Name: Raheem Hanifa

Recipient Year: 2012|2013

Major: Public Policy

Description: For the past four years Raheem Hanifa has worked as the Outreach Coordinator for the Council on American Islamic Relations-Michigan. He has been responsible for CAIR-MI workshops and trainings. Raheem graduated with a B.A. in Political Science and Sociology from Michigan State University and has experience working on political and social grassroots campaigns As a campaign organizer and Michigan House of Representatives intern, Raheem has extensive advocacy and political organizing experience. As an intern within the House Communications office for the Michigan House of Representatives, Raheem worked in different areas pertaining to media and communications. Raheem Hanifa is dedicated to social justice and activism; he is continuing his quest to further causes of social justice by beginning his Master of Public Policy degree at UC Berkeley. UPDATE Raheem graduated in 2014 and is an Analyst at the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

School Name: University of California, Berkeley

Sponsor: Cal Muslim Alumni Association Scholarship|Mateen Mobeen Foundation Scholarship

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raheem-hanifa-85290161/