Living in Solidarity With Our Muslim Neighbors ~ A Becoming Event

Racism and bigotry impact diverse communities across the US, including Muslim Americans. You are invited to join a virtual conversation with three Muslim women about their faith, Islamophobia or anti-Muslim racism, and what people of other faiths and perspectives can do to support their Muslim neighbors. This event is hosted by Faith in Action East Bay in partnership with Islamic Networks Group. 

Featuring:

• Personal Reflections with Moina Shaiq
• Getting to Know Muslim Americans and Their Faith with Maha Elgenaidi
• Structural Racism Impacting Muslim Americans with Tabassum Haleem

There will be breakout discussions and a Q&A session. Zoom. Spanish translation will be provided.

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Tabassum Haleem, Executive Director

Tabassum oversees operations and programs at ING. Tabassum holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Master of Public Policy and Master of Arts from the University of Chicago and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). Tabassum serves on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and the Board of LGC’s Leadership Fellows Association. Tabassum is a recipient of the Minorities in Public Policy Studies Alumni Award from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow, and a McCormick Tribune Urban Policy Leadership Fellow. She has served on the Board of Trustees for the Naperville Education Foundation (NEF) and as a co-Chair for DuPage United, a community organizing group, and on the Advisory Committee for the Naperville Chamber of Commerce-Green Leadership Council.

Maha Elgenaidi, Founder and Innovation Director

Maha is the founder of ING and oversees the organization’s development and content.  She is the author of training handbooks on outreach for American Muslims as well as training seminars for public institutions on developing cultural competency with the American Muslim community. She received an M.A. in religious studies from Stanford University and B.A in political science and economics from the American University in Cairo. She has taught classes on Islam in the modern world in universities such as the University of California at Santa Cruz, and has been recognized with numerous awards, including the “Civil Rights Leadership Award” from the California Association of Human Relations Organizations, the “Citizen of the Year Award” from the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, and the “Dorothy Irene Height Community Award” from the NAACP-Silicon Valley. She’s currently an advisor for the CA Commission on Police Officers Standards and Training (POST), a member of the Council of Advisors for the Freedom Forum that helps shape American views on the First Amendment; the County of Santa Clara’s Hate Crimes Task Force; and, the Ethnic Studies Committee of ARUSD in San Jose, CA.

Moina Shaiq, Community Leader