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SUMMARY:Pleasanton City Council Muslim Proclamation
DESCRIPTION:At 7 p.m. on Tuesday\, Sept. 7\, the Pleasanton City Council joins communities throughout the State of California in recognizing the month of August 2021 as Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month. The event is virtual only.\n\n\n \n\n\nThe MCC encourages all congregation members to watch the livestream and express our appreciation. We especially encourage residents who live in the City of Pleasanton to attend in person. Please also leave a public comment: http://www.cityofpleasantonca.gov/cals/default.asp\n\n\n\n\n7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. | Tuesday\, Sept. 7  | Watch online with these options: \n\n\n\nJoin the meeting using this URL: https://cityofpleasanton.zoom.us/j/91294937422\nPleasanton residents only: The virtual meeting will be broadcast live on Channel 29 and at https://www.tri-valleytv.org\nWatch live on the City’s YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheCityofPleasanton\nTo join by phone dial +1 (669) 900-6833 or +1 (253) 215-8782.  When prompted: Enter Webinar ID 91294937422\nIf you wish to speak on an item listed on this agenda or under public comment\, please complete and submit a speaker card here or at https://forms.cityofpleasantonca.gov/f/SpeakerCard by 7:00 p.m. the day of the meeting.\n\n\n\nThe Proclamation is the second agenda item so please be on time at 7 p.m. to the meeting. Sr. Spojmie Nasiri and Br. Munir Safi will speak on behalf of Pleasanton Muslims.\n\n\n\n\nThis is the second year the Pleasanton City Council has done so. Keep an eye out for Dublin\, San Ramon and Livermore City Council virtual proclamations in the coming weeks.\n\n\n \n\n\nLast year\, then-Vice Mayor Karla Brown presented the Proclamation\, which acknowledges the rich history and guiding virtues of American Muslims\, and commends Muslim communities in California for the lasting positive impact they have made\, and continue to make\, toward the advancement of the state and the nation. Watch that recording: https://youtu.be/AtAhIyvchpI\n\n\n \n\n\nThe Pleasanton City Council follows in the steps of other City Councils in the San Francisco Bay Area\, like Santa Clara\, Union City\, Oakland\, San Jose\, and Redwood City. \n\n\n \n\n\nOur gratitude to Sr. Sameena Usman from CAIR – San Francisco Bay Area. She has been facilitated these Bay Area-wide Proclamations. Our gratitude to Sr. Eman Tai for facilitating the Dublin Proclamation: https://youtu.be/5yLuSj2w-w0\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/pleasanton-city-council-proclamation/
CATEGORIES:Interfaith & Community Outreach
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SUMMARY:Travelogue of 1984 Xinjiang
DESCRIPTION:In 1984\, Jenny White was traveling with friends in China when she heard East Turkestan had just opened to foreign visitors. She immediately took a two-day bus ride to Xinjiang and spent three unforgettable weeks there – taking rare photographs of this beautiful\, bustling and isolated region of Uyghur Muslims in China. \nNearly 40 years later and with the tragic cultural erasure in Xinjiang\, Ms. White takes us on a cultural homecoming with her photos that are now a testament to a bygone time for China’s Uighur people. \n5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. | Sunday\, Sept. 12 | MCC Conference Room (no RSVP needed) or watch online at https://mcceastbay.org/live \nBay Area Uyghur Muslims will be on hand to provide context to these photos. Special Uighur dessert (take-home boxes) for guests after event. Facility tours after event. \nFree. Everyone welcome! For those attending in person\, masks required during duration while inside the MCC facility. \nMCC Congregation: Limited space. Note: this event is for neighbors and community members. A congregation member may attend if they bring a friend\, neighbor\, coworker (if a family would like to attend\, they should bring the same number of guests from other faiths please). \nJenny White was born and raised in Oklahoma. After university and graduate school\, she spent years traveling through the Middle East\, Asia\, and Europe. In 1984\, Jenny was traveling through China with friends when she heard that East Turkestan had opened up for foreign visitors. Jenny immediately decided to go\, and took a solo two-day bus ride – she thinks from Lanzhou. Jenny then spent about three weeks in East Turkestan and had a wonderful\, unforgettable time there. Jenny is a retired health policy researcher at the University of California\, San Francisco. \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \nWho Are the Uyghurs?\nUyghurs (alternatively spelled Uighurs\, Uygurs\, etc.) are ethnically and culturally a Turkic people living in the areas of Central Asia commonly known as East Turkistan. The area is vast\, constituting one-sixth of the total land area under the control of the People’s Republic of China. The Uyghurs have a rich cultural history going back almost 4\,000 years. Before embracing Islam in tenth century\, Uyghurs believed in Buddhism\, Manichaeism and Nestorian Christianity. Today\, Uyghurs practice a moderate form of Sufi Islam and lead predominantly secular lives. \nUyghurs (Uighurs) are Turkic-speaking Muslim people with a population of more than twenty million in East Turkistan\, (officially known as Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China)\, which was invaded by China in 1949. Since 2016\, the Chinese Government has forced many Uyghurs to renounce their ethnic identity\, religion\, and culture and imprisoned over one million Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims. \n\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Barbers at Saturday market in Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Traveling storyteller in Turfan\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Man riding donkey at local market\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Mother and child in Turfan\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Bus from Lanzhou in Han China to Turfan\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Lunchtime at Saturday market in Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Two men performing traditional dance in Turfan\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Orchestra of instruments at wedding celebration in Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Local animal market in Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Father and child with traditional haircut\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Cobbler in Turfan\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Donkey cart off-road in Turfan\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Uighur woman from bus to East Turkestan\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Man selling melon slices at Saturday market in Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Shepard with flock of goat at Kashgar’s airport\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Barber at Saturday market in Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Local market at Turfan\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Onlookers at Kashgar’s airport\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Mother and child with traditional crib in Turfan\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Brother and sister at metal shop\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Locals making traditional dish samsa\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Young girls in Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Tea shop in old town of Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Man sharpening knives for at local market in Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Man playing traditional Rawap instrument in Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Man with goat for sale at animal market in Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Family hardware stall at market in Turfan\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Elderly walking along cedar trees in Turfan\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Man testing horse for purchase at animal market in Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Saturday market in Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Kashgar’s airport\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Boys in Kashgar traditional neighborhood\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Donkey cart on the way to Bezeklik Caves\n				\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Men at Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Local hotel Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Noodle maker in Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Children at local market Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Child making noodles\n				\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Cemetery in Kashgar\, each dome is for one family\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Local mercant Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Statue of Mao in city center of Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				“Parking lot” at local market Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Men praying at Id Kah Mosque\n				\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Children in Kashgar\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Man making wudu inside Id Kah Mosuqe
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/xinjiang/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Interfaith & Community Outreach
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