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SUMMARY:Hidaya Collection Drive
DESCRIPTION:Help our less fortunate sisters and brothers around the world. \n\n\n\nHidaya Foundation will bring a 14-foot box truck to the MCC parking lot during the two Jumu’ah services (12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.) on Friday\, December 16. \n\n\n\nThe collection truck staff will give you a tax-deductible receipt. A $10 donation is necessary per bag to help cover the container shipping cost to send to your needy Muslim sister and brothers overseas. \n\n\n\nPlease be considerate of your donation and give dignity to the families receiving your kind and generous donations by donating quality used items that are washed and folded. \n\n\n\nThe Hidaya Foundation collection truck will accept: \n\n\n\n\n– Winter coats\, jackets\, and sweatshirts (for all ages and for all seasons)\n\n\n\n– Blankets\, sleeping bags\, comforters\, pillows\, bed sheets\, towels\n\n\n\n– Baby clothes\, regular clothes\, and traditional clothes like Shalwar Kamis (men & women)\, Hijabs\, etc.\n\n\n\n– Tennis shoes\, sneakers\, runners\, boots\, sandals (tie laces together)\n\n\n\n– Crutches\, wheelchairs\, braces\, splints\, wraps\, first-aid supplies\n\n\n\n– Backpacks with school supplies and educational books\n\n\n\n– Children’s toys\n\n\n\n– Pots and pans and kitchen items\n\n\n\n– Tents\, tarps & tools\n\n\n\n– No food items since it’s cheaper to buy locally\, and gets there faster. \n\n\n\n– No furniture (submit furniture at https://mcceastbay.org/furniture)\n\n\n\n\nPlease make sure to tie all shoe laces together to ensure pairs stay together. Also\, please no broken or dirty items. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the Hidaya Foundation container project at: https://www.hidaya.org/social-welfare/container-shipment-for-in-kind-donations \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/hidaya-collection-drive/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Diyanet Silicon Valley Tables @ MCC Jumu’ahs
DESCRIPTION:Diyanet Silicon Valley (Ertugrul Gazi Masjid) in Redwood City is raising $100\,000 to begin renovating the newly acquired Masjid. Learn more: https://www.diyanetsiliconvalley.org/
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/diyanet-silicon-valley-tables-mcc-jumuahs/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Two Jumu’ah Services @ MCC
DESCRIPTION:For our Jumu’ah services on Friday\, December 16\, masks are optional to attend any MCC service\, and no RSVP is necessary: \n\n\n\n\n12:30 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.\n\n–Hafiz Ameen Mukhtar delivers this sermon.\n\n\n\n-No social distancing option in Prayer Hall (shoulder-to-shoulder). Social distance worship is available for women in Banquet Hall & men in Conference Room.\n\n\n\n\n\n1:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.\n\n– Dr. Ali Ataie delivers this sermon.\n\n\n\n– No social distancing option in Prayer Hall (shoulder-to-shoulder). Social distance worship is available for women in Banquet Hall & men in Conference Room.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease attend at 12:30 p.m. to avoid heavier second-service congestion whenever possible. Masks are optional. \n\n\n\nThe third Jumu’ah will resume in March ’23: https://mcceastbay.org/event/new-jumuah-times-winter-schedule/ \n\n\n\nJumu’ah parking for two services is in the MCC and the neighboring HP lot. The aerial map at https://mcceastbay.org/hp \n\n\n\n\n– Virtually watch these two sermons from home: https://mcceastbay.org/live\n\n\n\n– More Hafiz Ameen Mukhtar: https://mcceastbay.org/ameen\n\n\n\n– More Dr. Ali Ataie: https://mcceastbay.org/ali-ataie\n\n\n\n\nFor parents attending with young children indoors\, MCC offers private mothers’ and fathers’ rooms with an audio and visual connection to Prayer Hall. Parents can watch the sermon and pray while in the company of other parents with young children. The mothers/fathers prayer room is just past the Banquet Hall doors into the school area. \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\nThe Alameda County Health Department reports COVID-19 cases are still happening. We remain indoors for the five daily prayers and two Jumu’ah services as long as health officials deem it safe. All the Jumu’ah prayers are indoors.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/two-jumah-services-mcc/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Private Event
DESCRIPTION:Banquet Hall
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/private-event-hb/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dr. Rania Awaad's Weekly Friday Evening Halaqa
DESCRIPTION:Ustadha Dr. Rania Awaad holds a weekly Friday evening women’s gathering about navigating contemporary issues. \n7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Every Friday from October 14\, 2022 to March 17\, 2023 |  MCC Conference Room | Free; no registration or RSVP required to attend in person | To join virtually\, register at https://mcceastbay.org/zoom \n\n– More Dr. Rania: https://mcceastbay.org/rania\n– Watch past Dr. Rania’s Friday Evening Halaqa recordings: https://mcceastbay.org/womens-halaqa\n– Join Dr. Rania’s WhatsUp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/HlHmFFnGbwvCvLl6uGD1C4\n\nFree babysitting is provided in Room 16. Facility map: https://mcceastbay.org/facility-map \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \nThis halaqa is hosted parallel to our girl’s program in partnership with Rahmah Foundation. \nUstadha Rania AwaadRaised in the U.S.\, Ustadha Rania Awaad began her formal study of the traditional Islamic sciences when her parents permitted her to travel to Damascus\, Syria\, at 14. Her desire to continue studying the Deen resulted in multiple trips back to Damascus\, interspersed between her high school\, college\, and medical studies. She was honored to receive Ijaazah (authorization to teach) several branches of the Shari’ah sciences at the hands of many renowned scholars\, including many female scholars. She has received Ijazah to teach Tajwid in the Hafs and Warsh recitations from the late eminent Syrian scholar Shaykh Abu Hassan al-Kurdi. In addition to completing several advanced texts of the Shafi’i madhhab\, she is licensed to teach texts of Maliki fiqh\, Adab\, and Ihsan. Currently\, Ustadha Rania teaches online and local classes for The Rahmah Foundation\, Rabata\, and is on the faculty of Zaytuna College\, where she teaches courses in Shafi’i fiqh\, women’s issues in fiqh and has helped develop and co-direct the Tajweed and Hifz program. \nUstadha Rania is also a medical doctor with a specialty in Psychiatry. She completed her Psychiatric residency and fellowship training at Stanford University\, where she is currently on the faculty as a Clinical Instructor in the Stanford Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences department. Her medical interests include addressing mental health care concerns in the Muslim community- particularly that of Muslim women and girls. She has been awarded grants from the NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) to research this topic and has presented her findings at several medical conferences. Other ongoing endeavors include compiling manuscripts addressing female-related mental health and medical issues from a fiqh-oriented perspective. She currently serves as the Director of the Rahmah Foundation\, a non-profit organization that teaches Muslim women and girls traditional Islamic knowledge. In this capacity\, she also heads the Murbbiyah Mentoring Program\, which trains young women to teach and mentor Muslim girls and teens. Ustadha Rania is both a wife and a mother; she has been counseling and teaching women classes on Tajwid\, Shafi’i Fiqh\, Ihsan\, marriage\, and raising children since 1999. \nLearn more about Dr. Rania and her work at http://med.stanford.edu/psychiatry/research/MuslimMHLab.html \nEvery Friday evening\, the MCC bustles with activity. MCC hosts four halaqas to increase God-consciousness for youth\, women\, and men. \nFrom 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.\, join Dr. Rania Awaad‘s women’s gathering about navigating contemporary issues. This wide-ranging Muslimah halaqa is in the MCC Conference Room\, and the first hour is live-streamed here (watch past sessions at https://mcceastbay.org/halaqa). This halaqa is organized in partnership with The Rahmah Foundation. \nFriday evening sessions in Fall 2022 and Winter 2023: \n\n– October 14\n– October 21\n– October 28\n– November 5\n– November 11\n– November 18\n– November 25 (no session)\n– December 2\n– December 9\n– December 16\n– December 23 (no session)\n– December 30 (no session)\n– January 6\, 2023\n– January 13\, 2023\n– January 20\, 2023\n– January 27\, 2023\n– February 3\, 2023\n– February 10\, 2023\n– February 17\, 2023\n– February 24\, 2023\n– March 3\, 2023\n– March 10\, 2023\n– March 17\, 2023 (last session before Ramadan 2023)
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/rania-halaqa/2022-12-16/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Boys Friday Night Halaqa for High Schoolers (Ages 14-18) | Hafiz Zaid Khanani
DESCRIPTION:Join MCC Youth Leader Hafiz Zaid Khanani‘s 16-week Friday evening halaqa for teen high school boys from 9th through 12th grade. \n\n\n\nThese sessions aim to craft our next generation of confident and faithful Muslim men. This will be the only offered for boys on Friday nights in 2022. Younger-age boy’s halaqas planned for January 2023. These halaqas are for teens ages 14-18 only. No younger boys. Capped at 30 teens. Once full\, please join the waitlist.  \n\n\n\n7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Fridays | November 11 to March 17 (Ramadan ’23) | Register at HTTP://mcceastbay.org/boys \n\n\n\nThe MCC has a standing policy that financial need should never hold a family in the East Bay from benefiting from any offering at the MCC facility. To request a financial waiver\, please complete the application at mcceastbay.org/scholarship \n\n\n\nTo make an appointment for parents or youth to meet with MCC’s Youth leaders: \n\n\n\n\n– Maryam Awwal: http://calendly.com/mcc-maryam\n\n\n\n– Hafiz Zaid Khanani: http://calendly.com/mcc-zaid \n\n\n\n\nFriday evening sessions in Fall 2022 and Winter 2023: \n\n\n\n\n– November 11 (free preview session; no registration required)\n\n\n\n– November 18 (registration required to join from this session onwards)\n\n\n\n– November 25 (no session)\n\n\n\n– December 2\n\n\n\n– December 9\n\n\n\n– December 16\n\n\n\n– December 23 (no session)\n\n\n\n– December 30 (no session)\n\n\n\n– January 6\, 2023\n\n\n\n– January 13\, 2023\n\n\n\n– January 20\, 2023\n\n\n\n– January 27\, 2023\n\n\n\n– February 3\, 2023\n\n\n\n– February 10\, 2023\n\n\n\n– February 17\, 2023\n\n\n\n– February 24\, 2023\n\n\n\n– March 3\, 2023\n\n\n\n– March 10\, 2023\n\n\n\n– March 17\, 2023 (last session before Ramadan 2023)\n\n\n\n\nZaid Khanani is a Marriage and Family Therapy trainee with the City of Fremont\, Youth and Family Services. He graduated from Zaytuna College and completed his Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology at the Wright Institute. Hafiz Zaid continues his formal Islamic Studies with local teachers and scholars overseas. He is a former Islamic Studies teacher at Northstar Islamic School and teaches numerous online classes.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/boys-friday-night/2022-12-16/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Parents/Children Workshops With Noor Kids
DESCRIPTION:Join Noor Kids from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday\, December 16\, for interactive sessions on how parents can build a strong home\, followed by a separate session for children on how to stand up to bullying. \n\n\n\nNoor Kids is a Harvard-supported educational services organization that seeks to build confidence in the identity of young Muslims. Since their launch\, their work has been welcomed into over 250\,000 homes across 25 countries. \n\n\n\n\n7 p.m. to 8 p.m. for Parent Workshop: Building a Strong Home: Practical & Proven Strategies for Parents of Young Muslims\n\n\n\n\nThe single most crucial variable in a child’s development is their relationship with mom and dad. What are practical and proven ways that parents can build a strong home? \n\n\n\nIn this 60-minute lecture\, Noor Kids shares strategies supported by Islamic tradition and recent educational research. \n\n\n\n\n8:15 p.m. to 9 p.m. for Children Workshop – Standing Up to Bullying (Ages 4+): \n\n\n\n\nIn this storytelling event\, Amin recalls the hurt caused by bullies and provides children with a three-step approach to end bullying. \n\n\n\n7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Friday\, December 16 | MCC Conference Room & Prayer Hall  | No RSVP needed | Join in person or watch online at mcceastbay.org/live  \n\n\n\nFree babysitting is provided.Questions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter: \n\n\n\nAmin G. Aaser \n\n\n\nAmin G. Aaser is a leader in Muslim children’s education\, advocacy\, and development. \n\n\n\nAmin is the founder and Executive Director of Noor Kids\, a Harvard-supported educational services organization that seeks to build confidence in the religious identity of young Muslims. Noor Kids publishes one of the world’s fastest-growing Islamic children’s book series\, with titles in over 250\,000 homes across 25 countries. \n\n\n\nAmin is an expert on identity\, bullying\, education\, and publishing among Muslim children in America. He has been featured on NPR\, BBC\, and The Huffington Post\, among other media outlets. Since 2016\, Amin has been invited to over 300 communities across North America to help counter challenges faced by Muslim children and youth. \n\n\n\nAmin is also a “Master Storyteller\,” developing his expertise in storytelling under the tutelage of Arina Isaacson\, an internationally recognized and award-winning theater actress. Amin taught Storytelling at UC Berkeley.   \n\n\n\nAmin began his career in business management\, working for Fortune 500 companies such as 3M\, Target Corporation\, and General Mills. He gained his Master’s Degree at UC Berkeley\, where he focused on faith-based social enterprises. He graduated magna cum laude with distinction from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. \n\n\n\nHe lives with his wife and daughter in Minneapolis\, Minnesota.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/parents-children-workshops-with-noor-kids/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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