Amelah El-Amin

About Amelah El-Amin

Amelah El-Amin is a mother, grandmother, and African American Muslim human rights activist. She has been serving our community for over 25 years. She co-founded Mu’eed, Inc, a non-profit which has coordinated Humanitarian Day in Oakland for the past 11 years, a program which services homeless residents and low-income children. In addition to feeding the hungry, she advocates for elderly. Amelah El-Amin is a correspondent for Oakland Voices.

Zarinah El-Amin Majied: Breaking the Chains of Intergenerational Trauma

January 27, 2020 Amelah El-Amin

“Growing up as an only child though I had four siblings was very lonely”, Zarinah El-Amin Majied conveyed as she recalled her childhood. Her mother, who left Zarinah’s older siblings Annie Pearl and Roosevelt in

The Honest Struggle documents challenges of returning home from prison

October 13, 2019 Amelah El-Amin

The Honest Struggle, a documentary featuring Sadiq Davis, was screened at the Lighthouse Mosque on September 28. The hour-long film takes the audience down and around the peaks and valleys of re-entry, the process of

Talk of the Town: What do you love most about Oakland?

October 10, 2019 Amelah El-Amin

Oakland Voices correspondent Amelah El-Amin asks residents, What do you love most about Oakland?

Doom, gloom on the streets of Deep East Oakland

August 1, 2019 Amelah El-Amin

Oakland Voices correspondent Amelah El-Amin walks you down a block in Deep East Oakland.