Name: Raheem Hanifa

Recipient Type: Scholarship Recipient

Recipient Year: 2012|2013

School Name: UC Berkeley

Major: Public Policy

Description: Raheem Hanifa previously worked as the Outreach Coordinator for the Council on American Islamic Relations-Michigan. He was 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 continued his quest to further causes of social justice by completing a Master of Public Policy degree at UC Berkeley. He is now pursuing a PhD in Sociology at Princeton University.

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