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About Us

MY Project USA is a national initiative dedicated to protecting and empowering youth and strengthening families through education, social services, civic engagement and advocacy. Our work addresses critical issues affecting young people and communities, including human trafficking, drugs, gangs, violence, exploitation and other barriers to safety and opportunity.

Based in Columbus, Ohio, MY Project USA has developed a comprehensive community-based model that combines prevention, youth leadership, family support, food access, healthcare, economic mobility, civic engagement and advocacy. As our model continues to grow, we are prepared to support communities across the country that want to adapt and replicate effective approaches to youth protection, empowerment and community resilience.

As Ohio’s largest Muslim social services organization, MY Project USA is rooted in the Muslim community while serving people of diverse faiths, races, ethnicities and backgrounds. Except for programs specifically designed for Muslim communities, our services and initiatives are inclusive and open according to each program’s eligibility.

Vision

Compassionate youth building a safer, stronger, just and more inclusive America.

Mission

Be a catalyst for protecting and empowering youth by uplifting families through education, social services, civic engagement and advocacy.


Focus Areas

Youth Protection

 Combating: 

  • Human Trafficking,

  • Extremist violence,

  • Drugs & Gangs,

  • Substance Abuse,

  • Suicides,

  • Bullying,

  • Female Genital Mutilation,  

  • Forced Marriages, etc.

 

Youth Empowerment

  • Successful entrepreneurs 

  • Committed public servants

  • Strong community leaders

  • Protectors of other youth

 

Parent Empowerment

  • Cultural Competency Training

  • Positive parenting

  • Foster and Adoptive Parents Training
     

Strategic Goals

1. Protecting & helping our youth becomes a community priority.

 

2. Supporting and protecting at-risk and young victims before it's too late.

 

3. Empowering our youth with skills to:

  • protect themselves and their peers

  • tell their stories

  • uphold their civil rights and moral values

  • launch their own initiatives

  • start their own businesses


4. Establishing youth-driven community service projects as the norm within our communities.

 

5. Preparing parents with the skills need to deal with parenting challenges in the USA.

 

6. Increasing the number of registered foster parents throughout the states.

 

7. Addressing youth's needs for social services through faith-based organizations,  and professional youth counselors and mentors as mandatory staff members.

 

8. Offering workshops as a faith-based organization about drugs, drinking, trafficking, and similar issues. 

 

9. Informing and training community leaders so they can speak about the issues that our youth are facing on a daily basis. 

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Summary 

We believe all children have the right to a safe, enriching environment that will allow them to reach their full potential as productive citizens. To achieve this, we become the catalyst to protect and empower underserved youth. We build capacity and uplift families through education, social services, civic engagement and advocacy, creating compassionate youth who will build a safer, stronger, just and more inclusive America.

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