Help Your Child Tell Their Story — New INGYouth Resources

New INGYouth Resources

Dear Friends,

As-salamu alaykum. We’re pleased to share that we have updated our four INGYouth presentations, each now accompanied by a complete presenter script, along with our answers to the questions Muslim youth are most frequently asked.

All of these resources are freely available at www.ingyouth.org/presentations

• Getting to Know Islam & Muslims
  
• A History of Muslim Americans
  
• Muslim Contributions to Civilization
  
• An Overview of Ramadan & Fasting

If you are a Muslim parent, we encourage you to share these resources with your children, in grades 6-12, and review the material together. The presentations and answers to frequently asked questions are designed to build young people’s confidence in talking about who they are and what they believe in, whether in the classroom, among friends, or in conversations about current events.

We also invite you to take a further step: encourage your children to present these PowerPoints themselves in their classrooms. The ideal time is when their class is learning about Muslims and their faith in world history or other social studies courses, but the presentations are equally valuable for discussions of current events, and the Ramadan presentation is especially timely in the weeks before and during the month itself.

Each one comes with a complete script, so students don’t need to be experts, just willing to share. There is no more powerful voice for countering stereotypes than a young person speaking about their own identity to their peers.

For students who would like to build their confidence first, our training videos are available at ingyouth.org/training. And if you would like us to provide training for your weekend Islamic school or youth group, write to us at [email protected]; we would be glad to help.

And newly updated are INGYouth Teen Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, which has been revised and expanded to include 55 questions and answers, including on such subjects as the basics of Islam, understanding Sharia, Islamophobia and stereotypes, and other topics Muslim teens are often asked about.

With Muslim students bullied for their faith at twice the rate of their peers, familiarity is one of the best antidotes to prejudice. Your child’s voice in the classroom can make a real difference.

Visit www.ingyouth.org to explore the presentations, scripts, and answers to frequently asked questions. Special thanks to ING intern Zackary Husaini who helped update the INGYouth material this summer.

With gratitude,
The ING Team