iNTERNATIONAL dAY OF PEACE
Cambridge Nonprofit Coalition’s ANNUAL MEETING
NAF was proud to attend the June 11th CNC Annual Meeting. This was a key event to celebrate their collective achievements and forge connections within the community. The gathering brought together over 70 leaders from local nonprofits, government, and businesses.
EID-MUBARAK
May the joyous occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr fill your life with happiness, success, and prosperity.
Marufa Akter wins Women's ODI Performance of the Year
This emerging pacer of the Bangladesh women's team has received the award of the best bowling performance of the year in the ESPNcricinfo. 2023 has been a breakthrough year for Bangladesh in women's cricket.
Congratulations
Supporting Nazda Alam Foundation Means Supporting Your Community
Congratulations to Maya Jamaleddine, Melrose City Councilor-at-Large and Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui. Congratulation also to Etel Haxhiaj, City Council for Worcester and Afroz Khan, City Councillor for Newburyport and D7 Councilor Tania Anderson who all are incumbents.
NAF will explore with Muslim Women in Massachusetts to explore their interest to run for local office, school board, library trustee position and other important roles in our communities.
NAF meeting with Sentor Markey
Discussion with Senator Ed Markey on USAID Projects for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
Nazda Alam, Dr. Nadia Ahmad (NAF board member), Dr. Moinuddin Sarker, CEO, Waste Technologies, LLC, Dr. Anjuman Shelly, Executive Director, Waste Technologies, LLC, Dr. Rumel Mahmood, Senior Business Analyst, Cambridge Health Alliance, and Senator Markey discussed NAF's proposed initiatives regarding the following: Educating the local population and the Rohingya refugee community about climate change, its impacts, survival tactics, and disaster monitoring, with the aim of empowering people to take action and mitigate these impacts. Furthermore, as part of NAF's ongoing efforts to promote sustainable economic growth and climate action, we are planning new initiatives that align with USAID’s objectives and are designed to have far-reaching positive impacts on local communities and the broader environment.
Senator Markey Government Office
Partnership announcement!!!
The Nazda Alam Foundation for Muslim Women and Civic Engagement & Leadership, is honored to be working with the Asian Community Fund at the Boston Foundation. We our humbled that our organization was awarded a $5,000 grant in general operating support as part of ACF’s second annual grant making cycle.
Learn more about the ASIAN COMMUNITY FUND:
Qurbani (also known as Udhiya) 2023
Ausman family
Nazda Alam with the Ausman family in Nashua, NH
Nazda Alam with the Ausman family in Nashua, NH
Qurbani (also known as Udhiya) is the important Islamic practice of sacrificing a livestock animal during the festival of Eid ul-Adha. This festival takes place between the 10th and the 12th of the month of Dhul Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic calendar.
Nazda Alam with the Ausman family in Nashua, NH
Nazda Alam with the Ausman family in Nashua, NH
Nazda Alam with the Ausman family in Nashua, NH
Nazda Alam: President of the Nazda Alam Foundation for Muslim Women Civic Engagement and Leadership, traveled to Nashua, NH, to distribute Qurbani meat to Rohingya refugee families. Muzaffar Jalil, community leader, introduced the Ausman family to Nazda.
first Bangladeshi-American and female Muslim federal judge
Nusrat Jahan Choudhury
ACLU lawyer Nusrat Jahan Choudhury won confirmation as the first Muslim woman and first Bangladeshi-American to serve as a life-tenured federal judge. The Senate confirmed the civil rights lawyer on Thursday to a seat on the Brooklyn-based US District for the Eastern District of New York.
Choudhury, 46, spent her entire legal career at the ACLU and its affiliates, most recently as the legal director of the ACLU of Illinois. She previously worked in the ACLU’s Racial Justice Program and its National Security Project. In that role, she was involved in lawsuits challenging airlines racially profiling people who they deemed looked Arab, New York Police Department surveillance of Muslims, and police racial profiling and stop and frisk policies.
You can read more about her here: Nusrat Jahan Choudhury
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