Upcoming Major Events
- CAIR-CT banquet dinner scheduled for Oct 25th, 2008
- Open house and a social at ICNL masjid August or September 2008
- Run walk or crawl from Groton to New London against hate for September 2008
- CAIR-CT is hosting the next leadership meeting at the New London masjid on June
7th,2008
- Picnic Cosponsored with MCCT for all Muslims in CT during the month of June 2008
- Town hall meeting with Chris Murphy date to be determined
Overview of CAIR-CT Activities
Sep 2007-May 2008
- Weekly visits to mosques and Islamic centers around CT:
During these visits, a talk (ranges from 5-20minutes) about CAIR’ vision
and CAIR-CT services to the community is delivered.
This allowed CAIR-CT to be for all Muslims in the state rather than being restricted
to the New London area.
- Leadership training at ICNL:
Conducted by Imran Ahmed (board member.)
- ConnCollege movie review:
This was a one time event.
- ConnCollege comunity work and collaboration:
Part of a panel of different religious groups that discussed community work
and the relationship that governs them.
- Hate Crime Symposium:
The collaboration with the Groton Library, the Coast Guard Academy and other groups
made this event a success. A relationship with the Coast Guard and the Department
of Justice were developed. This event generated a lot of media coverage and
sparked the interest of some political leaders on the state level
(state rep. Earnest Hewett)
- Letter to congress about Gaza:
Hundreds of letters were signed at several masjids and Islamic centers around the state.
This issue generated a positive strong and passionate response from the community.
- Know Your Wrights Sessions.
One was held at Masjid Mohammed in Hartford.
Others are scheduled for upcoming weeks in new haven and West Haven.
- Helping the Youth Club at ICNL.
Various activities including collecting funds for various causes (Palestine,
habitat for Humanity…) through the Friday Lunch program.
- Being involved with habitat for Humanity.
Help raise funds through baseball ticket sales.
- Being involved with the refugee comity.
Being a liaison between groups of Muslim refugees and Muslim community organizations.
- Being Part of a group to defend civil rights and stand against hate
and discrimination.
This is a group of religious leaders and interfaith groups in the New London Area
that is trying to bring attention to a host of issues some are local
and others are national.
- Attended CAIR-NJ Banquet and other fundraising dinners in CT.
- Diversity Training at the naval base in Groton:
the training was conducted by sister Holy at the naval base in Groton CT.
- Meeting with Congressman Chris Murphy:
Initial meeting was held with several CAIR-CT team members lead by
Br. Gamal. A discussion about a town hall meeting in the Waterbury area
was renewed at a dinner party few weeks ago.
- Civil Rights Cases:
Br. Ebad is the civil rights coordinator.
Besides the “know your Rights” session he is presenting
at different masjids Br. Ebad is working on few civil right cases.
- Take Part in The monthly leadership meetings:
this effort was started by MCCT (Muslim Coalition of CT.) This monthly meeting
Brings together leaders of the Muslim community to discuss ways of
collaboration on various issues the latest being the chaplaincy endorsing body.
- Involvement with the community:
All our team members are heavily involved in their community.
Their work ranges from presidents of their community boards to IT support
and other community out reach programs.
IL: Fuel-Efficiency Projects Gain Muslim Teen Acclaim
Posted 12/24/2007 6:17:00 PM
Someday the
fuel efficiency of your car may be directly related to the
efforts of a young man who's now a senior at the Universal
School in Bridgeview.
To say Osama
Zayyad has a passion for science is an understatement; it is
his life.
He has taken
the gold award for most outstanding science fair project at
regional and state competitions. In fact, he has earned the
gold award every year since he was in eighth grade, and the
past three years, he moved up to the state level of
competition. For the past two years, Zayyad, 17, received
the best in category award in engineering, which is the top
award at the state level.
All this
time, Zayyad has been researching the viscosity of synthetic
motor oil compared to petroleum-based motor oil and how
numerous variables affect each and impact the environment
and fuel efficiency of cars. Every year, he has pursued the
same topic in different categories - chemistry, physics and
engineering - enhancing and expanding upon the project
through the years as he added different variables.
"I have found
that full synthetic motor oils outperform petroleum and
semi-synthetic motor oils under cold temperatures of
minus-10 degrees Fahrenheit," Zayyad said. "They are more
fluid-like and able to protect the engine at higher temps
and also are able to protect engines by maintaining their
thickness.
"Recently, a
lot of effort has been put into making cars more fuel
efficient to reduce global warming and carbon dioxide in the
air. If you can increase the efficiency of the engine 5
percent, you would save 300 billion tons of carbon emissions
or greenhouse gas emissions," he said.
Zayyad also
is largely involved in the school community and in sports.
He was a National Merit semifinalist and earned an ACT score
of 33. He is a member of Innercity Muslim Action Network,
which visits homeless shelters and helps organize canned
food drives. He is a member of student council and last year
served as president of the student body.
Related
Information
Source:
Southtown Star
Author:
Cheryl Dangel Cullen |
