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Jaferia Youth Meeting Minutes for February 16, 2008 PDF Print E-mail

1. Surah Fatiha
 
2. Moulana Naqvi: Opening Remarks
            -Our Community needs to be active outside of Ramadan
            and Muharram
            -People who present a mission need to maintain their image and             reputation inside  and outside the community
            -We must pay attention and respect our culture and religious 
            guidelines, remember to always have chaperones at our events
            -Remember to be models for the younger generations
            -Want to organize at least one big social event every two weeks
 
3. Community Service
            -Our trip to the soup kitchen was mashAllah very successful
            -It gave us an opportunity to observe the less fortunate and to         earn sawab by giving back to the community
            -It was also a good way for us to reach out to the community at             large and represent Muslims in a positive way
 
            -Blood Drive
            -It is on Feb 24th from 10 am to 4 pm
            -Our goal is 20 pints and we have about 30 ppl signed up
            so inshAllah we should be able to attain it
 
            -Ronald McDonald House of charities
            -Our next potential project will be end of march during spring
            break, date TBA
            -It will be a group of us volunteering at the Ronald McDonald
            house which provides a home for orphans and less fortunate
            families
            -We can possibly hold a toy drive before the event so we can take
            the kids some gifts
 
4. Public Relations and Community Outreach
            -We want to reach out to other churches and youth groups in the
            area
            -Will talk to Moulana Naqvi for 3-4 pastor's names and contact             numbers, speak to them about getting in touch with their youth             group and setting up some sort of social event
            -Will also invite the other groups to our community service         projects
            -We can also submit articles/reflections of our projects to local             newspapers, or at least document them for credibility in the      future when applying for grants
 
5. Interfaith/Intrafaith Events
            -Will have another career seminar combined with the wiladat of             Imam Hassan Askari in April
 
            -Imam Husain Event- March 15th
            -Speakers will be Reverend Hagler andMoulana Salahuddin

            -Hopefully we can have a discussion go on to get ppl more involved  (maybe a panel discussion due to the large expected crowd)
            -Want to invite the youth groups from the local churches to the             event
            -Theme is "Universal Values of Islam and Christianity as Portrayed  by Imam Husain and Jesus"
            -Will have a magazine to hand out at the event
 
            -George Washington Event-February 23rd 1:30 pm
            -speaker is Syed Bahar ul Uloom
            -expect about 50 ppl
            -Will start of with recitation of the quran, then Rahats intro of IIC,  then Asker's welcome speech, followed by 40 min lecture by Bahar ul Uloom
 
            -Johns Hopkins event- March 16th
            -Dr. Takim will be speaking
            -For shia/sunni interfaith
            -Details TBA
            -Youth Conference with Idara youth and IEC is on June 14th
            -Planning eeting on 2/17 with iec youth group at 2:30
            -Need to work on details including budget
 
6. Youth Events:
            -SAT Class will begin in April/May
            -Five sessions 3-4 hours each
            -Teachers include Salmah/Abid for math, Rahat/Asker for Critical             Reading, Sehar for Writing
            -Need to put in a lot of planning hours for the lessons
            -Need to set budget/fees for books and teaching material
 
            -Flag Football League
            -We are ordering a trophy
            -Starts March 23rd after sunday school
            -Begin giving out applications at english majlises
 
 
Jaferia Youth Meeting Minutes January 30, 2008 PDF Print E-mail
I. Opening remarks – Br. Faisal Shirazie
a. Jaferia Youth should set up goals for each projects
b. Achieve visibility in eyes of the community with our projects and goals
c. Bring more structure to our projects
        i. Make a master calendar for whole year with programs –       Mohammad Askar
d. Determine how much money we will need so the board can set aside for us a budget
II. Community Service – Sehar Sabir
a. Feb 9th is our soup kitchen trip to Baltimore, Our Daily Bread, meet at Idara at 8 am
        i. Sehar will send out a list of items that everyone can pick     from and donate so those who are going to the soup kitchen can take
b. Habitat for Humanity, we will work on a soda can drive and in the summer we will
get a more hands on project
c. The blood drive is coming up: Sunday, Feb 24th from 10am-4pm
        i. Mohammad and Sehar will be filling time slot     appointments
        ii. Send Community wide email on it
d. We can potentially also work with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as well as a local orphanage
e. Komal will design a shirt with a quote from Ahlul Bayt that has to do with serving humanity so we can wear it to our service projects 
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