About Manzoor:
A resident of Raleigh, NC, Manzoor Cheema has been an active member of social justice
movements for over 15 years. In 2004, he launched a grassroots social justice
TV show, Independent Voices that ran for five years. He went on to co-found Muslims for Social
Justice, an organization dedicated to pursuing Muslim liberation theology in
2013. In 2015, he launched the Movement to End Racism and Islamophobia (MERI),
a network of organizations to fight racism and Islamophobia. In 2017, Manzoor joined
Atlanta-based Project South, a 32-year old organization dedicated to the
elimination of poverty and genocide. Manzoor lives in Raleigh, NC, and
travels throughout the U.S. South to support the grassroots movements for
social justice. Manzoor is the recipient of the 2014 International Human Rights
Award, awarded by the Human Rights Coalition of North Carolina, and the 2016
Self-Determination Award by Black Workers for Justice. Manzoor Cheema’s work on social justice has
been covered in the local, national, and international media.