City of Residence: Fridley, MN Occupation: Diversity Consultant Excerpt: “And so there is some difference in theology there; so on the one hand, there are going to be things that are really common and similar about what we believe and what we share; and then there are going to be some things that are different. So, IRG has …
City of Residence: Pelican Rapids, MN Occupation: Works at a Turkey Plant Excerpt: “I like Pelican Rapids, I like Minnesota; yeah, my children live in Minneapolis, me I live here; I am working; I am helping my children; it’s okay. I like too much, too much; when I come here, I have a good life; me, my …
City of Residence: Minneapolis, MN Occupation: Small Business Owner / Psychologist Excerpt: Jamila: “Again because I come from an interfaith background that’s really where my interests lie and also where I feel I can be most helpful to the community at large. I know how the dominant culture thinks. I have an understanding of what the fears are. …
City of Residence: Minneapolis, MN Occupation: Teacher of Deaf and Hard-hearing Excerpt: “And I contacted people and finally made contact with a deaf man from Ghana. He’s Muslim and he is who actually started the organization Global Deaf Muslim. And I actually got in contact with him, I think, in 2006 and I’ve been working with him off …