Staff
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Abdus-Salaam Musa
Director; United Muslim Movement Against Homelessness, Muslim Women’s Help Network Abdus-Salaam Musa is the Director of two programs at the Islamic Circle of North America relief department (ICNA Relief USA) - The programs are the United Muslim Movement Against Homelessness (UMMAH) and the Muslim Women’s Help Network (MWHN). Musa has worked in this capacity for the past nine years. He is the administrative officer and facilitator of a direct service organization called the House of Peace that addresses the social ills which affect society in New York City. He has a Bachelors Degree from Audrey Cohen College of Human Services. He is Certified Chaplain for Disaster Spiritual Care Services of New York City, he is currently enrolled at Harford Seminary School and has completed the Gradual Certificate in Islamic Chaplaincy. He is a board member of the Interfaith Assembly to Prevent Homelessness and Poverty and New York Disaster Interfaith Services. He is a disaster response chaplain and counselor specialized in domestic violence counseling, address’s trauma for individuals and families, using pastoral care counseling as a method when ministering this service |
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S. Malika Bey-Rushdan Program Coordinator; 911 Civil Liberties and Youth and Community Development An American born, Irish Muslim raised a Catholic and converted to Islam in 1995. Malika Rushdan is formally from Boston, MA, she has an extensive background in Youth and Community Development with well over 12 yrs experience working with refugee youth from Cambodia, Iraq, Bosnia, Somalia, Kosovo and Afghanistan. Malika is the founder of the Al-Huda Society, a non-profit organization serving the religious, social and educational needs of Muslim families in and around the Metro-Boston area. The development of such an organization bestowed upon her the prestigious Senator John F. Kerry Leadership award. Malika was the pioneer director of Community Organizing for Somerville Community Corporation, which lead her to be accepted as a community fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government where she studied under Professor Marshal Gantz; Organizing: People, Power, and Change. Upon moving to New York, Malika served as the assistant director of the 21st Century Community of Learners, an extensive after-school program at Hillcrest High School before joining the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) as Assistant Director of the 911 Civil Liberties Project. Malika continues to work with ICNA where she conducts cultural diversity trainings and programmatic development for Faith Based organizations and community groups. Under Malika’s coordination the Muslim Student Club at Thomas Edison High School in Queens, were awarded a grant from the New York Independence Foundation for their innovated photography project. Much of Malika’s experiences with young people comes from raising her own 4 children and enjoying time with her 2 grand daughters! |