Working Together,
Winning Together
A Memoir & Blueprint for a Safe, Affordable, and Free D.C.
By Talib I. Karim Muhammad, Esq.
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The DC Mandate: Policy Pillars
1. A SAFE D.C.: Fixing Families and Public Safety
- Family Court Reform: Fixing the broken system that forces fathers out, leading children toward juvenile court. Includes creating coaching and mediation programs to prevent divorces.
- Universal After-School: Investing in universal high-quality after-school programs to ensure every child has a safe, mentored space.
- The Public Safety Team: Reforming the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department into a DC Public Safety Department focused on community wellness.
2. AN AFFORDABLE D.C.: Dignity for Workers and Small Landowners
- Rent Stability: Implementing an across-the-city rent freeze on all residential properties while supporting small landowners.
- Worker Dignity: Addressing employer abuses; workers are the key to any successful business.
- Wealth Distribution (UBI): Launching an AI-Powered UBI App that directly compensates residents—paying parents for attending school meetings and youth for participating in mentoring.
3. A FREE D.C.: Winning Statehood
- Mobilization: Investing the District's full innovation and political capital to launch a national campaign highlighting the necessity of statehood and freedom from federal control.
The 15K Strong Path to Victory
Our political success hinges on our team achieving:
- 15K Volunteers
- 15K New Voter Registrations
- 15K Endorsements
- 15K Donors
- 15K Voters in each Ward
💼 Talib I. Karim Muhammad, Esq. — Resume for the Job of Mayor
Professional Experience
- Abe Legal/ TEC Law Firm / TEC Relations Firm: Chief Legal Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Managing Principal, Managing Attorney, Senior Regulatory Attorney (1998–2009, 2011–Present).
- STEM4US!: Co-Founder, CEO, Executive Director, General Counsel, Regulatory Affairs Director, IT Director (2012 – Present).
- D.C. Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF): Chief of Staff (2011).
- U.S. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Senior Counsel, Oversight Counsel & Professional Staff Member (2010 – 2011).
- U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) Office: Chief Cyber Policy Counsel, Legislative Director, Chief Health Counsel (2009 – 2010).
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC): Honors Program Law Clerk (1995–1996).
- Ford Motor Co. (Livonia Transmission Plant): Quality, Process Engineer (1992, 1993).
🧭 Tough, Transparent Lessons (Personal Narrative as Policy Proof)
Family Court
What happened:
In a painful divorce, allegations of non-physical tensions with exwife led to a Civil Protection Order that forced me from my home. Lawyers battled while our family lost time and over ~$100K each.
Lesson: The current system escalates conflict and drains families—children pay the highest price.
Plan: Family Protection System — mediation first, 1,000 peer-coaches, AI conflict prediction; save families and ~ $500M in legal fees.
Lesson: The current system escalates conflict and drains families—children pay the highest price.
Plan: Family Protection System — mediation first, 1,000 peer-coaches, AI conflict prediction; save families and ~ $500M in legal fees.
Divorce & Recovery
What happened:
After my marriage ended, I went through a difficult period and tried to escape pain instead of healing—seeking comfort in the wrong ways and hurting people I cared about.
Lesson: Avoiding pain only deepens it. Healing comes through accountability, faith, and purpose.
Plan: Launch “Intimacy Re-Engineered” — teaching emotional strength and healthy relationships in every school. Boost mental health support that prioritizes rehabilitating the family relationship; Create Second-Chance Hubs where mentors and coaches help men and women rebuild stronger families and character.
Lesson: Avoiding pain only deepens it. Healing comes through accountability, faith, and purpose.
Plan: Launch “Intimacy Re-Engineered” — teaching emotional strength and healthy relationships in every school. Boost mental health support that prioritizes rehabilitating the family relationship; Create Second-Chance Hubs where mentors and coaches help men and women rebuild stronger families and character.
Discipline vs. Crime
What happened:
Police were called while I was parenting my son; charges were filed and later dropped—the prosecutor said, “this is parenting.”
Lesson: D.C. too often criminalizes tough love while real violence roams.
Plan: Protect reasonable discipline, train judges, and launch a military-style D.C. Boys Academy with firm love, structure, and mentoring.
Lesson: D.C. too often criminalizes tough love while real violence roams.
Plan: Protect reasonable discipline, train judges, and launch a military-style D.C. Boys Academy with firm love, structure, and mentoring.
Conscience Over Party
What happened:
I’m a registered, life-long Democratic volunteer who voted against Democratic leaders when they remained silent in the face of genocide in Palestine.
Lesson: My faith commands me to enjoin what is right and oppose what is wrong—speak truth even against myself or my own party.
Plan: Unite 120K Democrats and invite 50K independents/Republicans to switch for the primary around common-sense priorities: public safety, affordability, women’s safety, and D.C. statehood.
Lesson: My faith commands me to enjoin what is right and oppose what is wrong—speak truth even against myself or my own party.
Plan: Unite 120K Democrats and invite 50K independents/Republicans to switch for the primary around common-sense priorities: public safety, affordability, women’s safety, and D.C. statehood.
Mamdani Lessons: Grassroots Wins
How affordability & delivery beat the establishment — a model for D.C.
🤝 Our Esteemed Host Committee & Supporters
U.S. Air Force Academy Alumni Host Committee
- Daryl Horton, EQfluence Group, Class of '91
- Col. Ray Robinson — Pilot, USAFR Ret., USAFA Alumni
- Stan Bennett — Pilot, USAFA Alumni
- David Emanuel — USAFA Alumni
- Anthony Neil, Alumni Contributor
- Emille Bryant, STEM4US! / Class of '93
- Everette Richardson, Alumni Contributor
- Oliver Washington, Alumni Contributor
- R. C. Owens, Alumni Contributor
- Trei Rick, Alumni Contributor
Howard University & Howard Law Alumni
- Benjamin Gilbert — Howard Alumni, Dentist
- Professor Alice Thomas, Esq. — Howard Law Alumni
- Dennis Ellis, Esq. — Howard Law ’95
- Lewis Askew, Esq. — Howard Law ’95
- Rodney Diggs, Esq. — Ivie McNeill Wyatt Purcell & Diggs; Howard Law Alumni
- Verne Hodge, Jr., Esq. — Howard Law ’95
- LaFonda Willis, Esq. — Davis Wright Tremaine; Howard Law Alumni
- Lysha Gopaul — Howard Alumni
Key Attorneys & Legal Community
- Khurram Wahid, Esq. — Wahid Vizcaino Geller LLP
- Damani Ingram, Esq. — Attorney
- Omar Khawaja, Esq. — Lawyer
- Tarik Davis — New York Lawyer
- Yakup Sari, Esq. — Sarilaw.us
- Sareer Fazili, Esq. — Attorney
- Awad Abed, Esq. — Attorney
- Abdul M. Hafiz, Esq. — D.C. Resident & Lawyer
- Stevaughn Bush, Esq. — SJB Advocacy
- Jaaye Peterson, Esq. — Person Lynn Law
Community & Tech Leaders
- Yahya Hunt — Data Analyst, Baltimore Islamic Leader
- Omar Khawaja, AI Tech Professional
- David Owens, STEM4US! Chairman
- James Page, CEO, Page After Page
- Chief Thelmetria A. Michaelides, Prince George’s County Fire Department
- Jesse Grant, Unit 52 Labs / MipTags
- Dr. Joseph Isaac, Isaac Ed Consulting, Howard University School of Education
- Rashad Sharif — Memphis Islamic Leader, Educator
- Chinelo Cambron — D.C. Resident
- Annette Graye — Ward 4, Parent Leader
- David Posin — SoldierFit Leader
- Abby Hussein — Maryland Technology Leader
- Khalid Shaheed — Dallas Islamic Leader
- Daniel Atwater, Technology Executive
- Julie Croom, The Croom Family
- Ishe Beckford, D.C. Resident
- Anonymous Supporters
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