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)