Name: Kaleemah Muttaqi

Recipient Type: Scholarship Recipient

Recipient Year: 2019

School Name: UC Davis

Major: International Relations

Description: Kaleemah Kennon Muttaqi is a graduate of UC Davis, studying International Relations with an emphasis in Peace & Security. As a Sacramento native, she is passionate about issues pertaining to her community. Having lived abroad as a child, she looks for ways to connect local & global current events and narratives. She strongly believes that fostering strong inter-communal relations is the only key to revolutionary change. Alongside her position as a student assistant within the African American & African Studies department, she served as Internal VP for the Black Pre-Law Student Association, Publicist for Faces of African Muslims, and Social Justice Director for Imani Legal Clinic. Having grown up in Black/Latino Muslim tradition, her activism is informed by Islamic teaching, and likewise, her faith strengthened by Prophetic emphasis of social equality. Kaleemah plans to attend law school, and continue pursuing justice as a civil rights attorney.

Sponsor: Rashida Tlaib Courage and Leadership Scholarship