Registration Deadline: May 31
This retreat is intended to be an intimate gathering. Our maximum capacity is 40. Please register early to insure that we can accommodate you.
Retreat highlights include:
- Workshop on political advocacy led by Jihad F. Salehm, a Congressional Legislative Assistant in the U.S. House of Representatives.
- El-Farouk Khaki, human and refugee rights lawyer, will discuss grassroots strategies and events planning.
- Community Building: Brainstorming and sharing of ideas session with heads of progressive American affiliates.
- As part of our skills-building program Pamela Taylor, co-founder of MPV, will conduct a hands-on workshop on writing letters to the editor that get published.
- Screening of the film ‘Sedition’, which profiles two young spoken-word artists who grapple with issues of racism and censorship, and offer their thoughts on the power of poetry to effect social change. The featured artists, Boonaa Mohammed and Rafeef Ziadah, perform their poetry, tell their stories, and artfully challenge viewers' thinking about education, bias and freedom of expression.
- Kristin Sands, Professor of Islamic Studies at Sarah Lawrence College will give a talk entitled "Spirituality and Social Activism".
- Meet and network with progressive Muslims from the U.S. and abroad.
- Dinner and cultural event in downtown NYC.
We welcome all who are willing to respect, listen and learn from one another with an open, non-discriminating heart.
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