Tariq Nelson

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Monday January 19

Find out where to serve in your community

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The New Brunswick Islamic Center presents:
Grant Writing Workshop for Faith Based & Community Organizations

with Dr. Khalif Ramadan, Strategic Planning Consultant
Imam Khalif Ramadan is the Director of Training and Grants for the Muslim Alliance of North America (MANA), and also serves as a mentor for Ph.D candidates in Jackson State University’s Executive Ph.D program.  Since [...]

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The City of Detroit reportedly has 21% unemployment. The average home sold for less than many cars in 2008. There are even people wanting to go to jail to be warm for the winter. However, that part is nothing new (perhaps more common) as I have known from my time being a volunteer Chaplain in [...]

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I found this post by Azhar Usman on Akram’s Razor. He gives a general permission to reproduce it which I have done below. My comments are below Azhar’s post

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…is heading for Galveston and Houston. Authorities say those who remain behind face “certain death“. Our thoughts and prayers are with them

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Everything changed on 9/11/01…It kicked off a period in which I have seen some of the most inhuman actions in my lifetime. It was just shocking to see so often over the past 7 years that some human beings are not only capable of such a lack of empathy and normal human emotion, but that [...]

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Last week, I received some extremely biting feedback

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Presidential Vice-Presidential Candidate Governor Palin and former Presidential candidate Rudolph Guiliani lampooned community organizers and the important work they do in their communities. Are they so out of touch that they do not realize that teachers, PTA members, football coaches and non-profit volunteers also have “actual responsibilities” too? Do they not realize - in their [...]

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The Obama Campaign encouraged his supporters to donate and volunteer to help victims of Hurricane Gustav.

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Say a prayer for our fellow citizens in the Gulf Coast Region as Gustav approaches. Many people still live in FEMA trailers from Katrina. There are many people of good will that are already planning to go down to the region to help if needed

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While traveling this weekend, I read Dr. Randy Pausch’s book “The Last Lecture“. I know that I am late, but I loved this book and highly recommend it. I loved it because it didn’t concentrate on dying, but on living. It caused me reflect on my own life and the many blessing that God has [...]

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I am at the airport in Atlanta waiting for a transfer and saw this story of good Samaritans in action. Although the baby survived, it is a tragedy nonetheless because the pregnant mother of the child passed away in the accident.

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For those in the DC area, this is something you may not want to miss. Those in other areas may want to try to catch it as well. Either way, check out the description below

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