4th Annual Malcolm X Human Rights Breakfast — FA-MLI Inc. 2026

Honoring Those Who Do the Work

This year’s breakfast honors three individuals whose decades of service to vulnerable youth represent the very definition of human rights work done at the ground level:

Dr. Johnnie Raines — A community legend and longtime coordinator of FA-MLI’s See a Man Be a Man Life Mastery program, Dr. Raines has spent years showing up weekly for young Black men in South Los Angeles, helping guide them toward graduation, college, and self-determination.

Clinton Drummer — A dedicated community servant whose contributions to youth development in South LA have made a lasting impact on generations of young people navigating some of the city’s most challenging environments.

Larry (Love) Stiner — A transformative figure whose work with vulnerable youth reflects the same commitment to love, accountability, and community that Malcolm X himself championed throughout his life.

Why Malcolm X, Why Breakfast

The choice of Malcolm X as the spiritual anchor for this event is intentional. His message was never abstract — it was rooted in the daily dignity of Black people, in education, self-determination, and community protection. A breakfast is one of the most grounding, communal acts there is. FA-MLI has hosted this gathering now for four consecutive years as a way of saying: we honor our elders, we celebrate our workers, and we break bread together as a community.

This event builds directly on FA-MLI’s historic achievement — the official co-naming of a five-mile stretch of Crenshaw Boulevard as the Malcolm X Corridor in May 2025, a 30-year campaign led by Torrénce Brannon-Reese and supported by Councilwoman Heather Hutt.