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We're doing this program to kind of give an understanding of the overview of Black History Month.

We know that this is where at the tail end of Black History Month here

and there's an opportunity for us to look back at Black Excellence in the Black Legacy

and the Legacy that has really built this nation

and how that pertains to us as Muslims and the significance of that for us as Muslims.

The first two speakers that we have, the reason that we invited them, they've joined us from South Dallas.

They're from a mosque called Masjid al-Quran. It's in South Dallas in the Oak Cliff neighborhood.

And the reason why we brought these brothers is because we want them to address mass incarceration

and the school-to-prison pipeline. For those who don't know inshallah tonight, we'll be educated on that.

And what makes these brothers qualified is because not just that they've studied it and they understand it

is because they are intimately connected with this concept.

Their communities are still suffering from the calamities of mass incarceration and the school-to-prison pipeline

and they are in South Dallas living in the communities which are afflicted by it

and they've dedicated their lives to combating this issue.

And the really important thing that we must understand and recognize is that although they work with a number of groups,

they've made it a point to make the Masjid the platform by which they combat this.

So our first speaker is Imam Sharif. Imam Sharif is the current Imam of Masjid al-Quran.

He is very, very knowledgeable on mass incarceration. He knows this topic inside and out

and he will be sharing with us some information about this.

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