Press and media
Facts, background, and contacts for journalists covering Murfreesboro Muslim Youth.
Fact sheet
- Name: Murfreesboro Muslim Youth Inc. (MMY)
- Founded: 2015, Murfreesboro, Tennessee (10 years of service in 2025)
- Status: fully independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 47-4437752
- Model: 100% youth-led and 100% volunteer-based, with no employees
- Work: community service, interfaith engagement, and youth empowerment
- Impact: 60,000+ people helped with food, 1,000+ families helped through a crisis, 500+ crisis calls answered, 2,300+ children equipped with school supplies, 50,000+ volunteer hours, 500+ volunteers, 1,800+ events, 3,000+ supporters
- Home base: the MMY Center, 1321 Greenland Dr, Murfreesboro, TN 37130 (this location since 2026; the MMY Center itself first opened in 2021 at a previous location)
- Recognition: NAACP Organization of the Year (2019), Firefly Award for best nonprofit in Murfreesboro (2022), GuideStar Platinum Seal of Transparency, and more awards
- Motto: Good. Proud. Active.
Media contact
Email our media team
615-640-0502
About MMY in one paragraph
Murfreesboro Muslim Youth is a youth-led, volunteer-based nonprofit founded in 2015 after the killing of three young Muslims, Deah, Yusor, and Razan, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. From its home at the MMY Center in Murfreesboro, MMY feeds families, supports refugees and families in crisis, brings neighbors of all faiths together, and develops young leaders across Murfreesboro and Rutherford County.
News coverage
2026 (1 story)
- MTSU Bolt Awards honor “True Blue” student excellence in service, academics
MTSU News, April 24, 2026
2025 (1 story)
- Murfreesboro Muslim Youth Marks 10 Years of Giving Back
WGNS Radio, July 9, 2025
2024 (3 stories)
- Habitat’s 17th Annual Cookin’ To Build Was Huge Success
WGNS Radio, November 2, 2024 - Rutherford County student dies of cancer, while community prays for other student swept in storm drain
WSMV 4, May 15, 2024 - Community Gathers to Remember Yousuf Ayesh
WGNS Radio, May 14, 2024
2023 (3 stories)
- Habitat’s Cookin’ To Build: Perfect Weather, Great Turnout
WGNS Radio, November 4, 2023 - International Folkfest in Rutherford County, June 4–11, 2023
WGNS Radio, 2023 - Nominations are up for 2023 Light Up Local Firefly Awards
WGNS Radio, February 17, 2023
2022 (3 stories)
- MTSU’s inaugural Festival of Veils warms people of all faiths in windy weather
MTSU News, 2022 - Learn How The Murfreesboro Muslim Youth Non-Profit Helps Young People Serve Their Community
Rutherford Source, March 29, 2022 - VIProfile: Abdou Kittih
VIP Murfreesboro, March 25, 2022
2021 (3 stories)
- MTSU hosts Sept. 20 LWV panel on immigration law and its local impact
MTSU News, August 30, 2021 - Rutherford County Habitat for Humanity “Unity Panel Build”
WGNS Radio, July 13, 2021 - Habitat for Humanity: Help Build a New Home and Create Affordable Housing
WGNS Radio, March 2, 2021
2020 (1 story)
- In This Month Of Ramadan, Middle Tennessee Muslims Have Found New Layers Of Meaning In Quarantine
WPLN Nashville Public Radio, 2020
2019 (2 stories)
- New Podcast with Abdou Kattih and Sarah Alzabet: Murfreesboro Muslim Youth
Spread the Positive, 2019 - MTSU hosts first Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Night
MTSU Sidelines, April 12, 2019
2017 (1 story)
- NPT’s “Next Door Neighbors: Belonging” Premieres Tuesday, May 30
Nashville PBS, May 25, 2017
2016 (2 stories)
- Muslims in a Bible Belt town hold their breath
The Washington Post, December 26, 2016 - In Murfreesboro, A Muslim Youth Group Aims To Fight Hate With Outreach
WPLN Nashville Public Radio, November 21, 2016
Other publications
- 2026 Special Interest Grantees
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee - Love Your Neighbor 2025
Benevolent Friends - Board agendas and records: donations, school-supply drives, and Back-to-School partnerships
Murfreesboro City Schools - Murfreesboro Muslim Youth IRS filings
ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer - Murfreesboro Muslim Youth organizational profile
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