VRIC Community Podcast

Wadud is the co-founder of Define 360 (www.define360.online), an online Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence learning engine for Muslims.

Wadud is a certified Mindfulness teacher through the Google-born Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute. Wadud completed his graduate studies in Leadership and Organizational Performance at Vanderbilt university, and his leadership training at Harvard, IDEO, and the Neuroscience Academy.

Wadud lives in Dallas (the big D) with his wife Leiya and twin girls: Alishba and Jannah. Wadud draws his inspiration from his faith and the character of Prophet Muhammad (upon him be God's peace) and the work of beautiful scholars such as Imam Ghazzli and Ibn Ata'Illah Al-Iskandari.

Wadud is also the founder of Mindfulness Matters Leadership Institute (www.minfdulnessmatters.us), a Mindfulness & Emotional Intelligence based Corporate leadership development program to empower organizations and teams with tools for personal, professional, and organizational transformation.

Fuad Dadabhoy is a non-profit consultant, specializing in assisting non-profit organizations with their organizational structure, efficiency, board development, and fundraising strategy. He also serves as the Executive Director of Ma'ruf Dallas, a local organization committed to helping financially vulnerable families achieve self-sufficiency. Additionally, Fuad serves on the Housing and Human Services Board for the city of Irving and on the Master Board for the Valley Ranch Association. Fuad resides in Irving with his wife of 15-years and his two wonderful children. In his spare time, he enjoys practicing the art of Texas BBQ through his catering company, Smokey D's BBQ DFW!

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Sabana Dadabhoy is originally from the UK and living in Texas for the last 6 years! She’s been happily married for 15 years and has two beautiful children. And she’s been homeschooling since her 13-year old was in Kindergarten. She has been blessed with the opportunity to be a co-founder and administrator of Sound Hearts Academy, a homeschooling co-op in Irving Texas. She is also an Event Planner for my company, Elegant Designz DFW.

Online resources: - BrainPop - Curiosity Stream - Tynker - Outschool - Udemy - iReady - Beast Academy (Math) - Khan Academy - Creative Bug - Discovery Education YouTube Channels: - Crash Course Kids - Science Channel - SciShow Kids - National Geographic Kids - Free School - Geography Focus - TheBrainScoop - SciShow - Kids Learning Tube - Geeek Gurl Diaries - Mike Likes Science - Science Max - SoulPancake Lots of board games, library books (and Kindle), tinkering/upcycling with household junk, etc. Some resources to help with kids at home: *Scholastic has created a free learn-from-home site with 20+ days of learning and activities. https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/…/learnathome.html *Pretend to travel the world..Go on a virtual tour of these 12 famous museums. https://www.travelandleisure.com/…/museums-with-virtual-tou… *This is the awesome free curriculum that we use. Everything from preschool activities to 12th grade is here! https://allinonehomeschool.com/ *List of thinking games by grade: https://allinonehomeschool.com/thinking/ *More awesome free learning websites that we like to use* https://www.starfall.com/h/ https://www.abcya.com/ https://www.funbrain.com/ https://www.splashlearn.com/ https://www.storylineonline.net/ https://pbskids.org/ https://www.highlightskids.com/ https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ https://www.coolmath4kids.com/ http://www.mathgametime.com/ https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/ http://www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/ https://www.switchzoo.com/ https://www.seussville.com/ https://www.turtlediary.com/ https://www.e-learningforkids.org/

Zahid Hussain, Director of Hunger Prevention at ICNA Relief USA, talks to us about the current relief efforts here in Dallas,

Asalaamu Alaikum and welcome to the VRIC Community Podcast, I’m your host Nye Armstrong. Today’s guest is Sameer Syed, VRIC Board President. We talk about programming at VRIC while the masjid doors are closed, the importance of keeping our community connected and thriving, and how we can support VRIC during this time of need. Please make sure to follow us on Facebook, Subscribe to our Youtube Channel, and subscribe to this podcast. You can also make a huge difference by becoming an Ansar club member by going to vric.org/donate.

Community Member Dr. Farhan Abdul Azeez joins us to talk Covid-19 and what it has been like not being able to go to the masjid.
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Join Sh. Yaser Birjas as he discusses how to keep connected with the Masjid while the doors are locked.

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