Name: Neighborhood Vitality: Mosque and Community (Session 2)
Start: 2026-04-08T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-08T15:30:00-04:00
Location: Islamic Center Of Detroit (Masjid ICD)

Neighborhood Vitality: Mosque and Community (Session 2)

This series highlights mosque-led neighborhood development efforts and their impact across Metro Detroit.
About this Event

“Metro-Detroit Muslim Community Conversations:

Mental Health, Civic Engagement, and The Written Word”

Session 2: Taking it to City Hall: Muslims & Our Civic Duties

🗓 Wednesday, April 8 | 2:00 – 3:30 PM

📍 Islamic Center of Detroit

This panel connects Muslim communities to civic life, public service and development, exploring partnerships, representation and community impact.

Speakers:Mona Ali, Former District 7 Manager, City of Detroit

Shaffwan Ahmed, Office of Immigrant Affairs, City of DetroitDr. Adel Al-Adlani, City of HamtramckSami Elhady, Islamic Center of Detroit

Moderator: Adam AbuSalah

Neighborhood Vitality: Mosque and Community

We invite you to join an ongoing conversation about mosque-led neighborhood development in Metro Detroit—speakers share lessons, best practices & opportunities for cross-community collaboration.

This is the second of seven sessions in our series:

“Metro-Detroit Muslim Community Conversations:
Mental Health, Civic Engagement, and The Written Word”

We’re proud to announce a seven-event community event series co-led by the Islamic Center of Detroit, the Center for Arab American Studies (CAAS) at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and the University of Michigan School of Social Work-ENGAGE.

This is a multi-part gathering designed to explore healing, identity, faith, and community through mental health dialogue, neighborhood-based development, and creative expression. This series brings together community leaders, clinicians, scholars, artists, and organizers to share knowledge and create space for reflection and connection.

Across workshops and conversations, we invite participants to engage deeply with questions of intergenerational healing, faith-based care, community development, and storytelling as a tool for self and collective transformation.

We hope that each session strengthens relationships between community members and leaders, faculty and students, and fosters empathy and collaboration across diverse backgrounds.

Co-Sponsoring Organizations:Center for Arab American Studies (CAAS) at University of Michigan-Dearborn; University of Michigan School of Social Work-ENGAGE; Islamic Center of Detroit; Dream of Detroit; American Muslim Society; HYPE Athletics; ADALA PR Agency

Welcome: All community members, students, educators, mental health professionals, faith leaders, writers, organizers, and anyone interested in healing, storytelling, and community development.

Registration: Participants are welcome to attend individual sessions or engage with the full series. Advance registration is encouraged.