Zenebech Aly was recognized by the McKnight Foundation for her volunteerism with Ethiopian migrants and other immigrants in Rochester and southeast Minnesota.
Thanks to an infusion of state and federal funding, Minneapolis is expanding a program to provide free lead pipe replacement, starting with high-priority neighborhoods.
Zenebech Aly also co-founded the Ethiopian Community Rochester Organization, where she translates materials and leads the crisis response program helping families in need.
Minneapolis poet Muna Abdulahi competed on season two of Netflix’s reality competition show, “The Mole,” using her Somali Muslim heritage as part of her strategy.
Minnesota is home to nearly 40 Somali journalists working across 11 news outlets. Several journalists, some who are asylum seekers, are worried about their future following Donald Trump’s election to ...