Muslim Youth Conference: Empowering the youth, securing the future
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, MOST GRACIOUS, MOST MERCIFUL
Muslim Youth Conference: Empowering the youth, securing the future
November 10 & 11th, 2007
A platform to discuss challenges faced by Muslim youth and to search for and apply practical Islamic solutions to them
An Invitation to present & attend
Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) said: “It is enough of a sin for one of you to fail to provide for those whom he is in charged of”.
This conference is intended to empower Muslim youth to establish their identity, establish direction, and apply Islamic knowledge in various environments that they operate in. It is intended to help youth learn from one another through exploring and learning about the experiences of other Muslim youth who found practical Islamic solutions for the challenges they
meet. This will help them navigate with least damage/errors as they live in a non-Muslim environment. As a result, the youth will help their parents understand what they go through in order to facilitate their communication, and consequently create strongly netted Muslim families.
Peer pressure, media influence, practicing Islam at school, dealing with opposite sex, Drugs, Alcohol!!
Location: Makkah Learning Center located on 814 Brandy Farms Ln, Gambrills MD 21054.
Motivation: the conference will help youth find answers for questions such as:
Are you struggling with your identity, and would like to find out how other youth took Islam as a way of life?
Are you searching for the right answers regarding questions about your hijab?
Are you having difficulty explaining your creed as to how Islam views non-Muslims?
Are you looking for the right peers, and to build Islamic manners?
Are you looking for the best way to convince your school principal to give you permission to perform prayers at school?
Objectives: Explore and learn about the experiences of Muslim youth and provide practical Islamic solutions.Help parents and community leaders gain understanding of the needs and challenges faced by Muslim youth. Build a network and support system for the Youth in the community. Develop public speaking and leadership skills among the Muslim Youth. Enhance Islamic knowledge and understanding of the Muslim Youth. Provide our youth the support and the channels of communication.
Sample Presentation Topics:
Excelling as a Muslim youth: neighbor, activist, student, son What made me an active
member at the Masjid Islam is my identity
Mohammed: my role model Applying Tawheed at school
How I went about finding a Muslim spouse
Bringing my family closer to Allah
Community activism
My search for Allah (swt)
Muslims and the media
My peers and I
Dawa through Honesty & dedication to excellence.
Growing as a Muslim youth in America.
My trip from drugs & streets to Allah
Building Islamic manners in the west.
Finding happiness through Islam.
An online project (e.g. website or instructional video for teaching salah).
An Islamic Play, skit (i.e., the life of prophet Mohammed (pbuh).
Eligibility: Any Muslim Brother or Sister in the age group of 7 - 30 yrs.
Rules: A Topic can be submitted by maximum 2 persons. A topic can be selected from the list above, and if not in the list, it can be submitted too as long as they cover the issues and challenges faced by the Muslim Youth.Submit a one page
abstract (Due November 1, 2007). The Conference Committee will review and select the 10 best abstracts. Best abstracts will outline an action plan to mobilize the Muslim youth. Participants who submitted the 10 selected abstracts will give presentation on the day of
the Conference (Nov 10, 2007). Each Presentation must be between 10 minutes to 1 hour in length that will be given in front of the audience. Once notified, the presenters must communicate with the Conference Committee members as to the resources they would need for the presentations such as Laptop, Projector etc. All Presentations are voted by the audience. Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 Presenters receiving the highest number of votes. Other Presenters will receive monetary gifts.
Future Direction: The conference will be the seed that will grow monthly youth meetings for purpose of networking, empowering one another, discuss leadership issues, involve in joint problem solving, and plan next conference.
Questions/Registration/participation: If you have any questions, please send email to youthconference@mlcmd.org.
For more information, please visit the conference website http://www.mlcmd.org/content/view/54/28/.
For all questions, please call 202-378-7558. Vendors are invited to contact us to
arrange for space and approval.