Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Miriam Kelty Ph.D. A national leading expert in developing “Villages “.

Dr. Kelty will lead the discussion on  key elements that go into developing a special Muslim Village and all its benefits. She will describe different models of villages, the growth of the villages in the Washington area, services they provide, and challenges she has experienced as a leader on Bannockburn Neighbors Assisting Neighbors.

Miriam Kelty is a psychologist who retired from NIH after working as Associate Director of the National Institute on Aging for more than 20 years.  Since her retirement, she works as an independent consultant in bioethics, research strategies, and in aging.  She helped organize her own neighborhood Village, Bannockburn Neighbors Assisting Neighbors.  She has met with more than an dozen Washington area communities to share her experiences and to advise them on starting their own villages.  Miriam serves on the Montgomery County Commission on Aging, its Aging in Place in the Community Committee, and on the Adult Protective Services Guardianship Review Board.  She is a co-founder of Washington Area Villages Exchange, a federation of established villages and those being planned that fosters information sharing, consultation, and tries to help communities avoid reinventing the wheel.

Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmutullah wa Barakatuhu:

Come join the Muslim Community Center Young Adults group on Wednesday, February 22 @ 7:30pm for the second installment of the Acts of Virtue Series. This month Imam Daoud Nassimi will lead the halaqa on “Contributing to a Virtuous Society.” InshaAllah we will explore practical ways to enrich ourselves and our communities in light of ayat-al-birr (2:177).
Social and networking time will precede the talk! Please RSVP on Facebook.

Light refreshments will be served! If interested, please feel free to bring a dish to share.

What:      Contributing to a Virtuous Society!
Where:    MCC Main Hall, 15200 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20905
When:     February 22 @ 7:30 pm
Who:       Imam Daoud Nassimi

Registration and workshop sign up and career counselor appointment booking begins at 12pm.

Employer and training organizations from Montgomery County and DC will be coming to recruit and introduce MCC community members to some of the free education and job training resources in the county to help job seekers find English learning and job training opportunities or even jobs.

Information will be available for many low cost, short training, well-paid, in demand andsatisfying careers including:

Employer and training organizations confirmed so far:

All Faith Consortium
Asian American Health initiative
Asian American Home Ownership Counseling
CASA De Maryland
Child Care Resource and Referral Center
Empowered Women International
Housing Opportunities Commission
Institute of Social Policy and Understanding
Muslim Service Public Network
Montgomery College
Montgomery Works

You can register to attend and book a free appointment with a Career Counselor here. Please note appointments are limited. Other workshops include:

“What’s Next For ESL Students?” – presented by Ruth Ticktin

“Success Principles” – presented by Rina Hafiz

If you are an Employer or Training organization and would like to participate in this event please contact Rummana at learnenglish@mccmd.org or apply here.

This event is free.

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WORKSHOP: “Success Principles”

Presented by Rina Hafiz, a motivational & leadership speaker speaker with 17 years of success training experience. She specializes in enhancing individual performance through effective goal setting and achievement techniques.  Her clients include individuals from US Air Force, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Direct Sales Companies & PTA.

MCC Main Building, 1^st floor Rm TBD, February 26, 5pm. Cost Free.

Want to make 2012 a year unlike any other, where your performances are more efficient than ever, with more joy and less stress? Then this is a must-attend event for you! This is an interactive workshop to:

“Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs be ignited with sparks.” Johann Gottfried Von Herder (German Philosopher)

To sign up for this workshop, please contact Rummana at learnenglish@mccmd.org .

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WORKSHOP: “What’s next for your ESL Students?”

Presented  by Ruth Ticktin.

MCC Main Building, 1st floor Rm TBD, February 26 , 4pm. Cost: FREE

FOR STUDENTS: You’ve learn’t English and now you want to work. How do you find a job? How do you find the right training? This workshop will help you find the answers.

FOR TEACHERS: So your students have learned how to speak English – now what do they do? This  workshop showcases strategies to assist students who have acquired basic English proficiency, in realistically advancing their short and long term future prospects.  What are the best career options out there? How long does it take to train?  How much does it cost?  Is there a job at the end of training? How much does it pay? By asking the right questions and guiding them to the answers, we will demonstrate how to help students identify their skills, goals, and next steps. This is a joint student teacher workshop, and real teachers will be asked to help real Muslim Community Center students.  You are of course welcome to bring your own students.