Please help me in raising funds for Saris to Suits®.  I kindly request you to consider sponsoring me to be featured in a calendar of female South Asian American role models called "Saris to Suits Empowered". This worldwide calendar was founded by a TV news anchor to benefit various charities in the US. If I help towards raising enough money, I will be one of the ladies in the upcoming 2015 calendar.

 

 

The Sari to Suits non-profit benefits women and girls, help promote awareness, provide resources, and help educate victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. They have chosen me to be one of 12 South Asian American women who have faced great challenges and persevered. I seek support as a combined total of $5000 of sponsorship is needed (tax deductible). The calendar is generating overwhelming response from across the globe, and the inaugural 2014 calendar was featured on BBC News, Fox News, and network television, as well as periodicals. The beneficiaries of the 2015 proceeds will be the SMART Girls of Boys and Girls Clubs of America and rape crisis centers nationally and internationally. <span 12px;"="">All donations are (501) c3 tax exempt. 

I am a Pakistani-American competitive Olympic Weightlifter and Crossfit Level I certified. I attended the University of Central Florida and got my doctorate in electrical/computer engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. My website, LiftingCovered.com documents my experiences weightlifting in an effort to compete at U.S. national competitions. I advocated to compete in clothing that adheres to religious codes, opening the door for women from cultures around the world to compete and move beyond preconceived notions of gender, race, religion.

 

My athletic feats and determination culminated in an invitation to deliver remarks following Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the U.S. State Department’s Eid ul Fitr reception 2011. I represented Pakistan as the first female at the international level to compete wearing hijab at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships. I am currently taking a break from major competitions but continue to train. I am one of four women in The Pakistan Four short documentary - redefining what it means to be a Pakistani Muslim female.

 

Some of my news coverage includes CNN, MSNBC (national TV & print1 print2), the Associated Press (various stages of my story part1, part2, part3, part4,

How You Can Help

1. Donate on this page to help me become featured in the calendar and raise funds for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.

About Saris to Suits 

• Nazerah Shaikh donated $5.00 GOOOOO KULSOOOOM!
• Sarah Kureshi donated $10.00 Way to go Kulsoom!!! :)
• Byron Jackson donated $5.00 Best Wishes
• saadia qureshi donated $50.00 Blue steel
• Hira Rizvi donated $30.00 Way to go Kulsoom! You make us proud!
• Amna Al Haddad donated $30.00 Wishing you all the best!
• Anonymous donated $20.00
• Shab donated $50.00 Sashay shantay
• Anonymous donated $100.00