Somali Community Resettlement Services Microgrant
The goal is to develop a “Basic Somali Language and Culture Class” curriculum. This course will be a tailored 20 – 30-hour training for people in the business community as well as Somali youth. Each class session with have an element of language and an element of culture.
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Leyla Suleiman (Minneapolis, MN) Leyla is a first year educator, author in the Crossroads: Somali Youth Anthology, and was a panelist for the Community Partner Fund and is also serving in the immigrant cultural heritage panel. She is Somali. |
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Hibaq Mohamed (Minneapolis, MN) – Hibaq is an MHC Increase Engagement facilitator, author in the Crossroads: Somali Youth Anthology, and is also serving in the immigrant cultural heritage panel. She is Somali. |
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Nasra Farah (St. Cloud, MN) – Nasrah is a board member and featured speaker through the activist/advocacy organization #unitecloud. She is Somali. |
Laura Benson
Minnesota Humanities Center
laura@mnhum.org
651-772-4244
$850,000 the first year and $850,000 the second year are for a competitive grants program to provide grants to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of Minnesota.
(2) Of this amount, $250,000 the first year is for a grant to one or more community organizations that provide arts and cultural heritage programming celebrating Somali heritage.
The goal is to develop a “Basic Somali Language and Culture Class” curriculum. Through research, SCRS has not found curriculum for basic Somali language and culture available to be taught in a traditional setting (face-to-face). This course will be a 20 – 30-hour training for people in the general community, and possibly Somali youth. Each class session with have an element of language and an element of culture. Curriculum will be developed such that the course will be able to be tailored to fit a business’ or agency’s needs.
Success will be to have the “Basic Somali Language and Culture” class developed and available to train employees of businesses, agencies, and general community members. SCRS has met the outcome. A "Basic Somali Language and Culture" class has been developed and Rice County Social Services has two departments that are interested in having their staff take the class as soon as in-person training is available in our area again.