"Ramadan Survival Strategies" Khutbah by Gail Kennard (5/19/17)

Just in time for Ramadan, returning khateebah Gail Kennard delivers a khutbah on May 19th, 2017 on some of the challenges people face during this blessed month and offers practical advice on how to feel spiritually nourished while acknowledging the difficulty of abstaining from physical nourishment.

Bio:
Gail Kennard was raised in Los Angeles and learned about Islam as a high school student when she read the autobiography of Malcolm X. She accepted Islam while in graduate school at UC Berkeley, and she has been active in the Muslim communities of San Francisco, San Diego, Atlanta, and Los Angeles.
 For the past 20 years, Gail has been president of the architectural business founded by her late father, Robert Kennard, in Los Angeles. The firm designs public buildings, transit and utility infrastructure projects. The company, Kennard Design Group, is the oldest African-American-owned architectural practice in the western United States.
Gail earned her undergraduate degree in Communications from Stanford University, a master’s degree in Journalism from UC Berkeley — and for the past 60+ years, she has been struggling to earn her post-graduate degree in this life under the guidance of Allah, subhanna wa ta’allah.