Bayan Research Center

Overview

Bayan Research Center is a non-profit research organization that strives to create a positive, responsive, and data-oriented environment rooted in people and ideas through renaissance making, distinguished leaders, preparation, and community building. BRC incorporates ideas, knowledge, and intellectual consciousness to participate in the advancement of its society. Moreover, BRC prioritizes improving the lives of the future generations of Muslim communities in the west.

Bayan research Center incorporates Creativity, Insight, and Advancement to participate in the advancement of our society and building our future leaders. We hope that we can create a strategy and plan that allows us to conduct focused studies and research based on social, and economic issues and delivering them to the stakeholders and community leaders to utilize for the development of the East African society in Minnesota and North America. Furthermore, we believe that with the proper training on youth workshops and programs that this research and knowledge will contribute to the preparation of the next generation of brilliant leaders and researchers.

The Objective

BRC aspires to achieve renaissance, intellectual consciousness, perpetual exploration, and leadership in research and innovation in ideas, concepts, values, and other relevant social issues.
BRC significantly prioritizes community engagement and participation in its activities through institutional mechanisms stipulated in the center's internal policies to achieve transparency, accountability, and responsiveness.
BRC strives to contribute to the ongoing awakening and uplifting efforts of the community. It contributes to the preparation of qualified renaissance makers, and to the process of generating and presenting accurate data and research based on a diverse network of knowledge collaborating with trustworthy local and global partnerships.

Our Proposal

We hope that, with your guidance, we can create a strategy and plan that allows us to conduct focused studies and research based on political, social, and economic issues and delivering them to the stakeholders and community leaders to utilize for the development of the East African society in Minnesota and North America. Furthermore, we believe that with the proper training on youth workshops and programs that this research and knowledge will contribute to the preparation of the next generation of brilliant leaders and researchers.

Expected Results

2021 Goals

Organizing 4 community-based workshops that will be designed in a coherent fashion.
Facilitating 4 seminars concerning consciousness, intellect, the jurisprudence of communities and youth empowerment.
Producing one documentary about the demographic changes of the East African community.
Preparing 3 focused studies regarding social issues such as opioid abuse, housing, and mental health.
Designing 3 televised or audiovisual programs to serve the center’s mission.
Arranging an annual conference to present and discuss research papers and study projects.

In the year 2021, we plan to conduct research around the effects of opioid overdose crisis and the social impact on the Somali and generally East African community in Minnesota. We want to find ways to educate the community on early and rapid drug addiction detection. We also want to equip members of the community with the necessary resources to respond to emergency overdose situations.

We believe that the overdose crisis has become a phenomenon to Somali youth in our communities and is a leading cause of deaths. According to Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), “In 2017, over 400 Minnesotans died of an opioid-involved death, and prescription opioids remain the leading cause of opioid-involved death.” There are cases that could have been prevented if the community was more aware, ready and able to respond immediately.

[1] Engaging Muslim Faith Leaders in the Opioid Epidemic Response – Minnesota Department of Health. (n.d.). Retrieved January 21, 2021, from https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/opioids/communities/muslimfaithleaders.html

Opioid crisis has created emergency conditions for which many of our youth die, thus impacting the future generations to come.

Another area of research planned by Bayan Research Center is housing and homeless crisis within the East African community. We will work to identify the core factors that lead to homelessness and the lack of housing opportunities.

We strongly believe a research and studies about opioid overdose crisis and housing issues around the East African Community is necessary work as this community has been often overlooked by traditional researchers.

References

Engaging Muslim Faith Leaders in the Opioid Epidemic Response – Minnesota Department of Health. (n.d.). Retrieved January 21, 2021, from https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/opioids/communities/muslimfaithleaders.html

Glover, M. (2020, August 22). As opioid epidemic rages in Minneapolis’ Somali community, advocates fight stigma surrounding addiction. Retrieved January 21, 2021, from https://www.fox9.com/news/as-opioid-epidemic-rages-in-minneapolis-somali-community-advocates-fight-stigma-surrounding-addiction

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