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“Whoever guides someone to goodness will have a reward like the one who did it.”
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
This campaign will collect all funds raised by June 30, 2018 at 11:45 PM EDT
Of the 511,000 elected positions in the United States, fewer than 220 are filled by Muslims. Jetpac trains American Muslims and minority allies to run for office and organize our communities at all levels.
This Ramadan, help Jetpac achieve our 2018 goal to train a record 100 American Muslims to run for office and educate 250 American Muslim youth on the importance of civics.
Days after the 2017 Presidential Inauguration, Jetpac launched an “open call” to American Muslims: If you want change, start organizing your local community. This sparked tremendous response—over 100 American Muslims and minority allies applied to Jetpac’s Public Service Fellowship program, ready to learn community organizing, advocacy, and social impact skills.
In 2015, Jetpac (Justice Education Technology Political Advocacy Center) was launched on the heels of Founding President Nadeem Mazen’s historic Cambridge, MA City Council re-election. Through a grassroots organizing strategy and the creation of semi-automated fundraising and outreach technologies, Nadeem’s campaign staff (who became the Jetpac team) increased Muslim voter turnout in Cambridge by 300% and gave Nadeem the highest vote total of all 26 candidates in one of the Commonwealth’s most competitive races. Today, we train people from minority communities who want to make a difference by running for office. We also teach youth across the country about the overlaps of civics and their Muslim faith.
Our philosophy of change is inspired by the future leaders we work with every day. While we provide the knowledge and advice, our students and Fellows bring the innovation, compassion, and dedication that will transform them into effective policy makers, whether in the next election cycle or over the next decade.
Our programs include a Public Service Fellowship for adult professionals who want to learn how to organize locally and run for office, an AP-accredited U.S. Government and Politics course to educate high school students on the application of their faith in civic leadership, and a Youth Civic Education Program, which combines elements of the Public Service Fellowship and the AP curriculum into an easily-scalable weekend model for underserved youth.
So far, 12 elected seats have been won by our 29 Fellowship graduates, who have accumulated over 60,000 votes. Jetpac Fellows engaged with more than 40,000 households on issues affecting their communities in 2017 alone.
To advance American Muslim leadership and engagement in political advocacy.
To build the American Muslim civic infrastructure and increase our political influence.
Share the campaign on social media and tag a friend who loves civics! Every dollar we raise this Ramadan will go towards Jetpac's Fellowship and Youth Civic Education programs so we can train the next generation of American Muslim leaders. Please consider donating generously today. Thank you!
Boost Youth Civic Engagement
Help offset the cost of Jetpac’s Youth Civic Education Course for one high school student.
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Fellowship Workbook
The cost of one workbook for our Public Service Fellowship program. We do not charge our Fellows for these books.
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Help a Fellow
Help one Jetpac Public Service Fellow on their journey to public leadership by partially sponsoring their customized individual coaching on how to run for office and win!
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Youth Community Organizing Coaching
Sponsor one youth to learn community organizing skills and how to advocate a message as part of a larger advocacy campaign.
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Run Jetpac for a Day
With a modest annual budget, it costs $1,100 per day for Jetpac to teach and train American Muslims to organize and lead. (That’s less than $100/month!)
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Sponsor a Fellow
The full cost to train one community leader through Jetpac's hallmark Public Service Fellowship. We train altruistic leaders to run and win!
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“Whoever guides someone to goodness will have a reward like the one who did it.”
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
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Less than $2K away!
Salaams friends,
With a few hours left of Ramadan, we are less than $2000 away from our goal of $35,000. We couldn't be where we are without YOU. Thank you so much for your generosity and belief in Jetpac's mission to elevate minority voices in leadership.
If everyone who has already donated gave $4.37 right now, we would hit our goal. Another critical way to help is to share Jetpac's campaign on Facebook. Either way, you've already done so much--THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
JAK,
The Jetpac Team
WE DID IT!
We’re halfway there!!! Thanks to YOUR support, Jetpac has reached our first-half of Ramadan goal. We are so grateful for your contribution and your help in spreading the word about Jetpac's mission to advance American Muslim leadership and engagement in political advocacy.
In addition to reaching $17,500 (the halfway mark towards $35K!) this weekend, we also held our inaugural Ramadan Youth Knockathon Day of Action. Last evening, youth from the Boston area knocked hundreds of doors and educated our neighbors around gun violence. The young canvassers who worked on the Knockathon campaign made every decision along the way—choosing their own advocacy topic, crafting their own message, and messaging with their own script.
We humbly ask for your support in reaching our overall goal of $35,000 to help us finish strong in these last 10 days of Ramadan so we can train more American Muslims to run for office and teach more youth to become civic organizers! Thank you again for your amazing support.
Jazak Allah Khair,
The Jetpac Team
$401 to go!
Salaams friends!
The Jetpac Team is thrilled to report we are just $401 away from our Ramadan fundraising goal of $17,500. Your donations will help us train American Muslims to run for office and boost our youth programs iA. Can you share Jetpac's LaunchGood campaign so we can reach our goal by the end of the day?
JAK!
$15,000 and counting!
Salaams and good morning friends!
Jetpac's Ramadan campaign is now over $15,000 and 390 supporters strong. We feel truly blessed and are blown away by your generosity.
As of this moment, we are just $2,400 shy of our goal. If you believe in fair minority representation at all levels of government, please help us by sharing Jetpac's LaunchGood campaign. See you at $17.5K!
JAK,
Team Jetpac
Just $7,500 away!
Salaam Alaikum!
We are proud to say we're nearly at the $10,000 mark(!!!) and are just $7,500 away from our fundraising goal of $7,500. If we can get one donor to sponsor a Fellow and one donor to run Jetpac for a day, we'll exceed our goal. Can you reach out to five friends who might be able to help us get there?
JAK,
Your friends at Jetpac
Almost halfway there!
Thanks to YOU, we’re almost halfway to our Ramadan goal of $17,500. Would you help us get to the halfway point of $8,750 today by sharing the campaign? 🙃🙃🙃
Today is our day—Help us keep the momentum
Alhamdulillah, Jetpac’s campaign has been featured by LaunchGood today to over 15,000 Ramadan Challenge participants. LET’S KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING!
Share the campaign with friends so we can reach our goal and train 100 Muslims to run for office this year! We can’t do this without you.
JAK,
The Jetpac Team
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“Whoever guides someone to goodness will have a reward like the one who did it.”
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ