Young Muslims create 30/30 group to help teens in their communities

The 30/30 group grew from 30 young Muslim men and women brainstorming for 30 days until they emerged with a plan to help teens in their community deal with the social ills of drugs, alcohol, and mental illness, as well as to teach those on the outside about their faith.

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"I really think that the previous generations, when they came here, they were thinking this is temporary and we're going back home, so they didn't want to invest too much in this. Their main goal was survival: 'We need a job, we don't speak the language, we're in a foreign country,'" said Zaiat, who is working toward a master's degree in occupational therapy.

"With us, people that are born and raised here, and got to school, this is our community. We never think, ‘Oh, we're going to go back somewhere.’ So that's another reason why we invest

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