Ummah Wide
Help us Launch the Malcolm X Global Digital Media Fellows Program
Pure Michigan will contribute $50,000 if we meet our goal.
Ummah Wide, Built to Tell Our Own Stories
5 months ago we launched Ummah Wide out into the world with the intention of changing the story about Muslims globally. We knew this wouldn't happen by creating any publication but instead with a publication focused on excellence in writing, design, journalistic integrity and a transformative editorial vision. The response to what we have built has been amazing, our articles have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times. We have worked with more than 40 authors from ten countries, and our site has been visited by people all over the planet.
Today we stand at a crossroads that is largely a crisis of image and perception which is controlled by global mainstream media companies. This is an image of how we are seen in the world, it is the image we have of one another and in many ways it is an image of how we see ourselves. It is one image primarily because only one set of stories are being told. We launched Ummah Wide to change this story, and with each article and magazine we publish we are changing the narrative with our focus on what is new, next and relevant across the world. We cannot be satisfied with just having our voices appearing once or twice a year in mainstream media publications, we must tell our own stories.
As Linda Sarsour, one of our great public spokespeople for Muslims in the United States said so clearly about Ummah Wide, "I swear that when my piece was published on UMMAH WIDE, I felt more elated and excited than when I get something in the New York Times!"
Building Our Own Global Media Company
What's new and next globally, social movements and social currents, stories of social good, social entrepreneurship, business, and global Muslim startups, faith and critical perspectives, global Muslim travel, and art, culture and literature.
Help Us Launch the Malcolm X Global Digital Media Fellows Program
Week 1: An Introduction to the New World of Digital Media & The State of Muslims in Digital Media
Week 2: Writing, Editing and Production for Digital Media
Week 3: Visioning and Ideation for Digital Media Projects
Week 4: Story Telling and Story Based Media Strategy
Week 5: On Demand Media - Camera Phone Film Making, Photography, and Podcasts
Week 6: Story Telling for Social Media
Week 7: PR and Media Relations
Week 8: Online Organizing and Campaigning
Week 9: Native Advertising and the Business of Digital Media
It is our hope to be able to hire some of these digital media fellows as regional editorial leads as we continue to grow as a high growth digital media company. Our goal by 2016 is to have our website, apps and a suite of social media channels that are visited by millions of users from throughout the world every day.
This global digital media company will be focused on the emerging generation of global Muslims who share many similarities in their cultural and lifestyle tastes. Our major disruption is that there is no news or marketplace doing this, all of our competitors are regionalized and focus almost exclusively on religion, rather than the lifestyle and cultures of Muslim throughout the world. We believe this emerging culture of the global Muslim is a reality shared across lifestyles and cultures from San Francisco to Abu Dhabi to London, Lagos and Kuala Lumpur. This is the global Muslim majority and we have to tell this story or no one will.
How You Can Help
1. PLEDGE: Make a LaunchGood contribution to our campaign and help build Ummah Wide.
2. SHARE: the link to this LaunchGoood campaign with all your friends, and ask them to support this support Ummah Wide. Click on the social icons on the top of the page to instantly share this campaign with your networks.
3. WRITE: We are always looking for new pieces for Ummah Wide and talented writers, editors and filmmakers to work with. Want to learn more? You can check out our call for submissions here: https://medium.com/ummah-wide/ummah-wide-submissions-500a39f172ad
Rewards for Your Support
$1000 - Ummah Wide Story Partner
Become an Ummah Wide Story partner and you will receive all of the above as well as be credited as a producer of one of our major upcoming feature stories produced by one of our digital media fellows.
$2000 - Ummah Wide Video Partner
Become an Ummah Wide Video partner and you will receive all of the above as well as be credited as a producer of one of our upcoming video stories produced by one of our digital media fellows.
$5000 - Ummah Wide Fellowship Builder
Become an Ummah Wide Builder by making a contribution to help us build the Ummah Wide Digital Media Fellowship. Receive all of the above and also have the first chance to invest in Ummah Wide.
$10,000 - Ummah Wide Fellowship Master Builder
Become an Ummah Wide Builder by making a contribution to help us build the Ummah Wide Digital Media Fellowship. Receive all of the above and also have the first chance to invest in Ummah Wide. We are actively raising money on AngelList. To learn more visit: https://angel.co/ummah-wide
Ummah Wide Team
We have an incredible team of writers, editors, technologists and advisors working with us as we continue to work to build this business. With more than 40 authors from ten countries having already published with us, we are getting ready to grow even quicker with the launch of our Ummah Wide Global Digital Media Fellows program in March. Check out our team below and feel free to email me if you have any questions about Ummah Wide - dustin@ummahwide.com
Stay Connected!
Ummah Wide, Built to Tell Our Own Stories
5 months ago we launched Ummah Wide out into the world with the intention of changing the story about Muslims globally. We knew this wouldn't happen by creating any publication but instead with a publication focused on excellence in writing, design, journalistic integrity and a transformative editorial vision. The response to what we have built has been amazing, our articles have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times. We have worked with more than 40 authors from ten countries, and our site has been visited by people all over the planet.
Today we stand at a crossroads that is largely a crisis of image and perception which is controlled by global mainstream media companies. This is an image of how we are seen in the world, it is the image we have of one another and in many ways it is an image of how we see ourselves. It is one image primarily because only one set of stories are being told. We launched Ummah Wide to change this story, and with each article and magazine we publish we are changing the narrative with our focus on what is new, next and relevant across the world. We cannot be satisfied with just having our voices appearing once or twice a year in mainstream media publications, we must tell our own stories.
As Linda Sarsour, one of our great public spokespeople for Muslims in the United States said so clearly about Ummah Wide, "I swear that when my piece was published on UMMAH WIDE, I felt more elated and excited than when I get something in the New York Times!"
Building Our Own Global Media Company
What's new and next globally, social movements and social currents, stories of social good, social entrepreneurship, business, and global Muslim startups, faith and critical perspectives, global Muslim travel, and art, culture and literature.
Help Us Launch the Malcolm X Global Digital Media Fellows Program
Week 1: An Introduction to the New World of Digital Media & The State of Muslims in Digital Media
Week 2: Writing, Editing and Production for Digital Media
Week 3: Visioning and Ideation for Digital Media Projects
Week 4: Story Telling and Story Based Media Strategy
Week 5: On Demand Media - Camera Phone Film Making, Photography, and Podcasts
Week 6: Story Telling for Social Media
Week 7: PR and Media Relations
Week 8: Online Organizing and Campaigning
Week 9: Native Advertising and the Business of Digital Media
It is our hope to be able to hire some of these digital media fellows as regional editorial leads as we continue to grow as a high growth digital media company. Our goal by 2016 is to have our website, apps and a suite of social media channels that are visited by millions of users from throughout the world every day.
This global digital media company will be focused on the emerging generation of global Muslims who share many similarities in their cultural and lifestyle tastes. Our major disruption is that there is no news or marketplace doing this, all of our competitors are regionalized and focus almost exclusively on religion, rather than the lifestyle and cultures of Muslim throughout the world. We believe this emerging culture of the global Muslim is a reality shared across lifestyles and cultures from San Francisco to Abu Dhabi to London, Lagos and Kuala Lumpur. This is the global Muslim majority and we have to tell this story or no one will.
How You Can Help
1. PLEDGE: Make a LaunchGood contribution to our campaign and help build Ummah Wide.
2. SHARE: the link to this LaunchGoood campaign with all your friends, and ask them to support this support Ummah Wide. Click on the social icons on the top of the page to instantly share this campaign with your networks.
3. WRITE: We are always looking for new pieces for Ummah Wide and talented writers, editors and filmmakers to work with. Want to learn more? You can check out our call for submissions here: https://medium.com/ummah-wide/ummah-wide-submissions-500a39f172ad
Rewards for Your Support
$1000 - Ummah Wide Story Partner
Become an Ummah Wide Story partner and you will receive all of the above as well as be credited as a producer of one of our major upcoming feature stories produced by one of our digital media fellows.
$2000 - Ummah Wide Video Partner
Become an Ummah Wide Video partner and you will receive all of the above as well as be credited as a producer of one of our upcoming video stories produced by one of our digital media fellows.
$5000 - Ummah Wide Fellowship Builder
Become an Ummah Wide Builder by making a contribution to help us build the Ummah Wide Digital Media Fellowship. Receive all of the above and also have the first chance to invest in Ummah Wide.
$10,000 - Ummah Wide Fellowship Master Builder
Become an Ummah Wide Builder by making a contribution to help us build the Ummah Wide Digital Media Fellowship. Receive all of the above and also have the first chance to invest in Ummah Wide. We are actively raising money on AngelList. To learn more visit: https://angel.co/ummah-wide
Ummah Wide Team
We have an incredible team of writers, editors, technologists and advisors working with us as we continue to work to build this business. With more than 40 authors from ten countries having already published with us, we are getting ready to grow even quicker with the launch of our Ummah Wide Global Digital Media Fellows program in March. Check out our team below and feel free to email me if you have any questions about Ummah Wide - dustin@ummahwide.com
Stay Connected!
$10 USD
Ummah Love
Give us a little love with $10 and we will send you the first issue of our new digital magazine as soon as we print.
$25 USD
Ummah Super Love + Pin
Give us some super love with $25 and we will send you the first three issues of our new digital magazine as soon as we print and an Ummah Wide pin.
$50 USD
Ummah Wide Subscriber + Mug
Pledge $50 to our campaign and you will receive a full years subscription (8 Issues) to our new Ummah Wide digital magazine and an Ummah Wide Mug.
$100 USD
Ummah Wide Champion + Mug & Pin
Become an Ummah Wide Champion by pledging $100 and you will receive a full years subscription (8 Issues) to our new Ummah Wide digital magazine as well as free copies of our first 2 print publications and a mug and a pin.
$250 USD
Ummah Wide Hero
Be our Ummah Wide hero and you will recieve a 2 year subsciption to Ummah Wide and our first 4 print publications and a mug and a pin.
$500 USD
Ummah Wide Super Hero
Become an Ummah Wide Super Hero and you will recieve a 5 year subscription to Ummah Wide and 2 publications per year for 5 years.
$1000 USD
Ummah Wide Story Partner
Become an Ummah Wide Story partner and you will receive all of the above as well as be credited as a producer of one of feature stories produced by one of our digital media fellows.
$2000 USD
Ummah Wide Video Partner
our upcoming video stories produced by one of our digital media fellows.
$5000 USD
Ummah Wide Fellowship Builder
Become an Ummah Wide Builder by making a contribution to help us build the Ummah Wide Digital Media Fellowship. Receive all of the above and also have the first chance to invest in Ummah Wide.
$10000 USD
Ummah Wide Fellowship Master Builder
Become an Ummah Wide Master Builder by making a contribution to help us build the Ummah Wide Digital Media Fellowship. Receive all of the above and also have the first chance to invest in Ummah Wide. We are actively raising money on AngelList. To learn more visit: https://angel.co/ummah-wide
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