MANA Asks Scholars and Leaders, “Beyond the Election: Where Do We Go From Here?”
As we approach November 5th and the 2024 Presidential election, a pivotal moment for our nation and community, MANA is continuing the conversation about what’s
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and righteousness reigns and where
the legacy of Islam lives on.
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Joshua has strong roots in the American Muslim community. He started attending national Muslim youth camps at the age of 12 and continued as a participant, counselor and speaker for over 30 years. Joshua entered the U.S. Air Force in 1995 and served as a Police officer for four years. He was a key contributor in establishing Friday prayer services on base for Muslim military members and went on to serve as an Imam in Goldsboro, NC for several years. After the military, Joshua immersed himself in community activism. He managed the Civil Rights department for the Council on American-Islamic Relations from 2000-2004 and helped oversee a Baltimore Muslim community and neighborhood development project from 2004-2007. Before starting at Duke in July 2018, Joshua worked with youth and families for 11 years at one of the largest Muslim communities in America. His diverse background gives him a unique perspective on many issues and helps him connect with students. He holds a Master’s Degree in Religious Studies and a Doctorate of Ministry from Hartford Seminary.
As we approach November 5th and the 2024 Presidential election, a pivotal moment for our nation and community, MANA is continuing the conversation about what’s
We are excited to announce a groundbreaking partnership between MANA and MAS-ICNA for the 2024 MAS-ICNA Convention in Chicago. This collaboration marks a significant milestone
I met Mahdi Bray when he was living in the Takoma Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the late 1980s. I was a young activist
MANA’s leadership team is comprised of diverse leaders who have a passion for serving the community and come from a wide range of professional and educational backgrounds. Among them are academics, Imams, chaplains, business professionals, community activists, licensed counselors and therapists. The organizations and institutions they represent provide an array of valuable services to the communities they serve.
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• Retired Muslim Prison Chaplain – 40 years combined volunteer and professional service in the jails and prisons of New York.
•HIV/AIDS educator since the early 1990s, co-founder of The African American Muslim Commission on HIV/AIDS, member – the International Muslim Leaders Consultation on HIV/AIDS.
• Spiritual advisor, New York chapter of Millati Islami (a Muslim support network for men and women in recovery from narcotics and alcohol addiction) since the mid-1990s.
• Author, A Muslim Manifesto on Darfur (2006), Healing Indigenous Muslim Families in America (2007), “African and African American Muslims in Early New York ( published essay, 2010) , “Souls on Fire: Christian and Muslim Insurrectionists in 19th Century America” ( paper presented at the Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race, Birkbeck, University of London (2012). Major spokesman as president of the Majlis Ash Shura of New York, in the successful struggle against the NYPD unconstitutional surveillance of the NY and NJ Muslim community (2011-2016).
• 2016 recipient, The Institute for the Black World 21st Century Legacy Award, for service on behalf of people of the African diaspora.
• 2017 Imam Talib doctoral awardee (Honoris Causa) in Islamic Leadership, the National Institute of Muslim Human Service Practitioners.
• Recipient: the Bridge Building Award for Leadership in Community Relations; the Micah Justice Award of The Micah Institute at New York Theological Seminary; the Citizen of the City award of The Police Reform Organizing Project.
• Founding member, A Partnership of Faith in New York City (1992).
• Current member, CORL (the NYC Commission of Religious Leaders, with Christian, Muslim, and Jewish religious leaders).
• 2018 member, the National Steering Committee for The Poor Peoples Campaign in the U.S.
• 2019 recipient, the Shaykh Hassan Cisse Peace Builders Award.
• 2020, faith presenter, Democratic National Convention.
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Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA) is a national network of masjids, Muslim organizations, and individuals committed to working together to address the urgent needs of the African-American Muslim community.