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Nausheena Hussain, Zaynab Abdi, Maya Soriano
Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment is a nonprofit organization based in North Minneapolis with a mission to amplify the voice and power of Muslim women. Join Reviving Sisterhood’s Executive Director, Nausheena Hussain, Civic Engagement Coordinator, Zaynab Abdi, and Teacher Leader at Lirio Montessori, Maya Soriano, for a discussion about the effects of COVID-19 on unsheltered communities and in education. As frontline responders, healers, caregivers, navigators, builders, disruptors, and storytellers, Zaynab and Maya will illustrate how Muslim women have been an integral part of our community’s social change ecosystem during the COVID-19 global pandemic
Minnesota creatives respond to a big idea: Let s make opera small
By Rob Hubbard Special to the Star Tribune February 4, 2021 10:33am Text size Copy shortlink: What does it have to do with me? That question has probably kept many people of color away from opera.
It s understandable, given that the subject matter comes mostly from the perspectives of white European men of past centuries who often dealt with race and culture in wince-inducing ways.
To Minnesota Opera s credit, the company decided to open up the process of creating new operas. Last fall it put out a call for Minnesota-based teams to develop mini-operas MNiatures, about 10 minutes in length with increased diversity and inclus