Yaseen Educational Foundation (California)

Yaseen Educational Foundation (California)

General Information
Established	1998
Location	Los Angeles, USA
Coordinates	33°51′39.8″N 117°50′09.7″W
Specifications
Status	Active
Architecture
Website	yaseened.org

Yaseen Educational Foundation is a nonprofit organization in California, based on Islamic principles created to nurture spiritual, educational, and social development of Muslims in the United States. Its goal is to establish a community in which Muslims can support one another through consistent educational programs.

History

Yaseen Educational Foundation was founded in 1998 by a group of young American Muslims to facilitate the educational needs of students attending college. Faced with the challenge of keeping their Islamic identity, they designed a place to learn together while experiencing the university life. The community has now developed into a vibrant place where college, out of college and young couples gather to learn about Islam.

Since its beginnings, Yaseen has continuously grown and expanded, currently holding regular programs at two locations with various regular programming serving the growing community of believers of the area.

Yaseen Educational Foundation, through its vision of a learning community, seeks to develop educational resources and platforms for the greater understanding of the spiritual and cultural teachings of Islam. Yaseen aims to empower individuals with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to successfully prepare them for the educational and spiritual challenges of life in the 21st century. The learning environment at Yaseen Educational Foundation is about to enable individuals to be aware of the teachings of Islam, and to make a difference in their families and communities.

Programs

Most of the programs of Yaseen Foundation is to improve and enhance education in the Southern California youth and adult community through books, seminars, camps and classes, and equip them with teachings of Islam to help them in their everyday lives. Some of these programs are as follows:

• Interactive workshops & seminars on contemporary Islamic Issues
• Weekly lectures and classes held at its center in Orange County
• Annual family retreats
• Weekend day-long Hiking Trips
• Community dinners sponsored at local halal eateries
• Brothers and sisters recreational events.
• Media presence across online social networks such as tumblr, hipcast, vimeo, elhaam magazine, etc.

External Links

• The official website of Yaseen Educational Foundation
• Yaseen Educational Foundation on Twitter
• Yaseen Educational Foundation on Facebook
• Channel of Yaseen Foundation on Vimeo, where the lectures can be watched