The Council on American-Islamic Relations will host a training this weekend in Charlotte to address Islamophobia in local schools and colleges.
Saturday’s Back-to-School Anti-Islamophobic Bullying event will address bullying of Muslim students and provide ways for students and parents to become more involved in schools. The training is part of a statewide tour by CAIR North Carolina, with stops in Raleigh, Charlotte and Greensboro.
“The event itself is about tackling what to know, how to identify and how to counteract bullying in schools,” Reider said. “We’re going through the step-by-step process of what to do, how to recognize it and how to move forward with it.”…