The 7th Annual Dr. Betty Shabazz & El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Malcolm X Memorial Lecture

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Join Dr. Kameelah Mu’Min Oseguera for the 2026 Dr. Betty Shabazz & El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Malcolm X Memorial Lecture at Yale University. Grounded in the SelebeYoon healing-centered paradigm, this keynote centers Rasikh—rootedness—as a guide for healing, ethical leadership, and community well-being.Drawing from Black Muslim psychology, faith, memory work, archival justice, and the enduring legacies of Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz, Dr. Oseguera invites us to consider what it means to remain rooted amid struggle, transition, and transformation. This lecture is an invitation to reflect together on what we carry forward—ancestral wisdom, moral clarity, and responsibility—and how those inheritances shape more just, whole, and hopeful futures for our communities.Respondents will offer reflections and be in discussion with Dr. Oseguera following the lecture.

Speaker Bio: Dr. Kameelah Mu’Min Oseguera is the Founding Executive Director of Muslim Wellness Foundation (MWF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting healing and emotional well-being in American Muslim communities through dialogue, education and training. Through Muslim Wellness Foundation, Dr. Mu’Min Oseguera has established the Omar ibn Said Institute for Black Muslim Studies & Research, the annual Black Muslim Psychology Conference and the Deeply Rooted Emerging Leaders Fellowship for Black Muslim young adults.

Dr. Mu’Min Oseguera is an Assistant Professor in Psychology and Muslim Studies at Chicago Theological Seminary (CTS) and CTS’ Project Director for the ASPIRE Project: Engaging Diverse Faith Communities in Anti-Racist Work. Her teaching, research and clinical areas of expertise include: healing justice and faith based activism, racial trauma and healing, psychological impact of anti-Muslim bigotry and anti-Blackness, Black Muslim psychology and Black Muslim intersectional invisibility.

Dr. Mu’Min Oseguera graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Psychology and MEd in Psychological Services. She pursued further graduate education, completing a second Masters in Restorative Practices & Youth Counseling (MRP) from the International Institute for Restorative Practices. Dr. Mu’Min Oseguera completed her doctorate in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Couple and Family Therapy, at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, PA.This 7th Annual Dr. Betty Shabazz & El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Malcolm X Memorial Lecture commemorates the 61st anniversary of Brother Malcolm’s martyrdom.Sponsored by Muslim Leadership Lab at Dwight Hall at YaleYale Chaplain’s OfficeYale Black Muslim Students Association