2022-2023 advisory board members

Resident Imam, Masjid Muhammad-Newark, Newark, New Jersey. 

Professional and Community Advocacy.   

Sister Umme Safiyya Sharif was married to Sheik Osman Sharif (deceased); for 52 years; mother of 16; 5 natural born, 63 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Allahu Akbar (G’d Is The Greatest)! 

Education

• Essex College of Business, Newark, NJ 
• Shaw University, Raleigh, No. Carolina Undergraduate Studies, Behavior Science/Public Admin. 
• Graduate Studies, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 

{Summer Non-Profit Management)

• Adkins Life Skills Certification, New York University 
• Licensed Insurance Agent – State of NJ/NY  
• Notary Public – Essex County/NJ
• United Way Project Leadership Fellow, Rutgers University  
• University Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership
• Master of Divinity Degree – Seminary

Funeral Director, Al Firdous Funeral Home.

Bio-sketch 

 Sister Amatullah D. Ali-Muhammad is a Wellness Respite Associate for Collaborative Support Program of New Jersey, a community short-term care facility in Haledon, N.J. In her role as a Respite associate, she has applied the eight principles of wellness to improve the care coordination of the guest with multiple emotional and psychological concerns. She joined the association in 2021 and has spent most of her career in emotional and mental wellness. Amatullah has completed certifications in Domestic Violence, Drug Rehabilitation, Adolescence Conflict Resolution, and Advocate for Mental illness. Her responsibility now is the care and assisted living of guests with reintegrating back into social living. Amatullah has been a member of Imam W.D. Mohammed’s Community since 1990 and served as a teacher, event coordinator, greeter, and supporter of her husband, Imam Abdullah S. Ali-Muhammad, also a mother of 4 and grandmother of 12.

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Employment

Sister Robin is a former City of Newark Program Coordinator.  Division - The Newark Office of Senior Services.  Worked 17.5 years, retired July 1, 2020.  Also, worked in the following positions:
*Bookkeeping/Accounting Clerk
*Property Manager
*CEO Secure Protection

NJ Institute of Technology

(Admission Clerk)
Financial Service Company@ http://www.mwrfinancial.com/opportunity 

Education

Seton Hall University

Parent Pilot program Business Administration

Rutgers University Technical School

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Sister Marsha Nivins is a native of Jersey City, New Jersey, proud mother of three daughters and a passionate advocate for education and thriving African American and Muslim communities.  Marsha is a graduate of Howard University earning a degree in Business Administration. She then obtained her master’s degree in Public Administration with a concentration in Nonprofit Management from Seton Hall University. 

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After graduating from Kean College (now known as Kean University), Sister Miniimah Bilal-Shakir entered Rutgers Graduate School of Social Work with a minor in Gerontology.  Right before graduation, she was hired as a social worker and later she was promoted as the Director of Professional and Residential services at the State Facility for Elderly Developmentally Disable in Greenbrook, New Jersey where she retired.

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Sister Hafeeza Shariah

Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company 

Newark, NJ

Senior Group Underwriter 7 years 

United States Postal Service

 Newark, NJ  07102 

Distribution Clerk

    Quality Control Clerk

       Mail Processing Supervisor 204b

 Sales & Service Associate

Retired 2015, 32 Years of Service. 

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 Sister Najiyyah Sabir was a Certified Bilingual/Bicultural Teacher of the Handicapped.
She coordinated a Tutorial Program- Rutgers University-Newark
She taught English as a Second Language-Essex County College and
she taught Leadership & Life Skills- at Middlesex County College.  

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NJ Institute of Technology (retired)

Administrative Coordinator

Administrative Assistant

Education

Public Administration, FDU, BA

Business Administration, AS

Certified legal Assistant

Certified Medical Assistant

(Community Notary Services offered Fridays before 12:30 by appointment only.  Donations accepted for the Masjid).  862.822.9899.