Informational Resources

Want to connect with organizations that have a ton of resources at your service? Informational Resources is the place for you. Under this category, you will find all kinds of useful organizations, with information on all kinds of topics. Happy Reading!

Muslims and Mental Health – Episodes on Mental Health

This is a channel containing videos featuring Sr. Heather Laird. It contains videos discussing mental health topics for the Muslim community. The videos are useful for both parents and youth. Check it out here: http://therapycable.com/1955.html The accompanying website for the channel is: https://nafshealertherapy.wordpress.com/ Some videos are: http://therapycable.com/social-issues-videos/seeking-a-therapist-what-you-need-to-know.html http://therapycable.com/social-issues-videos/women-s-sexual-equality-and-equity.html http://therapycable.com/social-issues-videos/sexual-assault-awareness.html http://therapycable.com/spirituality-videos/spirituality-and-mental-wellbeing.html

Mosaics Research

Mosaics is a research opportunity to gather the collective experiences of young Arab and South Asian Muslims in the Washington, DC, and Baltimore metropolitan areas. Increasingly, parents, imams, youth workers, counselors, and young Muslims have voiced an interest in trying to figure out whether Muslim youth are growing up healthy and happy, and what role ... Read More

Muslim Youth Musings

Muslim Youth Musings is a literary magazine committed to inspiring the Ummah through quality Islamic literature authored by Muslim youth across the world. http://www.muslimyouthmusings.com/

InterFaith Youth Core

IFYC is an interfaith youth movement–Why do so many stories about religion these days feature young people fighting in the name of God? Why isn’t there a huge movement of young people from different faiths working together to apply the core value of all faiths – service to others? The answer came to them in ... Read More

DVRP

Asian/ Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project (DVRP) is a non-hierarchical organization, comprised of women and men who are committed to ending domestic violence in the A/PI community in the DC area. http://www.dvrp.org/

SAPNA

South Asian Psychological Networking Association (SAPNA) is dedicated to connecting scientist-practitioners invested in the psychological concerns of South Asians and South Asian Americans. SAPNA provides research and resources on various topics in Psychology and mental health. http://www.oursapna.org/12.html

CHAI

Counselors Helping (South) Asians/Indians (CHAI) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide outreach, referral and educational services to the South Asian community on issues related to mental health and wellness in the Baltimore/Washington metropolitan area. CHAI also works with mental health professionals and social services agencies to increase their cultural proficiency when working ... Read More

OAESV

Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence (OAESV) is a coalition of sexual assault, allied organizations, and individuals throughout Ohio working to eliminate all forms of sexual violence. OAESV provides support, advocacy, and policy information to organizations working to advocate for the rights and need of survivors and co-survivors of sexual violence. www.oaesv.org

The Family and Youth Initiative

The Family and Youth Institute (The FYI) is a not for profit, 501(c)3 research institute, was established to help young people and their families realize their fullest potential through the development of the mind, body, and spirit. The FYI does this primarily by conducting original research on the factors that promote or prevent the healthy ... Read More

Project Sakinah

Project Sakinah is an initiative of Dar al Islam. It is an effort to stimulate awareness and action in the Muslim community to WAKE UP to the reality of the harm being done to our families, to learn to SPEAK UP in order to break the silence that surrounds the issue, and to TEAM UP ... Read More

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