Advocacy & Civic Engagement

Using advocacy and civic engagement to build political and community power. 

Investing in Our Political Futures 

MJF’s Advocacy work includes making demands of policymakers that are rooted in community demands. Our civic engagement work includes educating our communities about the political process and ensuring we are represented through census work, getting out the vote, and the voting process through development of voter guides. MJF also partners with other civic engagement organizations to hold educational forums on the civic engagement and voting process. 

Updates

Check here for general updates on our civic engagement work.

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Statement on the Targeting of Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Financial Targeting of Movement Orgs

Muslims for Just Futures is deeply concerned by the Department of Justice’s decision to indict the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on allegations of fraud and financial misconduct. These charges signal a troubling shift in how legal and regulatory tools are being deployed to target, discredit, and repress civil society organizations.

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Statement on the Targeting of Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Financial Targeting of Movement Orgs

Muslims for Just Futures is deeply concerned by the Department of Justice’s decision to indict the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on allegations of fraud and financial misconduct. These charges signal a troubling shift in how legal and regulatory tools are being deployed to target, discredit, and repress civil society organizations.

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Chilling Power Grab: Florida Can Now Brand Groups as “Foreign Terrorists”

Today, Muslims for Just Futures (MJF) and The Internationalist Law Center (ILC) issued a joint statement condemning the signing of HB 1471 and HB 1473 , warning that these laws represent a sweeping expansion of state authoritarian power that threatens free speech, criminalizes dissent, and creates one of the most repressive environments for advocacy in the country. Both organizations warn that this sets a dangerous precedent that could spur similar repressive legislation across the country. 

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MJF Condemns Detention of Salah Sarsour and Pattern of Anti-Muslim Enforcement

Muslims for Just Futures (MJF) unequivocally condemns the detention of Salah Sarsour, a respected Palestinian community leader, business owner, and Imam in Wisconsin. ICE agents targeted Sarsour, a lawful permanent resident of over 30 years. They detained and transferred him across state lines, unjustly separating him from his family and community

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