Muslim American Society Boston ( 2009 )
( Islam, Boston )
Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, 100 Malcolm X Boulevard
Roxbury MA 02120 United States View on map
Phone: 617-427-2636
Fax: 617-249-0350
Website
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About
MAS Boston is a grassroots, community organization that works to educate, organize, and empower the Muslim community to be active, contributing citizens who play a significant role towards positive social and spiritual change. We strive to achieve this mission by: 1) teaching young Muslims social responsibility and equipping them for leadership, 2) educating and organizing the Muslim community towards civic engagement, and 3) developing interfaith and intercommunity understanding and cooperation, and creating coalitions on issues of shared concern.
- Date center founded:
- Boston chapter was founded in 1999
- Ethnic composition:
- Of the due paying members, the largest ethnic groups represented are Somali, mixed Arab, mixed South Asian, and African-American.