AIC – HEART Training
Date: Saturday, November 5, 2022
Workshop
American Islamic College in collaboration with HEART Women and Girls is providing city-wide training that will cover topics related to gender-based violence in the Muslim community. Session content includes an enhanced understanding of terminology, barriers to disclosure, Islamic Law, and how to respond appropriately to a disclosure. This training will dive deep into the nuances of Muslim survivorship with a look into gender-based violence from an Islamically-grounded lens.
To Participate
This workshop has limited seating. It is geared toward those who are in leadership roles in higher education (Title IX coordinator, chaplain, MSA), masjids (Imam, board member, teacher), community centers (coach, teacher, executive leadership), civic organizations (administrator), and other faith-based organizations. If you are interested in attending this free workshop, then please fill out the following application. If admitted, you will receive an electronic registration ticket to attend.
Speaker Bios
Navila Rashid, MSW
Navila is a trauma-informed forensic social worker, community educator, and gender-based violence consultant. She joined HEART in 2019 as the Manager of Training and Survivor Advocacy. Before HEART, Navila was consulting for public defenders, government agency staff, and nonprofits to support in creating safe(r) spaces for victims & survivors either through organizational programming or 1:1 case management. She earned her Master’s in Social Work from Long Island University-Brooklyn. To read more about Navila’s work, click here.
Kinza Khan, JD
Kinza is a domestic violence attorney and is a part of the HEART team. While at DePaul University, Kinza did a fellowship at the International Human Rights Law Institute where she conducted research on the UN Convention of the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. In law school, she worked on cases of immigration, domestic violence, and civil rights. In undergrad, she studied international studies, Islamic world studies, and political science. As a domestic violence attorney, Kinza’s work overlaps in the world of social work and psychology, specifically trauma. Read more about Kinza’s work, click here.
Aisha Rahman, JD
Aisha is a family law attorney who focuses on issues related to domestic violence. After law school, Aisha launched her legal career at Legal Aid of East Tennessee serving indigent survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in family law matters. She also served as Executive Director of Family Law at KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights for six years. While there, Aisha provided pro bono legal assistance to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. This experience confirmed for Aisha that not only is there a need to provide affordable legal services, but also conscientious, unbiased, culturally and religiously sensitive services. To read more about Aisha’s work, click here.
Agenda
Thank you to the HEART team for providing this important training to advance our knowledge and improve our spaces.
Music Workshop: Juan Carmona
Date: Thursday, November 3, 2022
Time: 7:00 PM
Venue: American Islamic College Library
Free & Open to the Public; Registration Required
No Instruments Required!
Praised by the leading figures of flamenco, Juan Carmona wanders on the air ways of the duende. At the intersection between musical modernity and the oldest and liveliest flamenco traditions of Andalusia, Juan Carmona is an innovator, one of the most valiant links of his generation.
Juan Carmona
If Juan Carmona had to write his life’s story, it might be called « La Belle Histoire », after the Claude Lelouch film in which he performed the soundtrack in 1992.
The Carmona family had emigrated from North Africa to France after being exiled in the early 1960s. Juan, born in Lyon, was only ten years old when his father gave him his first guitar. His passion for the instrument grew and his virtuosity was quickly remarked by professional musicians.
Juan’s journey as a professional guitarist next took him back to the land of his ancestors, Spain, to go back to his roots and imbibe at the Source – Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia. His talent and the originality of his art were quickly recognized in this city, known as the cradle of flamenco. Read more
Building Bridges
With the support and collaboration of American Islamic College, the Old Town School of Folk Music received a grant from the “Building Bridges” program of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. This grant supports “Ojala!” (Hopeful) — a series of residencies featuring Muslim and Muslim adjacent artists from around the globe collaboratively curated and produced with a variety of community partners. Residencies include concerts, workshops, community discussions, in-school engagements, and collaborations with Chicago artists.
About the Building Bridges Program of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
The Building Bridges Program is the grant-making arm of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, which is an extension of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The program supports national efforts, working with U.S. Muslims, to increase mutual understanding among diverse populations for the benefit of building stronger, more inclusive communities. The mission of DDFIA is to promote the study, understanding and appreciation of Muslim arts and cultures. For more information, please visit https://www.ddcf.org/
Hassan Institute
Committed to thoughtful, respectful, and socially impactful inter-religious engagement, confident that religion can be a powerful force for social good, and inspired by a shared belief in the value of transformative, relational, experiential learning, AIC is honored to announce the Dr. Shakeela and Dr. Zia Hassan Institute for Interfaith Encounter (SZHIIE). The Hassan Institute will serve and enable meaningful, life-changing inter and intra-religious encounters across the city of Chicago and beyond. The scope of the Hassan Institute’s vision and activism will include research, teaching support, faculty fellowships, student internships, public lectures and workshops, community outreach, educational trips, and public programs all for the promotion of transformative encounters between diverse believers and faith communities.
The Hassan Interfaith Fellowships will be an integral part of the new Institute’s mission and vision. Inspired by the University of Chicago’s Metcalf Fellowships, these single-semester, paid, immersive work experiences for both undergraduate and graduate students will
- create new, meaningful internship opportunities that give students a deeper dive into faith and/or interfaith-based contexts and organizations so that they can come to understand why work is being done a certain way or why initiatives are being developed and chosen;
- empower students to dream up their own intra and interfaith initiatives and receive support and guidance from both the Institute and the College as they work to bring their visions into reality;
- make bright talent available to faith and/or interfaith-based organizations and workplaces that may not be able to budget for interns;
- provide real-life, immersive work experience to students and so enhance the connectivity and relevance of their studies to the wider world;
- require student fellows to write meaningful impact statements based upon their experiences, and these essays can then be used to guide aspiring HI Fellows who are interested in similar fields or experiences.