Monday, May 19th, 2025

The Ummah and Pan-African Solidarities

Abbas Muntaqim (The People’s Program), Rabiat Akande (University of Maryland), Alfousseynou Badji (Bureau de Recherche et D’Études Stratégiques-OCTAGONE), Mamarame Seck (Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire)

• Moderator: Samiha Rahman (California State University-Long Beach)

Sacred Place(s) and Black Muslimah Geographies of Belonging

Angelica Lindsey-Ali (Village Auntie), Kameelah Mu'Min Oseguera (Omar Ibn Said Institute), Rashida James-Saadiya (Muslim Power-Building Project), Sayyida Kubra Askari-Cissé (African American Islamic Institute Legacy Academy, Medina Baye)

• Moderator: Tasneem Siddiqui (Drexel University)

Qur’anic Philosophies of Freedom

Oludamini Ogunnaike (University of Virginia), Maryam Kashani (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Imam Lamin Jabbie (Sankoré Institute, Masjid President Adama Barrow, Gambia), Martin Nguyen (Fairfield University)

• Moderator: Bryon Bilal Maxey (University of Toronto)

Malcolm X 100 Commemoration

Note: In consideration of our host environment and due to our commitment to language equity, access, and Pan-Africanist solidarity, we decided to hold the program mostly in French. There are moments where Qur’anic Arabic, Wolof and English are also used.

• MC: Wendell Hassan Marsh (Rutgers University-Newark)