"Being a Steward of God's People and Planet" Khutbah by Sarah Jawaid (3/27/15)

Khateebah Sarah Jawaid delivers the khutbah for The Women's Mosque of America jumma'a servce on March 27th, 2015. In her sermon, Sarah discusses the role humanity has in protecting the earth and God's people. She speaks about environmentalism and social justice, particularly how racial hierarchy impacts people to this day. Sarah also discusses how to overcome the internal challenges one faces in fighting for a just and safe world by using examples from Islamic religious texts.

Bio:
Sarah Jawaid is a community organizer with LA Voice, a non-profit affiliate of the PICO National Network, where she does faith-based social justice organizing and leadership development in Los Angeles. She has worked on policy change for affordable housing issues, economic opportunity, and criminal justice reform—the most recent win being the passage of Proposition 47, a state-wide ballot initiative to redirect money from prisons to schools. Sarah worked on national transportation policy at the Brookings Institution and the Urban Land Institute and affordable housing advocacy at the National Housing Conference. During this time, she was the Director of Green Muslims, a group started to raise awareness of environmental issues within a Muslim context. Jawaid is also an artist who has exhibited work in several shows and galleries. Her work can be seen at sarahjawaid.com. She has a B.S. from the University of Southern California in Public Policy and a Master’s degree from UC Irvine in Urban Planning. She resides in Los Angeles with her husband.