7S Connecticut Board
President: Jamila Marr
Background:
Born
in Philadelphia, PA and Raised in New Haven,CT attending Masjid
Al-Islam (founded by Imam Zaid Shakir) is currently a Registered Nurse
at Yale New Haven Hospital. During her College years, she was an
active member of the Nursing Students' Association (Sophomore Delegate
'02-'03), the Muslim Students' Association (General Assembler '02-'03,
President '03-'04 & '04-'05), Sankofa Community Empowerment.
She
held a position on the Dawah (outreach) committee at the Islamic Center
of
Pittsburgh, and studying with brothers and sisters of the Sankore'
Institute.
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Vice President: Rasheed Ali
Background:
His professional field spans from Graphic Design to Software
Engineering. He is proficient in building websites, managing multiple
servers, 150+ table databases and small groups of employees no more
than 10. He also is adept at Java with the Spring Framework, which can
handle Data Access Objects, Hibernate Persistence, Java or Groovy
Controllers, and different template engines. Although he works very
hard, he definitely enjoys service to the Community. During the summer
he coaches tee ball for "The Ques", teaches Sunday school,
attends weekly Bible Study, supervises the youth group, teaches
computer classes, mentors high school and working youth, and serves in
the Healthy Marriage Initiative. The pride in his life comes from his
loving wife, his measurably loving parents and grandparents, his
dependable and loving friends, the service he is allowed to do, and the
prayers he is allowed to make. With these things life will never become
to much to bear.
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