2026 Black Muslim Psychology Conference (BMPC2026)
December 17–19, 2026 | Dakar + Gorée Island, Senegal

Rasikh — What We Carry Forward

 

There is a moment that lives between departure and return.

A shoreline.
A threshold.
A place where names were erased and the faint yet defiant whispers of memory and joy remained.

For centuries, the story of the Black Atlantic has been told through rupture—through what was lost, stolen, and scattered. And yet, across oceans and generations, something achingly beautiful endured as well. Faith endured. Knowledge endured. Community endured.

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In December 2026, we gather on that threshold of endurance and beauty. We gather as a diasporic people shaped by struggle, yes, but also by brilliance, devotion, and care. We come in relationship—with one another, with our West African kinfolk, and with the histories that bind us.

 

This is a milestone year:
15 years of the Muslim Wellness Foundation
10 years of the Black Muslim Psychology Conference
5 years of the Omar ibn Said Institute for Black Muslim Studies & Research.

We mark it with a return—and with a commitment.

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We name this year’s theme Rasikh: What We Carry Forward—drawing from the Arabic term rasikh, meaning deeply rooted, firmly grounded, and steady in knowledge and faith. Rasikh names what is deeply rooted—what has endured beyond rupture and a commitment to memory, healing, and moral clarity in uncertain times. It asks us to consider not only what we have inherited, but what we are responsible for sustaining, shaping, and passing on. It also asks us to consider the histories, values, and truths that sustain us—especially those carried through faith, survival, strength, and love. Rasikh begins with an ethic of groundedness that resists fragmentation and forgetfulness, and instead commits to continuity, responsibility, and depth.

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Before we ask:

• What happened?

• What do we change?

• What do we build?

We must ask:

• Who are we?

• What do we carry?

• What must we refuse to forget?

• What must we reclaim?

• What must we celebrate?​​​​

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BMPC 2026 will convene scholars, clinicians, artists, faith leaders, organizers, and community members from across the African diaspora to explore the intersections of memory, trauma, faith, and wellness. Together, we will reflect on what we have inherited and what we are now responsible for stewarding with integrity. We will honestly engage history, memory, healing, and the work of building forward

 

This is your invitation to save the date now—and to begin preparing your heart for the possibilities for learning, transformation, reconnection and reclamation.

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BMPC2026 — December 17-19, 2026

presented by Muslim Wellness Foundation, in partnership with Pillars Fund

Save the date. More details to come.

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