Civil rights and public policy

Andrew Sayegh

Portrait of Andrew Sayegh
Current Role

Civil Rights Administrative Coordinator at CAIR-CA.

Andrew Sayegh supports the Civil Rights Department at the Council on American-Islamic Relations, California through legal intake coordination, case management, litigation support, and community outreach.

His work centers on civil rights advocacy for communities shaped by immigration, displacement, discrimination, and the domestic consequences of national security policy.

His broader interests include constitutional law, international human rights, and Middle East policy, with particular attention to their implications for civil rights and immigrant communities.

May 2026 – Present

Civil Rights Administrative Coordinator

CAIR-CA
Sep 2025 – May 2026

Case Manager

City Net Homeless Services
Jan 2025 – May 2025

Government Affairs Intern

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
Jan 2025 – Apr 2025

Advocacy Intern

Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP)
Sep 2023 – Mar 2024

Research Assistant

Center for Middle East Development (CMED), UCLA
Jun 2023 – Aug 2023

Congressional Intern

Office of Congressman Lou Correa (CA-46)
  • University of California, Los Angeles

    B.A., History and Arabic

  • Middlebury Language Schools

    Arabic Immersion Program

  • UC Education Abroad Program

    Middle East Studies, Amman

01.

Civil Rights

02.

National Security & Constitutional Law

03.

Immigration & Refugee Law

04.

International Human Rights

05.

Middle East Policy & Affairs

06.

Public Policy & Community Organizing