Volunteer Guide

Muslim Women Resource Center

  • Location:
    6445 N. Western Ave.
    Suite 301
    Chicago, IL 60645
  • Phone:
    (773) 764-1686
  • Fax:
    (773) 764-6753
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Fax, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website, Facebook
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Muslim Women Resource Center's mission is to assist immigrant and refugee Muslim women to overcome cultural and language barriers, and prepare them with appropriate occupational skills to become self-sufficient and ready to enter the job market.

Counties served: Cook, De Kalb, Du Page, Kane, Lake, Will

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS
Non-legal services: Citizenship / Civics classes, ESL, Language services, Referrals to other services, Social services
Languages spoken: Arabic, Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Levantine), Bosnian, Burmese, Dari, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Iraqi, Pashto, Persian, Urdu
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: No
Nominal fee charged? Yes

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 1
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 2
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 0

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, World Relief