This past weekend I had the opportunity to head back to one of my most favorite places in my heart– the MMYC Spring Conference.
MMYC is the Michigan Muslim Youth Council and it was founded back in my hayday of ‘99. I was a freshman in high school when all the Michigan area youth groups decided to come together and form one umbrella organization. It’s purpose was to better connect the youth of all the distinct communities in Southeast Michigan.
MMYC started off by putting on day seminars and activities in different communities. I guess the hope of MMYC was by sticking its name on a flier (as opposed to just the name of the host community) kids from all over Michigan would want to attend. It didn’t make any sense to me, but it worked. Muslim high schoolers would flock to MMYC events in hopes of seeing friendly faces from afar every now and then.