Murad Awawdeh,  President and CEO of New York Immigration Coalition

Murad is a strategist, organizer, and advocacy expert who has dedicated over two decades of his life fighting for low-income communities of color across the State of New York. 

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Zahra Billoo, executive director of CAIR San Francisco Bay Area

Zahra manages one of the largest CAIR offices in the country with a team of civil rights and social justice advocates dedicated to the empowerment of American Muslims through legal services, legislative advocacy, and community organizing.

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Golnaz Fakhimi, legal director at Muslim Advocates

Golnaz has worked with and for historically and structurally marginalized people across a wide spectrum of contexts and strategies. Her experience and expertise encompass deportation defense, criminal defense, defense of alleged "war on terror" suspects, habeas corpus actions, civil rights actions, technical assistance to movement leaders and partners, and collaborative advocacy with them.