Building Home and Community in Minnesota: Somali Experience

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Sadiq Ahmed
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
In Progress
Start Date
March 2022
End Date
March 2023
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Ramsey
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Ramsey
Project Overview

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Legal Citation / Subdivision
MN Laws 2021, First Special Session Chapter 1, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 8 (d)
Appropriation Language

2022-2023 Cultural Heritage and Community Identity Grants - Winter 2021

2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Direct expenses
$10,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

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Measurable Outcome(s)

Here is what I have so far completed:

* Interviewed 1:1 of Somali professionals (3people).
* Attended Somali Independence Day event at Lake Street in July, 2022 where I was able to interview and get many footages of attendees.
* Able to travel around twin cities and record footages and pictures that will go onto the movie ; I was able to complete my project which was to interview Somali-Minnesotan experience into documentary film. This film is now complete and I am able to share it moving forward. It helped provide much need rich representation as what it means to be Somali-MInnesotan.

Recipient Board Members
N/A
Administered By
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Location

987 Ivy Avenue East
St. Paul, MN 55106

Phone
651-774-0205
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