We’re nearly halfway through the sacred Islamic month of Ramadan, a time when our Muslim neighbors fast throughout the day to privately reconnect with their spirituality, and to empathize with those less fortunate.
Muslim community organizations and mosques provide meals to worshippers breaking their fast at the end of each day of Ramadan — and many in New York City are now facing financial hardship as they also provide direct relief to migrants arriving at their door with no support system.
So today, in the spirit of charity and generosity of Ramadan, we’re launching a fundraiser for 3 of these organizations supporting our Muslim community.
In the last year, the number of migrants coming to New York City from majority-Muslim countries has nearly tripled. Of the nearly 68,000 migrants currently in the city’s shelter system, 14% are from West Africa.1
In addition to providing a place to worship, some of these hyperlocal community groups provide temporary housing. Others provide job training, while still others open their doors for migrants to charge phones, rest, or use wifi to contact family.
Here are more details about the organizations we’re supporting this Ramadan:
• Malikah, Inc. is providing hundreds of bags of free groceries to migrants, low-income families, and single parent households every week of Ramadan. Your support will fund the purchase of essential groceries such as grains, lentils, vegetables, fruits, and other staples of Ramadan.
• ICNA Relief provides medical services to the uninsured, food assistance, and educational programming to the Muslim community across NYC — and at Ramadan, they host iftars regardless of ability to pay, as well as delivering Ramadan food boxes to low-income families.
• Sapna NYC promotes health and social justice for South Asian immigrant women in New York City. This Ramadan, they are hosting iftars-on-the-go and food distributions in Alexandria’s district.
Whether or not you can donate today, thank you for standing with our movement.
Yours in community,
Team AOC
1 - Gothamist: NY mosques are struggling to serve migrants as Ramadan begins
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