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Cultural Transformation and Team Building in Houston, TX

ISNA Leadership Development Center and the Islamic Society of Greater Houston organized one and half day Leadership for Community Empowerment (LCE) program on December 9-10, 2006. The program was attended by 50 participants including imams, community leaders, directors of mosque boards and youth leaders. The program was specifically designed to meet the local priorities and needs of the community. The major areas of training were team building in Islamic organizations, leadership through cultural transformation and Islamic principles, and conflict resolution methods. The idea was to identify challenges and issues facing the Muslim communities and foster Islamic learning geared to the North American experience.

The first session was conducted by Dr. Louay Safi, ILDC director, focused on the role of imams and community leaders to provide a platform for mutual cooperation and involvement among the community members.The second session was conducted by Dr. Iqbal Unus who spoke on the importance of teambuilding in Islamic organizations.

The first day event was concluded by a banquet dinner for the community leaders of greater Houston, where Dr. Ingrid Mattson, president of ISNA, Dr. Muneer Fareed, Secretary General of ISNA and other local community leaders participated.

LCE program was followed by the leadership meeting on Sunday, December 10, 2006, where ISNA leaders met with the ISGH board to discuss areas of mutual cooperation. It was agreed ISNA organize more leadership and youth training programs, and ISGH offered to host ISNA regional conference in 2007.