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 staff member Lena Masri, Esq. and the board liason is Haaris Ahmad, Esq.
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.