Your Help for the MAS College Retreat!

As-salamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullah,

I hope you are doing well. My name is Abubakar Abid, and I am helping organize this year’s Boston MAS College Retreat. The annual retreat attracts more than 100 college students and young professionals from the Northeastern United States. The retreat offers students a chance to step back from their colleges and workplaces, and an opportunity to reconnect with Islam and with Allah. Retreat attendees have described the experience as “spiritual, beautiful, calming, beneficial, [and] everlasting.” Many students have described the retreat as a life-changing moment for them!

Unfortunately, not every college student can afford to participate in the retreat – rather, it is because of generous donors like yourself that we’ve been able to provide financial aid to students who cannot pay for the retreat. Each year, we are able to support 30-40 students who would otherwise not be able to benefit from the retreat.

Anything you can donate, whether it is to support 5 students ($600), or 1 student ($120), will allow Muslim students to experience this year’s retreat, and will be a recurring charity for you, insha’Allah (all donations are also tax-exempt). You can donate quickly and securely through our online form at the link below.

http://masboston.org/donate?f=3&d=5

May Allah reward you,

Abubakar Abid

MAS College Committee

	Friday Khutbah (sermon) Speaker: Imam Suhaib Webb Date: Friday February 14th 2014 Time: 1:00pm Location:  ISBCC, 100 Malcolm X Blvd, Roxbury, MA 02120 Topic: Love
	Friday Halaqa Speaker: Imam Suhaib Webb Date: Friday February 14th 2014 Time: 7:30pm Location:  ISBCC, 100 Malcolm X Blvd, Roxbury, MA 02120
	Civic Engagement Series Speaker: Professor Robert Hall, Northeastern University The History of Triumphant Black Communities in New England Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm Date: Saturday, February 22th, 2014 Location: 3rd Floor Function Hall ISBCC Topic: Origins of the African-Muslim Experience: African Muslim Figures in the Pre-Civil War South in the US
	Boston’s Young Muslims Engaging (BYME) Time: 3:30pm – 7:30pm Date: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 Location: 3rd Floor Function Hall ISBCC Topic: : Project Management Skillz! Do you ever have great ideas but find it challenging to follow them through to the end? We will teach you the best practices of project management to create effective change in the community. At the end of the training, you will receive a certificate of completion. Great skills to display on college apps and resumes!
	Dua Night Speaker: Abdul Nasr Jangda Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm Date: February 28th  2014 Location: 3rd Floor Function Hall ISBCC Topic: Our incredible religion empowers us with the ability to directly communicate with our Master, calling out to Him with all range of emotions. The tragedy for so many is that they have difficulty connecting their words to genuine feelings, to feel the power of memorized words and to come away after making du’a a changed human being. We’d like to invite you to join us for a night dedicated to enriching the heart with the gift of calling out to Allah.