ABOUT THE BANQUET

SPEAKERS

DR. MARC LAMONT HILL

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill is one of the leading intellectual voices in the country. He is currently the host of BET News. He is an award-winning journalist, best-selling author, professor, and long time activist.

REP. MOVITA JOHNSON-HARRELL

Movita Johnson-Harrell was elected to serve as state representative for the 190th Legislative District, Philadelphia County, on March 12, 2019. She is the first Muslim woman to serve in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

SH. MOHAMMED FAQIH

Sh. Mohammed Faqih completed a B.A. in Islamic Studies from the Institute of Islamic and Arabic Sciences in America in Fairfax, VA, and graduated in Qur’an Memorization and Recitation from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He served as the Imam at the Islamic Institute of Orange County for 13 years. Faqih is currently the Imam at the Memphis Islamic Center (MIC). 

AMER ZAHR

Amer Zahr is an Arab-American comedian, speaker, writer, academic, and adjunct professor at University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. He draws on his experiences growing up as a child of Palestinian immigrant parents, performing and lecturing on topics like politics, society, Islam, growing up Arab, and more.

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