The American Muslim Civic Leadership Initiative builds the capacity of emerging Muslim leaders from across the United States. AMCLI hosts leadership retreats, virtual programs and a deeply connected network made up of the hundreds of American Muslim leaders who have been through its programing.

AMCLI provides leaders with:

  • Recognition: meaning, enrichment, credentials
  • Space to think differently, to be revived, to be challenged
  • Tools: resources, capacity, training
  • Inspiration through others and through faith
  • Connection to other civic leaders within and outside of Muslim communities

The Program

Programs are currently on hold while CRCC seeks new funding for AMCLI.

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Testimonials

Part professional development, part support group, AMCLI has trained national and regional cohorts in intensive sessions led by interfaith organizers, academics, and activists. Its impact on key members of a rising generation of Muslim leaders is profound.

Monique Parsons ARC Magazine (formerly Religion & Politics)

When I did AMCLI, it was a time where I felt really isolated. AMCLI put me in a community with so many other people doing this work. We are able to give feedback to one another, amplify each other’s work and be cheerleaders. This work is hard. It can be thankless at times, but we know that we’ve got folks in our camps — we’re fAMCLI!

Reema Ahmad

As an imam in a Muslim community, I need to learn things that could take my work to another level: messaging, writing and how to be more expressive, but also emotional intelligence, how to take the temperature in the room and make sure we are serving those on the margins. I’m grateful for the opportunity to improve myself.

Imam Makram El-Amin

AMCLI gave me two very tangible things: a network of My People and how to engage in storytelling in a genuine way, that brings people into my cause, that really engages people in the movements I want to build. It helped me do that in a way that feels real and accurate.

Manar Waheed

One thing that is unique and amazing about AMCLI is that diversity of thought is respected. We all want to hear those perspectives. It’s like a judgement-free zone. I think that’s why many of us feel uplifted.

Fazeela Siddiqui

AMCLI supports young committed impactful leaders who span communities of race and gender and class, geography. It’s been personally very beneficial and from a philanthropic lens we see AMCLI as an excellent investment.

Patrick Cates