Salat at Cal Poly: Finding space for prayer with only one prayer room
Abdullah Sulaiman prays five times most days. Usually, three to four of those prayers happen on Cal Poly’s campus.
There is only one designated area for prayer on campus. The Inclusive Prayer/Meditation/Sensory Room: a small, approximately 8’x11’ room on the fourth floor of the Robert E. Kennedy Library. Sulaiman said he spends most of his time on campus away from the library, leading him to use impromptu spaces for prayer — building corners, quiet walkways and empty classrooms.