Ali Allam is a junior at the University of Michigan studying Political Science and Information Analysis. He helped organize the effort to pressure Bloomfield Hills Schools to recognize Eid as a holiday and has worked on political campaigns in Detroit and Hamtramck. He was elected Vice-President of the University of Michigan’s LSA Student Government on an openly pro-divestment platform with over 2000 votes. He also serves as co-chair of the Muslim Coalition, a union of 30 Muslim-adjacent student organizations on campus working to advocate against Islamophobia. He has conducted research on US healthcare policy and public debt, as well as the development of Islamic thought.
