Saima is deeply involved in political, social and faith based Community engagement
Political Community Engagement
Saima Jamal believes in the need to be aware of social, cultural & political surroundings. In the political front, Saima believes that we cannot just complain about the system when something is not working in our favor. We need to be involved from the get go! To do that Saima engages with different political representatives and parties as a whole to better understand governance in the local, provincial and federal level and in-turn find ways to engage with politicians on matters that are important to Saima like peace, justice, human rights, interfaith, politics, gender, humanitarian aid, climate justice, environment, food justice, social justice, educational initiatives and issues of compassion.
Saima Jamal believes in the need to be aware of social, cultural & political surroundings. In the political front, Saima believes that we cannot just complain about the system when something is not working in our favor. We need to be involved from the get go! To do that Saima engages with different political representatives and parties as a whole to better understand governance in the local, provincial and federal level and in-turn find ways to engage with politicians on matters that are important to Saima like peace, justice, human rights, interfaith, politics, gender, humanitarian aid, climate justice, environment, food justice, social justice, educational initiatives and issues of compassion.
Engagement with the Alberta NDPs
Engagement with the Liberal Party of Canada and the Alberta Liberals
Engagement with the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta
Civic Community Engagement As much as Saima hosts a wide array of community events, she is also frequently invited to various social and cultural community engagement projects that foster friendship and understand between people of different communities, faiths and organizations.
Understanding different Cultures and Faiths
Saima enthusiastically participates in various faith based events to find commonalities around our religious practices to foster strong principles of pluralism. She attends the annual Calgary Sikh Parade (Nager Kirtan), The Persian Nowruz celebration, the yearly Sabbath dinner by Calgary Hillel (Jewish student group), the Hindu Dipawali celebrations and Mexican form of Christmas called Posada and various other Muslim traditions.
Saima enthusiastically participates in various faith based events to find commonalities around our religious practices to foster strong principles of pluralism. She attends the annual Calgary Sikh Parade (Nager Kirtan), The Persian Nowruz celebration, the yearly Sabbath dinner by Calgary Hillel (Jewish student group), the Hindu Dipawali celebrations and Mexican form of Christmas called Posada and various other Muslim traditions.
