Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    THE YEAR 2020 WAS TOUGH BUT PEARLS WAS TOUGHER. IN FEBRUARY 2020 PEARLS OF HOPE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN SERVING OVER 100 GIRLS AT OUR ANNUAL PEARLS BALL. AT THE PEARLS BALL OUR SWEET GIRLS ENJOYED A NIGHT OF EXTRAVAGANCE INCLUDING A FASHION SHOW AND A TALENT SHOW. IN TRUE BALL FASHION, WE CROWNED OUR MISS HABIBTI 2020 FOR BOTH PEARLS (MIDDLE SCHOOL) AND DIAMONDS (HIGH SCHOOL) PROGRAMS. IN FEBRUARY WE HAD OUR RECLAIMING MALCOLM X NIGHT. THIS WAS A FREE EVENT THAT WAS OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY. LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH DAYBREAK GLOBAL PRESS TO SHOWCASE DIVERSE BOOKS THAT WERE REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL CHILDREN. MARCH WAS A BUSY MONTH FOR PEARLS OF HOPE. IN MARCH WE HAD OUR FIRST EVER TEA TIME WHERE OUR YOUNGER STUDENTS ENJOYED A FORMAL HIGH TEA WITH THE PARENT FIGURE IN THEIR LIVES. IN MARCH WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO TAKE OUR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TO THE RISE CONFERENCE . HERE THEY WERE ABLE TO MEET AND NETWORK WITH MUSLIM WOMEN IN DIFFRENT FIELDS. LASTLY, WE HAD OUR FIRST EVER MARCH MADNESS WHICH WAS A TOURNAMENT BETWEEN TEAMS OF FATHERS/FATHER FIGURES. THIS EVENT CULMINATED IN A TIMBERWOLVES GAME WHERE THE KIDS GOT TO HI FIVE THE PLAYERS AT THE TUNNEL A WEEK ONTO THE PANDEMIC WE REALIZED THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO RESUME IN PERSON ACTIVITIES. WE PIVOTED AND STARTED OFFERING ONLINE CLASSES. WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT CONNECT FAMILIES WITH RESOURCES THAT PROVIDE ACCESS TO FOOD PROGRAMS, FINANCIAL AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE. MAY WAS A BLEAK TIME IN THE TWIN CITIES. A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS WERE AFFECTED BY THE ONGOING PANDEMIC, THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLLOYD AND THE FOLLOWING UNREST. WE WERE ABLE TO ENLIST A THERAPIST AND OFFER VIRTUAL GROUP COUNSELLING TO OUR HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WERE STRUGGLING. IN JUNE WE OFFERED OUR FIRST 5 WEEK MINIMESTER ONLINE FOCUSING ON CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. IN SEPTEMBER WE OFFERED OUR FIRST EVER HYBRID CLASSES AND HAD SOME IN PERSON BUT MOSTLY ONLINE CLASSES
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $49.1K

  • General Mission-Related Initiatives

    Educational activities
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $105.7K