Inner-City Muslim Action Network

Green reentry: imans green reentry is a holistic neighborhood stabiilzation initiative that provides transitional housing, life skills training, and workforce development in the field of green construction to returning citizens/formerly incarcerated men and women, and young people navigating the cycle of violence in the inner-city. Iman partners with the city colleges of chicago to host green reentry weekend warriors, which provides college credit and experience to individuals in the same demographic, alongside the full suite of case management, medical and behavioral health access, arts immersion, and leadership development that the construction cohorts experience.

Organizing and advocacy imans organizing & advocacy department builds power by strengthening relationships based on trust and shared values, identifying needs and opportunities for creating more just communities and training bases of local leaders who are able to advocate on their communitys behalf. Imans organizing wins include passing multiple laws and amendments around criminal justice reform, police accountability, and food access and mobilizing the resources and political credibility to establish the origanizations first grocery store, the go green community fresh market. Imans organizng and advocacy work is done in close partnership with broad multi-faith, multi-ethnic alliances at the city, state and national level. Iman also hosts a youth council of local young leaders that are trained and educated in imans signature community organizing curriculum, and participate in drawing up the vision for action and accountability around important community needs.

Atl: in january 2016, iman expanded to the atlanta metro area. This effort was the result of several years of working closely with leaders in atlanta and successfully training local community organizers in imans holistic model. Iman atlanta continue the legacy of health, wellness, and healing work with a special focus on its green reentry housing and workforce development program, holistic behavioral health and wellness programming, and arts and culture integration.

Arts and culture: iman supports the creation, collaboration and presentation of community-engaged art that unites disconnected communities, facilitates transformative healing, and fosters the ability to radically reimagine the world. The organization hosts a national artist roster with 45 diverse artists, a full-time ceramics studio, arts productions like major festivals and performance features, a permanent arts gallery with rotating exhibits, and a fellowhip program that offers artists an opportunity to engage imans community in chicago and atlanta with art that is spiritually rooted, socially conscious, and spatially relevant.

Strategic initiatives: imans strategic initiatives department provides leadership to big impact, innovation, and mission advancement opportunities, incubating importatn new programs and departments, and spearheading ideas all the way to execution and institutionlizaiton. The strategic initiatives department is responsible for stewarding major initiatives like imans go green community fresh market, and the ongoing transformation of a closed chicago public school into a multi-use housing, workforce development, and federally qualified health center.