Latino American Dawah Organization

The idea began with Samantha Sanchez who then recruited the help of Juan Alvarado and Saraji Umm Zaid and the group was formed.

LADO also wanted to emphasize that this would be an Islamic organization whose primary purpose would be dawah and education to Latinos.

[7] LADO members seek to aid all Muslims and non-Muslims by sharing Islam as expressed in its mission statement.

[7] Because few materials are available to the Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking communities, LADO emphasizes this aspect of Islamic dawah.

LADO is committed to attending, visiting, and working with mosques, attending special Islamic events, interfaith talks, various lectures, translating existing literature, and writing articles and editorials among other things.