Jum'ah Journal---Muslim and their Groupings

I was at ISNA (Islamic Society of North America) and IMANA (Islamic Medical Asociation of North America) meetings and so my absence for these days.
Interesting thing to see ISNA "the mother" being "born" out (of the Child) MSA (Muslim Students Association). IMA came into being at MSA so it was first called IMA of USA and Canada, eventually acquiring the name of IMANA and Canadian becoming "divorced" out into separate organization.
Bazaar at ISNA (Also in APPNA and IMANA meetings) has become very popular indeed and this time I saw strange things in the bazaar-- Saw a woman standing with dollars in her hand and "asking" for help and there may be more individual/persons "asking" for dollars. This I never saw before but there are many organizations masajid and others who collect money for their Islamic centers or whatever.
At this point in time we must ask ourselves what are we doing here?
Are we doing it the right thing? Is being a good Muslim enough?
Are we doing it just for ourselves and our children or for the Muslim Ummah in general?
We need to define our role as Muslims in this land as we are now recognized as part of USA.
This places on us a very heavy responsibility because never before in the history of Islam Muslims have had such opportunity to do something positive for the Ummah and also because never before such a large section of educated (Educated in the religious as well as nonreligious sections) Muslims have been placed in such position.
I feel that the leadership of Muslims be it ISNA or ICNA or other even smaller organizations must get together not just for one vote but also for one Islam and present it to the world as one. It seems there is no other better place than this 'land of opportunities' where such visions can be materialized into viable accomplishments. Let it not be said that we did not measure up to the task for the next generation is expecting from us such guidance and they can make it if given the proper beginnings and if they are clear about the goals set orth by us- the generation that will disappear soon.
I felt very comfortable in IMANA meeting where I saw the first American born and raised physician becoming the president of IMANA.