| CPHD Community Organizing with LA Voice Pico |
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February 1, 2011, represented a milestone accomplishment for CPHD, where member Naim Shah Jr., completed a six month community organizing residency program. For more information read: COR Residency Program. His placement was with LA Voice Pico(www.lavoicepico.org). CPHD has also had two members graduate from the American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute housed at USC. Learn more about the program at AMCLI
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ILM Civic Engagement Activty Update |
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"March showers bring April flowers" . The Spring has sprang, lots of events and activity for ILM. In March we met with the executive management of Latter Day Saints. For the past few years the Mormon Community have been active coalition members for Humanitarian Day. In a recent meeting both groups discussed goals and objections for solidifying our future humanitarian efforts.
In April, the South Coast Interfaith Council invited ILM to participate in a dialogue with members from Doha International Center For Interfaith Dialogue in Qatar. Our own Naim Shah Sr. of Dawah 2000 is being featured in the movie documentary Lost-Found:The African American's Journey to Al-Islam. An epic documentary about the African American experience with early Islam in the United States (a must see). Founder Imam Saadiq Saafir is making rounds again, attending an USC event featuring his friend and colleague, Dr. Maher Hathout and Dr. Sherman Jackson. The Coalition to Preserve Human Dignity attended community organizer's LA Voice Pico: Leadership Dinner, a night of development, education and making intentions for local policy and civic rights. Masjid Omar Ibn Al Khattab held the 3rd Annual Civic Engagement meeting between the Muslim Community and the Los Angeles Police Department with Deputy Chief Micheal Downing and Imam Abdul-Kareem Hasan of the Bilal Islamic Center, a night of mutual engagement for religious and social-cultural understanding. |
