"Our Youth:  A Bright Future or a Lost Generation"

Youth is about renewal, fresh ideas challenging old traditions and yearning for the untried. Youth find change inebriating, not intimidating. Youth is also impetuous, unpredictable: with the promise of a better future comes a veiled threat to tear down the past. ... Youth breaks all the rules. Youth is colorful, irreverent, entertaining, sometimes shocking, almost always rebellious. Youth is on the vanguard of fashion, music, literature and popular culture. Youth is, in a word, energy waiting to be harnessed. Youth can also be seen as carriers of a new worldview, a new ideology.

These and other views concerning youth are examined closely: how youth see the future and their future roles. Conforming to the Society's mission and ensuring a bright future for Islam in America, MAS considers Islamic work among all segments of Muslim youth a top priority. Youth work proved and continues to prove to be one of the most challenging yet effective areas of Islamic work. MAS believes that Self Development (Tarbiya) is a core process to build the Muslim society and this process must take place in the youth age, a very critical period of life. Youth are the ones who are going to lead the Muslim community in the future and MAS believes that it is its duty to prepare them for that critical and important role.

"Love America, Live Islam"
This session will discuss important Islamic concepts that parents should instill in their children to make sure they know the purpose of their existence, they are proud of their identity as Muslims, and in the same time they are contributing positively to their North American society.  Emphasis will be placed on important qualities that parents should try to help their children to have to ensure they grow up as confident and proud Muslims. The lecturer will use the example of Yusuf PBUH and how he dealt  with the society while preserving his identity. 

"Hand in hand, we build our society"
Speakers will compare and contrast between being an American and being a Muslim. Are these contradictory or complementary Identities? They will also compare Muslims between assimilation and isolation and also discuss the possibility of Integration with preserving the Islamic identity. What are the rights and responsibilities of being a righteous American Muslim citizen? They will introduce the concept of civic engagement in American institutions under the Islamic command of "Forbidding the Evil and Enjoining the Good". They will provide practical ideas and practices that will help you get civically engaged with your representative institutions in your local communities. They will also show the great effect of Muslims contributions in these institutions, national and local, on improving the overall distorted image of Islam and Muslims in the US.

"Step Up To The Plate in 2008"
This session will discuss the upcoming election and the American Muslim Agenda as Faithful Citizenship. It is A Call to Political and Civic Responsibility.

"Brightening Our Future: Our Youth, Our Families & Our Community"
Speakers will elaborate on the right methodology to become active and community engaged; inspired by the prophet's own activism. What is the meaning of Revival and Reform, its importance, and its relevance on the American scene? What is the role of the American Muslim locally and nationally? How do we implement this role? Muslim Americans are in dire need for an inclusive, collective movement of Revival and Reform based on integration and collaboration with a spirit of respect and appreciation. By citing examples from the practices of the prophets and their follower reformists; by studying the roots of forgotten Islamic values essential to any revival and reform efforts, we can build a model Muslim community.
Are you ready for the challenge?