Mecca Center’s Annual Converts’ Conference is a yearly conference organized by Mecca Center’s Convert Engagement Committee. 

The next conference is scheduled for April 25-27, 2025.

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All community members are invited to our Annual Converts’ Conference!

 

The Mecca Center’s 4th Annual Converts’ Conference

hosted by the Convert Engagement Committee at the Mecca Center

 Beginning Our Legacy: Shining the Light Forward

April 25-27, 2025

 

Together, we will examine a variety of scholarly and community perspectives on the nature of legacy in the life of Muslims

 

Friday, April 25 (Prayer Hall):

Community Night

  • 6:00-7:30pm – AHMED ARAFAT: Building Lasting Legacy: Being True to Who You Are

Saturday, April 26 (Banquet Hall) 

  • 1:30-2:00 pm – Opening: Registration, Welcome, and Community Engagement Activity

SEGMENT 1: Legacy Foundations | 2:00-3:45pm

  • BROTHER EDDIE REDZOVIC: Planting the First Seeds: Small and Consistent Actions as Legacy Foundations
  • Q&A
  • Practical Workshop: Active Reflection

SEGMENT 2: Types of Legacies in Islam | 4:00-5:30pm

  • JOE BRADFORD: Material Legacy: Investing in your Dunya (endowments, Islamic Finance, etc.)
  • SISTER ANGELICA LINDSEY-ALI: Spiritual Legacies: Investing and your Akhira
  • Q&A
  • Practical Workshop.

5:42 pm: Asr Prayer

SEGMENT 3: Securing and Maintaining Our Legacy | 6:15-7:45pm

  • UBAYDULLAH EVANS: Discipline and Patience within the Struggle
  • Panel discussion
  • Conference closing

7:45pm: Maghrib Prayer

8:15-9:30pm: Conference Community Dinner

9:30pm: Isha Prayer

Sunday, April 27 (Banquet Hall)

ConverTsation: Conference Takeaways | 5:00-7:45pm

  • Tahir Wyatt: Building Community Bridges in a Prophetic Way.
  • CHAPLAIN PATRICIA ANTON and DR. FERYAL SALEM: Building Community Bridges as a Form of Legacy
  • Imam Christopher AbdulKareem Pavlíček: Inspiration for Building Bridges among Communities: My Story of Embracing Islam.
  • Community Story Sharing