TRI-STATE MUSLIM MEDIA'S APPRECIATION DINNER HONORING HASSAN ASKARI
MCN joins with many Muslim organizations sponsoring and supporting Tri-State Muslim Media's Appreciation Dinner in Honor of Hassan Askari, "the Muslim Subway Hero" on January 4th 2008. Hasan, a young New Yorker and a recent Muslim arrival from Bangladesh, came to the rescue of his Jewish fellow New Yorker, Walter Adler.
Date : Friday, January 4, 2008
Time: 5:00 pm
Place: Taj Mahal Restaurant, 148 -01 Hillside Ave., Jamaica NY 11435
Co-sponsors: Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR NY), Muslim American Society (MAS), Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) Muslim Alliance of North America (MANA) Islamic Cultural Center of New York, Muslim Ummah of North America, Islamic American Society of Connecticut, Muslim Center of New York, Masjid Hikmah, Jamaica Muslim Center, Message International, Hudaa Newspaper, Why Islam, Young Muslims of North America, Islamic Center of Long Island, Imam Sulaimane Konate, MLink, New York University Islamic Center, Camali.tv Inc, MCN, and many others.
PRAYER VIGIL TO END TORTURE IN LAW AND IN FACT
Date : Friday, January 11, 2008
Time: 12:30 (Juma prayers led by Imam Talib), 1:00-2:00, Vigil
Place: Foley Square
Bring Signs, Slogans, Prayers and Hope!
See Metro NY Religious Campaign Against Torture for speakers and more information.
FUNDRAISER AND ART AUCTION FOR TURNING POINT FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES
Date: Sunday, January 27, 2008
see Turning Point for Women and Families for more information.
ARAB AND MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL IN CELEBRATION OF KHALIL GIBRAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY
Date : Tuesday, January 29, 2008
see Communities in Support of KGIA for more information.
October and November, 2007
(* EID FEST 2007!
Come celebrate Eid with us!
EidFest! celebrates the end of the fast of Ramadan (Eid Al-Fitr) and the beginning of a renewed sense of spiritual purpose and direction through the vibrancy of The Arts.
See Eid Fest!
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice, 11th Annual Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer Risk-Taker Awards
Honoring: Adrienne Rich, Debbie Almontaser, Frances Goldin, and The NYC AIDS Housing Network (NYCAHN)
Thursday, October 18th, 6:00pm Reception, 7:00pm Program
The Brotherhood Synagogue, 28 Gramercy Park South, New York City
For Tickets, contact: helena@jfrej.org, 212-647-8966 x14
To Volunteer, contact: arielfederow@gmail.com
More information at: JFREJ Risk Taker Awards
Film Screening: "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib"
With group discussion about torture following the screening.
The documentary is an 80-minute HBO film that looks beyond the headlines at the psychological and political context of torture at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. The screening is part of a nation-wide project entitled "Spotlight on Torture,” an initiative sponsored by the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) to help people of faith broaden their understanding of US sponsored torture.
Sunday, October 28, 3-6 p.m.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard at 135th Street, New York, NY. For directions, visit Schomburg Center Directions
CO-SPONSORS: CAIR-NY; Muslim Consultative Network; Women in Islam, Inc.
Please be advised that this film is for mature audiences only. Seating is limited. Reservation is required. Please reserve your seat in advance by e-mailing CAIR-NY Civil Rights Director Aliya Latif at alatif@cair.com. For more information about this initiative, visit: NY Metro Religious Campaign Against Torture
Muslim Alliance of North America, First Annual Conference
Friday-Sunday, November 2- 4, 2007 in downtown Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
For more information, visit MANA'S Webpage
RAMADAN PROGRAMS
MCN members helped organize several IFTAR PROGRAMS for the New York community (see below). MCN itself co-sponsored the Seventh Annual Interfaith Iftar held at Union Seminary and helped organize the Fourth Annual Brooklyn Boro Hall Iftar.
Asma Society, B'nai Jeshurun, Church Of St. Paul & St. Andrew, & Women In Islam, Inc. Third Interfaith Break of Fast Dinner
September 22, 2007, 6:30p.m.
Hosted by the Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew for the Yom Kippur and Ramadan fasts.
See St. Paul & St. Andrew for location. The gathering will be held in the Parlor Room and Chapel.
In light of the negative forces looming in our society to divide us, it is essential to continue building bridges of understanding with our non-Muslim neighbors to exemplify that Islam is a religion of peace and goodwill. On September 22, Jews are fasting as required of them for Yom Kippur. On that day as well, Muslims are fasting the 10th day of Ramadan. Come join the Abrahamic Faiths break bread and count blessings.Come join the Abrahamic faiths, break bread and count blessings.
*TURNING POINT FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES
2nd Annual Ramadan Fundraising Iftar
"She speaks! Voices of Hope, Strength & Compassion"
Special Guest : Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar, Translator of The Sublime Quran
Sunday September 23, 2007 @ 6:15 p.m.
Queens Museum of Art, Flushing Meadows Corona Park
For directions please visit the www.queensmuseum.org or call 718-592-9700
For information on Turning Point, please visit our website www.turningpoint-ny.org
*MARTY MARKOWITZ, BROOKLYN BORO PRESIDENT
Fourth Annual Brooklyn Boro Hall Iftar Dinner
Honorees
Umar Beig, Publisher of "The Mirror"
Sakibeh Mustafa, PCAP/Community Outreach Coordinator at Victoria Memorial Hospital
Marcia Kannry, President of "The Dialogue Project"
Sidique Wai, Administrative Community Relations Specialist, NYPD
Imam Hilmi Akdag, United American Muslim Association
Al Noor School
September 26, 2007, 6pm
209 Joralemon St. (Boro Hall Building) on the corner of Court St.
RSVP 718.802.4488
*ARAB MUSLIM AMERICAN FEDERATION
Eleventh Annual Welcome Ramadan Dinner "Iftar"
Thursday, September 27th, 2007, 6:30pm
Micali Terrace
1521 86th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11228
Please join us for a break of fast during the holy month of Ramadan.
Take this great opportunity to network with people of all faiths, reps of community based organizations,
politicians and others. We hope you can join us for this blessed evening!
Please rsvp with your name and number of guests to Lsarsour@yahoo.com or wmousfar@gmail.com
****This event is free****
*ISLAMIC RELIEF: HUMANITARIAN DAY
When: September 30, 2007
Locally, the event is being coordinated by Meer Abdul-Waali. As part of the Humanitarian Day objective, we are planning to serve a complete Halal meal, with water, juice, fruit, salad, a meat entrée, vegetables and salad, coffee and dessert. We are also planning to provide the beneficiaries with new clothes, socks, gloves, hats, scarves, sweatshirts, sweatpants, and winter coats (donated). This is where we need your support and help. We expect to serve approximately 1,500 people this Humanitarian Day in the Union Square Section of NYC. We are scheduled to host Humanitarian Day, Inshallah, on September 30th, 2007, in Union Square section of New York, collaborating with a food-pantry that serves 1000 meals every Sunday. If there are enough funds and donations, we are willing to host it also in Masjid Taqwa in Brooklyn, on September 29th, 2007. To donate in-kind product(s) or monetary funds to support this effort, contact meerwaali@yahoo.com.
*TURKISH CENTER
Iftar for City Officials
September 28, 2007
6th ANNUAL RAMADAN DINNER
The First Unitarian Congregational Society
Our Muslim and Brooklyn Interfaith Alliance friends are invited to share a meal and good fellowship
Saturday, September 29, 2007, 6:30-9:00 p.m.
First Unitarian Congregational Society, Brooklyn
50 Monroe Place, Corner of Monroe Place & Pierrepont St. in Brooklyn Heights
*MUSLIM BAR ASSOCIATION OF NY The Muslim Bar Association of New York will host its Third Annual Iftar on Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at 7 p.m.
*SEVENTH ANNUAL INTERFAITH IFTAR
We Are All New York: Sharing the Challenge of Pluralism and Faith in Action
Co-sponsored by Union Seminary, Interfaith Center of NY, Muslim Consultative Network
Location: Union Seminary, James Chapel; 3041 Broadway at 121st Street
October 3, 2007
Special panelists, along with others:
• Dr. Thelma Adair, Retired Professor of Early Childhood Education, Chair, Presbyterian Senior Service
• Sr. Debbie Almontaser, NYC Educator in the News (founding Principal of Kahlil Gibran School) and Interfaith Advocate
• Mejinderpal Kaur, Director for Human Rights and Advocacy, United Sikhs
• Burton L. Vizotzy, Nathan and Janet Appelman Professor of Midrash and Interreligious Studies, Jewish Theological Seminary
Moderated by: Zeeshan Suhail, Board Member, Muslim Consultative Network and Americans for Informed Democracy.
KGIA EDUCATIONAL ADVOCACY
In August and continuing into September, MCN has been participating in advocacy for the Khalil Gibran International Academy and meetings about the recently released NYPD report. For more information, visit our Community Page
CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM PEACE WALK
PRESS RELEASE
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
The Sixth Annual Children of Abraham Peace Walk will take place on Thursday July 12th celebrating Brooklyn's diversity and building local relationships of trust among rabbis, Ministers and imams. This year the Walk will take place in Park Slope with a special focus on the relationship among the Abrahamic faiths. The event will begin with refreshments at 6 pm Assemble at SABA 464 Third Avenue & 9th Street Brooklyn, NY 11215, and the procession will depart at 6:30 pm.
Participants include: Sister Debbie Almontaser, Peace Walk founder; Rabbi Simkha Weintraub of the Kane Street Synagogue; Dr. Ahmed Jaber, head of Brooklyn's Arab Muslim Federation; representatives are also expected from Kol Cheinu, Park Slope Synagogue, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Council of Peoples Organizations/ We Are All Brooklyn, Brooklyn Parents for Peace, Muslim Consultative Network, the Dialogue Project, and a number of other Brooklyn based communities.
This formally permitted walk will end at 7:45 pm at the Church of Gethsemane garden, in what is expected to be the last event at the Garden of Gesthemane before its development.
Media is encouraged to attend. At this time of crisis and insecurity, local relationships among faith groups are an important safety net and much cheaper than the budget of homeland security! For more information about the Peace Walk and its local focus please feel free to call Adem Carroll of MCN or Sheren of SABA Yemeni American Association, above.
PREPARE NEW YORK
This event is sponsored by the American Red Cross in Greater New York - Brooklyn, the New York City Council, and the New York City Office of Emergency Management Refreshments will be served
Friday, June 22 SABA 464 3rd Avenue Suite 1 (Between 9th and 10th Streets) Brooklyn, NY Time: 6:30-7:15 pm
This free presentation is designed to prepare individuals and families for emergencies. Attendees learn how to create a family disaster plan, build and maintain a supply kit, and keep loved ones safe and informed during times of disaster. Participants will receive a free interactive CD that can be used to create a customized evacuation plan and other tools that will help any family get prepared.
Learn How, Learn NOW at FREE Emergency Preparedness Event
In collaboration with Muslim Consultative Network, Sheren Attal, AmeriCorps*VISTA, and Adam Runkle, Senior Coordinator, Community Partnership Groups ARC/GNY For more information, please call Sheren Attal at 718-965-2136
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WORKING TOWARDS PEACE IN DARFUR
Muslims for Justice in Darfur
invites you to a Darfur Teach-In
Working Towards Peace in Darfur: Our Responsibilities as Muslims
Presentations by:
•Yahya Osman, Darfur Rehabilitation Project
•Imam Al-Hajj Talib 'Abdur-Rashid, Author, A Muslim Manifesto on Darfur
•Matthew Emry, Senior Program Officer, American Jewish World Service
Moderator: Sarah Sayeed, Women In Islam Inc.
Sunday, April 22, 2007 5:00 p.m.
NYU Campus, Thompson Center
238 Thompson Street
Call Muslim Consultative Network for info: (718) 512-5176
Refreshments will be served, Admission Free
Co-sponsors:
Muslim Graduate Student Group
NY Progressive Muslims
Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood
Women In Islam, Inc.
Muslim Bar Association of NY
Muslim Consultative Network
Independent Viewpoints
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COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES-FOLLOW UP
Muslim Consultative Network
Invites you to our Continuing Discussion
CREATING COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES:
Responding to Shame, Stigma, Silence and Illness
How do issues such as depression, HIV and AIDS, and family violence affect our community? Can we provide better support, as Muslims, so that community members and their families don’t suffer in silence? Come learn, discuss and meet Muslim professional service providers who care!
Speakers include:
• Imam Shamsi Ali, Jamaica Muslim Center, Islamic Center of NY
• Dr. Osman Ali, M.D., co-founder Muslim Mental Health Institute
• Br. Hasan Johnson, M.S.W., Founder Ethnic Counselors.com and Premier Counseling & Consulting Group, LLC
• Sr. Robina Niaz, M.S.W., Founder and Executive Director, Turning Point for Women and Families
Moderator: Br. Adem Carroll, Muslim Consultative Network
Additional guests will include professional service providers who will be available to answer questions after the program.
RSVP not required, but strongly encouraged, to mcnnyc@gmail.com or by phone: 718.512.5176.
Date: January 13th, 1-4pm
Location: Islamic Center of NY
1711 3rd Ave at E. 96th Street- Manhattan
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USING MEDIA AS A TOOL
Muslim Consultative Network
Invites You to
USING THE MEDIA AS A TOOL
A workshop for organizations, community organizers, activists
Bring your stories and learn about framing for better media coverage!
Presenter and Facilitator: Br. Wissam Nasr M.A. Candidate, Columbia University
Spokesperson, CAIR-NJ; Former Executive Director, CAIR-NY
December 11, 6-8:30
Location: Room 205, Auburn Theological Seminary
3041 Broadway New York, New York 10027
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CREATING COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES: PART I
Muslim Consultative Network invites you to:
CREATING COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES:
Responding to Shame, Stigma, Silence and Illness
A forum for Care-Givers of Muslim Communities, Social Workers, Imams, Chaplains, and Others Who Care
NOV 28 6 pm-8:30 pm
Harlem Health Promotion Center, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
215 West 125th Street, 3rd Floor
Between 7th & 8th Ave, A train to 125th
In our diverse community there is shame regarding issues such as depression, cancer, and HIV and AIDS; denial about problems like family violence and emotional instability; and a lack of support for community members and their families, who often suffer silently.
Social stigma is based on ignorance and lack of compassion and prevents timely response to suffering.Shame can also keep patients from seeking care.How can we improve our approach, as Muslims?
Speakers include:
• Imam Al-Hajj Talib 'Abdur-Rashid, Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood, Amir of the Harlem Shura, Vice President of the NY Majlis Ash Shura, Counselor, and Advocate for Muslims and families living with HIV/AIDS
• Br. Hasan Johnson, M.S.W., Founder Ethnic Counselors.com and Premier Counseling & Consulting Group, LLC
• Dr. Ahmed Kobeisy, Director and Imam of the Islamic Capital District of Syracuse and Professor,Hartford Chaplaincy Program and Syracuse University, Author of Counseling American Muslims: Understanding the Faith and Helping the People
RSVP not required, but strongly encouraged, to mcnnyc@gmail.com or by phone: 718.512.5176
"On the Day of Judgment Allah will say to the soul: O Son of Adam, I fell ill and you visited Me not. The Soul will say: O Lord, and how should I visit you when you are Lord of the Worlds? He will say: Did you not know that My servant had fallen ill and you visited him not? Did you not know that had you visited him you would have found Me with him?" Hadith Qudsi, Authenticated by Imam Muslim
BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL IFTAR
Mary Markowitz, Brooklyn Boro President
Cordially Invites You To:
THIRD ANNUAL BROOKLYN BORO HALL IFTAR DINNER
Honorees for 2006 are:
•Azedah Khalili, Deputy Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs
•Adem Carroll, Board Chair, Muslim Consultative Network
•Ed Powell, Community Liaison to Assembly Woman Hon. Rhoda S. Jacobs
•Arab American Association of NY
Please come and celebrate the efforts of these wonderful people in our community!!
October 10, 2006, 6:00pm
209 Joralemon St. (Boro Hall Building)on the corner of Court St.
SEE PHOTOS: http://picasaweb.google.com/mcnnyc/BrooklynBoroHallIftarDinner
GETTING TO KNOW OUR COUSINS
Joint Sukkot and Iftar Dinner on Oct 8th.
Rabbi Carter has longed for the opportunity for her synagogue to host their Muslim neighbors to break bread and learn about each other's religious traditions. In light of everything happening in the world today, it is essential to continue building bridges of understanding with our neighbors for peace and goodwill.
Date:Oct. 8, 2006
Time: 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Place: Park Slope Jewish Center (8th Ave. and 14th St Brooklyn) (718) 768-1453
Trains: F to 7th Ave. 9th St.
For those who arrive early there will be tours of the synagogue and a place to wash for prayer. The breaking of the fast will take place at 6:27 pm followed by Maghrib prayer. Dates and light refreshments will be available followed by dinner and a short program.
SEE PHOTOS: http://picasaweb.google.com/mcnnyc/JointSukkotAndIftarDinner
February, 2006
E. Lok of FPWA explained the capacity building project from the Federation that asks community organizations to focus on HIV/AIDS in exchange for help with capacity building assistance, such as through strategic planning, program planning and fundraising workshops.
Some Muslim communities are experiencing incidence of HIV/AIDS, such as immigrant West African, African American, and Latino. Sr. Nurah has worked with Latino Commission on HIV/AIDS, which has a program for religious leaders/communities to do outreach to Spanish speaking Muslims on HIV/AIDS. Black Leadership Commission on AIDS also recently approached MWIRD to work with them as well. MWIRD distributes educational material from CDC and other venues. MWIRD also has received the go-ahead from Farid Esack to translate HIV/AIDS booklet from Positive Muslims in South Africa into Spanish. We discussed the possibility of translating this into other languages, and whether we might get funding for this work. (MWIRD will distribute literature on Feb. 7th, Black AIDS Awareness Day.
We talked about different projects that we could take on through this partnership. Also:
Update on Convention for Civic Engagement
Update on Majlis
Update on FBI Meetings
Discussion of British Consulate Meeting
Auburn Media Speaker Training
June 2004
Members discussed preparedness plans with staff of New York Disaster Interfaith Services. Members Activities included the MWIRD Health Forum June 5, CAIR-NY voting forum in Brooklyn June 6, Interfaith Center hosting Klein’s meeting w/ interfaith leaders June 10, the first Annual Children of Abraham Peace Walk & June 10, The Nova Crisis Response training on 6/5 an 6/12, Women in Islam’s 3rd Annual Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial Lecture & Award Ceremony on June 27th.
Imam Talib presented a summary of the recent Imams’ meeting convened by MAS. Imam Talib also reported that his press conference on Prisoner Abuse successfully made links between the international and domestic abuses. Journalists from the Wall Street Journal and the Amsterdam News attended.
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CounterConvention (CC) is a project of MSA National in collaboration with the Campus Anti War Network. Brother Omar Antar invited members to participate. Also, T. Rosenblum presented information regarding UFPJ activities on the eve of the Republican National Convention (RNC). We discussed the inclusion of Arabs, Muslims, South Asian speakers.
Imam Talib also commented on Chancellor Klein Meeting & the NYDIS Disaster Summit.
