2023-2024 MYLS Sessions:
Set Your Own Tracks.
Starting Date: February 21, 2024
As young Muslims who will ultimately become leaders of their communities, broad themes centered on representation and empowerment. In their groups students identified critical issues impacting their community and the nation such as racism, mental illness, tobacco use and vaping, climate change, and the stigma of choosing careers outside of science, technology, engineering and medicine (STEM). Groups learn to define possible solutions they can work toward, ranging from bringing awareness to policy change and participating more seriously in civic engagement.
WHY MYLS CHICAGO?
MYLS Chicago is a program set out to help Muslim students learn and be capable of correcting misconceptions about Islam and Muslims. We help Muslim students become leaders for the future.
Through MYLS Chicago, students learn about identity, activism, leadership, communication, service, and community.
Our Impact
We meet with fellow Muslim students from across Chicagoland and help them gain an appreciation for different perspectives and diversity within their communities. We provide guidance in finding their self-definition of Muslim Americans, making sure to also allow space for them to cope with stereotypes. By gaining exposure to social movements in the Muslim community, students learn from Muslim leaders to become leaders themselves.
Students learn to analyze the root causes of social conflict and generate proactive solutions, promote positive goals and values, develop effective leadership and communication skills, and move to make an impact in their community. They apply their skills to create a variety of service projects and become more constructive citizens.
75+
Seminars Hosted
Notable speakers for the MYLS conference include Rami Nashashibi, Yaser Tabbara, and Imam Frederick Thaufeer al-Deen.
17+
Years of Serving Communities
Our first conference was in 2007! We're happy to continue the effort to motivate Muslim American youth to become socially conscious and active in their communities.
2,000+
Activists Impacted
Every year, we have a bolstering class of young Muslim Americans eager to contribute to their communities.