Monthly Archives: December 2021
‘Amazing feeling.’ 1st Somali mayor in US shares her vision
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Deqa Dhalac is the first Somali immigrant to become the mayor of a U.S. city, but she describes her rise...
African immigrant organization to hold 2nd-annual leadership summit
An economic development agency serving African immigrant community in the Twin Cities is bringing back a leadership conference after the inaugural one held in...
How Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott’s African upbringing helped him deal with the fallout...
When 18-year-old Mike Elliott went to Brooklyn Center City Hall for a permit to hold a carwash fundraiser for his high school prom, he...
Group that seeks to reconnect African diaspora with their roots ships books to Ghana
A container with 16,000 books arrived in Cape Coast, Ghana this week as the launch of a historic trade and investment expo dubbed “Wakanda-One,...