March 2011 in a Snippet

Hold Leadership in Research on Saturday March 26th, 2011

• 96 students from 3 (VA, MD, DE) states and DC
• Students as old as 60 and as young as 9
• Families, infants, newly wed couples, teens and mid-age adults
• New York Hall of Science, Museum of Moving Image & Central Park
• Pre-recorded interviews, documentaries, Quran, motivational speeches, halaqas and team competitions
• Football, free time, all you can eat dinner, lunch and breakfast

Speaking to 970 Young Men at Loyola Bakerfield College, Wednesday March 30th, 2011

• 970 middle and high school students at Loyola Bakersfield Catholic school in Towson
• Brief discussion on repentance, Allah's attributes and forgiveness

EmpowerOne, March 2011

• ILIA's fifth student joins EmpowerOne

Leader to Mankind

• Accounting 101 class completed in April alhamedellah
• 6 sessions, 8 students, 1 shelter

Mission Excellence

• Two new students, tutoring in math

Sharing the Mission

• Sponsored Howard County's Community Action Council Food Bank
• Sponsored DC MIST 2011 Business Venture Competition Awards (8 weeks paid internship at ILIA - 1st place ($250 value); 2 free ILIA classes - 2nd place ($120 value); 1 free ILIA class - 3rd place ($75 value))
• Sponsored Metro Washington Quran Recitation Competition (MWQRC 2011)

Community Support

• $200 zakat donation to a head of household who lost her job this month

Joint Programs

• Teamed with an intern from University of Maryland
• Recorded a teen talk show on the Egyptian revolution
• Proposal to be submitted to Good Morning America and other programs to promote teen awareness and interest in news programming