Category: Advocacy

Record-Breaking 700 Muslim Delegates Participate in 9th Annual #MuslimHillDay on Capitol Hill

During the three-day advocacy event, Muslims urged Congress to support the free speech rights of student protesters, advocated for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and called for the free flow of humanitarian aid to Palestinians, including the resumption of U.S. support for UNRWA. (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/2/2024) – The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), […]

500+ American Muslims Delegates Take Part in 8th Annual #MuslimHillDay on Capitol Hill

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/14/2023) – The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the nation’s largest American Muslim civil society umbrella organization, today announced the successful completion of the 8th Annual Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill.  More than 500 American Muslim delegates from 20+ states traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with more than 200 congressional offices in […]

USCMO Cheers Biden’s Student Debt Forgiveness Urges More

Now, if one in debt has hardship, then let there be respite, until there is ease for the debtor. and should you forgive it as charity, it is best for you, if only you were to know. —The Quran, 2:280 (WASHINGTON D.C., 8/24/22) – The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the nation’s largest umbrella group […]

USCMO, Interfaith Group, Gets Congress to Increase Security Grant to $360 Million for Non-Profits

البيان الصحفي بالعربية WASHINGTON, DC (6/21/ 2022) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), along with 9 other diverse faith groups, has successfully persuaded U.S. Congress to increase appropriations for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) to $360 million for fiscal year 2023, up from $250 million this year. See letter to […]

USCMO, American Muslims, Support U.S. Bipartisan Gun Control Framework as First Step

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/16/2022) — The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the largest umbrella for Muslim American organizations, supports the bipartisan framework for gun-control legislation reached Sunday by U.S. Senate. While it lacks critically necessary controls on gun buying – an assault weapons ban, expanded background checks, extreme-risk preventions, and age-eligibility increases for purchase – it is […]

300+ Delegates Take Part in USCMO 7th Annual National Muslim Advocacy Day – #MuslimHillDay

(WASHINGTON, DC – 6/15/2022) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the largest umbrella group for Muslim groups in the United States, announced today that more than 300 delegates from 20 states met on Monday and Tuesday with more than 200 elected officials and congressional staffers during the seventh annual “National Muslim Advocacy Day” […]

President Biden’s Signing into Law of $1.2 Trillion Bipartisan ‘Hard’ Infrastructure Act Important Step for Rebuilding and Jobs

(Washington, D.C., 11/16/2021) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), on behalf of our member institutions and American Muslims, welcomes President Joseph Biden’s 15 November signing into law of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act as a double win for our nation: (1) It finally delivers a federal investment to rebuild America’s failing transportation, […]

USCMO Concludes Its National Muslim Advocacy Week With Great Success

Delegates from 28 states met virtually with some 150 elected officials, staffers – a digital record-breaker (WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/29/2021) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) celebrates the conclusion of the 6th annual “National Muslim Congressional Advocacy Week,” during which more than 550 delegates from 28 states met virtually with some 150 elected officials and […]

USCMO Today Launches the 6th Annual National Muslim Hill Day – #MuslimHillDay    

 Advocacy day policy agenda includes supporting policing reform, protecting voting rights, countering Islamophobia, and advocating human rights abroad, including Palestinian freedom. (WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/21/21) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) is announcing the official launch of the 6th annual National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill – this year scheduled to take place virtually […]