Muslim Student Association February 20TH, 2018

What to expect this semester... Volunteer Opportunities Events Dean & Dine Islamic Awareness Week Bake Sales Member Incentives End of the Year Party

Project Downtown What: Community outreach project where students can help make lunches for the Women’s shelter in downtown Cleveland. When: First Friday of every month, after Friday prayer. Where: Multi-faith room in Trinity Commons Upcoming Dates: March 2nd, April 6th, May 4th *In need of someone to take over project downtown for the 2018/2019 school year*

Ronald Mcdonald House: Cleveland What: Volunteer groups can help with chores, crafts, or activities with the families that live in Ronald Mcdonald House. (groups of 5) When: Dates TBD *Interested in being a RMH volunteer? Email Amena (president of MSA) : a.k.assi@vikes.csuohio.edu Members can meet in the Student Center on campus so that we can carpool to RMH together. -many Muslim families live here that may not speak very good English

Earth Day: April 22, 2018 Clean-Up/Gardening for Greater Cleveland Mosques. Uqbah Mosque Foundation WSMA-Westlake Mosque Masjid Bilal First Cleveland Mosque Interested in being a volunteer? Contact Amena (a.k.assi@vikes.csuohio.edu) *We need about 25 volunteers to make this official!

Interfaith Luncheon When: Tuesday, February 27th Time: 11:30am-1:00pm What: A lunch hosted by the interfaith committee that allows an open dialogue between people of different faiths to come together and talk about everyday life, questions they may have, and discuss similarities between faiths. *Seating is limited. Reserve your spot on orgsync: https://orgsync.com/165895/events/2297130/occurrences/5496370

Guest Speaker: Late March/Early April OR Imam Suleiman Hani Mohammed Almathil

Islamic Awareness Week: April 2nd-6th Monday(April 2nd): Islam around the World (culture, food, etc.) Tuesday(April 3rd): Meet a Muslim Wednesday(April 4th): Women in Islam Thursday(April 5th): Fast-a-thon Friday(April 6th): 1. Friday Khutbah/Prayer 2. Project Downtown 3. Light Refreshments

Dean & Dine Biweekly Halaqa’s that discuss relevant topics. Food provided Q&A + Discussion After! 1st Dean & Dine will be March 2nd! Be on the look out for another email containing more details

Bake Sales Help us raise money for our organization by baking goods for the bake sale or selling at the tables! Upcoming Dates: March 8th March 22nd April 12th April 26th *Bake sales are from 11am-1pm. *Locations TBD Contact Yousra (Vice President) if interested in volunteering for the bake sales: y.karakra@vikes.csuohio.edu

MSA Shirts Did you vote for the next quote to be on the MSA Shirts? “1.57 billion people “ النور 196 countries LIGHT” One Ummah” “Follow the Sunnah, not the Society” Stay tuned for the upcoming designs by Sabrina Ibrahim, Marketing Chair!

Member Incentives Volunteer for 5 Hours: MSA Goodie Bag Volunteer for 15 Hours: MSA Shirt Volunteer for 25 Hours: Quran/Salah Rug/Hijab/Masbaha MSA Member of the Week: Vote for a student you think deserves to be recognized for something they did around campus or the community! * To keep track of volunteer hours, fill out the Volunteer Form on Orgsync! https://orgsync.com/35332/files/1331955/show

Graduating this semester? Email President Amena Assi (a.k.assi@vikes.csuohio.edu) and let her know! We’d love to honor all future MSA Alumni at the end of the semester celebration!!

Google Drive Please send us your G-mail address to be added to the Cleveland State MSA drive, where you will find all important documents and presentations!

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