Join us for our July membership meeting and a presentation on Murfreesboro Muslim Youth, led by coordinator Abdou Kittih. After a short program about the organization and its mission, he will open the floor to conversation.

As always, come prepared to share arts news from your own practice or organization! Flyers and business cards welcome. Whether you’re a RAA member or just interested in checking us out, we welcome you!

Please consider bringing a donation to MMY—see more about their mission below.

About the speaker

A pharmacist by trade, Abdou Kattih initially worked for Rite Aid and Eckerd as a district manager and then a state manager. Currently, he works for Walgreens as a pharmacist, where he also coordinates COVID-19 training for all pharmacists and techs in their area stores. He loves serving in the community of Murfreesboro that he has grown to love and support.

Kittih is also the Executive Director and Founder of the nonprofit organization Murfreesboro Muslim Youth (MMY), where he works with young people who do good things in the community. The nonprofit organization is all about promoting understanding. Completely managed by volunteers, MMY is run by the youth involved. Each of the programs run by the organization are coordinated by the kids who come up with the idea.

It is part of the group’s chosen mission to feed the hungry. Feeding the hungry is one of their most successful programs. In 2021, they distributed more than 5,000 meals. These meals included food boxes to families in need, 500 Thanksgiving meals and bi-weekly meals to whomever comes by their new drive-through meal distribution window. The drive-through meal distribution program was created by and is run by a 19-year-old.

About the venue

Parking at the Murfreesboro Muslim Youth Center is free.

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