Clinical Pastoral Educator

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Atlanta, Georgia- Tahara Akmal grew up in Southern California, spending the first seven years of her life in the city of Compton, California, her family eventually moved to Carson City, and subsequently to the Los Angeles area. Today Chaplain Akmal is the Director of the Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program…

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Join Us on May 31st: Donor Information Day at Owen Brown Interfaith Center

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Washington Regional Transplant Community and Muslim Life Planning Institute’s Imam Johari Abdul Malik will host a Donor Information Day on May 31, 2019 at the Owen Brown Interfaith Center. Donor Information Days are outreach events designed specifically to raise the awareness and education the local community regarding organ donation and transplantation. …

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Organ Donation: An Islamic Perspective WPFW Radio 89.3 ToHealDC with JONI EISENBERG

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Organ Donation: An Islamic Perspective With Imam Johari Abdul Malik Also joining the conversation Karim Ali, MLPI CEO Lesley Compagnone, Director of Community Affairs for Washington Regional Transplant Community WPFW Radio 89.3 – ToHealDC with JONI EISENBERG @ 10:00 AM  – Monday April 29th As more than one hundred thousand American citizens await life…

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We Saw The Light Change . . .

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Even though I have known Aunt Hanan all my life, much of my real and most long-lasting life experience with her, who is affectionately and respectfully referred to as Ummi, or Ummun, has been experienced over a one-hundred-and-twenty-day period this past year [2018-2019].  In September of 2018, my aunt officially relocated to my home…

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