Cultivating healing, connection, and collective action for Muslim women
The Blessed month of Ramadan is nearly over, plant seeds of success by donating to Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood of Empowerment ( RISE) We're providing connection for Muslim women and a platform to fight for social justice. $250, $100, $50, $20--any amount helps support our work. Visit our Launch good page “Not all Sheroes Wear Capes” to donate.
Reviving the Sisterhood for Islamic Empowerment believes that Muslim women are the greatest assets in our communities, so we built a platform to amplify the voice and power of Muslim women. Through narrative change, leadership development, and civic engagement, we have created a space centering our voices and our lived experiences in order to organize, lead, and impact systemic change in our communities.
In response to COVID-19 we shut our offices in mid-March, but we haven't stopped our work. Instead, we pivoted how we work.
To provide space for healing and human connection, we launched Sisterhood At Home with local therapists, life coaches, and artists. This virtual space was created in direct response to what our community told us they needed. Though we are experiencing collective grief and trauma, together, we are committing to collective healing. On our website you’ll find free or low-cost and mental health and wellness resources.
Sisterhood at Home features have included folks like Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and emerging scholar Ustadha Amal Abdifatah. Another way we support Muslim women is through Sisterhood Connections On Radio AM950, which we co-produce. Tune in at 9am on May 30th to hear our interview with Sheroe Nimo Omar, a labor justice organizer about her work with Amazon employees during COVID-19.
Since the pandemic we’ve also built collective action to address the rise in COVID-19 xenophobia and discrimination impacting Asian Americans. In partnership with several community organizations, we’re taking action and calling on our leaders to be proactive about addressing COVID-19 related racism and violence.
To continue cultivating space for Muslim women to thrive, we need your help. Donate $250, $150, $50, or $20 on our LaunchGood page. Visit our website to learn how else you can support our work in building a sustainable movement to carry our community through this moment of isolation into a future of radical togetherness.