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MPV Newsletter

August 2023

President's Note

This month, Muslims for Progressive Values celebrates 16 years since its founding back in 2007. To honor these 16 years,
here's a special message from Ani Zonneveld, MPV's founder and president.

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National Updates

MPV's Sweet 16

This month Muslims for Progressive Values celebrates 16 years since it was founded back in 2007 to be a voice and space for
Progressive Muslims to feel seen and heard. So much has changed since that day but one thing remains the same - it is only by
working together that we can change lives.

Can you donate to MPV today to ensure we can continue to change lives for another 16 years?

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National Updates

The Purple Check Mark

The Purple Check Mark Project ( [link removed] ) is an initiative created to fill the gap for
the Queer Muslim community seeking mental health care from providers that are Muslim and LGBTQ affirming. If you’re a mental
health care provider interested in applying for a place in our database, we encourage you to apply today.

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National Updates

ERA Centennial

MPV President Ani Zonneveld attended the ERA Centennial Convention in Seneca Falls, New York on July 20 - 22 to mark the ERA
milestone and commemorate the women and queer people who have fought for the ERA for 100 years.

Learn more about the interfaith #Faith4ERA Campaign calling for recognition of the ERA as the 28th Amendment.

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MPV in the Media

The Intercept | Trump Revives "Muslim Ban" While GOP Courts Muslim Votes for 2024 | July 11, 2023

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MetroWeekly | When You Get In Bed With Bigots, Please Reconsider | Jul 23, 2023

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Finger Lake Times | Equal Rights Amendment Centennial Convention Set for July 21 - 22 in Seneca Falls | July 19, 2023

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NJ.com | Far Right Leaders want to exclude LGBTQ+ People. That's not the Muslim way | July 17, 2023

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Sierra Sun Times | U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Introduces ERA Now Resolution Recognizing Equal Rights Amendment as 28th
Amendment; Novel Legal Strategy Would Help Enshrine Reproductive Rights Protections in the Constitution | July 17, 2023

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Opportunity

For Interfaith Couples

To help the growing number of Muslim Interfaith couples, MPV’s Marriage Officiants team is drafting, “So You Want To Marry A
Non-Muslim?” a book that will offer the answers to all the questions that interfaith couples have about pre-wedding, wedding,
and post-wedding experiences.

Would you like your answers and experiences to be shared in the book?

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Chapter Updates

MPV NY

MPV-NY had an enlightening event co-hosted by Adanne Bookstore and Simon & Schuster Publishing with authors Aaliyah Bilal and
Omer Aziz discussing the intricacies of being Muslim in the West. We also had a surprise guest, Dr. Yusef Salaam, from the
Exonerated 5, formerly referred to as the Central Park 5.

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Chapter Events

MPV NY

Please join MPV New York for a Summer picnic at Prospect Park on Saturday, August 19th! More details about the time and exact
location to come so please make sure you follow MPV New York on Facebook to get all the details!

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Chapter Update

MPV Boston

On July 14th, MPV-Boston hosted ‘Celebrating Love: Across Caste and Religious Divide'. The purpose of the event was to
highlight progressive work being done around inter-religious or inter-caste marriage and the social stigma associated with
these relationships in South Asia. Many of these couples often go through tremendous social, familial, and psychological
pressures and face "honor” killings. Queer couples are also subjected to all kinds of atrocities. Speakers discussed these
aspects and the power of love that is not bound by caste, religion, or sexual orientation. Speakers for this event were Beena
Sarwar, Sanjay Bhagat, and Kandeel Javid.

This event was a collaboration between Boston South Asian Coalition (BSAC), Boston Study Group (BSG), Sapan and Muslims for
Progressive Values (MPV).

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Chapter Updates

MPV San Francisco

July was a month of social gatherings and reaching out to allies for MPV SF Bay. In one memorable event, our member Zev Lowe
hosted family dinner for the community, and we had the honor to be led in prayer by San Francisco Bay Area-based Saudi
activist Samah Damanhoori.

We also gathered informally for movie outings and intellectual discussions.

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Chapter Events

MPV Boston

On August 4th, MPV-Boston will host a communal prayer and a potluck to discuss the changes in our lives after the pandemic in
the greater Boston area. For more details and to RSVP, please check out our MPV-Boston Public Page on Facebook.

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Women in Islam Series

Islam & Reproductive Justice

The Women in Islam is a public education series that demonstrates the compatibility of Islam & feminism & expand public
knowledge on the explicit right that Muslim women have to human rights. Over the series, we'll be publishing 11 pieces of
educational content that promote a woman’s right to bodily autonomy from a progressive Islamic perspective.

Read all about Reproductive Justice in Part VII of the series.

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Chapters

Chapter Expansion

As the Muslims for Progressive Values community grows, so too are our local chapters. Are you interested in starting a
chapter in your local community?

Contact Noel, MPV's Community Engagement Intern at [email protected] to learn more about the process today!

 

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