October 23, 2025

MAS-SSF Reaches New Families at San Juan

Unified’s Community Resource Event

On Saturday, October 18th the San Juan Unified School District hosted a Family Education & Engagement resource fair at the Arcade Middle School. More than 100 attendees had the opportunity to engage with around 20 vendors including MAS-SSF, REDA, CAIR, and IRC. Our welcoming MAS-SSF staff engaged with numerous community members who will directly benefit from our programs and services. Staff also shared flyers and brochures with nearly all attendees. More than a dozen guests joined our hour-long Shifa for Youth workshop, Raising Young Children in a New Country, and provided positive feedback to the presenter.

The District provided all attendees and vendors with a tote bag and water bottle at check-in. It also provided a light breakfast, snacks, drinks and halal lunch from Halal Bitez over the course of the four-hour event. 

We connected with many new organizations that day at the Arcade Middle School and want our community to know about these helpful resources:

Capital Adult Education offers numerous education-based services in Sacramento and surrounding counties:

• Find Career & Workforce Preparation Programs or Courses
• Earn a High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Learn English as a Second Language or Prepare for US Citizenship
• Improve Reading, Writing or Math Skills

More information is available on its website in Arabic, Dari, Pashto and Sindhi and Urdu.

Help Me Grow Sacramento connects families with resources to ensure children achieve their optimal, physical healthy development from birth through age 5 to encourage their readiness to learn and succeed in school.

MISI Community Solutions team of Community Health Workers help individuals navigate Medi-Cal Managed Care health plans with personalized support. Other services include housing assistance and doulas to support new mothers from a child’s birth through postpartum.

Sacramento FUEL Network – Family Unity, Education and Legal Network

Since 2017, the City of Sacramento in collaboration with other local community organizations form a coalition of over 80 local non-profits. This network is dedicated to serving the legal, information, and health needs of Sacramento’s immigrant and refugee population. Our partners help the community prevent, prepare for and defend against deportation.

Thank You San Juan School District for Inviting Us to Participate!

With Care, Unity, and Understanding, We Can All Help DV Survivors Reclaim Their Strength and Rebuild Their Lives

MAS-SSF is proud of the work we do to support survivors of domestic violence, helping Muslim women and their children rebuild their lives. DV can be physical, emotional, financial, or psychological, affecting not just women but their children and extended families. Through shelters, counseling, crisis response, and a variety of community support programs, DV survivors can find safety, guidance, and hope. By connecting victims to these vital services, we show survivors they are never alone. 

Over this month, we’re providing information on some of the many agencies that offer support to DV victims. Last week we let our readers know about WEAVE and the Domestic Violence Awareness Project. This week, we want to share information on more resources:

Peaceful Families provides year-round support for Muslim communities and has since 2000. It offers services, advocacy and training and materials to help DV victims, their families and friends. Download its DV Survivors Toolkit here. The team works daily to honor its mission to eliminate family-based violence in the diverse US-based Muslim community through the core values and models of conduct embedded in Islam.

Unchained at Last is a survivor-led nonprofit dedicated to ending forced marriage and child marriage in the United States. It provides direct services to survivors and works to affect system changes through legislation such as setting the minimum age women can marry to age 18 (some states don't designate any age, others as low as 12). If you know any survivors, let them know help is a phone call away: National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline: 1-888-373-7888

MAS-SSF’s Amanah House, in partnership with My Sister’s House, offers shelter, stability, and peace of mind to women and their children escaping abuse. Our trained Mental Health Peer Support Specialists provide compassionate assistance in six languages—Arabic, Dari/Farsi, English, Pashto, Punjabi/Sindhi, and Urdu/Hindi. For help, contact amanah@mas-ssf.org or call (916) 633-2073 Monday-Friday 9 AM - 5 PM (after 5 PM calls are forwarded to an English-only 24/7 support line). For other inquiries, call our office at (916) 486-8626.

Nationally for Emergencies: If You Are in Danger or Need Help Immediately

Call 911 or the Emergency Number of your Local Police Department

For Domestic Violence Information & Support

Call National Domestic Violence Hotline

Tel: 800-799-SAFE, 800-799-7233 Website: www.thehotline.org TTY: for Deaf & Hard of Hearing: 800-787-3224

Assistance provided 24-hours a day, 365 days a year, in English and Spanish, and with access to 170 languages through interpreter services.

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Stand with MAS-SSF to Create Violence-Free Futures for All Women and Children

INTERESTED IN MAKING A DIFFERENCE

FOR LOCAL MUSLIM WOMEN AND CHILDREN?

MAS-SSF is currently planning an intimate, invitation-only dinner for community members who want to learn more about how we support Muslim victims of domestic violence—and explore ways to get involved in this important work.

It will be an evening to connect, learn more about our programs, and explore how your support can make a lasting difference.

If you would like to receive an invitation or updates about the event, please click here to share your name and email.

TOGETHER, WE CAN CREATE LASTING CHANGE FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST

MAS-Social Services Foundation is a non-profit that aims to aid families at large

and the Muslim community in particular with their social services needs.

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