Help Build Chicago's Sacred Roots Center - A home for Muslims and the Spiritually Curious!

Chicago, the 3^rd largest city in the United States is a rapidly growing economic and academic hub where many Muslims call home. It continues to attract a growing number of Muslim students, young professionals, and families every year.

In light of the growing community, we aspire to provide a space that is embedded within the fabric of the city's culture. We aim to offer a center rooted in the teachings of the Prophet (ṣ) and his family (ʿa) that can be called home.

Sacred Roots, a non-profit based in Chicago, will serve to build bonds of brotherhood and sisterhood among Muslims in the city - students, professionals, families - who are currently lacking a community space in the city.

Your generous donation will unlock the potential of the Chicago Muslim Community. Help Sacred Roots raise the funds required to fund the center's programs and general operations!

Unlock the potential of the Chicago Muslim Community

Members of the local community are rooting for our success and have generously extended themselves to our cause, bringing us closer to our goal. Now, we are calling upon the Ummah to step up and support us in this journey as we work to establish and maintain Sacred Roots in The Second City.

With your help, God willing, this will be a success!

What is Sacred Roots?

Sacred Roots works to nourish a community of Muslims rooted in the teachings of the Prophet (ṣ) and His family (‘a). We connect people of various backgrounds and experiences and together explore the spiritual and intellectual heritage of Islam through acts of devotion, study, and service.

We work to be a home for Muslims and the Spiritually Curious.

Core Principles

We strive to build a community that is built on the following five key principles:

Your Contribution’s Impact

Your contribution will sustain and expand:

• Weekly programs consisting of an activity, discussion, or speech along with communal prayer and a tea & coffee hour

• Prayer (duʿāʾ) sessions accompanied with English translation and recitation

• Intra-faith and inter-faith engagements with local religious communities

• Community engagement and service activities within the city of Chicago 

• Ramadan Programming

• Muharram Programming 

• Efforts to become a gateway organization for other social services in Chicago

In order to provide the space and leadership for these programs, your contributions will also support Sacred Roots’ rental space located in the Pilsen neighborhood off of Blue Island and Loomis. Our space will be home for programs, meetings, and service projects. Your contribution will also support the hiring of our Religious Scholar.

How You Can Help

The following are ways you can support our efforts:

• Click on one of the giving levels to the right of the screen and donate

• Share this campaign on your social media by clicking the appropriate social media icon at the top of this screen.

• Share in your WhatsApp groups by using the link https://www.launchgood.com/project/sacred_roots_a_muslim_community#!/

• Pray for Sacred Roots and the success of our space and growth

Endorsements

Our project and team is humbled to have blessings and approval from the following organizations: 

The Ulema Council of Chicago