IMAN: The Inner-City Muslim Action Network

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ATLANTA — Eddie Smith needed a clean start after 30 years in prison. He was initially locked up as a teenager. He's now

in the Green Reentry program at the Inner-City Muslim Action Network, or IMAN. He does maintenance work and mentorship at the center, affectionately known as "The Village."

"Imagine going in at 17 and coming back and your whole family has died since you've been gone," Smith said. "You have nowhere to come back to. The Village provides an opportunity for a restart, a beacon for the community and whatnot. It's reentry housing for those who are coming home looking to get on their feet and get started."

Aseelah Rashid, IMAN program director, said the reentry program offers life and trade skills, training, mental health counseling and low-cost housing to former inmates. IMAN started in Chicago 25 years ago and has been in Atlanta for seven years, Rashid said. 

She noted the center stands in an area of Southwest Atlanta that has several rundown buildings nearby, along with a dearth of healthcare resources and limited housing and job access. 

“The Inner-City Muslim Action Network is an organization, at its core, that takes this wholistic model to health, wellness and healing within the inner city,” Rashid said. "We’re not just going to address one issue as if it’s a singular thing. We know by addressing one issue that it affects all aspects of one’s life and being.”

Full article:  Metro Atlanta center helps formerly incarcerated people | 11alive.com

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