Bridgeport Islamic Community Center
BICC Committees
The Bridgeport Islamic Community Center (BICC) believes that building a strong and vibrant Islamic community requires the involvement and engagement of all the community members in the governance of the Center. BICC is encouraging all community members to actively participate in different BICC committees that govern the Center and serve the community. For more information about committees’ membership and participation in any committee, please email the coordinator or the co-coordinator of the specific committee. Also, you can send an email to info@mybicc.org
Committees Membership
The following are a few qualities (in no particular order) to consider in any prospective committee member:
- Practicing Muslim with a basic understanding of Islam
- Respected individual of the community
- Proven track record for community service
- Experienced in the relevant field
- Works well with others
- Respect for BICC Board and the Imam
- All brothers and sisters are encouraged to contact the Coordinator or the Co-coordinator of the committees they are interested to join
- Any brother or sister can join up to two committees
1- Sister’s Affairs Committee
Coordinator: Sister Reem Hadid hadidreem@gmail.com
- Develop, plan, and conduct activities for sisters including social, sports, cultural, and educational events
- Meet the Islamic and social needs of the women who attend BICC activities including Islamic resources for mothers, women’s fitness, and lectures specifically for women, etc.
2- New Muslims Education Committee
Coordinator: Sh. Mohamed Abdelati imamati44@yahoo.com
Co-coordinator: Br. Aziz Seyal Aziz.Seyal@Raveis.com
- Organize activities to promote Islam among non-Muslims
- Cooperate with other organizations to promote Islam such as MSA at different universities
- Dawa committee will be responsible to teach and follow the progress of those who newly accepted Islam
3- Sports and Social Events Committee
Coordinator: Br. Loay Aljamal loay_aljammal@yahoo.com
Co-coordinator: Br. Tarek Etman Tarek.R.Etman@gmail.com
Co-coordinator: Br. Mohamed Mahfouz Mahfouz007@gmail.com
- Bring the community together through fun and convivial events
- Provide and organize facilities and programs for indoor and outdoor sports, and recreation, entertainment, picnics and outdoors activities
- Arrange social visits between different Muslim communities
- Provide cultural, social and sports activities for the children, adults, and families including Eid activities, family nights, health/blood drives at BICC, civic engagement, fine arts classes (like calligraphy), picnics, fitness and sport tournaments, job networking, drugs awareness, etc.
4- Youth Committee
Coordinator: Sh. Mohamed Abdelati imamati44@yahoo.com
Co-coordinator: Mohamed Hamada mohamed.hamada@yahoo.com
- Coordinate activities with both Education committee, and Social and Sports Committee
- Arrange for fun and convivial events bring the community together
- Provide and organize facilities and programs for indoor and outdoor sports, and recreation, entertainment, picnics and outdoors activities
- Provide cultural, social and sports activities for youth
- Arrange social visits between different Muslim communities
- Involve and help with BICC activities: Eid activities, family nights, health/blood drives at BICC, civic engagement, fine arts classes (like calligraphy and woodwork), picnics, fitness and sport tournaments, job networking, drug awareness, etc…
- Arrange for volunteers to support different BICC activities
5- Children Room Committee
Coordinator: Sister Saida Hmami Umhamza08@live.com
The major work of the committee will be during the major events in the Center as well as Ramadhan Tarweeh prayer. The committee will be responsible for:
- Select appropriate martial such as toys, books, and videos to be available for the children
- Organize volunteers during major events to stay with children
- Organize appropriate small events in the room, for example storytelling and games, that run in the room in parallel with the major events
- Develop the required procedures for checking in and out children
- Keep signup sheets during events
- Develop a database of children who visit the room
6- Education Committee
Coordinator: Br. Mohamed Abdelati imamati44@yahoo.com
Co-Coordinator: Br. Mohamed Hamada mohamed.hamada@yahoo.com
Co-coordinator: Br. Khaled Elleithy info@mybicc.org
Co-coordinator: Br. Loay Aljamal loay_aljammal@yahoo.com
- Develop programs to meet the religious needs of Muslims in conformity with Islamic beliefs based on the Qur’an and Sunnah
- Formulate an elaborate breadth of Islamic education for BICC constituency
- Imbue Islamic literacy among BICC constituency
- Encourage Muslims to learn and practice basic and higher-level knowledge of Islam
- Facilitate: classes (by resident and visiting scholars), lectures, workshops, seminars, and topics as: Qur’an, Sunnah, Seerah, Tafseer, Islamic history, Hadith, Usul ul-Fiqh, Aqeedah, Arabic studies, etc.
- Develop plans for weekend schools and afterschool programs
- Develop a plan to run a full time elementary school within few years
- When full time school is established, staff and teachers will managed by a school Principal who reports to BICC Board
7- Outreach Committee
Coordinator: Br. Hosam Afifi internationalspine@yahoo.com
Co-Coordinator: Br. Mostafa Hassan m.hassanmi77@gmail.com
- Participate in outreach activities including soup kitchen, food pantry, ESL education, cloth drives, coat drives, Habitat for Humanity, etc.
- Participate in activities with other religious institutions, civil rights groups, and political organizations
8- Marketing Committee
Coordinator: Br. Sayeed Chowdhury sayeed25@yahoo.com
Co-coordinator: Br. Shady Alali salali@my.bridgeport.edu
- Recommend to the BICC Board appropriate language and visual representation of BICC to external audiences
- Develop marketing plan for BICC
- Develop marketing material for BICC
- Educate the Muslim community to their responsibilities as ambassadors of Islam
- Assure proper positioning of BICC with the media
9- Funeral committee
Coordinator: Sh. Mohamed Abdelati imamati44@yahoo.com
Co-coordinator: Br. Aziz Sayel Aziz.Seyal@Raveis.com
The committee is responsible for complete arrangements for the funerals including
- contacting the funeral home,
- arranging brothers and sisters to wash bodies,
- arranging coffin clothing, soap, perfume and other stuff needed,
- contacting grave yard, accompanying to grave yard, and handling financials
10- Matrimonial Committee
Coordinator: Sh. Mohamed Abdelati imamati44@yahoo.com
Co-coordinator: Br. Aziz Sayel Aziz.Seyal@Raveis.com
The committee is responsible to help the community young boys and girls to get married islamically. There will be a webpage on the website, invite parents or candidates to fill up the data and then the committee should interview the candidates if needed for more information and try to match them with suitable candidates.
11- Construction and Maintenance Committee
Coordinator: Br. Samer Hiba smrhiba@yahoo.com
Co-Coordinator: Br. Aziz Seyal Aziz.Seyal@Raveis.com
Co- Coordinator: Br.Nabil Jamal nabiljamal55@hotmail.com
- Supervise construction projects approved by the Board
- Ensure buildings’ safety and security
- Ensure buildings’ maintenance
- Supervise and work with the cleaning staff
- Scheduling of events in the Social Room and Conference Room
- Make special arrangements and adjustments according to the seasonal changes and climate requirements
– If you are interested to join any committee, please complete the BICC Committees Membership Form and send to info@mybicc.org