This section provides links to essential advocacy calls to action, including a tool to oppose the Nonprofit Killer Bill, coalition and advocacy letters addressed to Congress and the Administration, as well as key policy demands and agendas. MJF will continuously update this section with vital federal, state, and local advocacy initiatives aimed at protecting our communities and strengthening collective power.
Guidance for community Leaders and Groups
Understanding the National Strategy on Countering Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate:
A Guide for Groups and Leaders
Overall, the National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate fails to address the urgency of this moment and the long-standing, systemic targeting of BAMEMSA communities by our own government. This guide analyzes the inaugural U.S. National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate (Strategy) by examining how the Strategy reinforces harmful national security frameworks, lifting up components of the strategy that align with community recommendations, and offering guidance for groups to engage with the Strategy moving forward.
Call to Action:
Resist the Nonprofit Bill:
Over 8000 letters and calls were made by MJF community members to Congress to push back on HR9495. Section 4 of H.R. 9495, includes provisions that threaten the tax-exempt status of nonprofits for engaging in freedom of speech activities, jeopardizing their essential work and setting a concerning precedent. Despite strong opposition from over 300 civil society organizations, the bill passed the House on November 21. MJF is now urging the Senate to oppose any related legislation that undermines nonprofit tax-exempt status and endangers civil society organizations. Use this tool to reach out to your representatives.
Federal Advocacy Demands
Community Memorandum: Recommendations for A Foundational White House Islamophobia Strategy:
MJF spearheaded a community memorandum with endorsement from 95 organizations on key initial recommendations, as a starting point, for federal government agencies in implementing a comprehensive White House Islamophobia strategy. This memorandum also offers concerns with the existing process for developing the White House Islamophobia strategy, provides a community-rooted framework of structural and gendered Islamophobia and contains key agency recommendations.
Policy Tool:
Abolitionist v. Reforms
This tool was developed by Muslims for Just Futures and partners. We invite those interested in learning more about our collective agenda to read, "Abolishing the War on Terror, Building Communities of Care" grassroots policy platform as an additional resource to use with this tool. The goal of this tool is to support organizations, collectives, groups, and community members committed to moving with abolitionist values in their policy advocacy efforts. Our intention is to support groups and community members discern the type of policies that expand and further entrench the Global War on Terror, and the type of policies that can move us toward its abolition.
Our hope is to share a framework for policy objectives and oversight demands that move us toward our collaborative vision of abolition to the "Global War on Terror."