We Emplor you and Employ you?!

Beloveds I am writing this note due to we must not allow faulty thinking to limit us as individuals or as a community. We must seize every opportunity to improve ourselves and our community, in shaa Allah. We can't be afraid. We must not entertain fear. The Baitul Salaam Network, Inc. has been given a great opportunity to grow financially. We must not be afraid of asking for money, working hard for money and learning to manage money well. We must step out of our comfort zones to do this and grow as an organization, in shaa Allah. 

We were given an opportunity almost two years ago that has the potentional of bringing us hundreds of thousands per year, in shaa Allah. If we work it smart and be consistent, in shaa Allah. The recycling project has grown however it can do much more for us if we take it more seriously, in shaa Allah. We must treat it like a business for it to produce the yield we need. Right now we have enough drop off/drop box locations to bring us the money we need. We just need more people involved to make it grow. Right now we can pay people about $10-$11 dollars per hour to help us with this project, in shaa Allah. However we can't get people with trucks to assist. Now we have people who are not working in the Islamic community. Ummm! To me if you have a truck or van and you are not working you would want to help us with this project, in shaa Allah. Right now we are paying one person the same day he works and another one gets paid within 72 hours of working, in shaa Allah. We need some more people to help, in shaa Allah. We need people to call their family and friends and ask them to donate their clothes to us, in shaa Allah. 

I know when it comes to projects like this people don't believe it can really work so they don't talk about it, in shaa Allah. Also I am woman managing a project that usually is managed by men. Well, we have issues we need to discuss and resolve if we are going to move forward, in shaa Allah. We must get out of this narrow thinking about the ability of women to manage and lead (this includes many women). Please look to our Islamic history to see how women worked, managed and lead in many fields of endeavor. Just read the history of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and see how women were very active in the community at all levels. 

Now I ask who is on board? Who has a truck or van that can work fours to eight hours per day and help us expand the recycling project, in shaa Allah? Who is ready to step out of the comfort zone and be a part of true change and progress? If you are let me hear from you, in shaa Allah.

We have drop off locations/boxes inside and out side of I-285. Call 770-255-8500 and ask me about how you can earn $10-$11 per hour working to help bring in funds for the Baitul Salaam Network, Inc., in shaa Allah.

We Recycle 4 U!

Everyone who is supporting our recycling efforts here is an update. AS OF TODAY WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING BOOKS, SOFT OR HARD TOYS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED ALL OF THESE ITEMS THAT WE CAN AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE IN THE RECYCLING BUSINESS ACCEPTING THESE ITEMS ANY MORE. Please share! If you have scrap metal (aluminum, stainless steel, copper or iron) do not put them in the collection boxes call us for a separte pick up, in shaa Allah.

Drop Off Locations:

Masjid Ash Shurah

3905 Jonesboro Rd.

Atlanta, GA  30315

The Atlanta Masjid of Al-Islam

560 Fayetteville Rd. SE

Atlanta, GA 30316

Masjid Al Momineen

837 N. Indian Creek Dr.

Clarkston, GA 

Roswell Community Masjid

345 Market Place 

Roswell, GA

Masjid Al Hedaya

968 Poweder Springs Rd.

Marietta, GA

Islamic Center of Marietta

1014 Powder Springs Rd.

Marietta, GA

Mohammed Schools (only during school session)

735 Fayetteville Rd. SE

Atlanta, GA

Masjid Al Farooq

442 14th Street

Atlanta, GA 30307

 

Maidah: Atlanta Food Consortium

2720 Sylvan Rd. SE

East Point, GA 30344

Soon to be in Lilburn, GA (about 10 days), in shaa Allah.

As Salaamu Alaikum,

Sisters Unite! Families Unite! Humanity Unite!

A lot of times women complain about how we are treated in the world. Most of our complaints are valid. I say look to the successful women of the world. The women men talk about positively and sometimes negatively. Look to the Oprah Winfrey's the local and national news commentators. The women who are doctors, attorneys, women in politics, engineering, science, agriculture, etc. Look to the women who are home with children teaching and nurturing them to become decent people. All of them have one thing in common. They did not wait on anyone to approve of them or what they were doing. They did not sit around complaining. They got busy helping themselves and others, in shaa Allah!

Many of these women are women of faith. They prayed to Allah (God) and then got busy. This is what a dear sister who is old enough to be my mom told me one day when I was whinning about something. "Sister cry if you must, take it to Allah (God) and then get up from the pray rug and get busy, real busy." I have learn to do just that very thing. Cry if I must, take it to Allah (God) and then get real busy.

We must do this women in general and Muslim women in particular. We have some silly non-sense going on in our communities as it pertains to women. We can continue to complain and do nothing. Or we can cry, take it to Allah (God) and get real busy. I pray we choose to get real busy. We can do anything good we choose to do with the help of Allah (God).

The Baitul Salaam Network, Inc.-International is an organization that is family centered and oriented. We have men, young people and children working with us daily. We cry about the ills in our community, take it to Allah (God) and then get real busy working on the solutions, in shaa Allah. Many times the solution begins with us. Change individuals for the better you will see a better world, in shaa Allah.

This is a formal invitation to all to join us around the globe in working on solutions to our problems. Join us today! Join Baitul Salaam Active Volunteers on Facebook, email us at haleem1@aol.com or call 770-255-8500. Let's get busy together, in shaa Allah.

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