Capitol Leadership Academy

CLA is the nation’s premier political incubator for minority students. It empowers today’s youth to become tomorrow’s leaders.

This Summer Get a Life-Changing Experience!

Preparing A Generation of

Young Leaders

The Capitol Leadership Academy (CLA) is a powerful learning adventure for aspiring future leaders interested in politics and civic engagement.

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Muslim Capitol Days

An opportunity for Muslim minorities to meet their legislators directly and discuss their concerns as well as share solutions for the future.

Who We Are

We're non-profit, non-partisan civic engagement organization, United Voices for America is dedicated to increasing the participation of minorities and people of color into the political process. More >>

What We Do

We inspire minorities and people of color to become active participants in our government so that our country may be strengthened by their unique contributions and perspectives.. More>>

How We Do It

We educate and prepare disenfranchised communities with the knowledge, strategy, and tactics needed to champion change in their hometowns, states, and our great nation. We train tomorrow’s leaders to become advocates for lasting change. More>>

Latest Posts

Should “Islam” matter in US foreign policy?
In the United States, it is difficult to overstate the degree to which Islam has fallen off both the domestic and foreign policy agenda. In many ways, this is a welcome improvement over the near-constant preoccupation with American Muslims and Muslims abroad as objects of concern during the post-9/11 period. With the Trump administration’s […]
The symbol of hijab in America’s legal and political world
ACCORDING to some research estimates, up to seven million Muslims live in the United States. Muslim women are the most likely of any faith to wear the visible symbol of faith identity, namely the hijab, which presents them as visibly Muslim in all public settings. Studying the daily life experience of hijab-wearing Muslim women in America […]
Ron DeSantis Knew All About the Torture Program When He Worked at Guantánamo
As he gears up to run for president, new investigations report that DeSantis witnessed horrific conditions—though Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) served in the Navy as a lawyer, not as a pilot, as he’d like you to think. And as he appears to be gearing up for a presidential run, his record as a Navy lawyer is coming […]
Will the UN’s plea to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh be answered?
The UN is appealing to global powers to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The United Nations is appealing for nearly $900m to help Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh from their native Myanmar. So, how will the international community respond? And can the Rohingya ever hope for an end to the stateless limbo […]
How Quebec’s Culture of Islamophobia is Seeping Into Public Schools
Muslim Students Feel Increasingly Unsafe in Primary and Secondary Schools Ayeza Hussain is a 16-year-old Pakistani student from Antoine-Brossard High School in Brossard, Que. Though she finds her student body diverse, it has not stopped her from facing Islamophobic violence in school. During a lunch period, a white Québecois student approached her and began […]

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