Events/Workshops

Civil Rights Workshop at MIST

OnSaturday, March 20, 2010, CAIR Houston presented a Civil RightsWorkshop at the Muslim Inter-Scholastic Tournament.  MuslimStudents Associations from High Schools all around Houston attended theworkshop.

Many of these students were introduced to civilrights issues and CAIR for the first time.  The students weregiven a presentation on CAIR Houston’s functions and goals. This wasfollowed by a civil rights exercise in which the students wereseparated into groups and given unique civil rights dilemmas which theywere asked to solve and explain how they would deal with the situation.One group of students got so involved that they created a skit on howto deal with school officials asking them to shave their beards. Many students also expressed interest in volunteering for CAIR andgetting involved in Civil Rights Advocacy in the future.

Presentation on Islam  - San Jacinto Community College

On Feb 2nd 2010, Dr. Tarek Hussein, President of Cair Houston, gave apresentation on Islam to a sociology class at San Jacinto College’sCentral Campus. Dr. Hussein gave a 50 minute lecture along with apowerpoint presentation which gave an introduction on Islam andMuslims. The topics that Dr. Hussein touched on included facts such asthe current Muslim population in the world as well as the population inthe United States. Dr. Hussein also explained the foundations and basictenets of Islam to the class and many issues that are at the forefrontof Islam and America today.

The response to the presentationwas overwhelming. One student was moved to tears, stating that much ofthe information she had about Islam was false and that in the futureshe would take more care to watch the media when they run storiesregarding Islam. The entire class asked for a translation of the Quranwhich CAIR Houston will provide to them.

What: Presentation on Islam                                                  
When: February 25, 2010. 10:00am                                                                   Where: San Jacinto Community College

Employment Law Workshop, featuring the EEOC.

CAIR-Houston has setup an employment law workshop with the EqualEmployment Opportunity Commission. The workshop is designed to increasethe understanding of the rights of employees and employers, recentlegislative updates, religious discrimination in the workplace, how acase is handled, and much more. The workshop will be conducted by JoeBontke of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, an attorneyspecializing in Employment Law, and a CAIR-Houston representative.

What: Rights Workshop.
When: Friday June 20th at 8:30 p.m.
Where: Masjid El Farooq

Civil Rights Workshop: featuring LULAC

CAIR-Houston has set up a civil rights issues workshop with the LeagueUnited Latin American Citizens. The workshop is to cover issues ofconcern to both the Muslim & Hispanic communities. The workshopshould give perspective on concerns that the Houston's Hispaniccommunity has in common with the Muslim community. From this workshopattendees should better understand how we can work together towardsovercoming challenges together.

What: Rights Workshop.
When: Sunday June 20th at Asr (5:30 p.m.)
Where: Masjid El Farooq