Our goal is to raise $5000 to support American Muslims girls and young Muslimat in low income communities attend college and provide funding for Islamic fiction in libraries at Islamic Schools.
#MuslimGirlsRead is needed because reading is powerful and early literacy programs have proven to not only be useful, but necessary in the lives of children and teens living in urban communities. #MuslimGirlsRead is needed now because we have to stop complaining and start doing and creating our own opportunities in our own communities.#MuslimGirlsRead is needed because there aren’t a lot of organizations, Muslim or non Muslim, targeting our girls and providing them with opportunities, resources, or mentors. #MuslimGirlsRead aims to inspire, showcase, and support the next generation of Muslim girls who read, write, and who will continue educate the next generation!
This fundraiser is simple! 50% of the donations will go to two low-income high school seniors who have demonstrated a love of reading and community service and are heading off to college in 2016 to major in Liberal Arts or Education. The other 50% of the donations will go to Islamic schools operating in low income communities to establish or increase their Islamic fiction libraries.
How will #MuslimGirlsRead choose the recipients?
We won’t! YOU will! With you donations of ANY amount, you can nominate one Muslim girl and one Muslim school!
The finalists will have to submit a one page essay on the importance of literacy to the Muslim community.
I’m in! What’s next?
Alhamduleelah, great! You can get involved by taking these next steps:
Step 1. Use our hashtag: #MuslimGirlsRead when you want to post a book review or book selfie to social media.
Step 2. Spread the love! Share this post on social media right through LaunchGood with your family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers. Like us on Facebook and share there, too!
Step 3. If you’re a Muslim girl who reads, send us your bio or book selfie!! We’d love to post it to our page and show you some love! Teachers/Homeschool families send us your class reading photos too!!
Step 4. September 1st, 2015 our fundraiser to raise $5000 for #MuslimGirlsRead scholarship fund goes live! Donate, share, pray for us!
We can do this! We can all help #MuslimGirlsRead!