Poet and aspiring law student Alexandra shares “Flaws” with the Muslim Women For community.
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Art Series
‘Resistance’ by Layan Qaimari
As a Palestinian, this painting encompasses my people’s culture and resistance and I want to share a powerful and moving message that Palestinians are not just their struggle but their
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Art Series
‘sharing’ and ‘stories’ by Britney Dao
Britney (she/her/hers) is a student at UNC Chapel Hill studying American Studies and Human Development & Family Studies. She loves writing and being creative, especially as a tool to heal, process, and advocate. She shares art snd s poem with us here.
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News
We’re taking a month to rest
Notice: Muslim Women For will be closed Monday, August 16 though Monday, September 20. We will resume operations on Monday, September 20th. As many of you know, July is the
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Empowerment
Announcing our Call for Artists!
This past year, we witnessed the highs and lows of humanity and came together to fight against Asian hate, anti-Blackness, and the oppression of Palestinian people. As we experience these
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Pillars
Local Imams and the Islamic Association of Raleigh tackle Race
Muslim Women For would like to spotlight community work related to racial tensions and political education efforts. Oftentimes, work done in this area, by mosques, isn’t well publicized. Many of
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Empowerment
Announcing the ‘Sex, Spirituality, & Reproductive Health for Muslims Summer Series’
You know as well as we do that honest, compassionate, culturally-sensitive reproductive health information in our community has been sorely lacking. Here’s your chance to learn from a Muslim and in community with other Muslims.
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Relationship Building
Register for our Summer Wellness Series
“Our movements themselves have to be healing, or there’s no point to them”—Cara Page, Kindred: Southern Healing Justice Collective Following the success of our 2020 Healing Collective, Muslim Women For is
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Grassroots Organizing
Volunteer Opportunities
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Empowerment
Summer Wellness Series
Salam y’all, After our successful 2020 Healing Collective, we have decided to shift to a model that will allow for more participants with more focused sessions. Participants should ideally plan
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Reflections
We mourn with you.
We are writing to you today with broken hearts and shattered spirits after the news of the violence that occured in Atlanta GA, causing 8 lives to end prematurely.
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News
2020 Annual Report
We are always excited to share our projects, challenges, successes and ideas with you and sharing this document is no different. We hope you look through it, ask us questions
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Grassroots Organizing
Phone Bank With Us!
Are you ready to GET OUT THE MUSLIM VOTE? Please join Muslim Women For on Saturday, October 24 and/or Thursday, October 29 from 5pm – 7pm and help us phone bank to make sure our community’s
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Political Education
Where NC Candidates Stand on Key Issues for Muslims
Our community members from the Queen City Family Advocates have produced a voting guide to help NC Muslims become more politically literate, encourage further political participation, and strengthen our sense of agency.
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Political Education
What your NC Senator thinks of the NO BAN Act…
As you might know, a repeal of the Muslim bans passed in the House on July 22nd. We recently asked NC Senators Thom Tillis and Richard Burr to support this
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Statements
Eid Mubarak: COVID-19 Edition
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we announced that all donations made to us from March through May would be re-directed to local organizations that are providing COVID-19 related relief.
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Projects
Our 7 Neighbors: A Podcast
Our very own, Lela Ali, is featured in the inaugural episode of Our 7 Neighbors podcast series.
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Reflections
Gearing up for Ramadan in Isolation: A Convert’s Perspective
I will not lie to myself and say that this is going to be easy for me, but I understand that if all of the social aspects of Ramadan are taken away, the virtue, reward, and observance of Ramadan is not reduced in any capacity.
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Relationship Building
Community Check-in Resources during the COVID-19 Outbreak
On our live stream today, we had many community partners and friends join us on Instagram live to talk about what’s been going on in their respective sectors of the
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Statements
2019 Annual Report
We’re proud to share our very first Annual Report for the year 2019 with our community. We invite public comments, feedback and thoughts in the comment section below. Thank you
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Empowerment
My Voice, My Story: A Retreat Reflection
For most of my life, I’ve sat on the sidelines watching people speak for me and about my experiences while my insides were refuting their words. One of the greatest
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Grassroots Organizing
The Muslim Ban: Reflections on Organizing in Greensboro, NC
I realized that when I heard about the Muslim Ban I was angry about it but I stopped there and it was not until becoming a Muslim Women For fellow that I looked at it in-depth and realize how bad it really was. From there, I became motivated to do something about it.
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Relationship Building
Our white Jewish comrade fundraised for us: here’s what they learned
For the past few months, our community member, CP, has been part of the Anne Braden Program, which develops white organizers to strengthen principled anti-racist leadership. CP participated in the
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