DOWNTOWN ISLAMIC CENTER
2019 – 2021
ECO-MOSQUE ACHIEVEMENTS
- The Courage Project (August, 2021) – CIOGC Social Justice Service Challenge Award Winner
- Energy Audit (November, 2021)
with Faith in Place
past activities
ON THE NEWS
WHAT IS DIC GREEN TEAM?
DIC Green Team (DGT) is a group of people from Downtown Islamic Center who provide cooperative leadership to educate, connect, and advocate for healthier communities by transforming DIC to be a model of Eco-friendly Islamic Center in the City of Chicago.
Expectations for the Green Team members:
- Meet regularly
- Set goals for their house of worship
- Connect spiritual traditions with Earth care and justice for our neighbors
- Plan activities and educate to encourage eco-friendly behaviors
- Connect with the community at large to expand impact
- Advocate for Earth care policies
- Measure benchmarks
- Celebrate accomplishments
FUN FACTs ABOUT DIC
- DIC is the birth place of Chicago Muslims Green Team (CMGT).
- DIC Green Mosque is the Pilot Project of the Green Mosque Program under the supervision of CMGT and Faith in Place.
PROGRAMS
- To establish a group of Muslims with the same mission and vision to care for the environment and to bring benefits for the Muslims and general communities in Chicago area.
MEMBERS
In Alphabetical Order
The Trailblazers Team:
Amal Bekkal, Asif Shaikh, Ayad Bakri, Caroline K. Williams, Emelda Lawson Bekkal, Habi Sow, Karyma Rios, Khawla Hammad, Maria Zaragoza, Martina Rossi 
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10 TIPS for your green team
Greening is an act of justice, faithfulness, and love.
Keep goals in mind, but do not rush them. Work with love, patience, and a teacher’s spirit.
Tap into the Divine, an endless source of creativity. Many solutions are available, so let your imagination run free to implement what works best for your unique community!
No one is blameless, so there is no good reason for finger-pointing.
There are people around you, inside and outside your house of worship, who care deeply about these issues. Seek them out!
Public policy advocacy can be difficult, but vital. Do not engage too early. When members are ready to participate in
advocacy, invite them to do so. But keep space for loving disagreement.
Green is not just a subcommittee. It’s a way of being that touches the entire faith community. Weave environmental consciousness into all faith community activities.
Faith communities can move at a glacial pace. Be patient, stick with it, and ask for help when you need it.
Green issues, to have relevance, need a neighbor’s face. Engage your faith community at the local, human level. The effects of environmental degradation fall most heavily on disadvantaged neighbors and communities. When we connect environmental justice with social justice, both flourish, and we all thrive.
Don’t forget to have fun! Let people rejoice together in the good work that your faith community is doing. Joy generates momentum for future projects and makes slower periods less challenging.
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