Check Out Saladin Allah’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Saladin Allah.

Hi Saladin, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
When I consider where I am today and how I started it always goes back to my family. My parents set me on a developmental trajectory that was rooted in cultural competence, socioeconomic justice, and community engagement. This was my foundation of KOS [Knowledge of Self] which ultimately led to me meeting my educator on the campus of Central State University where I learned and embraced the culture of the Five Percent.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
The terrain of growth and development is varied. Some experiences are smooth, some are rough. All of them are learning opportunities. One struggle that I found to be central to any journey of growth and development is “specificity.” People often struggle with making their goals specific. Instead of saying something unclear like, “I’m going to read more” say something more specific like, “I am going to read one book every month.” Specificity helps us better focus on our goals and encourages us to be responsible and committed to those goals. If we were to say, “I want to be healthier next year” there is no sense of importance, ambition, or action plan to accomplish that goal. Now if we said, “I am going to only eat baked chicken once a week and go to the gym three times a week for 1 ½ hours after work” that has a sense of importance, ambition and provides part of an action plan to achieve our goal of being healthier next year. If it is not clear, our path will not be cleared.

Specificity also requires us to set a projected time/date for our goals. Setting a time/date creates a sense of urgency, responsibility, and accountability to meet those goals. If we don’t meet our time/date then set another one. Without setting a time/date, we are communicating that our goals are not a priority (important). If we don’t have a time/date, we are creating the possibility that there will never be a time/date. Keep in mind that “one day”, “any day” and “someday” are not days on a calendar.

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I wear many hats and my father used to call me an octopus because my hands [arms] were connected to multiple projects. I’ve been an educator for more than two decades, have written hundreds of articles, authored twenty-four books, and am an award-winning producer.

I am a featured historian in the award-winning IMAX film ‘Into America’s Wild’ narrated by Morgan Freeman, and a featured historian in the six-part award-winning docuseries ‘Enslaved’ executive produced by and starring Samuel L. Jackson. I’ve been globally featured in a United Nations short documentary for International Day of People of African Descent, the award-winning The Nature of Things CBC documentary ‘Secrets Agents of the Underground Railroad’, and I am co-producer of the two-time Emmy Award-Winning Abbey Mecca/Buffalo & Erie County Naval Park documentary ‘Two Wars: The Road to Integration’. I am currently the Director of Community Engagement at the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center, Chair of the Descendants Council for the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad NY Byway, Public Projects Coordinator at the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area, an International Civil Society Working Group member for the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, and the Founding Director of the Atlantis School For Gifted Youngsters.

What I am most proud of is my work being used to transform people’s quality of life in positive way.

Is there anything else you’d like to share with our readers?
The last thing that I would like to share with your readers is that light travels faster than sound. Light travels 186,000 miles per second and sound only travels 1,200 feet per second. What this means is our reputation proceeds us: people will see what we are doing long before they can hear what we are saying. So, “say less” and do more. Let your work speak for itself.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.quanaah-publishing.com/our-products/
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