"Abdul-Rahmaan Abd-Raheem Muhammad was best known nationally for being a leader in the field of Social Work.  He served on numerous boards and held leadership position throughout his career in child welfare."

The Abdul-Rahmaan Abd-Raheem Muhammad Scholarship

   My People Community Services and the Muhammad family, in collaboration with the Greater Hartford Alliance of Black Social Workers are accepting applications for the Abdul-Rahmaan Abd-Raheem Muhammad Scholarship.  

    Abdul-Rahmaan Abd-Raheem Muhammad was best known nationally for being a leader in the field of Social Work.  He served on numerous boards and held leadership position throughout his career in child welfare.  Muhammad was also a devout Muslim who followed the teachings of Imam W. Deen Mohammed.  He would never miss Jummah or Taleem services and was always heavily involved in the Muslim community.  Muhammad was married to his wife, Sahirah Kameela Muhammad, for over forty-nine (49) years.  They had six children and adopted four additional children.  Abdul-Rahmaan Abd-Raheem Muhammad was a great speaker and trainer, he loved to write and recite poetry, and enjoyed playing games like spades, tunk and dominoes.  He was an excellent father; firm but always fair, always had a good story for a lesson and a joke to take the edge off.  He supported each of his children as if he only had one providing them with the unique attention that each one would think he or she was his favorite.  He was truly a kind-hearted man and would freely of his time or money to those in need.  He was friendly, always first to speak and at times would carry on a conversation with someone you thought he knew for years even though he just met them.  He was the kind of man that other men could and have patterned their lives from although the way he lived his life was effortless in the execution and delivery.  If you had the opportunity to know him, you know how dearly he is missed for those who had the opportunity to know him were made better.  

How to sign up...

Applications are reviewed and selected based on the following:

o    Community involvement
o    Academic performance
o    Essay
o    Interview

To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must meet the following criteria:

1.    Applicants must be a male of African American or African Caribbean decent.
2.    Applicants must be a graduating high school senior from the Greater Hartford community.
3.    Applicants must be ranked within the top two thirds of their class and currently have a “C” average or higher.
4.    Applicants must be enrolled in a four-year college, university or community college full time in the fall of the year the scholarship is awarded. (Note: awardees must provide documentation of enrollment in a college or university, i.e. official registration for, registrar’s confirmation letter, etc. prior to disbursement of award funds.)
5.    Applicants must illustrate community involvement as evidenced in extra-curricular, volunteer, church/masjid, and other activities.

Applicants must submit the following information with the application

​1.    An essay discussing your plans for the next 5 years and the social impact you plan to make with your education.
2.    Current high school transcript.
3.    Two letters of recommendation (One of which must be from a teacher or school guidance counselor).

All information listed above must be submitted in order for the application to be considered complete.  Application and requested documentations must be received or postmarked by December 31, 2020.

If you have any questions, contact:
My People Community Services
info@mypeoplecommunity.org





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Please mail documents to the following address:
My People Community Services
111 Gillett Street
Hartford, CT 06105

Scholarship Application

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