Anti-racism organization to renovate house in Detroit for racial justice workshops, community events

MELISSA ANDERS | MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2017

"Namira Islam says her work combating racism and inter-ethnic tension is a lot like bringing the human family back together.

"There's so much in-fighting, but we're all kind of a big family and we need to be able to work together better and address grievances and come to a place of greater harmony and justice for everybody," says Islam. "That's why the idea of a home was really powerful."

The home Islam is referring to is a a residential duplex in Detroit that will be the headquarters for her organization, the Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative(MuslimARC).

MuslimARC is a faith-based human rights organization focused on addressing racial justice through education, outreach, and advocacy. According to the organization, it has reached 10,000 people on the ground in 30 cities plus many more online since it began in 2014. While it mostly targets race relations within the Muslim community and communities of color, it has broadened its reach to also combat Islamophobia and anti-Muslim bigotry"

Read the rest here: http://www.modeldmedia.com/features/muslimarc-house-121817.aspx

Read the rest here: http://www.modeldmedia.com/features/muslimarc-house-121817.aspx

Today is the final day of our campaign and we’re almost there. With 326 donors, we’ve raised over $25K. We only have $700 left to hit our final goal by midnight. So many supporters on social media shared our campaign, highlighting our relevancy during these troubling times. Let’s remain a beacon of light and keep sharing the story. Once we close out, we’ll be sure to update all of our supporters who have cheered us on over the past two months.  

Our campaign has generated media buzz:

• Namira Islam’s interview was  featured on IOBY’s Blog as an AWESOME PROJECT (https://www.ioby.org/blog/awesome-project-muslimarc-is-coming-home-to-detroit)
• Margari Hill discussed the ARChouse in a Radio Islam Interview “Alabama Says no Moore & MuslimARC Educates for Liberation” (http://www.radioislam.com/node/26535)
• We've gotten some more media inquiries and we'll keep you posted as the articles come out.

Finally, be sure to share out the articles and visit the ARChouse page (muslimarc.org/ARChouse/)  to learn how you can continue to support education for liberation.

In solidarity,

MuslimARC's leadership team

We cannot thank you enough for your support. Your generous donation helped us raise over $22K and we are now within 15% of our online crowd funding goal of $25,785. This is great news! Plus, In Our Back Yard featured our campaign as an AWESOME PROJECT. Your investment will make a long term impact in Detroit and beyond. 

We just need one final push in final days of the campaign.  Would you be able to spread the word to your networks one last time, sharing your own reason for giving? 

Please feel free to edit to fit to your network:

I donated to support racial justice and sustainable neighborhoods with Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative (MuslimARC). Join me in by donating to https://www.ioby.org/project/muslimarc-house

Thanks to the over 260 donors to our IOBY campaign, we broke $20K this weekend. We have till this Friday to make $5,738.  For those who have already donated, please  dig a little deeper and contribute whatever you can and encourage your social network to support this worthy project.