he mos common siuaions ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen handlesare workplace and employmen issues Unorunaely Islamophobia and prejudice sillaffec American Muslims in he workplace Approximaely hal o he discriminaion-relaedcases ha we handle ocus on he need or religious accommodaions in he workplace
The mos requen complains in employmen cases are ha employers are ailingo provide reasonable accommodaions or daily prayer Friday prayer or uniormexempions We also hear complains ha applicans or jobs eel hey have beenpassed over or no hired because o heir religion
Tile VII o he Civil Righs Ac o 1964 prohibis employmen discriminaion basedon religion naional origin and race This includes reusing o accommodae anemployeersquos sincerely held religious belies or pracices unless he accommodaionwould impose an undue hardship on he employer A religious pracice may besincerely held by an individual even i newly adoped no consisenly observed ordifferen rom he commonly ollowed enes o he individualrsquos religion
Oher siuaions ha Muslims ace in he workplace are culures o harassmen bullying andhumiliaion ha akes place over a long period o ime creaing a hosile work environmen
EEOC MEDIATION WITH CAIR983085OK
Our clien was hired hrough a empagency o work a a manuacuring plan inTulsa OK Afer perorming his job wihou
problems when Ramadan approachedhe requesed a couple o small changeso his work environmen He asked o bemoved o a building wih beter cooling
and venilaion so ha he would avoidheasroke while asing However hissupervisor responded very negaively andulimaely he was fired
CAIR Oklahoma helped him repor hiso he Equal Employmen Opporuniies
Commission (EEOC) Afer i wasinvesigaed we accompanied him o a
mediaion session and guided him hroughhe process where he was awarded a
setlemen o make up or losing his job
FROM TULSA TO THE SUPREME COURT
When Samanha Elau applied o work a he popular clohing reailer Abercrombie Kids in Tulsa OK she excelled a her inerview bu wasnoffered he job She ound ou ha alhough she did well and wasoherwise suied o work here he regional manager recommendedagains hiring her because her hijab did no fi he sorersquos ldquolook policyrdquoShe repored o CAIR-OK who hen reerred her o he EEOC
Afer years o liigaion including supporing bries filed by CAIRSamanharsquos case wen all he way o he Supreme Cour whoconsidered he quesion o wheher an employer could reuse o hirepoenial employee because hey knew ha employee would require religious accommodaion The Supreme Cour ruled ha Abercrombihad violaed Tile VII by ailing o hire her because o her need or anexcepion o heir ldquolook policyrdquo and se in place proecions or job
applicans who need religious accommodaions a work
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 916
DIVERSITY TRAINING
A young suden a a local elemenary school and hismoher a hijabi were harassed by a eacher while hey hadlunch ogeher They repored he harassmen o CAIR-OK who ollowed up by conacing he school and helping
he moher file a civil righs complain wih he disric
Alhough he disricrsquos invesigaion did no find anyspecific wrongdoing a he school he adminisraion
invied CAIR-OK o hos a raining session on he needsand righs o young Muslim sudens Through our DiversiyTraining we educaed eachers on he paricular needs o
Muslim sudens and heir amilies and helped aciliae
cross-culural undersanding opimizing he educaionalsuccess o oher young Muslims a ha school
SCHOOL AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Unorunaely we see cases where sudenssruggle wih he prejudice and ignorance oheir peers heir classmaes and even heireachers When we hear abou hese siuaionswe inervene and spread awareness andeducaion ensuring ha he learning environmenis proeced or our Muslim children We also
conduc workshops wih boh Muslim youh andnon-Muslim eachers and oher service providerso make sure ha everyone is proeced rom
religious discriminaion
COALITION BUILDING AT OU
In early 2015 a video emerged osome sudens rom he Universiy oOklahomarsquos Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE)chaper singing a disurbing chan The
chan which apparenly was par o heraerniyrsquos radiion included reerenceso lynching black men and repeaeduse o he n-word Afer he video wen
viral CAIR-OK and oher communiyorganizaions released saemenscondemning he language in he video andcalling or he universiy o respond
OU Presiden David Boren quicklysepped up o reierae he universiyrsquoscommimen o diversiy and olerance
on campus The raerniy was disbandedand he wo sudens responsible orleading he chan were expelled OU
also developed a diversiy and inclusionraining ha all incoming reshmen arenow required o ake
One o he mos imporan aspecs o he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen is supporing our young peoplehrough heir educaion Schooling wheher in privae or public aciliies is a vial par o a young personrsquoslie Our job is o make sure ha every suden has a sae producive and supporive learning environmenin which o ge he bes educaion possible
983094
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1016
983096
HATE INCIDENTS
Alhough hey are rare hae incidens and vandalism occasionally ouch he lives o Oklahomarsquos Muslimcommuniy Islamophobic media along wih a lack o posiive porrayals o Muslims creaes a culure o earand disrus which can someimes resul in dangerous hurul conronaionsWhen hese hae-ueled incidens or acs o vandalism occur CAIR-OK works wih he impaced pary
local law enorcemen local media and our ineraih and communiy parners o address he roos oIslamophobia ensure ha hose responsible are brough o jusice and mainain he saey o our communiy
RAMADAN ATTACK
During Ramadan a local amily was havingheir pre-dawn meal a a resauran inEdmond While hey were eaing anoherresauran paron approached heir ableand began screaming racial invecivesand haeul slurs a hem hreaening hewomen and young children as well Theamily called he police bu he man andhis companion drove off
The amily repored he inciden oCAIR-OK and we conneced wih localpolice o ensure ha hey had ulfilledheir responsibiliies We also warned ourcommuniy abou he possibiliy o heseencouners by releasing Acion Alers andoher updaes using inpu rom local policeand oher law enorcemen sources
MUSLIM DAY AT THE CAPITOL
During our firs ever Oklahoma Muslim Day a he Capiol inFebruary 2015 we planned a day o lecures and panels wihdisinguished guess and local lawmakers culminaing in Fridayprayers hosed in he Capiolrsquos beauiul Rounda However we wereinormed ha a group o proesors were planning o hos a rallyouside he Capiol argeing our own paricipans as hey enered
he buildingDespie his negaive publiciy we worked wih Capiol securiy andvoluneers o ensure he saey o our paricipans Our ineraihparners arrived in droves ounumbering he proesors andshielded our guess rom he haeul invecives hrown a hemCapiol securiy responded quickly o our concerns and we were
joined by parners rom all over he sae Overall he day was aresounding success and we were proud o our achievemens ha
overshadowed he mean-spiried bu small group o proesors
ISLAMOPHOBIA IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE
As he 2016 presidenial elecion season approached variouscandidaes began espousing Islamophobic saemens or allowingheir supporers o make some very dangerous ani-Muslimremarks Concerned abou he growh o Islamophobic senimen
in he presidenial race he Civil Righs Deparmen along wihoher ineraih and communiy organizaions held a press releaseIn he conerence we called on all poliical candidaes o sopnormalizing ani-Muslim ear and hared and o ocus on he real
issues hey will ace as poenial Presidens o he Unied Saes
CAIR-OK Civil Righs Direcor TV inerview abou Islamophobia in Oklahom983095
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1116
983096
REFERRAL SERVICES
Someimes we find ha a case is ou ohe scope o our mission oo cosly oroo ime-consuming or us o reasonablyhandle In hese rare siuaions we are
careul o reer our cliens o oher firsrae service providers who can assis Wealso monior cases afer he clien has beenreerred and are always available o helpour cliens navigae heir relaionship wihlegal service providers Nearly hal o ourime is spen on non-discriminaion relaedcases where we keep our cliens connecedand inormed abou he services and legalprocesses ha affec hem
Through building srong parnerships wecan confidenly reer our cliens o a varieyo legal service providers in he areaso immigraion amily law criminal lawpropery law personal injury and more
TESTIMONIAL FROM YOUNES REBBAJ983098
NON DISCRIMINATION CALLS
Employment
41
Family
12
Immigration
9
Services
6
Property
3
Criminal
16
Other
13
lsquorsquoI am inernaional suden on an F-1
Visa swiching my immigraion sauso an H1-B Work VISA Even wih havingmy employerrsquos atorney working on myimmigraion case I conaced CAIRrsquos Civil
Righs Direcor Veronica Laizure a coupleimes o ge some pracical legal adviceRegardless of he complexiy of he mater
Veronica was exremely knowledgeableand available and was always ready oanswer any quesion I had during he
process No only ha Veronica lisened
carefully o my quesions and commensand responded quickly and clearly wihanalysis and advice aimed direcly a myown case Thank you so much CAIR for all
your help and atenion o resolving our problems Your work is very appreciaed
Keep i Uprsquorsquo
To serve our cliensha uilize ourreerral serviceswe have developeda nework oproviders ha wework wih in a varieyo differen areas
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1216
983097
Occasionally cliens come o us wih inerpersonal conflics ha need o be resolved Raher han solving heissue in cour which can be ime-consuming cosly and have high sakes we offer ree mediaion services inselec cases where a neural hird pary can inervene beween wo people in conflic
During he mediaion which happens in a sae neural space boh people have he opporuniy o explainheir posiions and decide wha i anyhing would saisy hem This session has sric rules ha enorcerespec or each oher and he mediaor This allows people o be hones abou heir eelings and sae whamigh resolve he conflic knowing heir posiions will be ully heard We hen help hem compromise andsetle he issue finishing wih a signed and legally binding conrac This helps boh people o adhere o heiragreemen and usually boh people walk away eeling more saisfied han hey would i hey had aken he
issue o cour
MEDIATION SERVICES
LEADERSHIPThe Civil Righs Deparmen akes par in all our youh leadership programs like he Muslim Youh
Leadership Symposium and he Oklahoma Muslim Gamechangers We also le young people come o shadowour daily aciviies in and ou o he office and ge an idea o wha civil righs advocacy looks like on heground Hosing workshops and presenaions we help o educae a uure generaion o aciviss advocaesand communiy leaders who will be he new voice o he Oklahoma Muslim communiy
MIKAEL BRYANT983084 SUMMER 983090983088983089983093 LEGAL INTERN983098
ldquoMy summer a CAIR Oklahoma had a profound impac on hedevelopmen of my legal professional and personal life Myinernship was srucured in a way ha gave me he opporuniyo learn how o work independenly helping me develop skills o
make me more of a self-sarer while allowing me o have focusedguidance from Ms Laizure which helped me beter undersandwha i means o be a precise and ehical professional I was alsogiven he chance o exercise and develop my public speaking skills
having my firs opporuniy o hos a professional banque a heSummer Youh Symposium Finally my inernship had a profoundimpac on he developmen of my personal growh as a human
being giving me he chance o learn abou he perspecives ofdisenfranchised communiies from a unique and vas specrumCAIR Oklahoma does amazing work and is such a valuableresource for Muslims and he communiy a large and I will
remember and value my ime here for he res of my liferdquo
LEGAL INTERNSHIPS
Our new Legal Inernship program brings
op sudens rom local universiieso work developing cases in he Civil
Righs Deparmen From clien inakeonwards inerns are deeply involvedin all he seps o clien represenaionhrough resoluion They also have heopporuniy o work in our many areasouside o legal services governmenoureach legislaive racking communiy
presenaions and more Finally heyculminae heir inernship wih aresearch projec ha examines a opico heir ineres relevan o he Muslim
communiy Throughou he programhey develop vial skills ha will helphem in heir uure careers
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1316
SOME OF THE TOPICS WE COVERED IN 983090983088983089983093 INCLUDE983098
Students Know Your Rights ndash Your schoolrsquos responsibiliy o you as a Muslim suden or paren o a Muslim suden
Girls and Womenrsquos Rights ndash Focused on he righs o girls and women o wearhijab bu also covered oher opics
Travel Rights ndash In ime or Hajj discussed common issues while raveling and he
various agencies or deparmens you migh encouner hroughou your journey
Law Enforcement ndash Wha o do i yoursquore sopped by police how o proec yourFourh and Fifh Amendmen righs wha o say o law enorcemen officers
If you need o bring a KYR seminar o your communiy simply email or call he CivilRighs Deparmen o se up a workshop
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS SEMINARS
One o he mos imporan services ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmenprovides is empowering he Oklahoma Muslim communiy o know heir own righs anddeend hem when aced wih discriminaion We conduc opic-specific Know YourRighs workshops ha each individuals wha hey can do or say in given siuaionscomplee wih examples and quesion and answer sessions
Civil Righs Direcor delivers ldquoKnow Your Righs Hijabi Ediionrdquo aTulsa Peace Academy
983089983088
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1416
Civil Righs Direcor a Tulsarsquos John Hope Franklin Symposium onReconciliaion and he Media delivering presenaion ldquoThugs
Terroriss and Troubled Souls The Narraive of Race and Crimerdquo
OUTREACH EFFORTS
The CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen brings educaional presenaions o hose ouside
he Muslim communiy o Oklahoma in hopes o dispelling myhs abou Islam and reducing
he Islamophobia spread by misinormaion and ignorance
In he one year ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen has been esablished we have been inviedo over a dozen non-Muslim organizaions and evens o speak on he realiy o he Oklahoma Muslim
communiy
John Franklin Hope Symposium Tulsa OK ldquoTerroriss Thugs and Trouble Souls The Narraives
of Race and Crimerdquo Explored differences in media presenaion o perperaors o crimeIslamophobic depicions o erroriss and he consequences o skewed represenaion on helives o American Muslims
St Stephens Church Norman OK ldquo10 Things You Though You Knew Abou Islamrdquo Dispellingsereoypes and addressing common misconcepions abou Islam and Muslim
Rotary Club of Oklahoma City Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoIslamophobia and he Mediardquo Deailedexaminaion o how he media skews percepions o erroriss and errorism demonizesMuslims and conribues o he discriminaion aced by American Muslims
Sequoyah Elementary School Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoEliminaing Bias Undersanding Muslim Sudens and Familiesrdquo In response o repors o harassmen o Muslim amily presened
an inroducion o Islam and explored ways ha eachers could suppor and empower heirMuslim sudens and amilies
Comparative Religions Class Oklahoma Ciy Universiy OK ldquoHae Speech vs Freedom ofSpeechrdquo Examined differences in legal reamen o hae speech in American Consiuional
regime as compared o he European Cour o Human Righs and he UNDHR
We also work closely wih our parners a he Equal Employmen Opporuniies Commission he OklahomaCouny Bar Associaion he American Civil Liberies Union o Oklahoma he YWCA o Oklahoma Ciy andcounless oher local and sae-wide organizaions ha spread our messages o olerance and pluralism in he
civil righs world
CAIR-OK Saff visis he YWCAof Oklahoma Ciy
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1516
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1616
3000 Unied Founders Blvd Se 226 OKC OK 731124052866009 | inookcaircom | cairoklahomacom
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 916
DIVERSITY TRAINING
A young suden a a local elemenary school and hismoher a hijabi were harassed by a eacher while hey hadlunch ogeher They repored he harassmen o CAIR-OK who ollowed up by conacing he school and helping
he moher file a civil righs complain wih he disric
Alhough he disricrsquos invesigaion did no find anyspecific wrongdoing a he school he adminisraion
invied CAIR-OK o hos a raining session on he needsand righs o young Muslim sudens Through our DiversiyTraining we educaed eachers on he paricular needs o
Muslim sudens and heir amilies and helped aciliae
cross-culural undersanding opimizing he educaionalsuccess o oher young Muslims a ha school
SCHOOL AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Unorunaely we see cases where sudenssruggle wih he prejudice and ignorance oheir peers heir classmaes and even heireachers When we hear abou hese siuaionswe inervene and spread awareness andeducaion ensuring ha he learning environmenis proeced or our Muslim children We also
conduc workshops wih boh Muslim youh andnon-Muslim eachers and oher service providerso make sure ha everyone is proeced rom
religious discriminaion
COALITION BUILDING AT OU
In early 2015 a video emerged osome sudens rom he Universiy oOklahomarsquos Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE)chaper singing a disurbing chan The
chan which apparenly was par o heraerniyrsquos radiion included reerenceso lynching black men and repeaeduse o he n-word Afer he video wen
viral CAIR-OK and oher communiyorganizaions released saemenscondemning he language in he video andcalling or he universiy o respond
OU Presiden David Boren quicklysepped up o reierae he universiyrsquoscommimen o diversiy and olerance
on campus The raerniy was disbandedand he wo sudens responsible orleading he chan were expelled OU
also developed a diversiy and inclusionraining ha all incoming reshmen arenow required o ake
One o he mos imporan aspecs o he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen is supporing our young peoplehrough heir educaion Schooling wheher in privae or public aciliies is a vial par o a young personrsquoslie Our job is o make sure ha every suden has a sae producive and supporive learning environmenin which o ge he bes educaion possible
983094
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1016
983096
HATE INCIDENTS
Alhough hey are rare hae incidens and vandalism occasionally ouch he lives o Oklahomarsquos Muslimcommuniy Islamophobic media along wih a lack o posiive porrayals o Muslims creaes a culure o earand disrus which can someimes resul in dangerous hurul conronaionsWhen hese hae-ueled incidens or acs o vandalism occur CAIR-OK works wih he impaced pary
local law enorcemen local media and our ineraih and communiy parners o address he roos oIslamophobia ensure ha hose responsible are brough o jusice and mainain he saey o our communiy
RAMADAN ATTACK
During Ramadan a local amily was havingheir pre-dawn meal a a resauran inEdmond While hey were eaing anoherresauran paron approached heir ableand began screaming racial invecivesand haeul slurs a hem hreaening hewomen and young children as well Theamily called he police bu he man andhis companion drove off
The amily repored he inciden oCAIR-OK and we conneced wih localpolice o ensure ha hey had ulfilledheir responsibiliies We also warned ourcommuniy abou he possibiliy o heseencouners by releasing Acion Alers andoher updaes using inpu rom local policeand oher law enorcemen sources
MUSLIM DAY AT THE CAPITOL
During our firs ever Oklahoma Muslim Day a he Capiol inFebruary 2015 we planned a day o lecures and panels wihdisinguished guess and local lawmakers culminaing in Fridayprayers hosed in he Capiolrsquos beauiul Rounda However we wereinormed ha a group o proesors were planning o hos a rallyouside he Capiol argeing our own paricipans as hey enered
he buildingDespie his negaive publiciy we worked wih Capiol securiy andvoluneers o ensure he saey o our paricipans Our ineraihparners arrived in droves ounumbering he proesors andshielded our guess rom he haeul invecives hrown a hemCapiol securiy responded quickly o our concerns and we were
joined by parners rom all over he sae Overall he day was aresounding success and we were proud o our achievemens ha
overshadowed he mean-spiried bu small group o proesors
ISLAMOPHOBIA IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE
As he 2016 presidenial elecion season approached variouscandidaes began espousing Islamophobic saemens or allowingheir supporers o make some very dangerous ani-Muslimremarks Concerned abou he growh o Islamophobic senimen
in he presidenial race he Civil Righs Deparmen along wihoher ineraih and communiy organizaions held a press releaseIn he conerence we called on all poliical candidaes o sopnormalizing ani-Muslim ear and hared and o ocus on he real
issues hey will ace as poenial Presidens o he Unied Saes
CAIR-OK Civil Righs Direcor TV inerview abou Islamophobia in Oklahom983095
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1116
983096
REFERRAL SERVICES
Someimes we find ha a case is ou ohe scope o our mission oo cosly oroo ime-consuming or us o reasonablyhandle In hese rare siuaions we are
careul o reer our cliens o oher firsrae service providers who can assis Wealso monior cases afer he clien has beenreerred and are always available o helpour cliens navigae heir relaionship wihlegal service providers Nearly hal o ourime is spen on non-discriminaion relaedcases where we keep our cliens connecedand inormed abou he services and legalprocesses ha affec hem
Through building srong parnerships wecan confidenly reer our cliens o a varieyo legal service providers in he areaso immigraion amily law criminal lawpropery law personal injury and more
TESTIMONIAL FROM YOUNES REBBAJ983098
NON DISCRIMINATION CALLS
Employment
41
Family
12
Immigration
9
Services
6
Property
3
Criminal
16
Other
13
lsquorsquoI am inernaional suden on an F-1
Visa swiching my immigraion sauso an H1-B Work VISA Even wih havingmy employerrsquos atorney working on myimmigraion case I conaced CAIRrsquos Civil
Righs Direcor Veronica Laizure a coupleimes o ge some pracical legal adviceRegardless of he complexiy of he mater
Veronica was exremely knowledgeableand available and was always ready oanswer any quesion I had during he
process No only ha Veronica lisened
carefully o my quesions and commensand responded quickly and clearly wihanalysis and advice aimed direcly a myown case Thank you so much CAIR for all
your help and atenion o resolving our problems Your work is very appreciaed
Keep i Uprsquorsquo
To serve our cliensha uilize ourreerral serviceswe have developeda nework oproviders ha wework wih in a varieyo differen areas
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1216
983097
Occasionally cliens come o us wih inerpersonal conflics ha need o be resolved Raher han solving heissue in cour which can be ime-consuming cosly and have high sakes we offer ree mediaion services inselec cases where a neural hird pary can inervene beween wo people in conflic
During he mediaion which happens in a sae neural space boh people have he opporuniy o explainheir posiions and decide wha i anyhing would saisy hem This session has sric rules ha enorcerespec or each oher and he mediaor This allows people o be hones abou heir eelings and sae whamigh resolve he conflic knowing heir posiions will be ully heard We hen help hem compromise andsetle he issue finishing wih a signed and legally binding conrac This helps boh people o adhere o heiragreemen and usually boh people walk away eeling more saisfied han hey would i hey had aken he
issue o cour
MEDIATION SERVICES
LEADERSHIPThe Civil Righs Deparmen akes par in all our youh leadership programs like he Muslim Youh
Leadership Symposium and he Oklahoma Muslim Gamechangers We also le young people come o shadowour daily aciviies in and ou o he office and ge an idea o wha civil righs advocacy looks like on heground Hosing workshops and presenaions we help o educae a uure generaion o aciviss advocaesand communiy leaders who will be he new voice o he Oklahoma Muslim communiy
MIKAEL BRYANT983084 SUMMER 983090983088983089983093 LEGAL INTERN983098
ldquoMy summer a CAIR Oklahoma had a profound impac on hedevelopmen of my legal professional and personal life Myinernship was srucured in a way ha gave me he opporuniyo learn how o work independenly helping me develop skills o
make me more of a self-sarer while allowing me o have focusedguidance from Ms Laizure which helped me beter undersandwha i means o be a precise and ehical professional I was alsogiven he chance o exercise and develop my public speaking skills
having my firs opporuniy o hos a professional banque a heSummer Youh Symposium Finally my inernship had a profoundimpac on he developmen of my personal growh as a human
being giving me he chance o learn abou he perspecives ofdisenfranchised communiies from a unique and vas specrumCAIR Oklahoma does amazing work and is such a valuableresource for Muslims and he communiy a large and I will
remember and value my ime here for he res of my liferdquo
LEGAL INTERNSHIPS
Our new Legal Inernship program brings
op sudens rom local universiieso work developing cases in he Civil
Righs Deparmen From clien inakeonwards inerns are deeply involvedin all he seps o clien represenaionhrough resoluion They also have heopporuniy o work in our many areasouside o legal services governmenoureach legislaive racking communiy
presenaions and more Finally heyculminae heir inernship wih aresearch projec ha examines a opico heir ineres relevan o he Muslim
communiy Throughou he programhey develop vial skills ha will helphem in heir uure careers
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1316
SOME OF THE TOPICS WE COVERED IN 983090983088983089983093 INCLUDE983098
Students Know Your Rights ndash Your schoolrsquos responsibiliy o you as a Muslim suden or paren o a Muslim suden
Girls and Womenrsquos Rights ndash Focused on he righs o girls and women o wearhijab bu also covered oher opics
Travel Rights ndash In ime or Hajj discussed common issues while raveling and he
various agencies or deparmens you migh encouner hroughou your journey
Law Enforcement ndash Wha o do i yoursquore sopped by police how o proec yourFourh and Fifh Amendmen righs wha o say o law enorcemen officers
If you need o bring a KYR seminar o your communiy simply email or call he CivilRighs Deparmen o se up a workshop
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS SEMINARS
One o he mos imporan services ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmenprovides is empowering he Oklahoma Muslim communiy o know heir own righs anddeend hem when aced wih discriminaion We conduc opic-specific Know YourRighs workshops ha each individuals wha hey can do or say in given siuaionscomplee wih examples and quesion and answer sessions
Civil Righs Direcor delivers ldquoKnow Your Righs Hijabi Ediionrdquo aTulsa Peace Academy
983089983088
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1416
Civil Righs Direcor a Tulsarsquos John Hope Franklin Symposium onReconciliaion and he Media delivering presenaion ldquoThugs
Terroriss and Troubled Souls The Narraive of Race and Crimerdquo
OUTREACH EFFORTS
The CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen brings educaional presenaions o hose ouside
he Muslim communiy o Oklahoma in hopes o dispelling myhs abou Islam and reducing
he Islamophobia spread by misinormaion and ignorance
In he one year ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen has been esablished we have been inviedo over a dozen non-Muslim organizaions and evens o speak on he realiy o he Oklahoma Muslim
communiy
John Franklin Hope Symposium Tulsa OK ldquoTerroriss Thugs and Trouble Souls The Narraives
of Race and Crimerdquo Explored differences in media presenaion o perperaors o crimeIslamophobic depicions o erroriss and he consequences o skewed represenaion on helives o American Muslims
St Stephens Church Norman OK ldquo10 Things You Though You Knew Abou Islamrdquo Dispellingsereoypes and addressing common misconcepions abou Islam and Muslim
Rotary Club of Oklahoma City Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoIslamophobia and he Mediardquo Deailedexaminaion o how he media skews percepions o erroriss and errorism demonizesMuslims and conribues o he discriminaion aced by American Muslims
Sequoyah Elementary School Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoEliminaing Bias Undersanding Muslim Sudens and Familiesrdquo In response o repors o harassmen o Muslim amily presened
an inroducion o Islam and explored ways ha eachers could suppor and empower heirMuslim sudens and amilies
Comparative Religions Class Oklahoma Ciy Universiy OK ldquoHae Speech vs Freedom ofSpeechrdquo Examined differences in legal reamen o hae speech in American Consiuional
regime as compared o he European Cour o Human Righs and he UNDHR
We also work closely wih our parners a he Equal Employmen Opporuniies Commission he OklahomaCouny Bar Associaion he American Civil Liberies Union o Oklahoma he YWCA o Oklahoma Ciy andcounless oher local and sae-wide organizaions ha spread our messages o olerance and pluralism in he
civil righs world
CAIR-OK Saff visis he YWCAof Oklahoma Ciy
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1516
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1616
3000 Unied Founders Blvd Se 226 OKC OK 731124052866009 | inookcaircom | cairoklahomacom
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1016
983096
HATE INCIDENTS
Alhough hey are rare hae incidens and vandalism occasionally ouch he lives o Oklahomarsquos Muslimcommuniy Islamophobic media along wih a lack o posiive porrayals o Muslims creaes a culure o earand disrus which can someimes resul in dangerous hurul conronaionsWhen hese hae-ueled incidens or acs o vandalism occur CAIR-OK works wih he impaced pary
local law enorcemen local media and our ineraih and communiy parners o address he roos oIslamophobia ensure ha hose responsible are brough o jusice and mainain he saey o our communiy
RAMADAN ATTACK
During Ramadan a local amily was havingheir pre-dawn meal a a resauran inEdmond While hey were eaing anoherresauran paron approached heir ableand began screaming racial invecivesand haeul slurs a hem hreaening hewomen and young children as well Theamily called he police bu he man andhis companion drove off
The amily repored he inciden oCAIR-OK and we conneced wih localpolice o ensure ha hey had ulfilledheir responsibiliies We also warned ourcommuniy abou he possibiliy o heseencouners by releasing Acion Alers andoher updaes using inpu rom local policeand oher law enorcemen sources
MUSLIM DAY AT THE CAPITOL
During our firs ever Oklahoma Muslim Day a he Capiol inFebruary 2015 we planned a day o lecures and panels wihdisinguished guess and local lawmakers culminaing in Fridayprayers hosed in he Capiolrsquos beauiul Rounda However we wereinormed ha a group o proesors were planning o hos a rallyouside he Capiol argeing our own paricipans as hey enered
he buildingDespie his negaive publiciy we worked wih Capiol securiy andvoluneers o ensure he saey o our paricipans Our ineraihparners arrived in droves ounumbering he proesors andshielded our guess rom he haeul invecives hrown a hemCapiol securiy responded quickly o our concerns and we were
joined by parners rom all over he sae Overall he day was aresounding success and we were proud o our achievemens ha
overshadowed he mean-spiried bu small group o proesors
ISLAMOPHOBIA IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE
As he 2016 presidenial elecion season approached variouscandidaes began espousing Islamophobic saemens or allowingheir supporers o make some very dangerous ani-Muslimremarks Concerned abou he growh o Islamophobic senimen
in he presidenial race he Civil Righs Deparmen along wihoher ineraih and communiy organizaions held a press releaseIn he conerence we called on all poliical candidaes o sopnormalizing ani-Muslim ear and hared and o ocus on he real
issues hey will ace as poenial Presidens o he Unied Saes
CAIR-OK Civil Righs Direcor TV inerview abou Islamophobia in Oklahom983095
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1116
983096
REFERRAL SERVICES
Someimes we find ha a case is ou ohe scope o our mission oo cosly oroo ime-consuming or us o reasonablyhandle In hese rare siuaions we are
careul o reer our cliens o oher firsrae service providers who can assis Wealso monior cases afer he clien has beenreerred and are always available o helpour cliens navigae heir relaionship wihlegal service providers Nearly hal o ourime is spen on non-discriminaion relaedcases where we keep our cliens connecedand inormed abou he services and legalprocesses ha affec hem
Through building srong parnerships wecan confidenly reer our cliens o a varieyo legal service providers in he areaso immigraion amily law criminal lawpropery law personal injury and more
TESTIMONIAL FROM YOUNES REBBAJ983098
NON DISCRIMINATION CALLS
Employment
41
Family
12
Immigration
9
Services
6
Property
3
Criminal
16
Other
13
lsquorsquoI am inernaional suden on an F-1
Visa swiching my immigraion sauso an H1-B Work VISA Even wih havingmy employerrsquos atorney working on myimmigraion case I conaced CAIRrsquos Civil
Righs Direcor Veronica Laizure a coupleimes o ge some pracical legal adviceRegardless of he complexiy of he mater
Veronica was exremely knowledgeableand available and was always ready oanswer any quesion I had during he
process No only ha Veronica lisened
carefully o my quesions and commensand responded quickly and clearly wihanalysis and advice aimed direcly a myown case Thank you so much CAIR for all
your help and atenion o resolving our problems Your work is very appreciaed
Keep i Uprsquorsquo
To serve our cliensha uilize ourreerral serviceswe have developeda nework oproviders ha wework wih in a varieyo differen areas
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1216
983097
Occasionally cliens come o us wih inerpersonal conflics ha need o be resolved Raher han solving heissue in cour which can be ime-consuming cosly and have high sakes we offer ree mediaion services inselec cases where a neural hird pary can inervene beween wo people in conflic
During he mediaion which happens in a sae neural space boh people have he opporuniy o explainheir posiions and decide wha i anyhing would saisy hem This session has sric rules ha enorcerespec or each oher and he mediaor This allows people o be hones abou heir eelings and sae whamigh resolve he conflic knowing heir posiions will be ully heard We hen help hem compromise andsetle he issue finishing wih a signed and legally binding conrac This helps boh people o adhere o heiragreemen and usually boh people walk away eeling more saisfied han hey would i hey had aken he
issue o cour
MEDIATION SERVICES
LEADERSHIPThe Civil Righs Deparmen akes par in all our youh leadership programs like he Muslim Youh
Leadership Symposium and he Oklahoma Muslim Gamechangers We also le young people come o shadowour daily aciviies in and ou o he office and ge an idea o wha civil righs advocacy looks like on heground Hosing workshops and presenaions we help o educae a uure generaion o aciviss advocaesand communiy leaders who will be he new voice o he Oklahoma Muslim communiy
MIKAEL BRYANT983084 SUMMER 983090983088983089983093 LEGAL INTERN983098
ldquoMy summer a CAIR Oklahoma had a profound impac on hedevelopmen of my legal professional and personal life Myinernship was srucured in a way ha gave me he opporuniyo learn how o work independenly helping me develop skills o
make me more of a self-sarer while allowing me o have focusedguidance from Ms Laizure which helped me beter undersandwha i means o be a precise and ehical professional I was alsogiven he chance o exercise and develop my public speaking skills
having my firs opporuniy o hos a professional banque a heSummer Youh Symposium Finally my inernship had a profoundimpac on he developmen of my personal growh as a human
being giving me he chance o learn abou he perspecives ofdisenfranchised communiies from a unique and vas specrumCAIR Oklahoma does amazing work and is such a valuableresource for Muslims and he communiy a large and I will
remember and value my ime here for he res of my liferdquo
LEGAL INTERNSHIPS
Our new Legal Inernship program brings
op sudens rom local universiieso work developing cases in he Civil
Righs Deparmen From clien inakeonwards inerns are deeply involvedin all he seps o clien represenaionhrough resoluion They also have heopporuniy o work in our many areasouside o legal services governmenoureach legislaive racking communiy
presenaions and more Finally heyculminae heir inernship wih aresearch projec ha examines a opico heir ineres relevan o he Muslim
communiy Throughou he programhey develop vial skills ha will helphem in heir uure careers
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1316
SOME OF THE TOPICS WE COVERED IN 983090983088983089983093 INCLUDE983098
Students Know Your Rights ndash Your schoolrsquos responsibiliy o you as a Muslim suden or paren o a Muslim suden
Girls and Womenrsquos Rights ndash Focused on he righs o girls and women o wearhijab bu also covered oher opics
Travel Rights ndash In ime or Hajj discussed common issues while raveling and he
various agencies or deparmens you migh encouner hroughou your journey
Law Enforcement ndash Wha o do i yoursquore sopped by police how o proec yourFourh and Fifh Amendmen righs wha o say o law enorcemen officers
If you need o bring a KYR seminar o your communiy simply email or call he CivilRighs Deparmen o se up a workshop
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS SEMINARS
One o he mos imporan services ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmenprovides is empowering he Oklahoma Muslim communiy o know heir own righs anddeend hem when aced wih discriminaion We conduc opic-specific Know YourRighs workshops ha each individuals wha hey can do or say in given siuaionscomplee wih examples and quesion and answer sessions
Civil Righs Direcor delivers ldquoKnow Your Righs Hijabi Ediionrdquo aTulsa Peace Academy
983089983088
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1416
Civil Righs Direcor a Tulsarsquos John Hope Franklin Symposium onReconciliaion and he Media delivering presenaion ldquoThugs
Terroriss and Troubled Souls The Narraive of Race and Crimerdquo
OUTREACH EFFORTS
The CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen brings educaional presenaions o hose ouside
he Muslim communiy o Oklahoma in hopes o dispelling myhs abou Islam and reducing
he Islamophobia spread by misinormaion and ignorance
In he one year ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen has been esablished we have been inviedo over a dozen non-Muslim organizaions and evens o speak on he realiy o he Oklahoma Muslim
communiy
John Franklin Hope Symposium Tulsa OK ldquoTerroriss Thugs and Trouble Souls The Narraives
of Race and Crimerdquo Explored differences in media presenaion o perperaors o crimeIslamophobic depicions o erroriss and he consequences o skewed represenaion on helives o American Muslims
St Stephens Church Norman OK ldquo10 Things You Though You Knew Abou Islamrdquo Dispellingsereoypes and addressing common misconcepions abou Islam and Muslim
Rotary Club of Oklahoma City Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoIslamophobia and he Mediardquo Deailedexaminaion o how he media skews percepions o erroriss and errorism demonizesMuslims and conribues o he discriminaion aced by American Muslims
Sequoyah Elementary School Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoEliminaing Bias Undersanding Muslim Sudens and Familiesrdquo In response o repors o harassmen o Muslim amily presened
an inroducion o Islam and explored ways ha eachers could suppor and empower heirMuslim sudens and amilies
Comparative Religions Class Oklahoma Ciy Universiy OK ldquoHae Speech vs Freedom ofSpeechrdquo Examined differences in legal reamen o hae speech in American Consiuional
regime as compared o he European Cour o Human Righs and he UNDHR
We also work closely wih our parners a he Equal Employmen Opporuniies Commission he OklahomaCouny Bar Associaion he American Civil Liberies Union o Oklahoma he YWCA o Oklahoma Ciy andcounless oher local and sae-wide organizaions ha spread our messages o olerance and pluralism in he
civil righs world
CAIR-OK Saff visis he YWCAof Oklahoma Ciy
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1516
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1616
3000 Unied Founders Blvd Se 226 OKC OK 731124052866009 | inookcaircom | cairoklahomacom
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1116
983096
REFERRAL SERVICES
Someimes we find ha a case is ou ohe scope o our mission oo cosly oroo ime-consuming or us o reasonablyhandle In hese rare siuaions we are
careul o reer our cliens o oher firsrae service providers who can assis Wealso monior cases afer he clien has beenreerred and are always available o helpour cliens navigae heir relaionship wihlegal service providers Nearly hal o ourime is spen on non-discriminaion relaedcases where we keep our cliens connecedand inormed abou he services and legalprocesses ha affec hem
Through building srong parnerships wecan confidenly reer our cliens o a varieyo legal service providers in he areaso immigraion amily law criminal lawpropery law personal injury and more
TESTIMONIAL FROM YOUNES REBBAJ983098
NON DISCRIMINATION CALLS
Employment
41
Family
12
Immigration
9
Services
6
Property
3
Criminal
16
Other
13
lsquorsquoI am inernaional suden on an F-1
Visa swiching my immigraion sauso an H1-B Work VISA Even wih havingmy employerrsquos atorney working on myimmigraion case I conaced CAIRrsquos Civil
Righs Direcor Veronica Laizure a coupleimes o ge some pracical legal adviceRegardless of he complexiy of he mater
Veronica was exremely knowledgeableand available and was always ready oanswer any quesion I had during he
process No only ha Veronica lisened
carefully o my quesions and commensand responded quickly and clearly wihanalysis and advice aimed direcly a myown case Thank you so much CAIR for all
your help and atenion o resolving our problems Your work is very appreciaed
Keep i Uprsquorsquo
To serve our cliensha uilize ourreerral serviceswe have developeda nework oproviders ha wework wih in a varieyo differen areas
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1216
983097
Occasionally cliens come o us wih inerpersonal conflics ha need o be resolved Raher han solving heissue in cour which can be ime-consuming cosly and have high sakes we offer ree mediaion services inselec cases where a neural hird pary can inervene beween wo people in conflic
During he mediaion which happens in a sae neural space boh people have he opporuniy o explainheir posiions and decide wha i anyhing would saisy hem This session has sric rules ha enorcerespec or each oher and he mediaor This allows people o be hones abou heir eelings and sae whamigh resolve he conflic knowing heir posiions will be ully heard We hen help hem compromise andsetle he issue finishing wih a signed and legally binding conrac This helps boh people o adhere o heiragreemen and usually boh people walk away eeling more saisfied han hey would i hey had aken he
issue o cour
MEDIATION SERVICES
LEADERSHIPThe Civil Righs Deparmen akes par in all our youh leadership programs like he Muslim Youh
Leadership Symposium and he Oklahoma Muslim Gamechangers We also le young people come o shadowour daily aciviies in and ou o he office and ge an idea o wha civil righs advocacy looks like on heground Hosing workshops and presenaions we help o educae a uure generaion o aciviss advocaesand communiy leaders who will be he new voice o he Oklahoma Muslim communiy
MIKAEL BRYANT983084 SUMMER 983090983088983089983093 LEGAL INTERN983098
ldquoMy summer a CAIR Oklahoma had a profound impac on hedevelopmen of my legal professional and personal life Myinernship was srucured in a way ha gave me he opporuniyo learn how o work independenly helping me develop skills o
make me more of a self-sarer while allowing me o have focusedguidance from Ms Laizure which helped me beter undersandwha i means o be a precise and ehical professional I was alsogiven he chance o exercise and develop my public speaking skills
having my firs opporuniy o hos a professional banque a heSummer Youh Symposium Finally my inernship had a profoundimpac on he developmen of my personal growh as a human
being giving me he chance o learn abou he perspecives ofdisenfranchised communiies from a unique and vas specrumCAIR Oklahoma does amazing work and is such a valuableresource for Muslims and he communiy a large and I will
remember and value my ime here for he res of my liferdquo
LEGAL INTERNSHIPS
Our new Legal Inernship program brings
op sudens rom local universiieso work developing cases in he Civil
Righs Deparmen From clien inakeonwards inerns are deeply involvedin all he seps o clien represenaionhrough resoluion They also have heopporuniy o work in our many areasouside o legal services governmenoureach legislaive racking communiy
presenaions and more Finally heyculminae heir inernship wih aresearch projec ha examines a opico heir ineres relevan o he Muslim
communiy Throughou he programhey develop vial skills ha will helphem in heir uure careers
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1316
SOME OF THE TOPICS WE COVERED IN 983090983088983089983093 INCLUDE983098
Students Know Your Rights ndash Your schoolrsquos responsibiliy o you as a Muslim suden or paren o a Muslim suden
Girls and Womenrsquos Rights ndash Focused on he righs o girls and women o wearhijab bu also covered oher opics
Travel Rights ndash In ime or Hajj discussed common issues while raveling and he
various agencies or deparmens you migh encouner hroughou your journey
Law Enforcement ndash Wha o do i yoursquore sopped by police how o proec yourFourh and Fifh Amendmen righs wha o say o law enorcemen officers
If you need o bring a KYR seminar o your communiy simply email or call he CivilRighs Deparmen o se up a workshop
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS SEMINARS
One o he mos imporan services ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmenprovides is empowering he Oklahoma Muslim communiy o know heir own righs anddeend hem when aced wih discriminaion We conduc opic-specific Know YourRighs workshops ha each individuals wha hey can do or say in given siuaionscomplee wih examples and quesion and answer sessions
Civil Righs Direcor delivers ldquoKnow Your Righs Hijabi Ediionrdquo aTulsa Peace Academy
983089983088
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1416
Civil Righs Direcor a Tulsarsquos John Hope Franklin Symposium onReconciliaion and he Media delivering presenaion ldquoThugs
Terroriss and Troubled Souls The Narraive of Race and Crimerdquo
OUTREACH EFFORTS
The CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen brings educaional presenaions o hose ouside
he Muslim communiy o Oklahoma in hopes o dispelling myhs abou Islam and reducing
he Islamophobia spread by misinormaion and ignorance
In he one year ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen has been esablished we have been inviedo over a dozen non-Muslim organizaions and evens o speak on he realiy o he Oklahoma Muslim
communiy
John Franklin Hope Symposium Tulsa OK ldquoTerroriss Thugs and Trouble Souls The Narraives
of Race and Crimerdquo Explored differences in media presenaion o perperaors o crimeIslamophobic depicions o erroriss and he consequences o skewed represenaion on helives o American Muslims
St Stephens Church Norman OK ldquo10 Things You Though You Knew Abou Islamrdquo Dispellingsereoypes and addressing common misconcepions abou Islam and Muslim
Rotary Club of Oklahoma City Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoIslamophobia and he Mediardquo Deailedexaminaion o how he media skews percepions o erroriss and errorism demonizesMuslims and conribues o he discriminaion aced by American Muslims
Sequoyah Elementary School Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoEliminaing Bias Undersanding Muslim Sudens and Familiesrdquo In response o repors o harassmen o Muslim amily presened
an inroducion o Islam and explored ways ha eachers could suppor and empower heirMuslim sudens and amilies
Comparative Religions Class Oklahoma Ciy Universiy OK ldquoHae Speech vs Freedom ofSpeechrdquo Examined differences in legal reamen o hae speech in American Consiuional
regime as compared o he European Cour o Human Righs and he UNDHR
We also work closely wih our parners a he Equal Employmen Opporuniies Commission he OklahomaCouny Bar Associaion he American Civil Liberies Union o Oklahoma he YWCA o Oklahoma Ciy andcounless oher local and sae-wide organizaions ha spread our messages o olerance and pluralism in he
civil righs world
CAIR-OK Saff visis he YWCAof Oklahoma Ciy
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1516
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1616
3000 Unied Founders Blvd Se 226 OKC OK 731124052866009 | inookcaircom | cairoklahomacom
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1216
983097
Occasionally cliens come o us wih inerpersonal conflics ha need o be resolved Raher han solving heissue in cour which can be ime-consuming cosly and have high sakes we offer ree mediaion services inselec cases where a neural hird pary can inervene beween wo people in conflic
During he mediaion which happens in a sae neural space boh people have he opporuniy o explainheir posiions and decide wha i anyhing would saisy hem This session has sric rules ha enorcerespec or each oher and he mediaor This allows people o be hones abou heir eelings and sae whamigh resolve he conflic knowing heir posiions will be ully heard We hen help hem compromise andsetle he issue finishing wih a signed and legally binding conrac This helps boh people o adhere o heiragreemen and usually boh people walk away eeling more saisfied han hey would i hey had aken he
issue o cour
MEDIATION SERVICES
LEADERSHIPThe Civil Righs Deparmen akes par in all our youh leadership programs like he Muslim Youh
Leadership Symposium and he Oklahoma Muslim Gamechangers We also le young people come o shadowour daily aciviies in and ou o he office and ge an idea o wha civil righs advocacy looks like on heground Hosing workshops and presenaions we help o educae a uure generaion o aciviss advocaesand communiy leaders who will be he new voice o he Oklahoma Muslim communiy
MIKAEL BRYANT983084 SUMMER 983090983088983089983093 LEGAL INTERN983098
ldquoMy summer a CAIR Oklahoma had a profound impac on hedevelopmen of my legal professional and personal life Myinernship was srucured in a way ha gave me he opporuniyo learn how o work independenly helping me develop skills o
make me more of a self-sarer while allowing me o have focusedguidance from Ms Laizure which helped me beter undersandwha i means o be a precise and ehical professional I was alsogiven he chance o exercise and develop my public speaking skills
having my firs opporuniy o hos a professional banque a heSummer Youh Symposium Finally my inernship had a profoundimpac on he developmen of my personal growh as a human
being giving me he chance o learn abou he perspecives ofdisenfranchised communiies from a unique and vas specrumCAIR Oklahoma does amazing work and is such a valuableresource for Muslims and he communiy a large and I will
remember and value my ime here for he res of my liferdquo
LEGAL INTERNSHIPS
Our new Legal Inernship program brings
op sudens rom local universiieso work developing cases in he Civil
Righs Deparmen From clien inakeonwards inerns are deeply involvedin all he seps o clien represenaionhrough resoluion They also have heopporuniy o work in our many areasouside o legal services governmenoureach legislaive racking communiy
presenaions and more Finally heyculminae heir inernship wih aresearch projec ha examines a opico heir ineres relevan o he Muslim
communiy Throughou he programhey develop vial skills ha will helphem in heir uure careers
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1316
SOME OF THE TOPICS WE COVERED IN 983090983088983089983093 INCLUDE983098
Students Know Your Rights ndash Your schoolrsquos responsibiliy o you as a Muslim suden or paren o a Muslim suden
Girls and Womenrsquos Rights ndash Focused on he righs o girls and women o wearhijab bu also covered oher opics
Travel Rights ndash In ime or Hajj discussed common issues while raveling and he
various agencies or deparmens you migh encouner hroughou your journey
Law Enforcement ndash Wha o do i yoursquore sopped by police how o proec yourFourh and Fifh Amendmen righs wha o say o law enorcemen officers
If you need o bring a KYR seminar o your communiy simply email or call he CivilRighs Deparmen o se up a workshop
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS SEMINARS
One o he mos imporan services ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmenprovides is empowering he Oklahoma Muslim communiy o know heir own righs anddeend hem when aced wih discriminaion We conduc opic-specific Know YourRighs workshops ha each individuals wha hey can do or say in given siuaionscomplee wih examples and quesion and answer sessions
Civil Righs Direcor delivers ldquoKnow Your Righs Hijabi Ediionrdquo aTulsa Peace Academy
983089983088
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1416
Civil Righs Direcor a Tulsarsquos John Hope Franklin Symposium onReconciliaion and he Media delivering presenaion ldquoThugs
Terroriss and Troubled Souls The Narraive of Race and Crimerdquo
OUTREACH EFFORTS
The CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen brings educaional presenaions o hose ouside
he Muslim communiy o Oklahoma in hopes o dispelling myhs abou Islam and reducing
he Islamophobia spread by misinormaion and ignorance
In he one year ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen has been esablished we have been inviedo over a dozen non-Muslim organizaions and evens o speak on he realiy o he Oklahoma Muslim
communiy
John Franklin Hope Symposium Tulsa OK ldquoTerroriss Thugs and Trouble Souls The Narraives
of Race and Crimerdquo Explored differences in media presenaion o perperaors o crimeIslamophobic depicions o erroriss and he consequences o skewed represenaion on helives o American Muslims
St Stephens Church Norman OK ldquo10 Things You Though You Knew Abou Islamrdquo Dispellingsereoypes and addressing common misconcepions abou Islam and Muslim
Rotary Club of Oklahoma City Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoIslamophobia and he Mediardquo Deailedexaminaion o how he media skews percepions o erroriss and errorism demonizesMuslims and conribues o he discriminaion aced by American Muslims
Sequoyah Elementary School Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoEliminaing Bias Undersanding Muslim Sudens and Familiesrdquo In response o repors o harassmen o Muslim amily presened
an inroducion o Islam and explored ways ha eachers could suppor and empower heirMuslim sudens and amilies
Comparative Religions Class Oklahoma Ciy Universiy OK ldquoHae Speech vs Freedom ofSpeechrdquo Examined differences in legal reamen o hae speech in American Consiuional
regime as compared o he European Cour o Human Righs and he UNDHR
We also work closely wih our parners a he Equal Employmen Opporuniies Commission he OklahomaCouny Bar Associaion he American Civil Liberies Union o Oklahoma he YWCA o Oklahoma Ciy andcounless oher local and sae-wide organizaions ha spread our messages o olerance and pluralism in he
civil righs world
CAIR-OK Saff visis he YWCAof Oklahoma Ciy
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1516
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1616
3000 Unied Founders Blvd Se 226 OKC OK 731124052866009 | inookcaircom | cairoklahomacom
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1316
SOME OF THE TOPICS WE COVERED IN 983090983088983089983093 INCLUDE983098
Students Know Your Rights ndash Your schoolrsquos responsibiliy o you as a Muslim suden or paren o a Muslim suden
Girls and Womenrsquos Rights ndash Focused on he righs o girls and women o wearhijab bu also covered oher opics
Travel Rights ndash In ime or Hajj discussed common issues while raveling and he
various agencies or deparmens you migh encouner hroughou your journey
Law Enforcement ndash Wha o do i yoursquore sopped by police how o proec yourFourh and Fifh Amendmen righs wha o say o law enorcemen officers
If you need o bring a KYR seminar o your communiy simply email or call he CivilRighs Deparmen o se up a workshop
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS SEMINARS
One o he mos imporan services ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmenprovides is empowering he Oklahoma Muslim communiy o know heir own righs anddeend hem when aced wih discriminaion We conduc opic-specific Know YourRighs workshops ha each individuals wha hey can do or say in given siuaionscomplee wih examples and quesion and answer sessions
Civil Righs Direcor delivers ldquoKnow Your Righs Hijabi Ediionrdquo aTulsa Peace Academy
983089983088
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1416
Civil Righs Direcor a Tulsarsquos John Hope Franklin Symposium onReconciliaion and he Media delivering presenaion ldquoThugs
Terroriss and Troubled Souls The Narraive of Race and Crimerdquo
OUTREACH EFFORTS
The CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen brings educaional presenaions o hose ouside
he Muslim communiy o Oklahoma in hopes o dispelling myhs abou Islam and reducing
he Islamophobia spread by misinormaion and ignorance
In he one year ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen has been esablished we have been inviedo over a dozen non-Muslim organizaions and evens o speak on he realiy o he Oklahoma Muslim
communiy
John Franklin Hope Symposium Tulsa OK ldquoTerroriss Thugs and Trouble Souls The Narraives
of Race and Crimerdquo Explored differences in media presenaion o perperaors o crimeIslamophobic depicions o erroriss and he consequences o skewed represenaion on helives o American Muslims
St Stephens Church Norman OK ldquo10 Things You Though You Knew Abou Islamrdquo Dispellingsereoypes and addressing common misconcepions abou Islam and Muslim
Rotary Club of Oklahoma City Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoIslamophobia and he Mediardquo Deailedexaminaion o how he media skews percepions o erroriss and errorism demonizesMuslims and conribues o he discriminaion aced by American Muslims
Sequoyah Elementary School Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoEliminaing Bias Undersanding Muslim Sudens and Familiesrdquo In response o repors o harassmen o Muslim amily presened
an inroducion o Islam and explored ways ha eachers could suppor and empower heirMuslim sudens and amilies
Comparative Religions Class Oklahoma Ciy Universiy OK ldquoHae Speech vs Freedom ofSpeechrdquo Examined differences in legal reamen o hae speech in American Consiuional
regime as compared o he European Cour o Human Righs and he UNDHR
We also work closely wih our parners a he Equal Employmen Opporuniies Commission he OklahomaCouny Bar Associaion he American Civil Liberies Union o Oklahoma he YWCA o Oklahoma Ciy andcounless oher local and sae-wide organizaions ha spread our messages o olerance and pluralism in he
civil righs world
CAIR-OK Saff visis he YWCAof Oklahoma Ciy
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1516
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1616
3000 Unied Founders Blvd Se 226 OKC OK 731124052866009 | inookcaircom | cairoklahomacom
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1416
Civil Righs Direcor a Tulsarsquos John Hope Franklin Symposium onReconciliaion and he Media delivering presenaion ldquoThugs
Terroriss and Troubled Souls The Narraive of Race and Crimerdquo
OUTREACH EFFORTS
The CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen brings educaional presenaions o hose ouside
he Muslim communiy o Oklahoma in hopes o dispelling myhs abou Islam and reducing
he Islamophobia spread by misinormaion and ignorance
In he one year ha he CAIR-OK Civil Righs Deparmen has been esablished we have been inviedo over a dozen non-Muslim organizaions and evens o speak on he realiy o he Oklahoma Muslim
communiy
John Franklin Hope Symposium Tulsa OK ldquoTerroriss Thugs and Trouble Souls The Narraives
of Race and Crimerdquo Explored differences in media presenaion o perperaors o crimeIslamophobic depicions o erroriss and he consequences o skewed represenaion on helives o American Muslims
St Stephens Church Norman OK ldquo10 Things You Though You Knew Abou Islamrdquo Dispellingsereoypes and addressing common misconcepions abou Islam and Muslim
Rotary Club of Oklahoma City Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoIslamophobia and he Mediardquo Deailedexaminaion o how he media skews percepions o erroriss and errorism demonizesMuslims and conribues o he discriminaion aced by American Muslims
Sequoyah Elementary School Oklahoma Ciy OK ldquoEliminaing Bias Undersanding Muslim Sudens and Familiesrdquo In response o repors o harassmen o Muslim amily presened
an inroducion o Islam and explored ways ha eachers could suppor and empower heirMuslim sudens and amilies
Comparative Religions Class Oklahoma Ciy Universiy OK ldquoHae Speech vs Freedom ofSpeechrdquo Examined differences in legal reamen o hae speech in American Consiuional
regime as compared o he European Cour o Human Righs and he UNDHR
We also work closely wih our parners a he Equal Employmen Opporuniies Commission he OklahomaCouny Bar Associaion he American Civil Liberies Union o Oklahoma he YWCA o Oklahoma Ciy andcounless oher local and sae-wide organizaions ha spread our messages o olerance and pluralism in he
civil righs world
CAIR-OK Saff visis he YWCAof Oklahoma Ciy
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1516
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1616
3000 Unied Founders Blvd Se 226 OKC OK 731124052866009 | inookcaircom | cairoklahomacom
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1516
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1616
3000 Unied Founders Blvd Se 226 OKC OK 731124052866009 | inookcaircom | cairoklahomacom
7232019 2015 CAIR-OK Civil Rights Report
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2015-cair-ok-civil-rights-report 1616
3000 Unied Founders Blvd Se 226 OKC OK 731124052866009 | inookcaircom | cairoklahomacom