After more than a year of CAIR-Chicago raising the issue, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finally agreed to recognize “Arab” as a race. Just last week, the EEOC headquarters in Washington, D.C. issued an apology letter to CAIR-Chicago Litigation Director Kevin Vodak for the improper classifications and assured him that steps have been taken to prevent further problems.

Event: Employee Free Choice Act Forum; May 21, 2009, 7PM

CAIR-Chicago Volunteer Attorney Rima Kapitan, a partner at Amal Law Group, represented a Muslim woman at a status hearing regarding her employment discrimination complaint.