Safe Spaces
Mission
The mission of Safe Spaces is to produce and adopt policies that positively affect the Muslim community as well as the greater non-Muslim community through education, dialogue and cooperation. Safe Spaces will work proactively with institutions, corporations, universities as well as primary level schools and other entities to implement “muslim friendly” policies that will have a constructive outcome for both the Muslim and greater non-Muslim community.
The project manager for this extensive endeavor is newly employed staff member Melanie Elturk and the board liason is Attorney Haaris Ahmad. Melanie is a recent graduate of Wayne State University Law School and has been admitted to the State Bar of Michigan. She possesses the requisite ability and passion to carry out such a project and is very eager to work with you and the rest of the community.
Issues
- Reflection Rooms in airports, places of work
- Religious Garb
- Prayer Accommodations
- Halal food issues
- Muslim Holidays
- Providing Islamic Educational Materials to Schools
Regions Covered
- Metro Detroit
- Flint / Saginaw (Grand Blanc, Schwartz Creek)
- Ann Arbor / Jackson
- Lansing
- Kalamazoo / Battle Creek
- Grand Rapids / Muskegon
For more information or to become a Safe Spaces intern, please contact safespaces@cairmichigan.org, or call (248) 559-2247.