Muslim youth put their engineering minds into gear as they attempt a solution at an ILIA management training workshop. Photo courtesy of ILIA.
On January 1, 2011, Islamic Leadership Institute of America (ILIA) held a “Youth Project Management” workshop in collaboration with Nur Youth Café at the Nur Center in Falls Church, Virginia, introducing Muslim youth to concepts like risk assessment and management, scheduling, and procurement.
Headed and instructed by Ayman Nassar, founder and director of ILIA, and Mahmoud Abouelrous, the workshop's program director, the workshop concentrated on brain-stimulating activities that forced the 30 plus attendees to think as critical project managers. Immediately after being taught risk, cost, scope, scheduling, procurement, communications, and other project management essentials, the attendees were broken up into teams and worked on finding the project and product scope of an item, deliberating on a cost estimate for a product, and planning out the establishment of a full dormitory for college students.
"The project youth management workshop is a very interactive workshop that taught youth like me how to manage projects in the best way possible," commented Feisel Abdurrahman, an attendee from Riverdale, Maryland. The workshop differed from other secular youth leadership workshops in that it also provided Islamic concepts through reflection on various Qur’anic verses and Ahadith throughout the workshop. Reflections such as the planning process of Dhul-Qarnayn, a celebrated leader in the Qur’an, were made and emphasized to the students.
Attendees were impressed with the academic instruction and exciting environment provided with having two simultaneous instructors. Noor Nahavandi, President of the Student Government Association (SGA) at Al-Huda High School, remarked, “Unlike regular, bland seminars with endless hours of speeches and seminars, the Youth Project Management workshop takes a unique approach to molding leaders by gearing the lessons towards the youth and their interests. In the end, I walked away with a new, broader outlook on leadership and how to properly utilize it.”
“I would recommend anyone to definitely give this class a try because our present day leaders won't be around forever, and pretty soon, the youth of today are going to have big shoes to fill tomorrow".
The Youth Project Management Workshop is an all-day workshop that is a part of ILIA's lineup of programs designed to instill leadership amongst the Muslim youth and overall general community. For more information, please visit www.islamicleadership.org.
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