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(Left): UMMA Clinic Board Co-Founder, Dr. Munaf Kadri, explains the circulatory system to elementary schools students at UMMA’s annual Doctor for a Day event. (Middle): Board members, staff and political officials attend the grand opening of the Fremont Wellness Center and Community Garden in April 2013. Left to right, Dr. Felix Aguilar, Adrian Uribe, Esq., Paul Wong, Esq., Murtaza Sanwari, Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas, Mrs. Hoori Sadler, former Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Dr. Cesar Barba and Dr. Charles Sadler. (Right): Young UMMA patients running in the Florence Clinic’s hallway.
A Dream Come True In 1996, a group of Muslim medical students transformed an abandoned, former crack-house into a vibrant community clinic. Located just blocks away from the epicenter of the 1991 civil unrest in South Los Angeles, this transformation from a house-ofdeath into a center-of-healing brought much-needed health care to underserved residents of the area. Now nearing our 18th year of operation, UMMA has served more than 35,000 patients, is the first clinic founded by Muslim students to be awarded status as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), and has received recognition in both the White House and on the floor of Congress. While many other area clinics were forced to close their doors due to budget cuts, UMMA has been able to expand the reach of its services to meet the ever-growing need. In April 2013, we opened our second clinic, the John C. Fremont High School Wellness Center and Community Garden. By making available a broad range of primary and preventive health care services to a younger population, health risks are identified and thus mitigated at an early age. Our center represents an innovative model of school-based health care and exemplifies UMMA’s commitment to creating a healthier community. Encompassing a 2,800-square-foot clinic
and a one-acre community garden, the Fremont center combines high-quality medical care, educational programs, access to healthy food choices and more. By integrating these services at Fremont High School, we are striving to create greater whole-health impact for students and families in our community. Our flagship clinic on West Florence Avenue has increased the number of health care providers and support staff in order to serve the growing number of area patients. Operational hours have also expanded to accommodate early or after-hours appointments, granting more convenient access to patients who work or are in school. The extra hours alone have allowed us to care for an additional 400 patients each and every month. Services provided include prenatal care, mammograms, well-woman exams, physicals, well-child screenings and diabetes, hypertension, asthma and colon cancer screenings. On behalf of the 35,000 patients whose health and lives have been forever impacted for the better, thank you—UMMA friend, sponsor and donor—for making all of this possible. If not for your ongoing support, the clinic would still be merely a dream; instead, your support helped—and continues to help—make this dream a reality. Thank you beyond words.
For more information, please visit our website www.ummaclinic.org or call 323.406.5800.
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Cover photo: Waqra © Lucie Debelkova • All photographs protected by the indicated copyrights • “Longing for the Divine” © 2002-2014 Andalusian Arts, LLC • Islamic dates used throughout the calendar are based on the Umm-ul-Qura calendar, which has been accepted by the Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA), the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), and the European Council for Fatwa & Research (ECFR). Holidays are based on data provided by Khalid Shaukat’s moonsighting.com. Due to the nature of lunar calendars, actual dates may vary by one and, rarely, two days.
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many as eighty percent of the people were associated in some way or another with the mystic orders, which had great influence on all levels of society. The light of finding this subtlety within one and taking it in one’s hands and proceeding to God—the purity of purpose of those who sought, the illumination of those who found—is reflected in almost all traditional expressions of Islamic high culture, from the simplicity and dignity of its clothing, to the warmth of its interiors, to the beauty of its calligraphy, to the soaring heights of its mystic love poetry, to the majesty of its mosques and public works. The unity of all, perceptible to even bystanders, is of the Oneness that inspired it, a sea without shores of the divine beauty, a sea without shores of the divine perfection, a sea without shores of the divine largesse. Everything has a point that it bespeaks and tends to, and in the Islamic vision that point is Allah, the incomparable One through whom all else exists; while the beginning of wisdom is realizing that one only is through the One Who Is. If the beauty of the scenes within this calendar—marking the passage of months of our mortal lives—awakens a sense of the Oneness experienced by the sages whose words are translated here, it is surely a glimpse of the light that can never be put out, the light of finding one’s way back through the discordance of the finite to the limitless serenity of the Infinite. This is the spirit of an Islamic art calendar, or to put it more simply, the spirit of Islam. MMIV-MMXIII © Nuh Ha Mim Keller
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In its 18 years of operation, UMMA has seen more than 35,000 patients.
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“The people at UMMA helped save my life. Now I’m helping others save their lives.” – Gloria, UMMA patient
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April 20, 2013 marked the grand opening of the Fremont Wellness Center & Community Garden, UMMA's second clinical site, at John C. Fremont High School in South Los Angeles.
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On June 8, 2013, UMMA sponsored a “Walk for Wellness” event that provided 175 food bags and 150 pairs of tennis shoes for needy families.
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“We love so much coming to the UMMA Clinic, and we appreciate the loving care that we get each time that we come here.” – Janice and Pasha, UMMA patients
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“beautifully designed and produced … visually compelling, and the quotes inspiring” — Rochelle Kessler, LA County Museum of Art
january • Luxor
february • Sharjah
march • Abu Dhabi
“a calendar that will lift your heart and open your mind” — Robert Arndt, Editor, Aramco World “this exquisite and elegant calendar reminds us of the breathtaking beauty and tranquility that typifies traditional Islam” — S. A. Schleifer, Director, Adham Center, American University in Cairo “I am not a Muslim; but as I gaze on these beautiful photographs … peace comes to me” — Pamela Nice, Associate Director, Center for Faculty Development, University of St. Thomas
april • Waqra
may • Sur
UMMA COMMUNITY CLINIC proudly presents its 2014 calendar. Twelve stunning images captured by world-class photographers of the spiritual tapestry of the Muslim world, coupled with the wisdom-words of scholar-saints such as Ghazali, Rumi and Chisti… a colorful glimpse into the living universe of traditional spirituality.
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october • Abu Dhabi
november • Tripoli
december • Kota Kinabalu
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