MSA Building Bridges In Community

Story & Photo by Talon Cleveland – Feature Editor

The Muslim Student Alliance is an active club that informs the school of Islam and helps spread awareness of Muslim culture. 

   “When the seniors graduated they didn’t leave us with anything, so we took it upon ourselves to find sponsors. We were like, let’s do this cause we wanna make it something,” Fatima Yousaf, junior, said. 

   The MSA has been more active with the school this year thanks to club leaders Fatima Yousaf and Jasmin Asif, junior. The LSN and LSW MSAs collaborated for an ice skating night hosted on January 24. Along with ice skating, Yousaf and Asif led a Falafel Learning Lunch for staff members to become more informed about Ramadan and Muslim student needs during this time. 

   “We put flyers around the school, and we try to teach as much as possible and spread awareness about issues like hate and discrimination around the world,” Asif said. 

    A typical club meeting consists of a presentation on the key pillars of Islam and a Q&A about any questions students and/or teachers might have. 

   “LSN has a few Muslims, around five or six. So those people and then the other people that are in our club are non-Muslim and we wanna educate them and tell them all about Islam,” Yousaf said. 

   MSA is an open club accepting Muslim and non-Muslim students and teachers. If you are a Muslim student looking for community or a non-Muslim looking to be informed of the culture, contact Mr. Russell in the LMC.