Bio
Christina Abraham is the Civil Rights Director at CAIR-Chicago. Christina has spoken and written on issues related to Arab and Muslim civil rights, and actively works to pursue successful resolutions to incidents of discrimination through legal and non-legal channels. Christina is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights and a member of the Advisory Board of the BRussels International Tribunal. Christina holds a Masters in the Arts of Social Sciences (M.A.) at the University of Chicago where her focus was on Politics in the Middle East, and a Juris Doctorate at DePaul University. She is admitted to practice in the State of Illinois.
HONORS
Order of the Barristers
SELECTED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
“Lessons From History: Japanese Internment and the War on Terror.” March 3, 2009. Northwestern University College of Law.
“Human Rights in Gaza: What is Happening Now and What Can Change for Tomorrow.” February 12, 2009. Kent Law School.
“Engaging Communities and Sustaining North South Dialogue.” January 3-8, 2009, Philippines. Sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Department of State, in conjunction with Northern Illinois University and the International Visitor Program Philippines, Alumni Foundation, Inc.
“Agents of Change: Changing and Empowering our Communities.” Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers Seminar. June 12, 2008, Chicago. Sponsored by the Chicago Bar Foundation.
PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH PROJECTS:
“The Threat to Civil Liberties and Its Effect on Muslims in America” DePaul Journal for Social Justice, Vol. 1 No. 1 (Fall 2007) (co-written with Heena Musabji, Esq.).
“The Formation of Assyrian Nationalism and Its Implications” MA Thesis paper University of Chicago, 2004.
Christina Abraham is the Civil Rights Director at CAIR-Chicago. Christina has spoken and written on issues related to Arab and Muslim civil rights, and actively works to pursue successful resolutions to incidents of discrimination through legal and non-legal channels. Christina is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights and a member of the Advisory Board of the BRussels International Tribunal. Christina holds a Masters in the Arts of Social Sciences (M.A.) at the University of Chicago where her focus was on Politics in the Middle East, and a Juris Doctorate at DePaul University where she received membership in the Order of the Barristers. She is admitted to practice in the State of Illinois.