Climate Change
Name a type of natural disaster that can occur due to climate change?
What is:
hurricane, tornado, drought, flood, tsunami, avalanche, earthquake, higher sea level, specie extinction, smog / polluted air
Give one example of how society/media mis-characterizes elders.
Teachers' discretion.
Name three types of poverty
Financial, Health/Physical, Emotional, Social, Mental, Educational, Housing, Food,
Name three cities that Hazir Imam has given a Didar so far.
Where is Paris, London, Houston, Dallas, Nairobi, Kampala
Star
Name one of the two greenhouse gases that cause the earth to get warmer if they are released in the atmosphere.
What is Carbon Dioxide and Methane
What are the negative impacts due to the misconceptions and lack of regard for elders?
What is the Ismaili one-on-one, confidential, crisis support and case management system set up to help vulnerable Jamati members (youth, adults, and seniors) struggling with mental health challenges, domestic violence issues, complex grief and bereavement concerns, poverty, or need guidance in connecting to various health services?
What is Social Safety Net (SSN)
How does Hazir Imam want us to live, since life expectancy is increasing?
Be more active.
When is Feb 4
Give one example of a practice we can all do to help the climate.
Up to teachers
What is it called when we have a specific predetermined opinion on someone or something, based on previous experiences or conversations?
AKA - what is the impact of marginalization of elders?
What is a bias/perception
Define Cyclical - Generational Poverty
low income household, hunger, malnutrition, poor sanitation, physical and mental health problems, family problems, neighborhood problems.
A cycle of poverty or poverty trap is caused by self-reinforcing mechanisms that cause poverty, once it exists, persists unless there is outside intervention.
Hazir Imam wants us to live ____ lives by being honest and helping others
ethical
the Ismaili Center in Houston has been designated as the central location for Imamat activities. In other words, the Ismaili Center in Houston is now the _______.
Dharkhana
Define Greenwashing
What is when companies lie to consumers by making products, services, and industries seem good for the environment when they are not.
What is term for people having multiple different characteristics/identities at the same time?
What is Intersectionality.
Define Situational Poverty
Poverty that occurs as a result of a situation like attending school, loss of employment, sudden illness, divorce, death of a loved one.
Hazir Imam says "Express _____ to Allah everyday" (Kampala)
"Shukrana" (Gratitude also works)
Translate "La Illaha Illallah"
There is no Deity except for Allah
How does fighting Climate Change relate to the ethics of our faith? What do the two have to do with each other?
Protecting Nature is in Quran
Helping the climate helps people
purpose of science/engineering/economics
What can we do to help old people in our community? (we as a class, or also we as a community)
Civil Societies, Policies, Quality Time
Teachers' Discretion
Hazir Imam says "Our Tariqah teaches us balance." Define Tariqah, and share how you try to create balance in your life.
Teachers' discretion
How many years are between 200 BCE and 1987 CE?
What is 2187