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
Readers Write: Electoral College reform, Texas election lawsuit, the snickerdoodle cookie State electors: Reform the College. December 15, 2020 5:33pm Text size Copy shortlink:
On Dec. 14, the Electoral College met to affirm what was once a common occurrence: selecting the candidate who won the most popular votes nationwide to become president of the United States.
The identity of the winner for all other federal, state and local elections is determined by the candidate earning the greatest number of votes cast within the area of representation. In the past 20 years the Electoral College as currently practiced has twice deviated from this commonly accepted measure of success by awarding the most powerful elected office in the world to the second-place finisher.
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Electors prepare to cast Minnesota s votes for Biden as Trump keeps up false claims In unprecedented election, 10 gather Monday to cast state s votes for Biden. December 12, 2020 5:07pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Ten Minnesotans are among the 538 Americans who will gather in state capitols around the nation on Monday to officially elect the next president.
A Duluth veteran, a former Mayo Clinic doctor and a community organizer for Muslim women are among Minnesota s electors, helping make up a small group that will speak for the state by choosing President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
The Electoral College, that oft-overlooked and frequently maligned U.S. institution, has landed in the spotlight this year as President Donald Trump and Republicans seek to overturn Biden s win.