 Our local masjid, three of them all run by the same board, don't offer any support for sisters events. They don't allow us to use the masalas or conference rooms to hold women's gatherings. What do you advise? How can we facilitate such gatherings with such a big pushback? Many of us have experienced this and others, Alhamdulillah, go to MCC, and that is the solution, masha'Allah. Alhamdulillah, we see the market difference of being able to have, you know, going to the masjid and reciting Quran together, having your children grow up in the masjid. It's a very different experience for our children to be able to see their mothers coming and learning and, you know, knowing other women. My husband was telling me that one of his favorite memories of being a kid is just going with his mom and running around the masjid and just experiencing the masjid in that way. And that's very interesting because a lot of us, you know, we are in the women's section and we see children running around and we're like, we can't concentrate on the prayer because there's so much noise. And so there's all these different aspects of, you know, womanhood that converge into this one space. And when we don't feel like we even have the opportunity to experience that space with our other sisters, of course, that's very hurtful. And when you've already spoken to the board and you've already written letters and you've already sent emails and you've gone to the board meeting and you've spoken to the email and nothing is changing, I would recommend two things. And I know that the scholars here have way better suggestions, inshallah, they can give advice. But the first is don't let go of your connection to the masjid, even though you have pain. And that's been really a journey for myself. And I know many other women who, you know, we need to separate the difference between this is the house of Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, and I come here to worship Allah. And this is my space of connecting with other believers and helping my family connect with Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala. And then any negative experience I may have, that's where I go into my sajdah. In my sujood, I go to Allah and I ask Him to help heal me and help heal my community. And of course, therapy is very helpful, especially if you can work with a Muslim therapist, Maristan is here who can help you process why those things are so hurtful sometimes. So one on a personal level, don't let go of your connection with the masjid. If the masjid is open to women, don't let go of it. The second thing is they might be open in the prayer hall, but that doesn't mean that they are open to you having social gatherings or religious gatherings. And if you want to hold your halqa in the masjid, but they're not opening the doors for you, I would recommend two things. One, find an alternative space. It can be your own home, a sister that I know and in Santa Clara holds open halqa in her backyard. She publicizes it, people know her address. And women come all the way from Berkeley, I think some of the women here even, come all the way from Berkeley just to be able to be with other women in a woman's backyard. And that speaks to how committed women are to seeking knowledge and being in spaces of worship. So one is finding alternative spaces. But the second is you have power in your masjid. Your, you yourself are a donator or maybe someone you know is and you can speak with them and say, you know, I would like to donate this amount to the masjid, but it's contingent on women being able to have religious classes in the masjid. So you put that pressure on the board from a financial space that, you know, the masjid is for all of us. Myself, my children are not going to be able to learn if you are literally saying we cannot have Quran halqas in the masjid. So we are not going to be giving this money here. Instead, we're going to rent a room in a, you know, random facility to be able to have our own halqas. So either this money goes to the masjid and you allow us to worship in the masjid or we're going to rent out a room in an office space, excuse me. And we're going to give that money to an office space so that we can feel safe where we worship together without feeling like we are not welcome. You have power to do that and you have the resources to be able to do that. When you think critically about the ways that you do matter, you are necessary for the masjid, even if you don't feel like you are, even if you're made to feel like you're not. And how can you help them realize that? And at the end of the day, they may never realize that. And that's when you go back to point one, that you still go back to the masjid and you pray for the healing of yourself and your community. And maybe it's time to find a different masjid in your locality, where you do still have that connection, but in a different place.