NEW YORK PEACE COALITION

Second Annual Peace December Celebration in New York City

Luncheon Celebration Night on 11/30/2011  

In 2010, Governor David Paterson, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. issued proclamations to have the month of December as Peace Month in New York City. This historic moment was hosted in the Bronx Rotunda under the auspices of a diverse cross section of elected officials from across the City, State and Federal agencies including the Bronx Borough President Office, Bronx District Attorney, New York State Senator Ruth Hassle- Thompson, DYCD, the New York Police Department, New York City Parks, Bangladeshi American National Democratic Society, USA, Inc, and several other elected officials.

This initiative was born out of the need to lower the bar of skyrocketing crime and violence statistics that happen in New York City every year. With the Borough of the Bronx leading in the said statistics, the offices of the Borough President in the Bronx county has provided his resources including assigning space and staff to engage in this effort to lower the crime rates, in addition to his Peace in the Streets Initiative. With a proclamation from the mayor and series of endorsements from elected officials, government agencies, the clergy and community leaders, the momentum to celebrate December as a peace month keeps galvanizing diversified communities from across New York City to partner in the process.

The New York Peace Coalition partnership is an embodiment of governmental and nongovernmental organizations and initiatives that include Adopt-A-Friend, Bronx Clergy Task Force, NAACP Parkchester Branch, New York Center For Conflict Dialogue, LaCrown Initiatives- It Takes A Village Inc, Latin America-Muslim Women Organization, Islamic Leadership School, St Ann Anti Violence Program, The Mayor and the Bronx Borough President Offices, Bronx District Attorney, NYS State Senator Ruth Hassell- Thompson, DYCD, NYC Parks, JCRC-Cause-NY

Media coverage provided by: BronxNet Television, News 12, NY1 News, NY Daily News, Muslim Community Report and the local community media. 

Masters of Ceremony:

Ms. Beverly Roberts

Ms. Aisha Ahmed

Peace Messages:

Rabbi Bob Kaplan, Bishop Angelo Rosario, Imam Suleimane Konate.

Countdown to Peace December

The 2011 Countdown to Peace December Celebrations will be held on Wednesday, November 30, 2011, from 8:00PM-12:30AM at Al Iman Community Center located 2006 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, New York 10462.

Objectives of the Celebrations.

i)       Enhance strategic awareness in crime reductions.

ii)    Promote peace and reduce homicides and other domestic violence cases

iii)   Inspire inter agency and inter community coalitions that will cross fertilize ideas in the quest to eradicate crime in the city.

iv)    Foster the voice of faith based houses in crime reduction

v)      Facilitate experience sharing experiences from families and communities.

vi)   Encourage clergies of all faith to dedicate all their sermons in December to Peace

1.                              Invited Political Guests: Hon. Andrew M. Cuomo, NYS Governor, Hon. Michael R. Bloomberg, NYC Mayor, Hon. David Paterson, Former NYS Governor, Hon.  Dennis Walcott, NYC Schools Chancellor, Hon. Ruben Diaz, Jr. Bronx Borough President, Hon. Aurelia Greene, Deputy Bronx Borough President, Hon. Robert Johnson, Bronx District Attorney, Hon. Charles E. Schumer, US Senate, Hon. Kristen Gillibrand, US Senate, Hon. Thomas DiNapoli, NYS Comptroller, Hon. Eric Schneiderman, NYS Attorney General, Hon. Jose E. Serrano, US Congress, Hon. Carl E. Heastie, Chairman Bronx Democratic County Committee, Hon. Peter M. Rivera, NYS Assembly, Hon. Annabel Palma, NYC Council, Hon. Rev. Ruben Diaz, Sr., NYS Senate, Hon. Michael Benjamin, former NYS Assembly, Hon. Vanessa Gibson, NYS Assembly, Hon. Naomi Rivera, NYS Assembly, Hon. Jeffrey Dinowitz, NYS Assembly, Hon. Carmen E. Arroyo, NYS Assembly, Hon. Nelson Castro, NYS Assembly, Hon. Jeffrey D. Klein, NYS Senate, Hon. Marcos Crespo, NYS Assembly, Hon. Eric Stevenson, NYS Assembly, Non. Helen D. Foster, NYC Council, Hon. Gustavo Rivera, NYS Senate, Hon. Michael Benedetto, NYS Assembly, Hon. Jose M. Serrano, NYS Senate, Hon. Maria del Carmen Arroyo, NYC Council, Hon. Fernando Cabrera, NYC Council, Hon. Larry B. Seabrook, NYC  Council, Hon. G. Oliver Koppell, NYC Council, Hon. Joel Rivera, NYC Council, Hon. James Vacca, NYC Council, Hon. Raymond Kelly, New York City Police Commissioner, and Community Board Leaders, Non-profit organization leaders, entertainers and some organizations in the city combating violence and abuse.

2.                              Participation: Should you want your organization or community to participate, please contact us so we can include your events in Peace December Events Calendar.

3.                              Endorsements: Elected officials who have not officially endorse Peace December, should do so with Proclamations.

Honorary co-founder: Honorable Aurelia Greene, Deputy Bronx Borough President.

4.                               

Entertainment, prayers, food, performances & testimonials

RSVP: info@peacedecember.org or call Sheikh Moussa Drammeh: 718-829-2323

PEACE DECEMBER PARTICIPANT LIST

Please select a day or days in which your organization hosts a peace program. If your organization already has peace programs in December, please let us know about them so that they can be included in Peace December Leadership list for continued peace networking throughout the year.

Name of organization: _________________________

Address: ____________________________________

City: _________   State: ___ ___ Zip Code: ________

Telephone: __________________________________

Website: ____________________________________

Email: ______________________________________

Contact Person: ______________________________

Position: ____________________________________

Type of organization:

_________________________________________________________

Services/Program/Products: _____________________

Name of the Peace December event being organized: 

Description of the event: _______________________

The reason for organizing this event: ______________

Is this a new program or an existing one? _________________________________________

Is it open to the public?  ____ Yes.    ____No.      Is it free of charge?  _____ Yes.  _____ No.

Select day or days and time this event is taking place in Peace December:

December ___  ____ , 2011. Other days?   _________

From: ___ ___: ___  ___AM  PM    to ___ ___: ___ ___ AM  PM 

Submit this application to: New York Peace Coalition, c/o Peace December.

2006 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, New York 10462. info@peacedecember.org

Thank you for making Peace December a successful nonviolence month. Crimes and violence are not inevitable. Together, we can fight them!

EID MUBARAK!

Insha Allah EIDUL ADHA prayer will be this Sunday, November 6, 2011, at 8:30AM. Eid celebration will follow all day long for Muslims and Non-Muslim families as usual. All are invited! May Allah (SW) accept all our sacrifices and forgive our sins.

Kullu Aam Wa Antum Bilkhair!

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

Tenth Year Anniversary

ﻪﺘﺎﮐﺭﺑﻭ ﷲﺍ ﺔﻤﺣﺭﻭ ﻡﻛﻴﻟﻋ ﻢﻼﺴﻟﺍ

Dear brothers and sisters:

Please join us to celebrate this beautiful milestone. All thanks are due to Allah (SW). We are bearing witness that there is no greater privilege than to say that we are celebrating our tenth year anniversary running a fulltime Islamic school in the Bronx. Alhamdu Lillah!

As it has been well publicized by the media, Islamic Leadership School's first day of school was Tuesday, September 11, 2001, the day that changed the world.  Because of this historic birthday, compromising on the quality of whole education was never an option, despite challenges faced. The founding students have now been the voices of Islamic youth leadership in New York through print and electronic media, promoting peaceful coexistence among all New Yorkers.

Please join these honorable students and witness for yourself the results of leadership and commitment of Islamic Leadership School. These founding students will be our host and speakers at this ten year anniversary. …Verily never will Allah change the condition of a people until they change it themselves. 13:11

Venue: Al Iman Community Center 

       2006 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, New York 10462

Date: Saturday, September 10, 2011    Time: 4:30-8:00PM

718-892-5555

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

Alhamdulillah!

EID MUBAARAK!

Insha Allah, Masjid Al Iman will celebrate Eidul Fitar on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. Eid Prayer starts at 9:00AM. All are welcome!

Kullu Aam Wa Antum Bil Kair

RAMADAAN KAREEM

Assalaamu Alaikum to all:

Alhamdu Lillah! The Holy Month of Ramadaan is thankfully upon us again. Masjid Al Iman is starting the fasting on Monday, August 1, 2011, insha Allah. May Allah (SW) enable us all to rip all the benefits of the month. For more information about this year's Ramadaan program, please call the Imam at: 1-646-934-0480 or 1-718-892-5555.

This weekly student talent show is a family-oriented program that opens to the public. It is designed to help nurture the inner talents within our children. Parents and teachers are encouraged to register their talented children for further leadership development. The environment is strictly children-friendly. No alcohol, violence, indecent language or dress.

REFRESHMENTS ARE SERVED!

Whoever recommends and helps a good cause becomes a partner therein: And whoever recommends and helps an evil cause, shares in its burden: And God hath power over all things. 4:85

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

REQUEST TO SPONSOR THE OFFICIAL OPERATION OFDOTHALAL™

DotHalal™ is a Generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) project that is intended to automatically filter all the unwanted material from our communication on the internet and insulate our families, businesses and society from inappropriate and corrupt practices that are unethically sound.

The advent of the internet era has made men and women of intellect and creativity to come up with various Generic Top Level Domain names including .com, .net, .org etc. business houses, governments and families have further been introduced to installing software that may prevent the flow of immoral, corrupt and unethical traffic on the internet. Notwithstanding the efforts to install software that locks activities such as pornography, cyber bullying, radicalism recruitments, unsolicited mails from scam artists and offensive ads against one's culture or religion, our society is still being susceptible to the same avoided trajectory and hence exposed moral decay in all ways.

DotHalal™ (.halal) is an inbuilt Generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) community that filters out all inappropriate contents without doubling the costs of importing software by end-users. The latter has not helped society as evidenced by the prevalence of scams, pornography, juvenile delinquency and unethical business practices through the internet.

Therefore, the creation and establishment of DotHalal™ is a true testament of the fact that we cannot be inventors of our own destruction and if you want to see a society where morals in business, families and society prevail, we invite you to support, donate or give a loan to help us in establishing DotHalal™.

Should you find this cause worth of supporting, please signup online www.HalalFinder.com and click on DotHalal.  We must raise two million dollars ($2,000, 000) by December 10, 2011 to meet the application and initial operational expenses of DotHalal™ Project.  Be one of the founding 313,000 DotHalal™ sponsors. Please make checks payable to Halalan Tayyiban Foundation, Inc. and return it to the undersigned address. We are looking forward to working with you in adding value to the well being of our online society.

HALALAN TAYYIBAN FOUNDATION

40 Wall Street, Suite 2879

New York NY 10005

718-239-5555 (Bronx Office)

www.HalalFinder.com

Att: Sheikh Moussa Drammeh, DotHalal™ Project Coordinator.

Email: info@dothalal.org

DotHalal Permanent Founding Member Registration Form

First name: ________________  Middle: ____________ Last: _________________

Address: __________________________________________________________

City: _________________  State: __________________ Zip Code: ____________

Country: __________________________________________________________

Gender: ___M   ___F.                                                        Age:________________

Tel: _____________________________  Cell: ____________________________

Email: ____________________________________________________________

Website: __________________________________________________________

Profession: _________________________________________________________

Position: __________________________________________________________

Individual Sponsorship Amount:

$10 ___  $20 ____  $30____ $40___  $50___ $100  $200___  $300___  Other $_______

Corporate/Masjid/Center Sponsorship Amount:

$500___  $1000___  $2000____  $3000___   $4000___  $5000___  Other $___________

Please make checks payable to: Halalan Tayyiban Foundation. Thank you!

2010

EID FESTIVAL IN PARKCHESTER

All are welcome!

While New York City is home to some of the wealthiest families in the world, it is also a town where one would find the greatest wealth disparity among its residents.   Feeding, clothing and entertaining a family may not be a big deal in some of New York's Zip Codes, but it is a big deal that can bring a bright smile on the faces of many in our Bronx County. 

All individuals and families are invited, especially the homeless, the jobless and the poor to have a festive day of free food, clothes, raffles, children's games, entertainment and social networking.

Date:       Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Time:       1:00-6:00PM

Venue:    AL IMAN COMMUNITY 

                    2006 Westchester Avenue,

 Bronx, New York 10462

Guided by: The Council of African Imams  & Majlis Ash-Shura of New York.

Coordinators: Sheikh Moussa Drammeh 718-829-2323, Dr. Abdoulaye Balde 917-304-2532.                               RSVP: info@islamicculturalcenter.org

EID MUBAARAK!

INSHA ALLAH, OUR MASJID WILL CELEBRATE EIDUL FITAR ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 AT 9:00AM.  ALHAMDU LILLAH! ZAKATUL FITAR IS $8.

                                 ALL ARE WELCOME!

2nd

ANNUAL COMMUNITY EID CELEBRATION_

9/11 MEMORIAL

RAMADAAN KAREEM/HAPPY EID FESTIVAL!

☺☺☺

We are once again forever grateful to God for enabling us to complete and celebrate another successful month of fasting in New York. We wish for all New Yorkers a happy, healthy and peaceful year!

As it was done last year, we planned to host a full day of lots of fun, food and family get together. This festival is open to all God-loving families, regardless of religious affiliations. It is a day to celebrate God's mercy on mankind.

Please join us on this yearly festive day with your children and seniors. This is a yearly youth organized celebration event. Please see the organizers at www.eidcelebration.org.

DATE:

Saturday, September 11, 2010, 12:00-6:00pm. Please confirm the date on the evening of Thursday, September 9 at www.masjidaliman.org.

FESTIVE VENUE:

AL IMAN COMMUNITY CENTER

2006 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, New York 10462

718-892-5555

RSVP:

 info@eidcelebration.org

SPONSORED BY:

MASJID AL IMAN

RAMADAN KAREEM TO ALL!

Insha Allah, fasting begins Wednesday, August 11, 2010.

May Allah (SW) accept our fasting!

Kullu'am Wa Antum Bilkhayr

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

MASJID AL-IMAN

2006 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, New York 10462

Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabaraka'tuhu,

In the growing effort to establish the Deen of Allah and the call of Da'wah, there arises the need of strong Islamic establishments such as mosques and Islamic community centers. Here at Masjid Al-Iman, we have the opportunity to create a unique and dynamic synergy of energies from a Masjid, a community center, a school and a nursery which could serve as a model for other communities, insha'Allah. We are located in the center of a vibrant community heavily populated by Muslims from all over the world. Under our hopeful and forward-thinking management team, supported by a solid core of hard-working devoted servants of Allah and His believers, we anticipate the continued progressive development of this worthwhile venture. Thus, we cordially invite you to join us for our Ramadan Fundraising Iftar Banquet on August 28th, 2010. 

Let the words of Allah be of reassurance to us that whatever we do for His sake and cause is indeed never lost. For Allah says:

"If ye loan to Allah, a beautiful loan, He will double it to your (credit), and He will grant you Forgiveness: for Allah is most Ready to appreciate (service), Most Forbearing,-" (64:17)

And He (SWT) also says:

"O you who believe! Spend of that with which We have provided for you, before a Day comes when there will be no bargaining, nor friendship, nor intercession. And it is the disbelievers who are the wrong-doers." (2:254)

We look forward to seeing you, your families and friends, so that we may all come together to stand forth for such a noble cause for the sake of Allah.

TIME: between Asr and Maghrib. Guest speaker: Imam Sheikh Hamud Al Silwi, PhD. Lots of food will be served for iftar, insha'Allah.

Baarak Allahu Fiikum,

Imam Mahamed Minte

P.S: If you're unable to attend, any donations would be appreciated. Check & money orders can be made out to Masjid Al Iman or logging on our website. Directions to the Masjid can also be found on the website.

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MASJID AL-IMAN

2006 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, New York 10462

www.masjidaliman.org

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