Launching Summer Program 2009

5/1/2009
Letter from the President/CEO
Subject: On Slate to Launch SUMMER 2009

We have been striving and working hard to build up a strong foundation within this organization. I believe that in order to help others, first you must take a look at your own situation and help yourself. This will give you a deeper understanding on the level. This new organization, based in the city of Boston, in the state of Massachusetts, is one that is ideal. In a crowd of thousands of Somali organizations new & old, I want this organization to do its part to contribute to society and do good just like all of the other organizations intent. Through grassroots-like work, we have to change the course and/or affect the paths of our youth. Our mission seems simple on paper, but during field work, it is near impossible sometimes. One of the biggest obstacles is our own selves. Let us not dismiss the hardwork Non-profit and Community-Based organizations do.

We, as a Somali people, have one dream - and that dream is to live peacefully and prosper. We value our religion, our education and our families yet we fail to work hard to secure our future generation from having any of those. Let us not be selfish and leave our kids and future into fending for themselves. There are many youth who are either on the streets, or have been misled through culture shock and their new environment. We cannot continue to be a nation of just poets - we cannot keep talking about our problems or issues, but rather we have to resolve them through action. We have to become a nation of activists. For 20 years almost, we have been left behind while other nations have thrived. We are all brothers and sisters put on this Earth in different tribes and nations so that we may know each other better and grasp a deeper understanding of each other. We have our work ahead of us - let us not leave out to pasture the physical, mental, and spiritual work that has to be done to assure our next generation does not have the same faults as our generation or the generations before us. Let us involve ourselves and evolve ourselves.

Thank You,
Respectfully,

Hashim A. Siraji
President/CEO
United Somali Alliance, Inc.
Hashim@SomaliAlliance.org