INNER-CITY MUSLIM ACTION NETWORK

2008/2009 ANNUAL REPORT

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Letter from the Executive Director

2. Mission & Vision

3. Principles of Change

5. Staff & Board

9 . Community Organizing & Advocacy

17. Direct Services

23 Arts & Culture

27. Media Sightings

28. Outreach

29. Your IMAN Growing

31 Financials

33. Acknowledgements

35. Donor Recognition

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 LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ABOUT
Dear IMAN Friends, THE INNER-CITY MUSLIM ACTION NETWORK
Assalamu Alaikum and Peace Be Upon You. We live in paradoxical times
where great opportunity and extraordinary challenges confront many of 2744 West 63rd Street • Chicago, Illinois 60629
us organizing and working for positive change in the community. With the TEL 773.434.4626 • FAX 773.434.0260
blessings of the Most High and the leadership and support of so many of iman@imancentral.org • www.imancentral.org
you, IMAN has done all it can to seize as much of this opportunity as we
could over these last two years.

In 2008 and 2009, we initiated new and strengthened existing programs.

In 2009, with funding from the City of Chicago, we began a Green Reentry
Project that is converting foreclosed and vandalized homes in Chicago
Lawn into “green” housing. IMAN will use the renovations of these homes
to provide on-the-job training for the formerly incarcerated, and to provide
transitional housing for our brothers reentering the community.

Also in 2009, through the generosity of an individual donor, we purchased

a new building at 2747 W. 63rd St.; now we are exploring ideas on the use
of this 15,000 square foot property for our operations and the benefit of
communities we serve. We obtained a Presidential Discretionary Grant
from the Marguerite Casey Foundation to conduct a study of the feasibility
and potential for local IMAN initiatives in large urban centers such as
New York City and Washington D.C. Our leadership role within many
social justice coalitions and the evolution of Takin’ it to the Streets into a
week-long Urban International Festival expected to draw 20,000 people to
Chicago this year are further illustrations of large-impact programs in which
we have invested our energy and innovative spirit.
MISSION
IMAN is a community-based nonprofit that works for social justice,
The Fruits of Your IMAN luncheon in December of 2009, which many delivers a range of direct services, and cultivates the arts in urban
of you attended, was a befitting way for us to cap these last two years communities.
of growth. This event marked the successful completion of The Grow
Your IMAN Campaign, a three-year $1.75 million comprehensive campaign
to enable us to purchase our main center and expand our programs as
described throughout this two-year report. BACKGROUND
IMAN grew from the efforts of a group of concerned Muslim
Success, growth and the recognition they attract, however, bring their own
challenges. Staying true to the principles and the people that drive us and community members who came together to respond to the
our vision is only the most obvious of these mandates. We intend to meet pervasive symptoms of poverty and marginalization on Chicago’s
this and similar challenges by holding ourselves accountable to the Most Southwest Side. They created IMAN and incorporated it as a
High and to you, our friends and donors. 501 c (3) organization in 1997.
Finally, as we look forward to sustaining and building on our efforts
to inspire, serve and forge a vision of justice and dignity for the most
marginalized and neglected among us, we pray to the Most High that He VISION
always bless our endeavors and strengthen our convictions and resolve. IMAN will be, God willing, a national Muslim nonprofit leader in
We also hope and pray that our efforts remain worthy of your continued
prayers and support. social change, service delivery and artistic excellence. Muslims in
other urban centers will draw on IMAN’s model for dynamic civic
Salaams and Peace, engagement in their communities and the larger society.

Rami Nashashibi
Executive Director
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 PRINCIPLES OF CHANGE
IMAN PRINCIPLES OF CHANGE
Spiritually Grounded & Broadly Informed Alliance Building
IMAN’s work and vision is driven by Islam’s emphasis on mercy, IMAN believes strongly in the need to create long-term alliances
compassion, service and justice as transformative forces for positive that bridge cultural, racial, ethnic and religious divides. We seek
social change. IMAN also looks to the rich and diverse organizing to develop and work in alliances that are deeply grounded in a
traditions in the U.S. and across sense of mutual trust and commitment to a common vision for
the world for inspiration. IMAN change using a grassroots human rights framework.
seeks to infuse the best of those
models with an understanding of Change through Service
the Muslim spiritual tradition as IMAN believes that providing health care, youth programming
a way of effectively reaching and and career development services changes not only those who
mobilizing its own base of leaders receive our services but also those who provide them, thus
across Chicagoland, the state of creating a holistic approach to social change. IMAN’s organizing
Illinois and the country. efforts are led by community members, including those who
access our key services such as free health care, economic and
Led by the Most Affected professional development courses, and transitional housing for
IMAN passionately believes that work toward social change should ex-offenders.
be led by those of us directly and broadly affected by the issues, our
families, and those who live with the consequences of poverty and Inspire: Art and Culture as Vehicles of Social Change
social disparities in the inner-city. IMAN believes in the power of the arts to inspire and influence
social change. For IMAN, leadership by artists plays a critical
Across Socioeconomic Divides role in educating, galvanizing and inspiring our base. Art infuses
IMAN believes in leveraging resources, relationships, skills organizing efforts with a type of cultural relevance that can
and expertise across socioeconomic divides in addressing make the work more dynamic and cutting-edge. IMAN seeks the
the challenges and struggles confronting marginalized urban synergy between art and culture to reach audiences and remain
communities. Furthermore, IMAN aspires to leverage these grounded in grassroots community efforts and working for change.
relationships to stimulate socially-conscious business development
and to generate jobs, revenue and social capital in service of its
larger vision.

Intergenerational
IMAN believes in advocacy and organizing work that is
intergenerational. The dynamism and drive of young adults combined
with the wisdom and experience of elders allows for efforts that
take into consideration larger social context and historical continuity.
Within the larger Muslim community, intergeneration-driven efforts
that provide space for youth leadership, while showing deference to
cultural elders, speak to a sense of holistic community.

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STAFF
Executive Director
Rami Nashashibi
Associate Director
Kyle J. Ismail (Until 2009)
Human Resources and
Administrative Director
Ayat Elnoory
Operations Manager
Angela Rosario
Office Coordinator
Madeehah Muhammad
Finance Manager
Omari Kamal
Health Clinic Administrator
Mariam Azam (Until 2009)
Adiba Khan, M.D. (From 2009)
Youth Organizer
Shamar Hemphill
Director of Arts and Culture
Asad Jafri
Lead Community Organizer
Sultan Muhammad
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF
BOARD
Education Reform Organizer
Manal Farhan (Until 2009)
OFFICERS
Chairman
Communications Coordinator Amir Al–Islam Ph.D
Ahlam Said
Secretary
Outreach Coordinator David Kelly J.D.
Mark Crain (From 2009)
Treasurer
Grants Administrator Ali Saqib (Until 2009)
Naadhera Rodriguez Muhammad Umar Carter (From 2009)
IMAN Career Development
Manager DIRECTORS
Veronica Zapata
Ameenah Muhammad Rafi Peterson
Database Coordinator
Amina Waheed (Until 2009) Clyde K. El-Amin Seemi Choudry
Hazel Gomez (From 2009)
Feroz Patel Sherene Fakhran M.D., M.P.H.
IMAN Executive Fellows
Alia Bilal Laila Muhammad Tariq Iftikhar M.D.
Aquil Charlton
Ndidi Okakpu Maaria Mozaffar J.D. Tariq Simpkins
Security Officer Maha Jarad Yasmine Abou-El-Kheir
Yahyaa Gatlin
Nia Odeoti-Hassan
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 AWARDS EXECUTIVE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
500 Most Influential Muslims in the World In 2009, IMAN launched the Executive Fellowship Program to help
The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre and Georgetown University us transition to our next level of organizational development. The
Amir Al-Islam first three Executive Fellows started their one-year positions in the
Rami Nashashibi
summer and fall of 2009.

Courageous Voices Award

Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
Rami Nashashibi

Norman Bobins Leadership Award

Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards
Rami Nashashibi

Excellence in Community Leadership Award

Holy Cross Hospital
Rafi Peterson

Community Hero
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Clyde El Amin
Rafi Peterson

Inspiring Muslim Woman Award

Muslim Women’s Alliance
Nia Odeoti-Hassan

Outstanding Community Service Award

Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago YOUTH BOARD MEMBERS
Nia Odeoti-Hassan
Rami Nashashibi
In 2008, three members of the IMAN Youth Council (IYC) joined
the IMAN Board. The presence of these young Board Members will
Service to the IHRC Recognition Award
allow the Board and staff to better evaluate whether or not IMAN’s
International Human Relations Council and Chicago Commission on
programming meets the needs of young people.
Human Relations
Veronica Zapata

Community Organizing Award

Chicago Community Trust
IMAN and the Developing Justice Coalition

Young People For (YP4) One-year fellowships

Ameenah Muhammad
Sadia Nawab P. 8

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 COMMUNITY ORGANIZING & ADVOCACY
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
& ADVOCACY
PROJECT RESTORE
Project Restore, launched in 2005, is based on IMAN’s
deeply held idea that many within the formerly incarcerated
community can, with resources and the right opportunity,
restore a sense of self, family, community and justice.

Green Reentry
IMAN’s Green Reentry Project was one of the eight recipients of
the “Community Green Jobs” funding from the City of Chicago’s
Department of Environment. This project seeks to convert vacant/
foreclosed and vandalized properties within the Chicago Lawn
Community into vibrant, environmentally sound (green) transition
housing for formerly incarcerated individuals. IMAN will use the
renovations of these homes to provide on-the-job training for
formerly incarcerated individuals, and the converted homes will
provide housing for individuals reentering society.
Community Safe Zone

The Community Safe Zone targets the key

and interconnected issues of public safety,
employment and housing by addressing the
continuous rise of violence that affects the
lives of youth and their families on Chicago’s
Southwest Side. The Community Safe Zone
was implemented in the summers of 2008 and
2009 through a series of community events
such as Youth Job Fairs, summer employment,
and weekly block events and 3-on-3 basketball
tournaments.

PARTNERSHIP WITH BANK OF

AMERICA TO ALLEVIATE THE
FORECLOSURE CRISIS
In recognition of the devastating effects of the national and
regional foreclosure crisis on the Southwest Side of Chicago,
IMAN worked with the Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP)
in developing a partnership with Bank of America to ensure that
hundreds of families can stay in their homes.

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 COMMUNITY ORGANIZING & ADVOCACY
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT/ IMAN SESSIONS
ORGANIZING TRAINING In 2009, IMAN started a
This training prepares IMAN leaders for organizing new biweekly community
around issues such as disproportionate incarceration, event called IMAN
substandard education, access to health care, inhumane Sessions. IMAN Sessions
immigration policies, and the criminalization of are especially designed
to create a relational
marginalized communities.
community through
conversation, perspectives
CURRICULUM and personal narratives.
IMAN developed a formal curriculum and conducted a series
of leadership development and organizing training sessions to
introduce community members, leaders and activists to grassroots UCCRO AND THE STRUGGLE FOR
organizing concepts and strategies. A uniquely powerful aspect of HUMAN RIGHTS
this curriculum is that it explicitly grounds basic organizing concepts As a leading member organization of
and strategies in the Muslim prophetic and spiritual traditions. the United Congress of Community and
Religious Organizations (UCCRO), IMAN
continued to build coalitions across
racial, ethnic and religious boundaries.
IMAN and UCCRO are developing organizing and
advocacy campaigns around a grassroots struggle for
human rights.

Sharing Stories, Connecting Issues

YOUTH ORGANIZING
Youth organizers and leaders are an integral part of all IMAN
organizing and leadership development efforts. We conducted
several youth-specific programs and training sessions in 2008-2009.
Among them were sending young IMAN leaders to a two-week
human rights training hosted by the United Congress of Community
and Religious Organizations (UCCRO) and a youth-only community
organizing training session.
The critical challenge in coalition building is creating cross-
community solidarity around issues that seemingly affect only
one marginalized community. The criminal justice system and
African Americans, immigration policies and Latino Americans,
and foreign and national security policies and Muslim Americans
are some obvious examples of such issues that IMAN and
UCCRO have connected by sharing stories that explore their
common causes and consequences.
“Gaza and MLK: Implications for Multi-Racial & Interfaith Alliance-
Building in Urban Communities” was an example of the power
and possibilities of such conversations, connections and solidarity.
Muslims, Christians, Jews and others got together on Martin
Luther King Jr. Day in 2009 to celebrate the legacy of the great
civil rights leader and explore its relevance to the then ongoing
crisis in Gaza.”
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IMMIGRATION REFORM
Immigration policies affect individuals, families and communities in the
same way that the criminal justice system does.
In August 2009, IMAN and UCCRO organized an Immigration Town
Hall, during which community leaders from across Chicago appealed
to members of the Congressional Black Caucus for comprehensive
immigration reform. Members of the Muslim community also made
the connection between issues of immigration and criminal justice and
were an important part of this mobilization and multicultural alliance.
In June 2009, IMAN hosted a similar event organized by the Southwest
Organizing Project (SWOP).
IMAN also conducted a series of “Know Your Rights!” immigration
workshops to raise awareness among immigrant communities of their
rights with respect to immigration policies.
EDUCATION REFORM
IMAN and UCCRO organized community members around education
reform through a campaign called Parents and Residents Invested in
Schools and Education (PRISE). This initiative sought to mobilize people
who are aware of the needs, goals and achievements of students.
Community leaders were formally trained in effective organizing and
advocating around issues specific to education policy and funding reform.
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COMMUNITY ORGANIZING & ADVOCACY
EQUAL VOICE FOR AMERICA’S
FAMILIES CAMPAIGN.
In September 2008, IMAN mobilized families to be part of
the Equal Voice for America’s Families Convention, a national
campaign organized by Marguerite Casey Foundation in order
to advocate for policy and attitude changes affecting poor and
working-class families. As a regional steering committee member,
IMAN helped shape the event program which gathered 3,000
families at Navy Pier, in Chicago. This convention produced a
“National Family Platform” that identified key issues faced by
families across America, and demanded that these issues be
tackled immediately and comprehensively.
In February 2009, IMAN, UCCRO leaders and family
representatives were part of a 150-strong delegation that went to
Washington, D.C. to advocate for the National Family Platform.
IMAN’s Executive Director Rami Nashashibi
was appointed by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to
the Commission on the Elimination of Poverty’s
working committee, Making Work Accessible.
GRASSROOTS EDUCATION AND
MOBILIZATION
State of Race Conference
In October 2008, UCCRO and IMAN hosted a State of Race
Conference to explore the history of racism and the systemic and
structural nature of contemporary racism. The conference also
underscored the imperative of organizing and winning together
for communities of color.
Grassroots Human Rights Summit
In October 2009, UCCRO reconvened key leaders and
supporters for its second annual conference, which provided
a set of principles, priorities and policies to enable UCCRO’s
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MUSLIM RUN? A CAMPAIGN FOR HEALTH,
WELLNESS AND HEALING
Muslim, especially Arab, immigrant-owned food and liquor
stores are common in predominantly African-American
and low-income communities on Chicago’s South and West
Sides.

Racial tensions
These stores too often create problematic relations and dynamics
between residents and store owners.

As a Muslim organization that understands the shared marginalization

of both immigrant store owners and residents in these urban
communities, IMAN seeks to alter perceptions and realities of
exploitation and disrespect on both sides.

The Muslim Run? campaign not only aims to meet the challenge of
creating alternative, socially responsible and empowering business
practices for these businesses, but it also seeks to cease the
opportunity for healing and building relationships between Arab store
owners and Black residents.

Food deserts
Food deserts are areas with limited access to affordable and nutritious
foods. Many low-income communities in Chicago are food deserts.

As a health services provider in urban Chicago, IMAN understands

that the alleviation of food deserts will have an extremely positive
effect on public health in the communities it serves.

The Muslim Run? campaign seeks to address the issue of food deserts
in low-income communities by improving access to healthy foods in
such communities by using these immigrant-owned stores.

The Muslim Run? campaign embraces a broad set of principles,

inspired by the higher ideals of the Muslim faith and the legacy of
the Black-owned business model. To be a Muslim Run business is
more than simply agreeing not to sell liquor or other products; it is
to uphold a set of empowering ideals and principles about treating
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DIRECT SERVICES
HEALTH CLINIC
IMAN believes that adequate and quality health care
is a basic human right. IMAN’s Health Clinic manifests
this belief with its mission of providing high-quality,
comprehensive, accessible and culturally-competent health
care to its diverse patient population.
IMAN’s Health Clinic has become a leading provider in the community
that delivers primary health care and support services to the largely
uninsured population of Chicago’s Southwest Side. In addition to
treating patients every Sunday, the Clinic’s hours expanded in 2008
to include Thursday afternoons. Our reach continues to grow through
more than 25 volunteer
physicians, nurses and other
medical staff who continue to
give their time and heart to
the Clinic.
In 2009, the Health Clinic
acquired a new and larger
waiting room. This will allow
us to better serve our patients, as we continually strive to improve the
quantity and quality of the care we provide to them.
HEALTH & EDUCATION WORKSHOPS
IMAN hosted workshops that provided information on hospital
charity care programs, public aid programs, access to health care,
and prevention or management of chronic diseases common to the
community it serves.
In one such program, IMAN partnered with Prevent Blindness America
to launch a Diabetic Eye Disease Educator Certification Program.
HEALTH CARE POLICY
In March of 2009, IMAN and American Muslim Health Professionals
(AMHP) hosted a dialogue between health care professionals, policy
makers and experts, and residents of Chicago’s Marquette Park
neighborhood.
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DIRECT SERVICES
FREE MEDICATION PROGRAM
In December 2009, the Health Clinic started to offer a Patient
Assistance Medication Program. Patients who live below the poverty
line and have no medical insurance will be offered free medications
through this program.
HEALTH CLINIC PARTNERSHIPS
The Health Clinic has continued to create and develop partnerships
with social and medical service organizations. Some of these partner
organizations are Islamic Relief, the Community Development Block
Grant program, Prevent Blindness America, Grant Healthcare
Foundation, CommunityHealth and MedAccess Chicago, and The
Silver Lining Foundation.
HEALTH CLINIC TO HIRE FULL-TIME
MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Through the generous support of an anonymous Muslim family
foundation, IMAN has secured funding to hire a full-time medical
director. This represents a landmark in the clinic’s growth, because
the position of medical director will allow us to expand into a full-
time operation.
IMAN is continuing to interview for a full-time physician to lead
its future growth. We seek to hire and cultivate a dynamic and
talented individual who is committed to social change and service
in the inner-city.
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 DIRECT SERVICES
ICDI PROGRAMS
IMAN’s Career Development Initiative (ICDI) has been
successfully addressing the disparities of employment in
low-income areas by providing basic computer literacy
training to the diverse population of Chicago Lawn for
the last nine years.

Growth
In 2008, ICDI moved into a larger space with an improved computer
lab, added financial management and job readiness courses, and
developed curriculum for strong vocational training programs. In
2009, ICDI successfully graduated 274 students.

Financial Management
In a community where banks use predatory policies and services
targeting working-class, low-income individuals, IMAN seeks to
empower people to take control of their financial situation through a
free six-week financial management course.

Job Readiness Program

The Job Readiness Workshop focuses on personal and career
development of individuals with disproportionally limited
educational and social opportunities. This program is unique in
that it helps individuals to discover, develop and present their
unique skills and gets them to stand out in the job market.

Summer Reading Program

ICDI conducted free weekly summer reading programs to help
students, grades one through seven, learn English through
vocabulary building, spelling and comprehension exercises.

Summer Jobs for Youth

In 2009, IMAN partnered with Local Initiatives Support
Corporation (LISC) to help local youth find summer jobs as part
of a citywide initiative called Youth Ready Chicago. Through this
program, approximately 50 youth between the ages of 16 and 24
received job skills training and jobs with willing neighborhood
employers.

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 DIRECT SERVICES
IMAN YOUTH COUNCIL-YOUTH WORK
Young Researchers
In October 2009, IMAN Youth Council (IYC) leaders Tariq Simpkins,
Sadia Nawab, and Ameenah Muhammad were hired to work as Fellows
with the Pipeline for Policy Professions Program. The program’s goal
is to develop a group of minority youth into adults with the knowledge
and tools to make a positive impact on their communities.

Each One, Teach One

IYC’s Each One Teach One engages youth on various frontiers and
provides a platform through which youth learn from other youth.

Pillars of IMAN
Pillars of IMAN worked to empower youth into effective community
leaders, who can help to facilitate social change in our communities and
give back to the greater society through individualized mentorships and
weekly programming.

After School Matters

Media affects young people profoundly, yet their voices are often
missing from the media. In 2008 and 2009, After School Matters
provided hundreds of community youth hands-on training in
the use of digital media technologies such as digital video and
weblogs. These valuable skills enable youth to tell their own
stories through the use of state-of-the-art media.

Digital Media Masters

Through Digital Media Masters, ICDI worked to bridge the
digital divide often found in low-income neighborhoods. The
program empowered students to create and distribute digital
media through the Internet using the latest tools, techniques and
open-source software. Such skills will be highly useful in allowing
communities to create their own streams of income as well as
imparting marketable job skills for further career development.

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 ARTS & CULTURE
ARTS & CULTURE
IMAN Arts and Culture continued the Muslim tradition
of creating powerful artistic movements that celebrate
our oneness as humans. IMAN cultivates the arts as a
dynamic forum to facilitate cross-cultural understanding
and create community depth and purpose that can drive
social change.

COMMUNITY CAFÉ
Community Café, established in 2003 as a Muslim-led effort through
which socially conscious people can celebrate and engage in diverse
and creative artistic expression, expanded during the last two years.
In 2008, Community Café moved to Parkway Ballroom, a historic
ballroom located in the heart of Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood,
in order to accommodate its growing audiences. Since then, the
Café has attracted more than 400 people during each bimonthly
edition.

In February 2008, a special Community Café celebrated Black

History Month at DePaul University’s Merle Reskin Theatre, bringing
together a diverse group of more than 900 people.

In January 2009, Community Café expanded beyond Chicago with a

special edition at New York City’s Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz
Memorial and Educational Center. IMAN drew on the energy,
relationship-building and excitement behind this effort to launch a
national feasibility study.

ARTS & LEADERSHIP RETREAT 2008

In October 2008, IMAN held its biennial Arts and Leadership
Retreat, sponsored by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.
The spiritual retreat brought together 70 musicians, vocalists,
filmmakers, dancers, comedians and community activists from
around the country to discuss Muslim cultural identity and the role
of artists as agents for social change. The retreat was also a time for
the artists to share their creative work and make connections for
future collaborative projects.

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 ARTS & CULTURE
TAKIN’ IT TO THE STREETS EXPANDED
TO AN “URBAN INTERNATIONAL
FESTIVAL”
Takin’ it to the Streets is a Muslim-led celebration of arts and
civic engagement that connects diverse communities around
shared artistic expressions and visions of social change. Since
1997, Streets’ attendance and impact have grown significantly. In
2009, IMAN announced its evolution into “Streets 2010: Urban
International Festival,” a full week of free art and culture events
that embrace a new Muslim cultural renaissance. Streets 2010 will
run from June 13-19.

PARTNERSHIPS WITH CULTURAL

INSTITUTIONS.
In 2009, IMAN started to take its Arts and Culture programming
to the next level. As it made global connections, IMAN also
bridged contemporary and traditional Muslim art forms to explore
their diversity and breadth.

In June 2009, IMAN partnered with the Old Town School of Folk
Music to host a special event with Faiz Ali Faiz, a world-renowned
qawwali musician from Pakistan. In September, we partnered with
the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs to bring the
popular Iraqi oud musician Rahim Al-Hajj to the annual Chicago
World Music Festival.

LEADERS OF THE NEW SCHOOL

Launched in 2008, Leaders of the New School partnered youth
from the South Side of Chicago with artists and mentors to
address community issues through hip hop and other urban
arts. Since its start, Leaders of the New School has continued to
cultivate new and upcoming artists.

IMAN PRODUCTIONS
In 2009, Leaders of the New School evolved into IMAN
Productions, and created Indigo and Soundright, two all-women
groups that perform in and around Chicago. IMAN Productions
also presented Bollywood Breaks, a three-act East-meets-West
play that premiered at the July 2009 Community Café.

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 MEDIA & OUTREACH
MEDIA SIGHTINGS OUTREACH
IMAN was highlighted in several media outlets as a IMAN’s work provides critical insights to those seeking to
leading Muslim voice in urban issues understand the American Muslim identity and the important civic
role that Muslims play in the inner-city. People and organizations
from all over the world visited IMAN in 2008 and 2009. Some
examples include visitors through the US Department of
State’s international Visitor Leadership Program from France,
Kuwait, Germany, Jordan, Philippines, Pakistan, Yemen, United
Arab Emirates and several other countries. IMAN also hosted
The White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood
Partnerships during the summer of 2009.

IMAN is the only Islamic organization mentioned in former In the summer of 2008 we started our first monthly newsletter
President William Clinton’s book, Giving.
“the Urban Edge.”
“Muslims are expected to remove stumbling blocks that
keep others from living a full life and to do so voluntarily
without self-promotion or earthly reward. The activities
of local groups in the United States like the Inner-City
Muslim Action Network of Chicago and the rise of modern
universities and medical research institutions in the Persian
Gulf reflect this kind of giving.”

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YOUR IMAN GROWING
THE GROW YOUR IMAN CAMPAIGN
In 2007, the tenth anniversary of its commitment to serve, inspire
and change in the inner-city, IMAN launched The Grow Your IMAN
Campaign (TGYIC), a three-year $1.75 million comprehensive
fundraising campaign. TGYIC sought to raise community-generated
gifts and pledges to help IMAN purchase its newly renovated
building as well as provide operating support for its programs and
seed money for a revenue-generating venture project.
In December 2009, IMAN successfully concluded this campaign with
a “Fruits of Your IMAN” luncheon in Chicago’s Hyatt Regency hotel.
U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison delivered the keynote address at
this event.
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YOUR IMAN GROWING
ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY
AT 2747 W 63RD STREET
In 2009, through the generous support of an individual donor,
IMAN purchased the building at 2747 63rd Street, directly
across the street from its current facility. We are exploring a
range of ideas and possibilities for how to best use this 15,000
square foot property for our operations and the benefit of
communities we serve.
NATIONAL FEASIBILITY STUDY
IMAN has always envisioned that Muslims in other urban
centers would draw on its model for dynamic civic engagement
in their communities and the larger society. As several Muslim
communities expressed persistent interest in bringing IMAN
to their cities, IMAN decided to undertake a feasibility study
to forecast the challenges and opportunities that other urban
centers could bring. The Marguerite Casey Foundation provided
a Presidential Discretionary Grant to fund this study.
Based on the findings of this feasibility study, the cities of New
York and Washington D.C. were selected for establishing the
first local IMAN initiatives outside of Chicago.
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 FINANCIALS
FINANCIALS 2009
IMAN unaudited revenue and expenses

2008 Revenue: $1,787,475

IMAN audited revenue and expenses
Expenses: $1,640,714

Unrestricted Revenue: $1,101,718

Revenue by Program: $1,640,714
Expenses: $1,129,191
Net Revenue: ($27,743)

Revenue by Program: $1,101,718

Direct Services: $462,035

Direct Services: $476,172
Outreach: $262,764
Organizing & Advocacy: $683,401
Network & Organizing: $249,752
Arts & Culture: $306,778
Management & General: $63,919
Management & General: $220,979
Resource Development: $63,248
Resource Development: $100,145

Expense by Program: $1,091,488

Expense by Program: $1,640,714

Direct Services: $457,745

Outreach: $260,324

Network & Organizing: $247,433

Management & General: $63,326

Direct Services: $551,150
Resource Development: $62,660
Organizing & Advocacy: $421,800

Arts & Culture: $373,680

Management & General: $215,612

Resource Development: $78,472

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
FOUNDATIONS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
After School Matters Illinois Department of Human Services
Case Foundation Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Chicago Community Foundation The Chicago Department of Environment
Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Grant Healthcare Foundation U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Community Development Block Grant
Marguerite Casey Foundation
Northern California Grantmakers
Polk Bros. Foundation
Proteus Fund
Public Interests Projects / Four Freedoms Fund
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development
The Chicago Community Trust
The Cricket Island Foundation
The Field Foundation of Illinois, Inc.
The Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation
Woods Fund of Chicago

PARTNERS
Interfaith Youth Core
Islamic Center of Naperville
Islamic Foundation
Islamic Relief
IQRA International
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
North Islamic Society of Northwest Suburbs
One Nation
Southwest Youth Collaborative
Southwest Organizing Project
TARGET Area Development Corp.
The Central Zakat Committee
The Mosque Foundation
United Congress of Community and Religious Organizations

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 DONOR RECOGNITION Anthony Simpkins
Antoine Zamundu
Bilal Yasin El-Amin
Bsher & Lena Toulemat
IMAN compiled the list of donors with every intention of respecting
Arab American Association of NY Inc. CAIR New York, Inc.
each donor’s wishes about gift recognition. Please let us know
Arab Educational Council Camille Odeh
(info@imancentral.org or 773.434.4626) of any inaccuracies or
Arab Muslim American Federation Captain Naseem Ul-Haq
omissions.
Arlene & Aka Drina Carey Clifford
Arshia Sultan Carlton McDowell
1st & 15th Productions, Inc / Wasalu Akram Sadek
Asad & Freida Dissi Carol Elkind
Jaco Akrum H. Muhammad
Asad Aziz & Maryam Mujahid Carol Rahim
A&A Beepers & Cellular Al-Azhar Islamic Foundation
Asema L. Sheikh Case Foundation
A. Abdullah Al-Shifa Health Center Center P.C.
Asfour Dental Catalina Safaa Roberts
A. Bani Alehsan Foundation
Asgar Alam Catherine Brick
A.E. & D.R. Meligi Alhambra Productions, Inc.
Ashirul Hai & Waheeda H. Hai Cell Link, Inc.
Aaisha Shaikh Ali & Karam Odeh
Ashraf & Yasmin Imam Center For Social Adjustment
Aaliyah Rashad Ali & Mayyasah Ewidah
Asia Malik Changing Worlds
Aamer Rehman Ali & Safa Akhras
Asif & Aisha Farooqui Chicagoland Shura Council
Abdelraouf M. Oubaid Ali Abdul Rahman
Asif Beg & Farheen Beg Children of Quaran Islamic Institute
Abdelrhani El Hilali Ali Khounsary
Asif Choudhury Chris Carter
Abdul & Hala Amine Ali M. Khalil
Asim Kamal & Roohi Younus Christopher Smoke
Abdul & Saadia Aziz Ali Mart Inc.
Asma Hashmi Cima Dairanieh
Abdul Karim Ahmed Alia Bilal
Asma Khalid Cjala Surratt
Abdul Malik Alif and Maria Muhammad
Asma Lat Clyde K. El-Amin
Abdul-Fatai Adisa Aliya Bagewadi
Asmabanu Lat Coleman Brothers Barber Shop
Abdulhassen Masthan & Sameena Banu Aliya Sultana
Asmah Abdullah College Of Saint Rose
Fakir Allied Kitchenware Co. Intl. LLC
Asra Chapnick Community Initiatives
Abdullah Abdullah & Mariam I. Sobh Allison Carpenter
Asra Yousufuddin Community Service Block Grant
Abdulrahman & Sumiah Aduib Altaf Husain
Asra Z. Ali (CSBG)
Abeer Saleh Amal Said
Ata Hussein Council Of American Islamic Relations
Abid & Ayesha Bengali Aman Jondy
Ataullah Arain (CAIR)
Abidullah & Tasneema Ghazi Amanda Wadud
Atiya & Zia Usman Council Of Islamic Organizations Of
Abu Bakr & Jathiya Abdullah Amany Gharem
Atiya Husain Greater Chicago (CIOGC)
Abul Malik Amatullah Sharif
Attiya Mobin Uddin Crescent Foods
Abulhassen Masthan Ameed Mallick
Ayad & Magdleen Hussein Cyrea Zinnamon
Access Dental Center P.C., Dr. Imaad Amell Ramadan
Ayanna Qadeem Cyrus Rab
Shaikh Amer Abdullah
Ayat Elnoory D. Waheedah Bilal
Adam Ahmad Amer Ahmed
Ayman Coheitz Dalal H. Hamoui
Adil, Ali & Tasneem Haider Amer H. Khan & Nasreen Khan
Ayman Salem Daniel J. Haywood
Advanced Allergy & Asthma Clinic Amer M Gaffar
Ayyad Yassin Daniel W. Hynes - IL State Comptroller
Affan Arain Ameri Abdullah
Azaz Ahmed Danish Haque
Affan Hassan American Islamic Association
Azazuddin Ahmed Daoud & Asma’a Khatib
Afshan Mirza Adeni American Muslim Law Enforcement
Azhar Usman Daoud Maher
Agha Medical, Inc. Amina Saeed
Aziz & Nilofar Rahman Daria Chapnick
Ahad and Sadaf Syed Amina Waheed
Aziz & Zakirun Jafri David Castro
Aheed Siddiqi Amir Siddiqui
Azza Rahman David Kelly & Zeenat Khan
Ahlam Said Amir Sufi
Baber & Fatima Khan David Zinder
Ahmad M. Tayeh Amjad & Farhat Ali
Baridi Medical Associates SC (c) Dawood & Anjum Ali
Ahmed & Elhan Hasaaballa Amjad Quadri
Bashir & Budrun Pothiawala Deborah Harrington
Ahmed & Faten Hassan Ammar & Inamul Haq
Bashir Muhammad Deia Haleem
Ahmed & Rabia Patel Ammar & Nabeela Bayrakdar
Basim Elkarra DePaul University
Ahmed Bolkhir Amro Kudssi
Basit & Talat Baig Dirasath Qureshi & Farah Qureshi
Ahmed M. Elantably & Wisam Elantably Anam El-Jabali
Basiti Hussain Dominique Stockman
Ahmed Zahdan Anas Osman
Bassam & Salwa Jody Dora Randle
Ahsan & Nafisa Arozullah Andrea Ortez
Ben Jorian Dr. Abdul & Saadia Aziz
Aida I. Sayes Andrew Pigott
Benbela Diab Dr. Abdul Salaam
Aida Kulenovic Anida Yoeu Ali
Berta Colon Dr. Ahmed Fareed & Houreya Fareed
Aidah Abdallah Anjay Traders
Betsy Harman Dr. Anas & Raghad Nahhas
Aisha Nawab Anjum K. Zubairi
Bibi Zubaida Ali Dr. Effat A. Moussa
Akbar Mahmood Anonymous (54)
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 Dr. M. A. Waheed & Bushra Z. Fakhri Habib Quadri & Aisha Siddiqui Irfan Murtuza Khursheed & Arfa Mallick
Dr. M. Zia & Atiya P. Usman Hafeezah Bahar Ishaq M. Kalota Kiran Rasul
Dr. Marcia Hermansen Hafsa Kanjwal Islamic Center of Crystal Lake Laila Al-Chaar
Dr. Mohamed K.H. Mohajir Hajira M. Qazi Islamic Society of NW Suburbs of Laila Daifallah
Dr. Mohammed Zaher Sahloul & Mrs. Hajra Waheed Chicago Law Office Of J. Paula Roderick
Suzanne Akhras Haleema Qazi Ismail Alsheik Law Offices Of Kamran Melon
Dr. Muhammed Kudaimi & Mrs. Randa Hamadeh Family Ismail Nassar & Areej Batroukh Link Media, Inc.
Loutfi Hameeduddin Khaja & Ahmedi Fathema Issam & Ibtisam Dairanieh Lisa Gandy
Dr. Rany Jazayerli & Belsam Kashlan Hamid & Maimoon Khan Issam Dairanieh Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Dr. Rasheed & Dr. Matheena Akhtar Hamida Battla Jacinda Bullie Lynn Salahi
East West University Hammad Aziz Jahan Ara Hussain M. Nazir Hamoui, M.D. & Nada Hamoui
Edina Lekovic Hanan Eman Ibrahim Jalees Rehman M. Saleem & Taqdees Sheikh
Ehab Hasan Handy & Dandy Jamal Alnajjar M. Zia and Shakeela Hassan
Eiman Abdelmoneim Hannah El-Amin Jamal Zughayar and Amany Suleiman M.N. Chishti, CLU, ChFC Insurance Svcs
Ejaz Rahim, M.D. Hany Y. & Hussnia A. Mohamed Jameelah Shukri Maaria Mozaffar & Imran Qureshi
El-Genk Family Fund Haque Family Foundation Jamila Esat Madeehah Muhammad
Elijah Mohammed Haroon Najam Jane Ramsey Magdi Mezyed
Eltayeb E. Karrar Haseeb Hussain Jasmine Abou-El-Kheir Maha Jarad
Emad Hasan Hassaballa Family Javeed Chida Mahafzah Medical Center
Equab & Hilwah A. Ali Hassan Ismail Javeria Shaheen Qureshi Mahmood & Soffiya Siddiqui
Eric Basir Hassan M. Raza Jawaad A. Rahman Mahmoud & Hiyam Mahafzah
Ermin Arslangic Hatem I. & Faida Sahouri Jaywaud & Seema Zafar Mahmoud & Khadijeh M. Abbasi
Ernestine Muhammad Hatim A. Hassan & Maha E. Karar Jeremiah Hammerling Mahmoud & Siham Ayyash
Eugene & Dorothy Abdul Rahman Hayssam Hassaballa Jihad Shoshara & Sofia Shakir Mahrukh Akuly & Irfan Misbah
Eyad & Hanan Eassa Hazel L. Gomez JITCO, Inc. World Fresh Market Majid and Suha Abdallah
Faisal & Ayisha Sami Heba Hamouda & Upong Akpan Jomana Amara Malek Al-Akhal & Nadia Dajani
Faiyaz Hussain Heba Mustufa Joohi Tahir Malika Bilal
Faiz Kamal Hesham & Ieman Rostom Jordan Robinson Mamon Hussein
Family Eye Physicians Ltd. Hesham Hassaballa Joseph Gothamy Mamoon Kishta
Faraaz & Reema Kamran Hina Malik K3SA Financial Investment Group, Inc. Manzoor Shah
Farah Khan Hodari Abdul Ali Kaeda Marou Margaret O’Connor
Farhan Tahir Home Depot Foundation Kamal Rashid Mariam A. Kittaneh
Farhan Younus Housing Opportunities For Women Kamil & Aysegul Yenice Marwan & Salma Alramli
Farhat Siddiqui Howard Scott, Jr. Kamran Hussain Maryam H. and & Shirley Muhammad
Farid Al-Taqi Hud & Jamillah Williams Kareem & Rana Irfan Mashhood Khawar
Faris M. & Hana R. Hassan Husain Family Karim Nashashibi Masjid Al-Mu’Minun
Farooq Mohammed & Farzana Begum Husein Khraiwish Kashif Shameem & Farha Shameem Matthew Ramadan
Fatima Ashraf Husna Ghani Katherine M. Klima May Jadallah
Fatima Fashion & Gifts Hyder Khan Kenneth & Fonda Jones Maysem Hammad
Fatima N. Zaheer Hydrocarbon Minerals LLC Khaalis Rahman Mazar & Merita Shuaipaj
Fatima Nawab I.Q. Technologies Inc. Khadija M Ali Mazen & Lena Shahbandar Asbahi
Fatima Noubani Ibrahim Abed Khadija Rafear Mazen Asbahi & Lena Shahbandar
Fawad Shaiq Ibrahim Elshamy Khaja & Nelofer Tahsin MD Shamse Tabriz & Rina Sultana
Faycal Guessas Ibrahim Hamideh Khaja & Sadia Yousufuddin Medical Arts Press
Feroz Patel Ibrahim Hanif Khaja Mubashiruddin Mehrunisa Qayyum
Fiaz & Farah Ahmed Iffath Ali Khaled G. Gad & Lamyaa Anis El- Mehwish Nagda
Firasat Hussain Ijaz & Naheed Qayyum Mossad Melahat Tosun
Firasath Hussaini Ikram Ullah & Samina Ikram Khalid & Naseem Bhatti Michael Abdul-Malik Ryan & Mona
Gerard Bilal Illinois Department Of Commerce & Khalid & Tasneem Osmani Malik
Ghada Khan Economic Opportunity Khalid Latif Michael Shephard
Ghassan & Suha Abdallah Ilyas & Fatima Ahmed Khalid Sami Michael Swies
Ghulam & Mehrunnisa Panawala Imad Almanaseer & Seana Aldabagh Khalid Sharrieff Mihret & Mevlida Dzananovic
Gina Muhammad-Driskell Imad M. & Zehra Shariff Khalidah Kali Mirsad Mujovic, PhD
Glenda J Klein Mali Iman G. Hammoudeh Khalil & Kefaya Khalil MLC Solutions, Inc.
Global Colors, Inc. Imran Baig Khalil Shaheed Mohamad T. Alahdab
Global Telecom Inc. Imran Qureshi Khalique & Lubna Zahir Mohamed K. H. & Samina Mohajir
GoodSearch Imron Aly Khalla Hasan Mohamed Salah Khalaf
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 Mohammad & Haseena K. Basheeruddin Muhannad Kayali & Evyan Jawad Omer & Shazia Sultan Sabahat F. Adil & Syed D. Irfan
Mohammad & Mazhar Hussaini Mumtaz Ismal Omer M. Mozaffar Sabeen Shaiq
Mohammad & Rafath Waheed Mumtaz Shah Omer Sultan Sabiel Chapnick
Mohammad & Raghdaa Alattar Muna Shami Osman A. & Fatima Meah Sabina Abdul-Qadir
Mohammad & Sajida Jabbar Munir & Tasmina Quddus Osman Ergene Sadiq Haque & Nadia Zaman
Mohammad A. Jabbar Munirah Curtis Oussama Boundaoui Sadok Smain & Fatima Lekmine
Mohammad A. Khaddash Munzoor Shaikh Owais Balti Safdar & Nabeela Gill
Mohammad A. Tawil & Majidah M. Murad & Naheed Afridi Pastor Jamal Martin Safdar A. Gill
Alzubaidi Murad Elayyan Patricia Van Pelt Saif Ghouse
Mohammad Al-Khudari Mushtaq Hussain Patrick Szendzial Saif Omar
Mohammad and Misbah Ahsan Muslim Community Center Paul Parker Saima A. Sufi
Mohammad Ateh Muslim Consultative Network Premier Physical Therapy P.C. Sajida Jabbar
Mohammad M. Panawala Muslim Educational Cultural Center PRO-N-TOW, INC. Sakina Begum
Mohammad Monsoor & Yasmeen Muslim Public Affairs Council Qaiser & Dilnaz Waraich Salaam Learning Center
Panawala Nabeel A. Razick Qaiser F. & Dilnaz A. Waraich Saladeen Muhammad
Mohammad Murrar Nabeel Hamoui Quadir & Kouser Khan Salaeha Shariff
Mohammad Naser and S. Tayyaba Nadeem & Cyra Hussain Quesia Raqib Saleem Niazi
Shariff Nader S. & Linda Mohamed R. Siddeeq Bashir Saleema Nawab
Mohammad Razzaque, M.D. Nadia A. Jaber Ra-Id M. Abdulla & Susan J. Hashim Saleh N. Mohamed & Suad Saleh
Mohammad S. Mallick, M.D. LLC Nadia Afghani Rabia Boundaoui Salma Nemeh
Mohammad Said Shukairy Nadia Khan Rafi Hugh Peterson Salman Tariq & Attiya Mobin-Uddin
Mohammed & Aisha Rahima Nadia Malik Rafik J. & Nasima Rafikyasin Sam & Sons Refrigeration
Mohammed & Lubna Farooq Nadine Boufath Raj & Vaseem Bagewadi Samar A. Aboubeid
Mohammed & Meisah Nofal Nagla Fetouh Rajai Y. Ismail Sameen Siddiqui & Zareena Abbas
Mohammed & Seema Ahmed Naheed Quayyum Ramah Kudaimi Sameer Afsar
Mohammed A. Elsholi & Rahaf M. Naim & Bahia Zaita Rami Nashashibi Sami Hasan
Othman Naimath Khan Randa Kuziez Samiah Khan
Mohammed A. Razzaque Najam Baig Rany Jazayerli & Belsam Kashlan Samiah Khan & Adil Asaduddin
Mohammed Altaf Kaiseruddin Nancy D. Haverstick Rashad Hussain Samir I. & Lila O. Kassem
Mohammed Azam Hussain & Ishrath Ali Nariman Diab & David Ruta Rasheed & Matheena Akhtar Samir Y. Atik
Mohammed Azher & Zainab Tabassum Nash Investment Rashid A. Mohammad Samira Abdel Rahim & Muhad S.
Mohammed Elsholi & Rahaf Othman Nasir Ali Khan Rashid Baker Shweikeh
Mohammed Hassan Nausheen Masood Rashid Mohammad Sana Jafri
Mohammed Hussain & Ishrath Ali Naveed Mallick & Saadia Shah Rashid Shabazz Sana Shireen Ahmed
Mohammed I. & Seema I. Ahmed Nawaf Mezyed Raytheon Charitable Giving Sana Uddin
Mohammed Khalil Adeni Nawal and Issam Abdallah Raza & Sherf. R. Husain Sanjana Ahmad
Mohammed M. & Surraiya B. Farooqi Naz Chishti Raza Imam Sara F. Sultan
Mohammed Rasheed and Lois J. Aisha Nazir Ahmad Raziuddin & Yasmin Ahmed Sara Nasser
Ahmed Nazlie I. Zughayyar Reem Rahman Sarah Foundation
Mohammed Webb Foundation Inc. Ndate Fall Renad Khalil Joudeh Sarah Syed
Mohd Ahmad & Suha Al-Asfar Nedal Alawi Reza Alrifai Sarah Wahab
Mohmmad Habib & Aysha Asim Nia Odeoti-Hassan Riaz H. Waraich Charitable Foundation Saturna Brokerage Service, Inc.
Mona Khalil Nihal & Hassan Shahbandar Riyad Damra Saud Ahmed
Mourad Bakal & Safae Guassmi Nila Alsheik Rizwan & Nadia Bajwa Saudia Muhammad
Mousa Ayyash Nillofur Jasani Rizwan Javaid Sayd Amine
Moutaz & Eiman Sunbulli Nizan Khatib Roderick Siddeeq & Gloria Bashir Sayed W. & Zahida N. Ahmed
MPI Media Group Northern California Grantmakers Rolex Pharmacy Sayed Yousef
Mr. Abdel Hakime A. Korchi Nyota Figgs Romana Jafri Sean Anthony & Catherine Bronson
Mubarak Amine & Rahaf Katanji Obeid Raheel Ron Gubitz Seana Aldabagh & Imad Almanaseer
Mubashir Ali Khan Old Town School Of Folk Music Roots Hair Salon, Inc. Shaarik Zafar
Muddasar Tawakal & Zarinah Tawakal Omar A. Karim Rula Jaber Shadi F. & Lisa Y. Kherwish
Muhamed & Ghadir Kawji Omar Akhtar Ryan Hilliard Shafi & H.A. Ullah
Muhammad & Khalida Younus Omar Ali & Fatima Nazeer Saadaldeen Mustafa Shahab Sayeedi
Muhammad A. Siddiqui & Azmath Omar Hussain Saadia Shah & Naveed Mallick Shahabul & Ghazala Arfeen
Kamran Omar I. Rafati Saba Yasmeen Ahmed Shahid Yusuf
Muhammad Abu Zahir & Majda Zahir Omar Khalil & Hoda Aboleneen Sabadia Family Foundation Shakir & Habeeba Moiduddin
Ansari Omar Zaheri Sabah Akbar Shams Jaffer
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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Shannon Harris
Sharif Pharmacy, Inc.
Tariq Suliman
Tasha Richardson
GROW YOUR INTERNS
Shaukat Aara & Mohammad Aleemuddin Taufiq & Sharmeen Ahmad IMAN CAMPAIGN Ahlam Said
DePaul University
Shawn Munir Tauseef & Tallat Choudry COMMITTEE Aisha Ali
Shaz Kaiseruddin Tawfik Damra
Chair Loyola University
Shazia Siddiqi Tayseer M. Hamad
Aliya Bagewadi
Shehab Haleem Thabraize Ahmed Zaher Sahloul MD University of Chicago
Shehdeh M Abu-Khalil The Catholic Bishop Of Chicago
Members Amany Hussein
Sherene Fakhran The Muslim House
Anas Nahhas MD Bogan High School
Sherf & Raza Husain The Muslim Men’s Association
Ambar Flores
Sheryl Bilal The Rehabilitation Care Associates Inc. Ismail Alsheik JD Boston College
Shima Syed Touchstone Center For Collaborative
Mahmood Siddiqui Ameenah Muhammad
Shuaib Atique Inquiry
University of Illinois at Chicago
Siavash & Maryam Mostoufi Trent Carl Soffiya Siddiqui Anas Mahafzah
Silver Key Lending & Investment Group Umar F. Abdallah
DePaul University
LLC US Legal Support
Asraa Mustafa
Sofia Alam Uw Metro Chicago Donor
Rutgers University
Sohar Betuni Uzma & Tayyaba Shariff HEALTH CLINIC Cecile Moore
Sonia Hassan
Sonia Ibrahim
Uzma Mirza
Uzmaa Balbale ADVISORY BOARD Loyola University
Fathima Khan
Star Physical Therapy LLC V.B. Muhammad Ahsan Arozullah, M.D., M.P.H. Northwestern University
Steven & Nancy Middleton Victoria Burton
Altaf Kaisseruddin, M.D. Feras Abdelrahman
Subhi Kittaneh Wafi A. Hamad
Constance Shabazz, M.D., DePaul University
Subul Niazi Waheed Ahmed
Haneen Alwawi
Sue Snyder Ross Waheed Rafati M.P.H., M.B.A. Joliet Junior College
Suleiman Mohammad Waleed & Fatimeh D’Keidek
Jihad Shoshara, M.D. Ibrahim Elshamy
Sumayya Ahmed Waleed Al-Najjar
Dartmouth College
Supreme Insurance Walid & Kristin Al-Ghoul Lynn Salahi, M.P.H. Inas Raouf
Suzanne M. Rabi Wesley Lebron & Alejandra Aquino
Nafisa Arozullah, M.D. University of Illinois, Urbana
Syed & Kishwar Rehman Yakub & Zubeda Patel
Sofia Shakir, M.D. Mahmoud Alshaikh
Syed & Lubna Zaffer Yaman & Sana Shukairy
Bogan High School
Syed & Rashida Najiullah Yaser and Nancy Zayed
Megan Anderson
Syed & Rubia Bokhari Yasmeen Abdelfattah
Emil G. Hirsch
Syed & Zehra Khader Yasmeen Ansari
Syed Ahmedullah & Syeda Ummul Yasmin Elhady YOUTH COUNCIL Metropolitan School of
Communication
Quadri Yassin Rehabilitation Services, Inc.
Aaisha Durr Noorah Abdullah
Syed K. & Uroose Ashraf Yousef Musleh
Adonis Wagner Loyola University
Syed, Syeda & Nuzhath Quadri Yousif Zegar
Omar Kamran
Syrian American Medical Society Yousufuddin Household Amany Hussein Loyola University Chicago
Taher M. Shameem Yunus & Nasim Patel
Ameenah Muhammad Paris Banks
Taher, Sayeeda & Wasif Shameem Zachary Twist
Fox College
Talal Sunbulli Zafar & Momena Ahmed Elijah Salaam Rajaa Qadri
Talal T. & Munna A. Almasri Zafar Ahmed
Feras Abdelrahman Bucknell University Pennsylvania
Talal Zegar Zafar Farooq & Farah Malik
Rebecca Murray Saquib Usman
Talib R. Muhammad Zafar Ullah & Kishwar Khalid
University of Michigan
Tammy Saleem Zaha Foundation Sadia Nawab Sara Nasser
Tanueer Mallick Zaheer Ahmed & Asma Najam
Seemi Choudry University of Chicago
Tanveer Azmat Zahid Saqib, M.D.
Shahida Hamlin
Tanveer Mallick Zain Bengali Tariq Simpkins International Academy of Design and
Taranum & Mohammed Adil Zainulabuddin Syed & Aliya Sultana
Widad Hussein Technology
Tarek Kudaimi & Lama Almoazen Zarlasht Aziz
Tariq Simpkins
Tarek Pacha Ziad Wholesale Inc.
Kenwood Academy High School
Tarik Almattary Zidan Abu Yaser EXTERNS Widad Hussein
Tarik and Aida Ideis Zohair A. & Fatmeh Z. Hasan
Manal Farhan Moraine Valley Community College
Tariq & Warda Iftikhar Zubair Tajuddin & Huma Khan
Northwestern University Will Irvin
Tariq Mohajir Zubaydah Madyun
Zakee Shahid DePaul University
Tariq Subhani
Northeastern University P. 42

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