On November 4th the CAIR-Chicago office was closed as staff members volunteered at the Mosque Foundation of Bridgeview, headquarters of the New American Democracy Project's "Get Out The Vote" (GOTV) Campaign.

The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is closed today as its staff mobilizes Muslims at local precincts to Get Out the Vote (see: www.cairchicago.org). The campaign focuses on the southwest suburb of Bridgeview and marks the culmination of a long campaign to urge the Muslim community to let their voices be heard with a strong voter representation.

CAIR-Chicago, Mosque, Foundation, and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and refugee rights (ICIRR) joined forces this year to promote voter participation in the upcoming election through a fellowship program entitled the New American Democracy Project (NADP). The program has been a resounding success, managing to register over 1,200 new voters in the just the Chicago-land area.

On Monday, October 27, 2008, the Chicago office of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) will join elected representatives, state legislators, immigrant advocate partners, new voters, and volunteers to celebrate the success of ICIRR's (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and refugee rights) voter registration drive and launch the Get out the Vote Campaign.

CAIR-Chicago, the Mosque Foundation, and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and refugee rights (ICIRR) joined forces this year to promote voter participation in the upcoming election through a fellowship program entitled the New American Democracy Project (NADP).

CAIR-Chicago Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed attended a membership meeting for the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) on Thursday, January 18, 2007 at St. Francis Church.

CAIR-Chicago Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed presented on a panel during a Community Builders meeting in Downers Grove, Illinois, on Thursday, November 16, 2006.

The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations announced today that as a part of election activities, to encourage staff, interns, volunteers and community members to vote, the office will be closed on Election Day. It will also pull down its highly-visited website and replace it with a single splash page with the text, "We Vote."

The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations announced today that it has registered over 1,000 new American-Muslim voters through the New Americans Democracy Project (NADP), in partnership with the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR).

CAIR-Chicago Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed and New Americans Democracy Project (NADP) Haady Taslim conducted a volunteer training session at the Muslim Youth Center in Bridgeview, Illinois on Wednesday, October 11, 2006

CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed attended the annual membership meeting for the Illinois Coalition of Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) on Wednesday, August 16, 2006.

With goals of mobilizing 45,000 people to come to the polls on November 7, 5,000 people in the weeks prior to Election Day, and 15,000 new voter registrations additions in the state of Illinois, CAIR-Chicago, along with the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and other host organizations, has launched an electoral summer campaign.