Our Building Bridges program consists of multiple projects and participations to connect us to broader and more diverse communities in order to exchange knowledge, skills, and to work together in harmony to build a better and healthier environment for all.
Ongoing and Past Projects/Events:
- 2024 Hike at the Morton Arboretum
- 2024 Native Plant Crash-Course with Sag Moraine at Al-Nahda Center
- 2024 Painting at Caldwell Woods
- CMGT at 2024 UIC Backward River Festival
- 2024 Hiking at Indiana Sand Dunes National Park
- CMGT at the 2024 National Arab American Heritage Month celebrations
- CMGT at the 2024 Earth-a-Palooza
- 2023 Hiking at Wolf Road Woods
- CMGT at the 2023 Morton Grove Recycling Fest and Sustainability Expo
- CMGT at the 60th ISNA Convention
- 2023 Kayak at Des Plaines River
- CMGT at the 2023 Parliament of World’s Religions Convention
- 2023 Tree Ambassadors in Action!
- 2023 Intro to Kayaking at the Forest Preserve
- CMGT at the 2023 Chicago River Day at Kickapoo Woods
- CMGT at Spring 2023 Chicago Environmental Events
- CMGT at the 2022 Summer Bonanza event
- CMGT at the 2022 Eco Fest at Welles Park
- A Guide for Zero Waste Event – A Collaboration Project with ZWW Climate Reality Chicago
- 2021 Plarn Sleeping Mat Project
- 2021 Community Building with Zooniverse, an Online Platform for Citizen Science
- 2020 Introduction to Citizen Science Workshop at the Nature Museum
- 2019 Save Our Monarch Workshop at Downtown Islamic Center
- 2019 Eco-friendly birthday party for kids
- CMGT at the 2019 Kuumba Lynx event
- CMGT at the 2019 Timebanking Workshop
- CMGT at the 2019 Evanston Interfaith Climate Summit
Our Green Ramadan program is aimed to spread eco-friendly lifestyle in celebrating our religious holidays based on Islamic principles, i.e., to live in balance, to reduce waste, to avoid being excessive or extravagant, to stop corruption on the Earth, and to improve our appreciation towards environment and natural resources.
Our Green Mosque program is created to start the trend of building eco-friendly mosques and Islamic centers in Chicago area by encouraging our community to save water, save energy, reduce waste, to support the local and federal goals in achieving a 100% clean energy, to support food resiliency program by participating in community gardening.
Ongoing and past projects/events:
Our Capacity Building program provides education and trainings for members of our community, particularly youths and women to build their confidence and skills in multiple fields related to environmental justice, leadership, and management. We also would like to provide scholarships for members of our community to attend seminars, conferences, and trainings organized by other organizations or institutions.
Ongoing and Past projects/events:
- 2022-2025 Tree Ambassadors Program
- 2024 Tree Ambassador Training in Chicago Lawn at CIC
- 2024 Tree Ambassador Training in Humboldt Park Neighborhood
- 2024 Tree Ambassador Training in Austin Neighborhood
- 2023 Circular Economy Workshop
- 2023 Board Retreat, Capacity Building and Community Dinner with the Forest Preserve
- 2023 Tree Ambassador Training
- 2022 Tree Ambassador Training
- Participated in the 2022 Forest Preserve Day Hiking Leadership Training
- Participated in the Summer 2022 IMAN Community Organizing Training
- 2022 Courage Project – Empower Our Youth
- 2021 Courage Project – Empower Our Youth (CIOGC Social Justice Service Challenge Award Winner)
- Participated in Chicago Conservation Corps Training (CMGT C3 leaders: Caroline – Spring 2018, Emelda – Fall 2018, Khawla – Spring 2020, Rohany – Spring 2020)
- Participated in Climate Reality Project (CMGT Climate Reality leader: Caroline – Spring 2021)
PAST ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
