Minds ‘stemulated’ at Science & Technology workshop

By Janiah Adams -Contributing Writer- | Last updated: Feb 20, 2019 - 12:20:03 PM

CHICAGO—The Ministry of Science and Technology aimed to “stemulate” the minds of attendees at their workshop on Feb. 15 during Saviours’ Day weekend. Presenters brought science and technology to the ground, showing how to use the field to improve oppressed communities.

“The goal is to go into how to leverage S.T.E.M. to push society forward and, with the 10,000 Fearless, make our communities a better and safer place to live,” said Jabril Muhammad, the workshop’s moderator and a mechanical engineer.

The workshop first made a stop in the realm of chemistry, where Kasima Muhammad spoke about how chemical warfare is being used to cull the population of the earth. She introduced attendees to “crop science.”

“Crop science, we think of large beautiful fields,” she said. “But ‘crop’ also means to cut short the ears, hair, etc. … Prince Philip in his own words said we need to cull the surplus population.”

She shed light on major chemical companies such as Bayer, DuPont and Monsanto and how they’re now going into agribusiness to use chemicals outside of their initial purposes.

“We thought it was just the weed, but it’s also the weed killer that can feminize the male,” she said.

Youth were also represented on the panel by 24-year-old systems engineer Shaheed Muhammad.

“Now in 2019, we can go into the different statements he made and study them,” he said. “Every single thing that the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad gave us in the 1930s can be proven at the molecular level.”

His presentation focused on the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad’s words about the color blue being the color of deception. He went past the surface level of the statement and urged attendees to delve deeper into the Teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

“When we study mathematics for our benefit, then we can really see an improvement in our community,” he said. “Us accepting mathematics like our ancestors did, then we accept Islam and we utilize it collectively, then we can cure all the problems in our community.”

Frank X Hudson, who works in cyber security, informed attendees on how to secure their personal devices.

“We are using technology every day in our lives, and if we don’t know how to master it, are we the master or the slave of the thing?” he asked.

Jabril Muhammad introduced his research and development business called Original Man Scientific, LLC, to audience members. The business acts as a catalyst for those with great ideas by providing them grant writing services, mobile app development and patent services.

“We don’t lack ideas, we lack access. We lack people telling us that our ideas are great,” he said.

At the end of the session, audience members had the opportunity to weigh in on the topic of creating synergy among the nine ministries.

“We don’t know who does what. We have to have an expo. We have to have the once a year coming together physically to build that synergy,” said Hassan Muhammad, who also works in cyber security.

Khalifah Muhammad, a workshop attendee, works in the health care field. She said although she doesn’t work in the technology industry, she learned a lot from the workshop.

“I got a lot of really good tips today, especially about securing your devices,” she said. “And the sister who was on the bio side and just getting a bit deeper on what’s in the food and how it’s chemically killing us.”

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