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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 |