Sosialisasi Gerakan Jama'ah Dakwah Jama'ah (GJDJ) UMSurabaya

Wednesday (01/09/2021), University of Muhammadiyah Surabaya through the Institute for the Study of Al Islam and Kemuhammadiyahan (LPAIK) declared a Jama'ah Dakwah Jama'ah Movement (GJDJ) program for lecturers and education staff who are grouped by area of residence/domicile of each respectively.

The event which was held online via a Zoom meeting was attended by the Chairperson of the East Java PWM Tabligh Council, PDM Surabaya City, Deputy Chancellor, Dean, Lecturer and TKP in the UMSurabaya environment.

Mundakir, as Deputy Chancellor IV in charge of Cooperation, Digitalization and AIK stated that Al-Islam Kemuhammadiyahan (AIK) is the main soul as well as the hallmark of Muhammadiyah Aisyiyah Higher Education (PTM/A). "The GJDJ Program is a concrete manifestation of UMSurabaya's commitment to participate in enlivening the Muhammadiyah missionary movement for the grassroots community."

In addition, Arin Setiyowati as Head of LPAIK explained that the GJDJ program was a means of systematic cultural development for UMSurabaya employees. "The contextualization of the GJDJ concept at UMSurabaya is aimed at multiple effects, namely on the internal side, GJDJ is a means of strengthening the values of Al Islam and Kemuhammadiyahan (AIK) for UMSurabaya employees. On the external side, GJDJ is a means for UMSurabaya in growing its employees to participate in knowing and being involved in organizational activism in PRM/PCM in their respective areas of residence through the congregation of the UMSurabaya employee community," he concluded.

This means that this program will become a kind of area-based community preaching where UMSurabaya employees live which will later be synergized with the da'wah movement of the local Muhammadiyah Branch and Branch Leaders.

Asror, as head of BAA as well as chairman of PRM Bebekan and member of PCM As long as he expressed his appreciation for this program, GJDJ has been around for a long time but not yet familiar, but it is indeed very urgent to commit to implementing it. "We do have to have the courage to show our identity to the public, but we must remain active in participating and taking a strategic role in the environment, so that over time the community will understand and even go with us," he explained about his personal experiences in the community.