Humanitarian
Service is not a season. It is a posture.
Jalal serves as Executive Trustee of The Mainstay Foundation USA. His work with the Foundation supports education, leadership development, and community initiatives in the United States and internationally.
Since 2012
Executive Trustee, The Mainstay Foundation USA.
The Foundation work runs in parallel with everything else, the law practice, the classroom, the speaking. The conviction is the same: that thought disconnected from suffering is not yet thought, and that institutions are the long arc through which individual commitment becomes durable change.
The Foundation's focus on education, innovation, and leadership reflects a belief that the most enduring humanitarian work is the kind that builds capacity in the next generation.
Reach
Local focus. National reach. Global mindset.
The Mainstay Foundation organizes its work across four pillars, and translates each into living programs running out of the Innovation & Leadership Center in Detroit.
01
Ideas
Building a foundation of thought through research and open dialogue.
02
Organizations
Assisting and empowering institutions across the national community.
03
People
Investing in the next generation through education and leadership programming.
04
Communities
Providing economic development and humanitarian aid where it's needed.
Active Programs
A sample of the work from mainstay.us.
Areas of Engagement
Where the work lives
01
The Mainstay Foundation
Executive Trustee, The Mainstay Foundation USA. Previously served on the Board of Directors.
02
Nonprofit Governance & Counsel
Outside counsel for nonprofit organizations on governance, compliance, and strategic planning.
03
Religious & Civic Bridges
Convening dialogues between faith communities, academic institutions, and civic life.