The Nazda Alam Foundation celebrated the end of Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, on May 7th, 2023.

The event was opened with remarks by its founder, Nazda Alam. She spoke about the foundation and its past achievements and current partnerships and alliances and future endeavors. The event moderator was Dr. Denise Sharif, a current board member of the foundation. 

The Foundation was blessed to have Imam Dr. Talal Eid started the event by stating how meaningful Ramadan is and how Muslims keep it throughout the year and talked about how everyone of all faiths can pray together and how we can show care for each other.

The Foundation was honored to have guest speakers Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Steve Grossman.

The Honorable Marian Ryan talked about her how her office is supporting and working with NAF in the community. She also spoke in great detail about Muslim and immigrant women in diverse areas in Massachusetts and that we more of them leading in government positions. She talked about her career and being a woman in her position and was encouraging to other women to be leaders. 

Steve Grossman, former State Treasurer, DNC Chair, and current CEO of the nonprofit Initiative for a Competitive Inner City which works for small intercity businesses owned by minority populations. He spoke about how the organization can partner with NAF to empower women.

Dr. David Crisci, co-founder of Global Education Partners and a consultant for NAF, spoke about the recent grants that they applied for on behalf of NAF and updates to the website, social media accounts and answered general questions afterwards.

Dr. Sharif spoke about the new internship program NAF has and introduced its first 3 summer interns. And Nazda closed out the program by talking briefly about the upcoming Speaker Series, thanking everyone for coming, and inviting all to enjoy some delicious food.