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Why attend a MEND event?
With at least 7,000 anti-Muslim hate crimes a year, systemic discrimination against Muslims in the workplace and relentless media negativity, there has never been a more important time to attend a MEND event and to learn more about tackling Islamophobia. Anti-Muslim hatred affects us all, just like racism and anti-Semitism. MEND unites communities to tackle Islamophobia. Sign up for an event below and learn more about the challenge at hand.
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September 2020
Yorkshire Volunteer Induction September 2020 (Online)
Have you ever wondered what you can do tackle Islamophobia in your community? Well, look no further, volunteer with MEND to learn more about how we can tackle Islamophobia together. MEND (Muslim Engagement & Development) is a not-for-profit organisation that is dedicated to tackling Islamophobia and aims to empower British Muslims through local community work and national campaigns. If you’re from the Yorkshire and Humber region, join our online Volunteer Induction Session on Wednesday 30th, 6:00PM-7:30PM to learn more about our…
October 2020
Muslimah Voices: Challenging Media Misrepresentations
🎤 SPEAKER CALLOUT 🎤 We are looking for Muslim Women speakers to be on our next muslimah Voices panel event where we are holding an online discussion on how we can address the negative representation of Muslim Women as being backward, oppressed and domestically oriented in the mainstream media. We want to hear directly from Muslim Women who have researched this subject as well as those working in the broadcast:print media or in public relations about their experiences and what…
MEND Scotland: Islamophobia Awareness Month Launch Event
MEND Scotland: IAM launch will kick of a month of informative and engaging events, talks, discussions training session and more with differing stockholders and partners all of which will look at tackling islamophobia in Scotland. Please join us for our stakeholder and partner panel discussion
Derby MEND Induction
Get to know what MEND does, how we do it and how you can get involved. Saturday 3rd October @ 5.30pm till 6.30pm To register: https://forms.gle/fhUkqNyiuqpYhtzz5 Note: We will contact you, once we have received your registration form with access details. For more information contact Ruby on [email protected]
IAM: Submit your book reviews!
As part of Islamophobia Awareness Month (November), we want to promote the written works of Muslim authors to highlight some of the great fiction and non-fiction literature written by our community. So how can you help? We want people to submit video reviews that we can post over the course of the month on our Instagram, discussing the books you love by the authors you love. To get involved, complete this form with the book you want to review and…
Young Muslim Women’s Leadership Programme
Invitation to join the Young Muslim Women’s Leadership Programme... We offer a safe space for young Muslim women (13-18+) to come together and form friendships around exciting and necessary conversations on various topics related to being young, female, and Muslim. The programme is completely free and sessions will take place weekly on Monday from 2:00pm-3:00pm until December via Zoom. Sessions will be focused on Critical Thinking, Analysis and Capacity Building. Register interest at: tinyurl.com/yb44gfth Deadline to register is: 15th July 2020…
Young Muslim Women’s Leadership Programme
Invitation to join the Young Muslim Women’s Leadership Programme... We offer a safe space for young Muslim women (13-18+) to come together and form friendships around exciting and necessary conversations on various topics related to being young, female, and Muslim. The programme is completely free and sessions will take place weekly on Monday from 2:00pm-3:00pm until December via Zoom. Sessions will be focused on Critical Thinking, Analysis and Capacity Building. Register interest at: tinyurl.com/yb44gfth Deadline to register is: 15th July 2020…
Islamophobia Causes and Cures: Derby Volunteers Only
Islamophobia: Causes and Cures Session (s) at Derby VOLUNTEERS ONLY In this online session we will be focusing on what Islamophobia looks like in the UK, the root causes of this, and what we can do as a community to tackle this. To register your attendance please follow the link: Monday 12th October @ 5.30pm till 7pm Register here: https://forms.gle/zxzfaw3rqTLGZ4K88 For more information please contact: [email protected]
Young Muslim Women’s Leadership Programme
Invitation to join the Young Muslim Women’s Leadership Programme... We offer a safe space for young Muslim women (13-18+) to come together and form friendships around exciting and necessary conversations on various topics related to being young, female, and Muslim. The programme is completely free and sessions will take place weekly on Monday from 2:00pm-3:00pm until December via Zoom. Sessions will be focused on Critical Thinking, Analysis and Capacity Building. Register interest at: tinyurl.com/yb44gfth Deadline to register is: 15th July 2020…
MENDtalks: Being Black and Muslim in Academia
Join us as we hear from three Black Muslim academics about their experiences of working in the UK Higher Education sector and how we can ensure strong Black and Muslim representation in academia going forward. Panellists include: • Professor Hakeem Yusuf, Professor of Law and Global Studies at the University of Derby • Dr Aliyu Musa, academic and commentator • Aisha Abubakar Badawi, PhD student and lecturer at De Montfort University 🔗 Live from facebook.com/UoBIslamicSociety/live 🕕 Monday 19th October, 6:30-7:30pm. MEND…