DEVELOPING CULTURAL COMPETENCY PROGRAMS:
CULTURAL COMPETENCY PROGRAMS:
Featured Seminar for professionals, this seminar provides valuable information and resources for increasing awareness, enhancing cultural competency skills and developing relationships with American Muslim communities. This seminar provides valuable information and resources for increasing awareness, enhancing cultural competency skills, and developing relationships with American Muslim communities.
Description
The seminar begins with an overview of Muslim demographics, practices and traditions, pertinent contemporary issues and their implications for professionals who work with Muslim populations or who want to gain awareness. A discussion of common stereotypes about Muslims and their faith and resultant hate crimes committed against them in a post 9/11 environment is presented. The seminar also addresses protocols for interaction with both individuals and community institutions, and provides leaders the opportunity to share their policies and experiences
serving Muslim members of the community. The seminar ends with a discussion of opportunities for cooperation.
Audience:
Specific programs for
1. Law enforcement
2. Hospital and social service environments
3. Teachers and Librarians
Format:
Workshop Length: 3 hours
Number of Participants: 20 or more
Resource Kit
MCCT Presentation Slide Handouts
Answers to FAQs About Muslims
Calendar of Islamic Dates
Benefits
Cultural awareness and development of cultural competency skills as they relate to working with American Muslims and their institutions
Contact
PLEASE CONTACT AIDA MANSOOR AT aidamansoor@mcct.us IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SETTING UP A PROGRAM
Description
The seminar begins with an overview of Muslim demographics, practices and traditions, pertinent contemporary issues and their implications for professionals who work with Muslim populations or who want to gain awareness. A discussion of common stereotypes about Muslims and their faith and resultant hate crimes committed against them in a post 9/11 environment is presented. The seminar also addresses protocols for interaction with both individuals and community institutions, and provides leaders the opportunity to share their policies and experiences
serving Muslim members of the community. The seminar ends with a discussion of opportunities for cooperation.
Audience:
Specific programs for
1. Law enforcement
2. Hospital and social service environments
3. Teachers and Librarians
Format:
Workshop Length: 3 hours
Number of Participants: 20 or more
Resource Kit
MCCT Presentation Slide Handouts
Answers to FAQs About Muslims
Calendar of Islamic Dates
Benefits
Cultural awareness and development of cultural competency skills as they relate to working with American Muslims and their institutions
Contact
PLEASE CONTACT AIDA MANSOOR AT aidamansoor@mcct.us IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SETTING UP A PROGRAM