Tag Archive for: Muslim

CALL: What We Are Talking About This Week
Notes from our weekly Changemakers Alliance newsletter

On Morality, Transformation, and Vulnerability: A Talk by the Publisher
Historical perspectives about transformative justice, philosophy about human evolution, and stories from the Changemakers Alliance visits to statewide communities for the "Hometown Values & Vision" series.

Next Step Program: How Healing and Transformation Can Emerge From Violence
An elementary school child looked out the window and saw…

Commentary: My Abortion Experience in 1962
I was in a panic. I was sure there were doctors — and others — who would perform abortions for a price, but how to find one?

2022 Changemaker Somali Sisters Network: Culture Shifters
(L-R) Sadia Ali, Safiya Ali, Farhiyo Hashi, Anisa Haji, and…

Habon Abdulle on How to Build Support for Candidates
We often focus on what patriarchy is doing to us. We don't focus on what we are doing to patriarchy.

Talking With Nausheena Hussain
I feel the patriarchy society has socialized us to constantly compete with each other, and we have to shut that down. We have to break that and disrupt that by doing things together.

Naheed and Yusra Murad: Supporting Basic Needs
“It is not possible for someone to have a sense of physical, mental, and social well-being without having safe, stable, dignified housing.”

Ellen Longfellow: Winning Civil Rights
“It was hard to figure out if they were being discriminated against because of their race, religion, or ethnicity. For many people in the Muslim community, they [face all] three.”

Mobilizing New Voters
I began having conversations with my peers, asking if they had plans to vote. Many responded, “no, it does not pertain to me” or “I do not have time.”

Nemeh Al-Sarraj: Demystifying Autism
Nemeh Al-Sarraj: Disability Justice Advocate

The Power of Conversation
Members of our Somali community dislike impersonal communication. We are very communal people. Oral communication is how we share thoughts and ideas.

Fear of Immigrants: An Economic Strategy
based on a book by Erika Lee
A large segment of the U.S.…

The Language of Professionals
When I was first thinking of applying to college, my knowledge…

My Path Into Labor Rights
"One of the most important people at the rally was neither a politician nor an Amazon employee. Running operations behind the scenes alongside workers was a 23-year-old college student named Nimo Omar. At the Awood Center, people affectionately call her the lioness." — Wired magazine
Tag Archive for: Muslim

Collide Theatrical’s ‘The Great Gatsby’
Collide Theatrical’s season opens with The Great Gatsby at…