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The Islamic Information Center is proud to announce its first annual three day convention, entitled the American Leadership Initiative for Muslims (ALIM) to take place from July 17th – July 19th, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington DC. The registration fee is $55 and will all the meals for the weekend, transportation and a special IIC Briefing Packet. The registration fee can be paid after successful application to the conference The hotel accommodations are available at a special convention rate $79 per night and can be reserved by calling the Hyatt at 1-800-233-1234 and requesting the Islamic Information Center.
The Islamic Information Center is proud to announce that the ALIM Convention 2009 will feature the following speakers:
Over the past several years, it has becoming increasingly important for the Muslim community to engage the United States. Specifically this convention will focus on professionalism, civic engagement, citizenship and activism. The ALIM Convention is dedicated to coming up with actionable ideas, plans, and initiatives. At the conclusion of the convention, attendees will return to their home communities with specific plans of action, and the Islamic Information Center will help to coordinate these nationwide initiatives throughout the year. This convention includes site visits to critical US government agencies and meetings with government officials. The purpose of these meetings will be twofold. First, it will help facilitate communication in such a way where attendees can learn about programs from the government to engage the Muslim community, and voice their concerns to the government regarding issues of importance to the Muslim community. Second, these meetings will help showcase the fact that all it takes for Muslims to advance in this country, and help improve this country, is direct activism, and open communication. Often times, there is an unspoken sentiment that efforts to engage the government are either not worthwhile, or overly difficult to accomplish: IIC hopes to prove otherwise with this convention. The tentative list of site visits will include the United States Capitol, the Arab American Anti Discrimination Committee (ADC), the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Amnesty International, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Each day, after the site visits, the convention will return to the four star accommodations at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, where various panels and workshops will take place. During these programs, attendees will work together to synthesize goals and strategy to enact throughout the year. These meetings will not be on hypothetical topics – but actual plans to use the knowledge learned at the convention to help Muslims locally and abroad! Unfortunately, this will be a limited attendance event. That is to say, there will not be hundreds of attendees, but instead attendance will be focused on activists throughout the community. To that affect, IIC invites you to apply for attendance (don’t worry, it’s not a complicated process – we just want to make sure that the convention is a good match for you!). After you submit your application, IIC's Registration Team will be in quick contact with you!
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